The Filson Guide

GUIDE TO SELECTED MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPH
COLLECTIONS OF THE FILSON CLUB HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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301. Hite, Isaac, 1753-1794. Letter, 26 April 1783. C\H. 1 item.
Kentucky pioneer, surveyor, tanner, and miller. An eleven page letter from Hite to his father Abraham Hite, in Hampshire Co., Va., relating his business interests in land speculation, salt works, and iron manufacturing; Indian hostilities, especially a raid at Crab Orchard, Ky. in which an African American fought off the Indians and saved the white family; John Floyd's death and its effect on the defense of Jefferson County, Ky.; and his business dealings with James Sodowski, Walker Daniel, George and John May, Gilbert Imlay, Isaac Kellar, Moses Kuykendall, and George Rogers Clark.

302. Hite Family. Papers, 1783-1930. A\H675. .33 cu. ft.
Farmers and businessmen of Jefferson Co., Ky., and pioneer family of Kentucky. Included is correspondence, 1839-1888, financial papers, 1814-1876, land papers, 1783-1862, legal papers, 1792-1853, a few miscellaneous papers, Bible records of the Hite family, and two scrapbooks, ca. 1853-1872, and 1899-1930. The correspondence concerns land, financial and family matters, and brief political news. The land papers include entries, surveys, deeds, plats, indentures of sale, and lists of land owned by the Hites.

303. Hobbs, Edward Dorsey, 1810-1888. Papers, 1834-1882. A\H682. .33 cu. ft.
Business records of a nineteenth-century Louisville entrepreneur, surveyor, and official. The papers concern Hobbs's land holdings in Illinois, papers about the building of a bridge over Goose Creek in Anchorage, and other personal business records, including an account book, 1864-1876, listing Hobbs's lands, bonds, stocks, insurance, and dealings with various individuals.

304. Hoge, Peyton Harrison, 1858-ca. 1940. Papers, 1882-1917. A\H715. 33 cu. ft.
Presbyterian clergyman of Richmond, Va., Wilmington, N.C., and Louisville and Pewee Valley, Ky. Papers include letters, 1885-1910, regarding family matters, his pastorates, and his publications; seven sermons delivered at Richmond, Va. 1882-1883; memorandum book, 1900-1901; letters, 1885-1903, received by his wife Mary Holladay Hoge; and two letters, 1917, of a romantic and newsy nature to their daughter Cary Hoge from Lt. Murray Rice from army training camps

305. Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894. Miscellaneous papers, 1857-1867. C\H. 12 items.
Lawyer, U.S. cabinet official, political leader, and jurist. Included are letters discussing patent considerations, rejected patents, the Civil War experiences of northerners compared to those of the border states, pardons, and routine matters.

306. Hopson, Edwin N. Collection. A\H799. 3 cu. ft.
Researcher. Manuscript and notes of incomplete biography of Amos Kendall. Collection includes correspondence regarding research institutions containing Kendall collections; his incomplete manuscript; and his research notes, which include several photostats of Kendall's correspondence with Andrew Jackson, Samuel F.B. Morse, and other letters regarding politics.

307. Hord, William. Account books, 1798-1832. A\H811. 2 vols.
County official and merchant of Caroline Co., Va. and Harrodsburg, Ky. Included is an account book, 1798-1823, containing records of the taxes and muster fees he collected in Caroline Co. in 1798; his 1800 marriage; 1803 move to Kentucky; list of slaves taken to Ky. and births of slave children; and accounts, including money received for hiring slaves out. The second account book, 1813-1832, contains a record of receipts and expenditures for merchandise for his store; memorandum of claims for collection; lists of bank notes to pay out in and sent to Philadelphia, 1825; and various estate records. Many names of Harrodsburg and Mercer Co. residents are contained in the account books.

308. Hornsby, Joseph, 1740-1807. Diary, 1798-1804. A\H816. 1 vol.
Farmer of Shelby Co., Ky. Diary containing detailed information regarding planting and gardening. Main topics included are agriculture, the life style of an affluent planter, neighbors, his involvement as a trustee of Shelby Academy, the activities and health of his family, friends and slaves, medical treatments, and doctors consulted. Most of the year 1800 and all of 1801 and 1802 is missing. A typescript of the diary, a copy of Hornsby's will, and biographical data are filed with the diary.

309. Howard, Thomas C. Papers, 1780-1844. A\H848. 1 cu. ft.
Merchant, banker, and trustee of the town of Richmond, Ky.. The papers consist of business letters, 1806-1840; accounts, 1799-1837; land papers, 1780-1844; and miscellaneous papers, 1815-1830. The letters contain information about the buying of tobacco which was shipped to New Orleans for sale in the eastern markets, the Bank of Kentucky, and slavery in Kentucky.

310. Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Miscellaneous papers, 1907. C\H. 2 items.
Author. Included is a letter, 23 Oct. 1907, regarding his review of poetry of Madison Cawein; and the twenty-two page review of Cawein's poetry, in which he praises it and Cawein as a poet.

311. Hull, George Washington, 1840-1921. Papers, 1776-1912. A\H913. .66 cu. ft.
Louisville lawyer. Collection of personal letters and legal and land papers dealing with the lands inherited by the heirs of Col. John Campbell. The papers describe the location of the lands owned by Campbell and the division of the land by his heirs. The main focus of the land documents is the area of Jefferson Co., Ky., that later became Portland. Hull and other heirs disputed the 1822 sale of this land to Thomas Hinde by Richard Taylor, executor to the will. The papers start with land documents from Campbell dating to 1776, and cover the period up to the settlement of the suit in 1874.

312. Hume, Cora Owens, 1848- . Journal, 1863-1866. A\H921. 3 vols.
Louisville resident, student. Kept as Cora Owens as a teenager, the journal chronicles personal news and events of the day in Louisville during the Civil War; while a student in Louisville at Miss Marsh's school, at Ingham University in Leroy, Canada, and at Patapsco Institute in Patapsco, Maryland; and travels, particularly an 1865 visit to Niagara Falls.

