Todd family : papers, 1783-1891.

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Todd family : papers, 1783-1891.

Consists of correspondence, 1816-1891, and legal papers, 1783-1865. Included are letters regarding family matters, business, and politics from Thomas Todd, Harry Innes, James Davidson, John J. Crittenden, Harry Innes Todd, and William C.P. Breckinridge.

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The Filson Historical Society

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Todd, Harry Innes, 1818-1891.

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Harry Innes Todd was born in 1818 to John H. Todd and Maria Innes Todd, daughter of Judge Harry Innes, an early Frankfort settler and the first Judge of the United States Court for the District of Kentucky. After the death of John Todd, Maria Todd married John J. Crittenden, the prominent Kentucky Senator and governor. Harry Todd became first a steamboat clerk and then a captain on boats travelling on the Kentucky, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers for many years. Captain Todd left steamboating in 18...

Todd family.

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Prominent Ky. family. From the description of Todd family : papers, 1783-1891. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324872 ...

Innes, Harry, 1752-1816

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Harry Innes was involved, at the time this letter was written, in what is now termed the Spanish Conspiracy. The conspiracy involved Kentucky petitioning to become an independent state and then entering into an alliance with Spain. This would be benificial to Kentucky economically while protecting Spain's valuable colony, Mexico. This alliance plan failed after the defeat of the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty. The treaty would have forbidden United States navigation of the Mississippi River for twenty-five...

Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863

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Kentucky lawyer and statesman, from Frankfort (Franklin Co.). From the description of Papers, 1786-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490792 From the description of Letters, 1835-1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410179 John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) was born September 10, 1787. He attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807. In 1809 he became the Attorney-General for the Illinois Territory. During the Wa...

Boone, Squire, 1744-1815

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Squire Boone was the brother of Daniel Boone, the famous Kentucky explorer and settler. Squire Boone helped to blaze the Wilderness Trail, and was one of the settlers at Boonesborough, the operator of a gristmill and sawmill, and an ordained Baptist minister. From the description of Papers 1787-1813. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28189399 Squire Boone was born in 1744, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He married Jane Van Cleave in 1765 and had five childre...

Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904

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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge was a Confederate Colonel and later a representative to the Kentucky legislature. From the description of Broadside, 1862 July 17. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49342682 Lawyer and editor of Lexington, Kentucky. Confederate soldier and United States congressman. From the description of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge : papers, 1884-1888. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49419...