Toleman family papers, 1840-1945.

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Toleman family papers, 1840-1945.

Papers of the Toleman family, predominantly of George W. Toleman (d. 1864). Papers include correspondence, 1850-1945; accounts, 1840-1905; Bracken County, Ky. land papers, 1850-1873; legal papers, 1859-1897; account books; bills of lading, bills of sale for slaves; a bank book, 1891-1900; canceled checks, 1903-1906; and monthly statements of tobacco, 1853-1860. The papers of George W. Toleman include correspondence, 1850-1860, mostly about farming. Several of the letters are from Cassius Clay.

0.66 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605458

The Filson Historical Society

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...

Toleman family.

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Farmers of Augusta, Ky. From the description of Toleman family papers, 1840-1945. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49325009 ...