Governor's correspondence, 1855-1859.

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Governor's correspondence, 1855-1859.

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These letters to Governor Charles Morehead document administrative activities of the chief executive. Included are several letters concerning the Kentucky Geological Survey, and one request from the Chicago Historical Society, asking for contributions of any Kentucky records which could help establish an "American Documentary Library."

.1 cubic ft. (4 folders)

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Chicago Historical Society

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Kentucky Geological Survey

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Kentucky. Governor (1855-1859 : Morehead)

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James Turner Morehead became the twelfth governor and the first native-born Kentuckian to hold that office after the death of Governor John Breathitt in February 1834. The succession of Lieutenant Governor Morehead to the governorship proved a sharp disappointment to the young Democratic party since Breathitt, a Democrat, and Morehead, a National Republican, had been elected on a split ticket. Morehead was born in 1797, in Bullitt County, Kentucky. He attended Transylvan...

Morehead, Charles, 1802-1868.

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