Bush-Beauchamp family : papers, 1819-1982.

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Bush-Beauchamp family : papers, 1819-1982.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49231359

Abstract

Included is correspondence of the Robert Y. Bush family, 1846-1969, referring to Civil War incidents, politics, and family life in Hancock County; school compositions and diplomas; legal papers; genealogical data; and Roberta Y. Bush's correspondence, 1890-1969, and her original fiction and travel descriptions. Also, included is Beauchamp and Crockett correspondence, 1851-1976, with farm papers, and business accounts of Joseph A. Beauchamp, 1855-1982; correspondence of the Stone and Lewis families, 1832-1889; sermons; school experiences; newspaper clippings on the Bush, Boyd, Beauchamp, Lewis, and Humphries families; land records; data on Edwards family antecedents; three record books, 1839-1874, regarding the Hancock County Court; Morrison Presbyterian Church records, 1889-1953; and Baptist Church papers, 1819-1840, for Hancock and adjacent counties.

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2 cubic ft.

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The Filson Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603448

The Filson Historical Society

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