313. Hunt, John Wesley, 1772-1849.
Papers, 1792-1849. A\H941, H941m.
3.33 cu. ft.
Merchant, farmer, and hemp manufacturer of Lexington, Ky. Collection includes correspondence, statements of account, bills of lading, and receipts re: tobacco shipped to New Orleans; warehouse receipts for tobacco, 1816-1817; bills of sale for slaves, 1826-1843; orders and receipts of the superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, Lexington, Ky., 1825-1826, 1831; grants, deeds, leases, and mortgages relating to lands in Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio, and land acquired in New York State in satisfaction of Aaron Burr's debt; and estate papers. Correspondence covers Hunt's partnership with Harry Heth at Richmond in 1793, and his later partnerships with Abijah Hunt, 1795-1800, and with a son in Lexington, Ky. Correspondence relates to the manufacture of rope, yarn, twine, and bagging and the sale of these goods through commission merchants of Louisville, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Natchez, and New Orleans; the buying and selling of tobacco, hemp, cotton, linen, ginseng, saltpeter, gunpowder, iron, whiskey, salt, slaves, horses, and mules; the activities of Wilson Price Hunt, in St. Louis, Mo., in 1806 and his journey to the Pacific Coast in 1810; the establishment of the branch bank of the United States at Lexington in 1816; and Hunt's appointment as a director of the Lexington branch of the Bank of the United States of Kentucky in 1837. Correspondents include John Jacob Astor, Sen. John McKinley, Wilson P. Hunt, George Nicholas, and many others.

314. Hunters of Kentucky. Broadside, ca. 1815. C\H. 1 item.
Printed broadside entitled "Hunters of Kentucky: Or Half Horse and half Alligator" with a woodcut illustration and a poem describing the valor of Kentuckians at the Battle of New Orleans. The illustration pictures the famous half horse-half alligator as a horse with an alligator tail.

315. Indian mummies. Broadside, ca. 1900. C\I. 1 item.
An undated broadside (ca. 1900) advertising an exhibition by J.E. Fisher of a mummified Indian mother and child found in Arizona in 1892. Gives information about them and how popular an attraction it is. Also on display is a petrified baby found at Horseshoe Cave, Ky. in 1894. States admission fee and viewing times. (This probably was one of such hoaxes common at that time.)

316. Ingram, Jeremiah. Papers, 1796-1843. A\I54. .33 cu. ft.
Resident of Culpeper Co., Va. and Adair and Green counties, Ky. Included are accounts, 1796-1800, with John McKinney and Robert Patton; accounts, 1810-1830, for general merchandise; bills of sale, 1804-1805, for slaves; deeds; and a bill of lading, 1843, for goods being shipped on a flat boat from the Green River to New Orleans.

317. Innes, Harry, 1752-1816. Papers, 1750-1816. A\I58. .5 cu. ft. Collection, 1924-1925. A\I58r. .33 cu. ft. Legal Opinions, 1795-1806. BO\I58. 1 vol. Miscellaneous papers, 1800, 1809. C\I. 3 items.
Lawyer, first federal judge for Kentucky. The papers includes a bound volume (182 pp.) containing mounted personal, legal, and miscellaneous accounts, 1750-1810, during Innes's residence in Bedford Co., Va., where he was a lawyer and commissioner of taxes prior to 1785 and following his removal to Kentucky in that year. It contains miscellaneous accounts of Virginians from 1750 to 1785, including statements of accounts against Edmund Pendleton and Alexander Rose, executors of Robert Innes, father of Harry Innes; bills for books purchased by Innes for his library in 1785 and 1799; and letters from Samuel and George Trotter of Lexington, Ky. Also included is John Logan's 1790-1792 account book containing a record of money collected in 1790 by Logan, Innes, Levi Todd, and Greenbury Dorsey for clearing and making the Wilderness Road; accounts of Harry Innes and Levi Todd with road cutters, owners of pack horses and others, 13 Sept. 1792; a list of subscribers, 30 June 1792, for clearing and making the road; and "The amount of the Expenditures for clearing the Wilderness Road under the direction of Colonels John Logan and James Knox in 1792," being signed receipts to Harry Innes from road cutters, owners of pack horses, and others, dated at Lincoln Court House, 20 Oct. 1792, and witnessed by Thomas Todd. The collection also includes a typewritten transcript of the case, Harry Innes v. Humphrey Marshall 1809-1816, for $10,000 for libel.

The Innes Collection is material collected by Otto A. Rothert for a projected biography of Innes. Collection includes correspondence, 1924-1925, from collectors and institutions regarding Rothert seeking material; Innes family genealogy; copies of Innes correspondence and commissions, 1779-1790; copy of the report of the committee appointed by the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1806, to inquire into the charges against Benjamin Sebastian of receiving a pension from Spain; and fragmentary sections of the biography.

Legal opinions include cases, transcribed by clerks of Judge Harry Innes of the United States Court, District of Kentucky, dealing with land claims, debts, revenue collection and legal questions. An index of cases is included.

A small group of miscellaneous papers contains a 20 March 1800 order to the Bank of the United States to pay John Mullanphy $250; a 3 Oct. 1809 letter to William T. Barry about taking John Bradford's deposition in suit against John M. Street; and a 19 Dec. 1809 demurrer by Innes's attorneys in a libel suit against Humphrey Marshall, who accused him of involvement with Auguste Lechaise, a French agent conspiring to invade Louisiana.

318. Irvine, William, 1741-1804. Letter, 17 March 1788. C\I. 1 item.
Delegate to the Continental Congress of 1786-1788. Letter requesting an opinion on the application of Kentucky for admission into the Union.

319. Irwin, John, 1808-1889. Letters, 1832-1840. C\I. 25 items.
Businessman. Letters from John Irwin to his family in Pennsylvania from Louisville and Nelson County, Kentucky, where he was engaged in commerce. The letters describe Louisville and give information about the city's economic and social life, discuss his venture into the iron industry in Nelson County, and comment about slavery and the abolitionist movement in Kentucky.

320. J. G. Dodge and Company. Records, 1857-1859. BB\D644. 2 vols.
Bellmakers of Louisville, Ky. Records include a day book, 1857-1859 and ledger, 1858-1859 regarding the operation of the company.

321. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Miscellaneous papers, 1805-1839. C\J. 7 items.
Jackson writes Gen. Percival Butler about a legal matter in Tenn. for which he is acting as Butler's attorney; and six letters, 1823-1839, to William S. Fulton discussing the Arbuthnot case to correct an account in a Alabama newspaper, his prospects for the 1824 presidential election, his opinion of Napoleon, banking and his ideas on monetary policy, a land matter involving the estate of Lewis Randolph, and his concern for the country. In the Presidential Collection.

