Belknap family : papers, 1856-1904.

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Belknap family : papers, 1856-1904.

Included are letters from family members and friends to William Burke Belknap (1811-1889) and his son William Richardson Belknap (1849-1914) discussing activities, education, proper behavior, money management, and news; records, 1880-1904, of the Salmagundi Club retained by William R. Belknap due to his membership in that organization; and a typescript of Isaac F. Stone's memoir of the years 1830-1840 discussing travel by ship and railroad, religion, and moving his family from Connecticut to Louisville. Correspondents include James Freeman Clarke, Dr. Samuel D. Gross, General Irvin McDowell, and Henry Watterson.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569291

The Filson Historical Society

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Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Richardson, T. G. (Tobias Gibson), 1827-1892

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Belknap, William Burke, 1811-1889.

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Salmagundi Club

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Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

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Journalist, author, and politician. From the description of Papers of Henry Watterson, 1857-1983, (bulk 1882-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071676 American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, KY, to Hon. D. A. Wells, 1887 Oct. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660897 Watterson was the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From the description of Autograph letters signed from Henry Watters...

Belknap, Morris Burke, 1856-1910.

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Morris Belknap was a Louisville civic leader and businessman. From the description of Broadside, ca. 1903. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49346690 ...

Brown, John Mason, 1837-1890

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John Mason Brown was born in Frankfort, Ky., 26 April 1837, the son of Mason and Mary (Yoder) Brown. He graduated from Yale College in 1856. He returned to Frankfort where he taught school and studied law. In April, 1860, he opened a law practice in St. Louis, Mo. He spent several months in 1861 and 1862 traveling in the Northwestern United States and British America. Upon his return from a trip to the Montana Territory in October, 1862, he was commissioned Major of the Kentucky10th cavalry regi...

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885

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American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William W. Belknap, 1874 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607862 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, "My dear General" [William W. Belknap?], 1871 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606751 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to W.W. Belknap, 1872 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606754 Irvin ...

Belknap family.

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Prominent business family of Louisville, Ky. From the description of Belknap family : papers, 1856-1904. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46720437 ...

Belknap, William Richardson, 1849-1914.

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Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1805-1884

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Joseph Carson papers, 1810-1877, 1810-1877, (American Philosophical Society) ...