Papers, 1761-1873.

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Papers, 1761-1873.

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Consists primarily of materials related to Collin's revision and expansion of his father's (Lewis Collins) work on the history of Kentucky, Historical Sketches of Kentucky. Includes correspondence with older Kentuckians, manuscripts, notebooks, and notes including information taken from Kentucky county court records. Also includes two volumes: a notebook on Kentucky pioneering and a scrapbook of proofsheets.

.75 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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Collins, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1824-1888

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Lawyer and journalist from Kentucky. Wrote on the history of Kentucky. From the description of Papers, 1761-1873. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246331 Lawyer, historian, editor, and a founding member of the Filson Club. From the description of Richard Henry Collins Letterbook, 1878-1880. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49200259 ...

Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870

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Henry Perviance Peers (1807-1846) of Maysville, Kentucky, was the younger brother of Benjamin O. Peers, president of Transylvania University. H.P. Peers attended Transylvania University, but did not graduate. He assembled materials for, and wrote a draft of, a planned publication A complete gazetteer of the state of Kentucky . Peers did not complete this work before he died in March of 1846. After his death, his brother-in-law, Lewis Collins (1797-1870, newspaper editor and judge of Mason County...