Additional Jackson material is contained in other collections.

322. Jacob, John Jeremiah, 1778-1852. Papers, 1806-1851. A\J15. 3.33 cu. ft.
Merchant, banker, real estate investor, councilman, and railroad president of Louisville, Ky. Included are papers of Jacob, his children, grandchildren, and business partner Thomas Prather. Jacobs papers consist of correspondence, 1806-1851, including letters from business associates and his partner, Thomas Prather, discussing business, crops, lands in Kentucky and Missouri, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Louisville Library; accounts, 1806-1850, including statements of accounts with merchants, doctors, teachers, schools, colleges, publishers, and others for the support and education of his family; accounts with contractors and others for the upkeep and improvement of his real property; bills of lading; promissory notes; canceled checks, 1817-1849, including ones drawn by Jacob as treasurer of the Louisville and Portland Canal Co.; receipts, including a receipt of Charles Wolford for painting a portrait of a lady in 1843; contracts with an overseer of a farm, 1844; contracts for brickwork, carpenter work, plastering, and digging a well; land papers, 1808-1849, concerning land in Bullitt and Jefferson counties, Ky., Louisville, Ky., Indiana, and Missouri; legal papers; fee bills, 1833-1845; and slavery documents, 1813-1846, including bills of sale, deed of trust, and receipts. The papers of Louisville merchant Thomas Prather (d. 1823) include letters, 1810-1812, discussing business, including counterfeit notes and ships built at Marietta, Ohio, in 1807; receipts, 1818-1822, for dividends from the Shelbyville and Louisville Turnpike Co., the Beargrass Toll Bridge Co., and the Louisville and Portland Turnpike; land papers; and miscellaneous papers. The papers of Thomas Prather Jacob, son of John J. Jacob, consist of correspondence, 1843-1886, with sister Susan Clay, James B. Clay, John W. Tyler, H. Slaughter, John B. Smith, Brown Brothers and Co. J.M. Womack, James P. Helm, Charles D. Jacob, and son John Jacob during a trip to Europe, 1879-1880; accounts, 1857-1886, including receipts of John Kitts and Co. for flat silver purchased in 1857 and 1859; subscription to Henry Clay statue in 1863; receipt of Benoni Irwin, 2 Jan. 1870, for $150 for portrait of Thomas P. Jacob; statement of expenses of erection of house at Fourth and Breckinridge streets in 1866; "Taxes and Insurance Book," 1854-1886, containing record of payments made on property owned by him, his brothers, sisters, and his wife; and miscellaneous papers. Small groups of Mrs. Thomas Jacob (Henrietta Pope Jacob), Charles D. Jacob, and Richard Taylor Jacob are also included, and concern household affairs, the death of Isabel Keats, and a proposed visit of John Quincy Adams to Louisville in 1843.

323. Jacob-Johnson Family. Papers, 1798-1928. A\J15a. 1 cu. ft.
A collection of correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and other material relating to two of Kentucky's leading families over three generations. The bulk of the material originates in the period 1839 to 1925 and gives insights into antebellum Kentucky and Mississippi, the James B. and Susan Jacob Clay family, brief glimpses of Civil War conditions, postwar conditions, 19th century education of men and women, and European conditions before and after World War I, particularly for a traveler. The papers also give a brief look at the situation of various family members in the first quarter of the twentieth century. This collection is related to the Jacob family papers.

324. James, Ollie Murray, 1871-1918. Papers, 1903-1976. A\J29. 1.5 cu. ft.
U.S. senator from Kentucky and Democratic party leader. This collection of James's papers are primarily composed of hand written and typed speeches and notes focusing on Kentucky politics and Woodrow Wilson's record. James recites the accomplishments of the Wilson administration re: the 1916 presidential campaign, especially noting the peace and tariff issues. Later speeches call for preparedness and war. Other material includes correspondence; newspaper clippings; five scrapbooks of clippings, one with handwritten comments and speeches; three theses on James's life and political career; and miscellaneous clippings, resolutions, and programs.

325. James Family. Papers, 1814-1916. A\J28. .33 cu. ft.
Correspondence and family papers of the David Allen James family of Cincinnati. Included are papers of the allied Hough family; business concerns of his brother-in-law, William W. Bakewell of Louisville; and correspondence of sister-in-law Lucy Bakewell Audubon. Subjects include family property and problems, health, travel, the Civil War, and agriculture.

326. Jay, John, 1745-1829. Letter, 1 January 1813. C\J. 1 item.
Statesman and jurist. Letter to Rev. Dr. Jedidiah Morse thanking him for a sermon, declining a place on the American Board of Commissioners for foreign missions, requesting two sets of the Panoplist, and regretting that Morse cannot undertake the writing of a history of the United States.

327. Jefferson, John F., 1833-1910. Papers, 1849-1925. A\J45. 1.66 cu. ft.
Merchant of Louisville, Ky. The bulk of the collection is composed of diaries (50 vols.) kept for fifty years, 1857-1906. Jefferson's diaries contain a day-by-day account of a wide variety of happenings: church attendance, family and social news, and national and international events, including many comments on politics and current events, such as Lincoln's election and inauguration and the assassinations of presidents Lincoln and Garfield. The writer mentions prices of food, coal, etc., stock quotations, the establishment and cessation of newspapers in Louisville, population statistics for Louisville, weather conditions, duels and murders, deaths from disease, admission of states into the Union, accounts of battles of the Civil War, and many other matters. Parts of three diaries (1878 and 1879) give a detailed account of a six-month trip through Europe, that included Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, and Switzerland. The papers also include Jefferson's account book for Brook St. Methodist Evangelical Church and Brook St. Sabbath School, 1857-1864; his "Memorandum of all the Names of Persons I am acquainted with in the U. States," 1850; inventory book, 1884-1888; chicken book, 19 July 1849; and H.T. Jefferson's Journal No. 3, June-Sept., 1857, and expense account, 1861-1871.

328. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Miscellaneous papers, 1782-1819. C\J. 6 items.
Jefferson's 18 March 1792 letter with instructions to William Carmichael and William Short, U.S. commissioners to Spain negotiating navigation of the Mississippi River, requests progress reports, and sends negotiation instructions; a 24 April 1792 letter containing instructions originally drafted in Aug. 1782 by a Congressional committee for U.S. ministers to use at the Court of Versailles to brief Louis XVI on peace negotiations (published Journals of Congress, vol. XXIII, pp. 472-76, 481-82, and 487-517); and a 30 June 1793 letter to Carmichael and Short conveying instructions. A 24 Jan. 1819 letter to Thomas C. Flournoy comments on Flournoy's preference for a military vocation over a legal one, and praises Richard M. Johnson and John Breckinridge and his family. In the Presidential Collection.

329. Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Records, 1783-1907. BL\J45, J45a-t. 1 cu. ft.
Records include court records, 1787-1907, consisting of charges, lawsuits, requests for the appearance of witnesses, and a few deeds and wills; negative photostats of George Rogers Clark's surveys of land grants to his soldiers in the Revolutionary War; nineteenth-century handwritten copy of Deed Book I, 1783-1788; Deed Book L, 1816-1817; one volume of marriage records, 1781-1856, which include marriage bonds, 1781-1843, marriage returns, 1784-1856, a typed, alphabetized index of marriage returns with return number, alphabetical list of clergymen performing ceremonies, with return numbers and years of marriage, and an alphabetical list of ministers who performed marriages in Jefferson Co., 1784-1842, with brief a sketch of the ecclesiastical career of each; two volumes of indexes to the Jefferson Co. Marriage Register, 1789-1826; one volume of precinct maps of Louisville and Jefferson Co., 1897; tax assessor's book, ca. 1840; and the tax receipt book for the Third Magistrate District, 1897, surnames A-K.

330. Jefferson County, Ky. Jail. Papers, 1917-1931. C\J. 64 items.
Included is correspondence between the jailer and various political figures about operations, including costs, employees, and possible expansion; letters concerning work to be done on the jail by local labor leaders; interdepartmental memos concerning layoffs, hiring, new rules, and pay raises; and copies of budgets for the years 1918-1921.

331. Jefferson Foundry and Steam Engine Manufactory.
Ledger, 1846-1852. BB\J45.
1 vol.
Louisville company owned by John Curry and son James B. Curry. Included are accounts with steamboats, steamboat captains, Curry family members, and firms and individuals in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

332. Jefferson Pond Draining Company. Record book, 1838-1868. BB\J45p. 1 vol.
Company chartered by the Kentucky General Assembly to drain the area south of Louisville in Jefferson Co. called the Pond Settlement, records include a copy of the act to incorporate the company; minutes of meetings, 1838-1868; lists of land assessed; and financial information.

333. Jeffrey, Alexander, 1815-1899. Papers, 1835-1899. A\J46. 3 cu. ft.
Business executive of New York and Kentucky, including president of the Lexington (Ky.) City Gas Co. Included in the papers is correspondence, 1835-1899, personal and family accounts, 1846-1899, land papers, and tax receipts, including receipts for taxes on land in Kent, Van Buren, and Allen counties, Michigan, Talbot Co., Md., and Olympia and Tacoma, Washington. The correspondence includes letters from Jeffrey's brother Robert at Toledo, Ohio, 1836-1838; letters to Delia Granger, a student at the Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y., and later Jeffrey's wife; letters of recommendation, 1841, from John Grieg, Francis Granger, and others; letters from Jeffrey's brother John, chiefly concerning the business of their firm, John Jeffrey and Co., which planned, built, and managed gasworks in the 1850s in many southern and midwestern cities and in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba; letters from Clarence George Keats, who was associated with the firm of John Jeffrey and Co.; letters, 1851-1867, from Jeffrey's brother William about his agency of the Greig, Hornby, and Colquhoun estates in New York State; letters, 1862, from John B. Paine, Jr., of Lexington, Ky., concerning local events; letters about the administration of the estates of William Jeffrey and of his aunt Mrs. Jane Charlotte Ross; letters from Oswald Tilghman regarding the sale of "Hope Farm" in Talbot Co., Md.; letters, 1883-1894, from Henry D. Fitch of Louisville, and others, regarding the management of the Vicksburg Gas Light Co., in which Jeffrey and his relatives were stockholders; papers, 1853-1892, of the Lexington Gas Co. of which Jeffrey was president and manager; and letters, 1890-94, from T.N. Allen of Olympia, Wash., father-in-law of Alexander Jeffrey, Jr. This collection is related to the repository's John Jeffrey papers.

334. Jeffrey, John, 1817-1881. Papers, 1836-1879. A\J46j. 3.33 cu. ft.
Architect, engineer, and businessman of New York, Ohio, and Kentucky. Collection of correspondence, reports, contracts, estimates, specifications, drawings, accounts, and engineering notebooks concerning Jeffrey's career. Included are letters to the firm of John Jeffrey and Co., Cincinnati, time books, receipt books, and account books of the company, 1852-1859; papers concerning the gasworks built by the company in many southern and midwestern cities and in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba, from the plans of John Jeffrey; letters from Clarence George Keats, Jeffrey's stepson, and business associate; letters, 1868, from Alexander Jeffrey concerning the administration of the estate of their brother, William Jeffrey; notes, plans, and specifications of iron gunboats for river service proposed to be built by John Jeffrey at Cincinnati in 1861 and 1862; contracts concerning the preparation of Ohio River steam rams, 1862; papers concerning the resumption of operations of the Vicksburg Gas Co. in 1863; and engineering notebooks kept at Utica, New York, and Louisville, Ky., 1837-1841, containing measurements of Louisville streets made for the Louisville Gas Co. The collection is related to the repository's Alexander Jeffrey papers.

335. Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner, 1828-1894. Papers, 1855-1892. A\J46r. .33 cu. ft.
Poetess and wife of Alexander Jeffrey. Included is correspondence; poems (including poems dedicated to Mrs. Jeffrey as well as those written by her); copyright certificate, 1857, for her poems; accounts of the sales, 1857-1881, of her writings; a release, 1862, of claim against Mrs. Jeffrey for sale of an African American woman who proved to be unsound; powers of attorney; statement of cotton captured at Vicksburg, Miss., in 1864 from Mrs. Jeffrey's plantation, "Canton Place"; claim against the U.S. for damage to the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Vertner during the Civil War; insurance policies, 1884; tax receipts, 1864-1892; and a scrapbook containing clippings of Mrs. Jeffrey's poems. The correspondence, chiefly literary, contains some family letters, including those of her husband, Alexander Jeffrey, describing Lexington, Ky., during the Civil War. Correspondents include David Bates, Charles Augustus Davis, James Cephas Derby, the firm of Derby and Jackson, Julia Deane Freeman, William Jeffrey, Emily V. Mason, Dr. Thomas S. Powell, Orville James Victor, P.L. Wickes, and Robert W. Woolley. The collection is related to the repository's Alexander Jeffrey collection.

