Slaughter family : papers, 1774-1952.

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Slaughter family : papers, 1774-1952.

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Papers include correspondence, land contracts, survey plats, wills, and miscellaneous items relating to the Slaughter and allied families. Correspondence, 1788-1884, primarily is between Slaughter, Latham, and other family members and friends. Among the many subjects discussed or mentioned are family news, health, religious faith, death, slavery, and the War of 1812. The land papers, 1774-1921, include contracts to sell or buy land, descriptions of tracts, survey plats, and financial records regarding land payments. Miscellaneous papers include writings and notes of Henry Slaughter on histories and history, 1826, n.d.; Slaughter tax receipts, 1837-1869; broadside, 1854, issued by Noble Butler to Louisvillians about the murder of his brother, William H.G. Butler; Civil War records regarding Joseph Longest, 1862-1865; Slaughter family genealogy, n.d. Also includes an anti-dueling essay and address to the faculty and senior class of an unidentified school by an anonymous author, n.d.; calling cards; Bank of the Commonwealth coupon; and a newspaper article by Melville O. Briney on Louisville street names.

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