336. Jeffrey, William, 1812-1867. Papers, 1852-1876. A\J46w. .33 cu. ft.
Brother of Alexander and John Jeffrey, William Jeffrey of Rochester, N.Y., formerly of Canandaigua, N.Y., served as executor and agent of the estate of John Greig, as agent of William Hornby, and as agent of Sir Patrick Colquhoun. Papers consist of correspondence, 1856-1867, including letters, 1856-1858, from Robert Balmanne of New York City about books and literary matters; correspondence with Sir Patrick Colquhoun, Ewing P. Colquhoun, C.H. Hutchinson of Philadelphia, and others about the collection of dividends from Patrick Colquhoun's shares of stock in the North American Land Co.; the collection of rentals from land in Steuben and Allegheny counties, N.Y.; the transmission of funds to England; investments in stock of the New York Central Railroad and the Western Railroad Corporation of Massachusetts during the Civil War when the rate of exchange between the United States and England was very high; the forwarding of bonds to Rev. Robert Cunningham of St. Ranraer, Scotland; accounts, 1854-1865; powers of attorney, receipts, certificates, etc., 1858-1867, bearing on Jeffrey's agency of the Colquhoun estate; papers, 1867-1876, regarding the administration of the estate of William Jeffrey in which his brothers, Alexander and John Jeffrey, were executors; and a prospectus for The Pen and Pencil by Mary Balmanno.

337. Jennie Casseday Rest Cottage. Record book, 1893-1901. BK\C344. 1 vol.
Record book kept by Mrs. Fannie Casseday Duncan, president of the board of managers of the Jennie Casseday Rest Cottage, which was founded by her sister, Jennie Casseday, for the benefit of Louisville working girls during the summer months. It contains a list of supporting members in 1893; lists of officers and members of committees; advisory board; honorary and life members; list of donations and gifts; contributors to the purchase fund; record of location of the cottage in Jefferson and Oldham counties, Ky., 1889-1899; ratification in 1896 by the board of managers of the action of the president, Mrs. Duncan, in agreeing to buy "Beech Moor" situated near Pewee Valley, for $5000; and newspaper clippings and leaflets about the Rest Cottage.

338. Johnson, Absalom Yarbrough, 1821-1907. Diary, 1860-1864. A\J67b. 4 vols.
First chief engineer of the Louisville Fire Department, soldier, city councilman. The diary (1862 is missing) notes personal and family information, and events in Louisville and the country such as fires in the city, politics, activities, Civil War news, weather, and crime. It provides a good account of life in the mid-19th century and during the Civil War in Louisville and where Col. Johnson served. Johnson served as commander of Camp Joe Holt, Ind., commander of the 28th Kentucky Infantry Regt., and commander of the 7th Regt. of the Invalid Corps at Camp Chase, Ohio.

339. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Proclamation, 12 October 1865. C\J. 1 item.
Printed proclamation signed by Johnson in type ending martial law in Kentucky. Johnson comments on why martial law was established in Kentucky and states the reasons it can now be ended.

Additional Andrew Johnson material is contained in other collections.

340. Johnson, Calvin. Miscellaneous papers, 1861-1862. C\J. 18 items.
Soldier in the 55th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Letters from Camp Douglas, Ill., while training there, describe conditions in the barracks; soldiers; receiving his uniform; day-to-day activities; and discuss family matters. His Feb.-March 1862 letters from Paducah, Ky., note his regiment's movement to Columbus, Ky. and back by boat; and the poor conditions they suffered at Columbus. His 21 March 1862 letter from Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn. describes coming down (up) the river (Tennessee) on boats; marching through mud; seeing poorly buried Confederate dead; and conditions in the region.

341. Johnson, Cave, 1793-1866. Letters, 1841, 1846. C\J. 2 items.
Lawyer, congressman from Tennessee, postmaster-general. Includes Johnson's 9 Feb. 1841 letter to an unidentified correspondent inquiring about a draft given by James P. Grundy to William H. Bedford for services as district attorney at Nashville; and a 2 March 1846 letter to William P. Thomasson discussing movement of mail to western cities such as Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis.

342. Johnson, Francis, 1776-1842. Miscellaneous papers, 1813-1826. C\J. 8 items.
Lawyer, Kentucky legislator, U.S. congressman from Ky. Included are letters of a routine nature, primarily concerning subscriptions, business, and recommendations for appointments to the service academies.

343. Johnson, John Telemachus, 1788-1856.
Miscellaneous papers, 1822-1835. C\J.
7 items.
Lawyer, Kentucky legislator, U.S. congressman from Kentucky, minister. Included are letters regarding business; routine congressional affairs such as recommendations; and discussing the 1824 presidential contenders, particularly Henry Clay and William H. Crawford.

344. Johnson, Richard Mentor, 1781-1850.
Miscellaneous papers, 1814-1848. C\J.
58 items.
Lawyer, Kentucky legislator, soldier, U.S. congressman and senator, U.S. vice president. Collected correspondence covering aspects of Johnson's political life; his service as vice president of the United States, 1837-41; his service as director of the Choctaw Academy at Blue Spring, Ky.; and his financial affairs. Included is his 25 June 1835 letter to Francis Preston Blair discussing Blair's remarks to John J. Crittenden, and Blair's draft of Johnson's letter of acceptance for the nomination for the vice presidency, which notes his political positions.

345. Johnson Family. Papers, 1859-1971. A\J67a. 4 cu. ft.
Papers of the Johnson family of Scott Co., Ky., consist of family correspondence, including the Civil War letters (copies) of George W. Johnson, provisional governor of Kentucky for the Confederacy. The correspondence consists for the most part of letters received by Mrs. William H. Coffman (Anne Payne), a granddaughter of George W. Johnson. The correspondence deals with family news, genealogical data, and politics. The papers also include information on related families, genealogical scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Prominent correspondents include Lyman Abbott, Dean Acheson, Herbert Agar, Martin Agronsky, Joseph Alsop, Alben Barkley, Chester Bowles, Mary Breckinridge, Virgil Chapman, Bert Combs, John Sherman Cooper, Basil W. Duke, Elbert Hubbard, Cordell Hull, Henry Jackson, Keen Johnson, George W. Johnson, Robert S. Kerr, William Lindsay, John B. McMaster, Mike Mansfield, Henry Morgenthau, Emmet O'Neal, Ambrose H. Sevier, John Sparkman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Thomas Underwood, and Lawrence Wetherby.

346. Johnson's Island Military Prison. Diagram, 1862. C\J. 1 item.
Diagram of the Union army prison on Johnson's Island, Ohio, drawn by Confederate prisoner P. Fullerton Willard in 1862. Displays location of the prison on the island, lay-out, sentry blocks, cell blocks, well, bakery, hospitals, and quarters. A note at the bottom of the map states that Willard was a 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Reg. of the Missouri State Guard and was captured at Kirksville, Mo., on 28 Nov. 1861.

347. Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862.
Miscellaneous papers, 1831-1859. C\J.
6 items.
Soldier in the U.S. army, for the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate army. Papers include Johnston's 21 Oct. 1831 letter to Col. Roger Jones noting that all the blank monthly returns to the Jefferson Barracks were expended; 3 letters to him from William Chambers, Jan., 1835, William Preston Clark, 6 May 1835, and William Preston, 12 Dec. 1835; a Mexican receipt book containing receipts obtained by Johnston during his service in the Mexican War; and a 27 Aug. 1859 letter to Wm. P. Johnston noting that he has sent his pay accounts for August 1859 totaling $415.60 and instructing his son what to do with them.

348. Johnston, Annie Fellows, 1863-1931.
Miscellaneous papers, 1895-1911. C\J.
6 items.
Scrapbook, ca. 1880s. A\J72a. 1 vol.
Kentucky author, most noted for her "Little Colonel" series. Included is her 20 May 1895 letter to Robert Bros., Boston, Mass., noting that she was glad to have "Joel" published in London; a 17 July 1910 letter to Mrs. Paul A. McQuaid sending congratulations on the birth of McQuaid's daughter, and noting that Johnston had been busy with "Mary Ware in Texas" and guests in the house; a 1905 copy of "In the Desert Waiting; the Legend of Camelback Mountain," inscribed by Johnston; and an illustrated Christmas card with verse signed by Johnston.

Scrapbook includes poems and essays (newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten) by Annie Fellows Johnston, William L. Johnston (her husband), and Albion Mary Fellows (probably her sister). Predominantly poems, they cover a wide range of subjects and date from the 1880s.

349. Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, 1833-1913. Papers, 1850-1912. A\J72. 1.5 cu. ft.
Soldier, historian, author of Louisville and Frankfort. Papers include military papers and letters, 1862-1912, from his superior officers (Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, Simon B. Buckner, John C. Breckinridge, and John Echols), 1861-1866; diaries, 1850-1853, describing his student career, including being suspended and readmitted to Yale University; diary, 1862-1863, describing Breckinridge's attack on Baton Rouge, La., his trip to Chattanooga, being made aide-de-camp to Braxton Bragg, Confederate troop movements during Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, being on Simon B. Buckner's staff, and interviews with Jefferson Davis; his writings, including articles on the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro (Stones River), Bragg's campaign in Kentucky, messages sent by presidents of the U.S. to Congress, 1789-1885, President Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States, Christmas in Louisville, and Napoleon and Washington; report, 5 Dec. 1865, of Gen. John Echols's operation in southwest Virginia; note on the Battle of Perryville; reports on Battle of Cold Harbor; poem, "The Last Sunset of Summer"; Commonplace book No. 2 containing notes on historical figures and genealogical information; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, nos. 1, 3-4, covering the years 1836-1908. Also included are the Bible of John Pintard Johnston; papers of Harris Hancock Johnston; military papers, 1861-1864, of Gen. Meriwether Lewis Clark; military correspondence of generals Braxton Bragg and Henry W. Halleck; and papers of George Hancock (1798-1875), including letters and land papers regarding his property in Texas.

350. Johnston, William. Miscellaneous papers, 1780-1810. C\J. 14 items.
Pioneer, clerk of the Jefferson County (Ky.) Court. Papers include Johnston's letters, 1780-1785, to his father describing his capture by Indians; teaching school; attending Indian councils as a clerk; land; and notes his intention to marry. Other papers include land entries, surveys, and legal documents.

351. Johnston, William Preston, 1831-1899.
Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1898. C\J.
10 items
Lawyer, soldier, educator, author. Included are letters he received from A.L. Rives and John C. Ropes discussing routine matters; a letter to J. Stoddard Johnston discussing his literary activities; a 22 June 1864 letter from Basil Duke discussing John Hunt Morgan and Duke's 11 Sept. 1867 letter of introduction for a veteran of Morgan's Cavalry; a 24 Dec. 1878 letter noting Christmas preparations; and a 16 Oct. 1895 letter to Dr. J.O. Scott noting that General [John Bell] Hood's nine children were scattered among friends and relations when he died in 1879.

352. Johnston Family. Papers, 1798-1943. A\J72j. 2.66 cu. ft.
Papers of Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862), soldier, secretary of war of the Republic of Texas; and his son, William Preston Johnston (1831-1899), Confederate soldier, educator. Included is family correspondence of Albert Sidney Johnston, his Johnston relations, and the Preston relations of his first wife. Much of the correspondence concerns military affairs during the Civil War, including administrative communications received by Albert Sidney Johnston and letters received by his son, an aide de camp to Jefferson Davis. Extensive correspondence of William Preston Johnston and his wife Rosa Duncan Johnston, discussing wartime conditions and letters during the period of William Preston Johnston's imprisonment and exile. Later correspondence concerns Wm. P. Johnston's career as a faculty member at Washington and Lee College, 1866-1877, as president of Louisiana State University, 1881-1883, and president of Tulane University, from 1883. Many letters of W.P. Johnston's children are included. Additional material includes correspondence, 1798-1943; miscellaneous papers, 1833-1861, of the Duncan family of New Orleans; autobiography of Wm. P. Johnston (typed 102 pp.); diary, 1880-1901, of George Anderson Robinson; genealogical data on the Barret, Brown, Covington, Duncan, Goldsborough, Hancock, Johnston, Patton, Poignand, Preston, Provoost, Robinson, and Yoder families. Correspondents include James Breckinridge, Maj. William Preston, William Campbell Preston, Caroline Hancock Preston, Henrietta Preston Johnston, John J. Crittenden, James Guthrie, Simon Bolivar Buckner, John Cabell Breckinridge, Winfield Scott, Josiah Gorgas, Benjamin Huger, Leroy Pope Walker, Judah P. Benjamin, Braxton Bragg, William J. Hardee, Gen. William Preston, George Washington Custis Lee, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, John Hunt Morgan, Randall Lee Gibson, John Echols, Varina Howell Davis, Basil W. Duke, Robert E. Lee, Margaret Junkin Preston, Wade Hampton, Alexander Lamar, Joseph Jefferson, Josiah Stoddard Johnston, Charles Dudley Warner, and John Mason Brown.

353. Jones, George B. Letters, 1836-1837. C\J. 3 items.
A volunteer in the Texas Revolution, Jones writes his family about how he volunteered in Kentucky to "march to victory or die" in the Texas Revolution; the character and numbers of the Kentucky Volunteers; the intention to march against Matamoras in the summer of 1836; Santa Anna as a prisoner; rumor of the minister of the United States being in confinement and his attempted escape; and the Texas climate.

354. Jones Family. Papers, 1844-1969. A\J78. .33 cu. ft.
Collection of correspondence and diaries of the Jones family of Woodford Co., Ky. Correspondence, 1844-1866, between Confederate Major Willis Field Jones, who was killed at Petersburg Va., in 1864, and his wife, Martha Buford Jones, discusses activities on their Edgewood Farm near Versailles, Ky., family news, friends, the Southern cause in the Civil War, Jones's life in the Confederate Army, and the distressing home situation caused by his absence. Martha Jones's diaries, 1860-1864, record weather, health of family and friends, family and social life, farm operations, the treatment of slaves, horse racing, the Civil War, and her separation from her husband. Also included are military documents and Jones family information.

355. Jouett, Charles. Miscellaneous papers, 1817-1871. C\J. 13 items.
Indian agent. Included are letters written to Jouett relating to Indian affairs, such as the establishment of an Indian school at Great Crossings, in Scott County, Ky., purchasing goods for Indians who attended the treaty negotiations at Fort Meigs, conducting financial affairs of the Indian Agency at Chicago, and family and local news; and a memorandum on the amount of issues to Indians, July-Sept. 1817.

356. Jouett, James Edward, 1826-1902.
Miscellaneous papers, 1861-1893. C\J.
3 items.
Native Kentuckian, naval officer, and veteran of the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War. Jouett's 13 Aug. 1861 letter written from the frigate Santee to Capt. Theodorus Bailey asks for a shore station and notes that he has not had a shore station in 17 years and only 13 months off duty; his 20 Feb. 1862 letter to William W. McKean, commander, Gulf Blockade Squadron, states his desire to command a gunboat; and a 5 Feb. 1893 letter to an unidentified friend notes that he was pleased by his retirement bill as passed by Congress, and notes that he was the only officer who ever captured a vessel of war and was not promoted a grade and given the thanks of Congress.

357. Jouett Family. Miscellaneous papers, 1789, 1900-1901. C\J. 3 items.
Prominent Kentucky family. Included is a 1789 promissory note signed by Jack Jouett; and two letters, 1900-1901, from Admiral James E. Jouett to Alfred Pirtle giving news and describing the Battle of Mobile Bay.

358. Joyes, John, Jr., 1834- . Papers, 1864-1865. A\J89c. .33 cu. ft.
Confederate soldier. A lieutenant in Byrne's Horse Artillery of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry, Joyes was captured near Salineville, Ohio, 26 July 1863. He was imprisoned at the U.S. Military Prison at Johnson's Island, Ohio, for the remainder of the war, being released on 12 June 1865 and returning home to Louisville, Ky. Included is a diary, 1 Sept. 1864 - 11 June 1865, that relates his activities and health in prison, the weather, and general prison and war news. It also contains copies of "special private correspondence," 13 Aug. 1864 - 23 April 1865, he wrote while imprisoned, apparently to a sweetheart back home, relating his emotions, opinions, etc. This diary was the subject of a proposed master's thesis by Milancie Hill Sirich. Typed transcripts of the diary (one is annotated) and research she did for her thesis accompany the original. Also included is a history of Byrne's Artillery, no date, and a letter from Gen. George B. Hodge to Major Edward P. Byrne, 19 June 1868, concerning a publication by Byrne regarding the Civil War and Hodge's disagreement with certain points.

359. Joyes, Morton Venable, 1864-1928. Papers, 1894-1907. A\J89. .33 cu. ft.
Lawyer of Louisville, Ky. Papers consist mainly of correspondence, 1894-1907, and a few miscellaneous items of a business nature. The correspondence concerns cases handled by Joyes. There are three letters, 1907, from Gov. Augustus E. Willson in response to letters recommending Joyes for the position of judge of the Common Pleas Branch, Third Div., Jefferson Circuit Court. This collection is related to the repository's Joyes family collection.

360. Joyes family. Papers, 1780-1871. A\J89. 4 cu. ft. Additional Papers, 1796-1928. A\J89a. .33 cu. ft Additional Papers, 1820-1891. A\J89b. 1 cu. ft.
Papers of Patrick Joyes (1750-1806), early Louisville resident, merchant, and landowner, and his son, Capt. Thomas Joyes (1789-1866), officer in the War of 1812, surveyor, and landowner, also of Louisville, Ky. Also papers of other members of the Joyes family. Material includes correspondence, 1783-1868, some concerning Thomas Joyes's land transactions, litigation arising therefrom, and management of his landed property; legal papers, 1784-1862, including those regarding the estate of Henry Reed (d. 1793) of Fort Pitt and Louisville, Ky.; bills, receipts, promissory notes and orders to pay, 1783-1870; land papers, 1780-1871, a good many of which concern Thomas Joyes's property in Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri; two slavery documents, 1834, 1851; War of 1812 material, including an orderly book, account of service, defense of Kentucky troops at the Battle of New Orleans, plan of the Battle of New Orleans, and rosters of Capt. Thomas Joyes's company of militia; shipping papers; notebooks; surveyors' instructions (printed); Indian treaties (printed); newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous material. The collection also includes papers, 1817-1850, of Chapman Coleman, containing correspondence; fee bills, 1831-1843; statements of account, 1839-1849; bills of sale for slaves, 1823-1837; legal papers; land papers concerning land in Bath Co., Ky., Frankfort, Louisville, and Mason Co., Ky., Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Additional papers include correspondence, 1815-1863, the majority of the letters being written by Thomas Joyes, his wife Judith Morton (Venable) Joyes, and his son Patrick Joyes (1826-1904); legal documents, 1814-1912; wills, 1806-1928; receipts, 1796-1853; and miscellaneous material. The letters contain family news, financial discussions, political comments, and descriptions by Patrick Joyes of his school life at Centre College and Harvard.

Other added papers contain correspondence on legal, business, and family matters. Principal correspondents are Thomas Joyes, Judith Joyes, Patrick Joyes, Florence Joyes, Ann Mary Coleman of Baltimore, Md., and Tilly Emerson of Cariton Co., Mo. There are also letters from F.W. Desha, J.J. Crittenden, and J.L. Crittenden. Subjects include land matters, lawsuits, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and family matters.

361. Kearney, Philip, b. 1780. Letter, 19 Jan. 1834. C\K. 1 item.
Financier, father of Gen. Philip Kearney. Writes a friend that he has been in Washington, reports political news, especially re: the U.S. Bank, and gives his opinion of Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, and William C. Rives.

362. Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869. Miscellaneous papers, 1814-1868. C\K. 49 items.
Journalist, U.S. post master general, political advisor. Collected correspondence regarding his early days in Kentucky, tutoring of Henry Clay's children, editorship of the Argus of Western America, service as postmaster general in Jackson's cabinet, as business agent for Samuel F.B. Morse, and his political and personal life. Included are Kendall's letters, 1814-1815, to F.G. Flugel describing his first days in Kentucky, becoming postmaster at Georgetown, Ky., and editing the Minerva Press at Georgetown; 4 April and 11 June 1839 letters to Flugel providing biographical information regarding his editorship of the Argus and its role in Kentucky politics, him being appointed fourth auditor of the Treasury and postmaster general by Andrew Jackson, and his marriage and family; a 13 July 1820 letter to Isaac Hill discussing newspaper opposition to Andrew Jackson; and his 1 July 1852 letter to George Wood stating that Franklin Pierce was a "drunkard of bad moral character."

363. Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836. Miscellaneous papers, 1798-1818. C\K. 3 items.
Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, pioneer, settler. Included is a 21 Sept. 1798 letter to Robert Wood, signed by Kenton, concerning the disposition of Wood's land claims on the Ohio River; a 24 Nov. 1815 deposition that describes roads in Mason Co., Ky. in the latter part of the 18th century and men in the area in 1778; and a 28 May 1818 deposition concerning a survey made for John McClellan in which Kenton gives information on Ruddles Station in its early years, ca. 1780-1784, and states that the north fork of the Licking and Lees Creek were generally known by those names in 1780.

364. Kentuckians. Broadside, 1861. C\K. 1 item.
Confederate broadside poem, printed in Louisville, Ky., in 1861. Urges Kentuckians to rise, arm, stand, dare, and strike in succeeding stanzas against the "Northmen."

365. Kentucky Colonels. Records, 1930-1933. BH\K37. .66 cu. ft.
Honorary Kentucky organization. These records were assembled by R.H. Ziehm, secretary-treasurer during the period covered. Included is correspondence, 1930-1933; minutes and a minute book, 1931; membership lists; constitution and by-laws; receipts; sample applications; designs for uniforms and insignia; programs; and newspaper clippings. The correspondence concerns membership and related matters.

366. Kentucky Confederate Provisional Government.
Journal, 1861-1862. BL\K37a.
1 vol.
A day-by-day account of the proceedings of the secession convention of Kentucky, held at Russellville, 18-20 Nov. 1861, and the subsequent meetings of the council of the Confederate provisional government, seated at Bowling Green, 21 Nov. 1861 - 1 Jan. 1862. Council proceedings include organization, application and representation to the Confederate States of America, collection of taxes, raising of regiments, accomplishing loans or devising other means of removing Confederate funds from specified banks, dealings with the L&N Railroad in Confederate territory, and other details. The journal ends abruptly on 1 January 1862.

367. Kentucky Council of Defense, War Poetry Department.
Papers, 1918-1919. BI\K37.
.66 cu. ft.
Compiled by Mrs. Cecie Jackson Sea, Kentucky war poetry historian. World War I poetry, biographical sketches, and photographs of some of the contributors; correspondence; and miscellaneous material.

368. Kentucky Legislature. Autograph album, 1888. HA\K37. 1 item.
Autograph album containing eighty signatures and additional remarks from members of the 1887-1888 session of the Kentucky Legislature. Most were members of the House of Representatives and list the county or counties which they represented. Dated 1888, the album belonged to F.F. Wallace, representative from Pendleton County.

369. Kentucky Sesquicentennial Commission. Records, 1937-1943. BI\K36. 2 vols.
Correspondence and minutes of the Kentucky Sesquicentennial Commission collected by R.C. Ballard Thruston. Records concern the formation of the commission and the execution of its plans, including financial, promotional, educational, and logistical aspects of the events planned for Kentucky's 150th statehood anniversary.

370. Kentucky State Capitol. Subscription list, ca. 1814. C\K. 1 item.
A partially printed document signed by twenty-four individuals listing the amount of each individual's monetary pledge toward rebuilding the State Capitol at Frankfort which was destroyed by fire on 25 Nov. 1813, the total amount pledged, and the terms of payment.

371. Kentucky Wesleyan University. Broadside, 23 Nov. 1867. C\K. 1 item.
Advertisement for the university listing faculty, tuition and incidental fees. A handwritten notation signed by Rev. T.P.C. Shelman states that he will be prepared to board fifteen or twenty students at the next session in January, 1868.

372. Khaki Club. Papers, 1917-1923. C\K. 18 items.
Organization in Louisville, Ky., for soldiers and sailors during World War I. Included is a report of The Khaki Club and its origin; history of the Khaki Club Canteen; report of the Room Committee; and correspondence regarding the club.

373. Kimmel, Husband Edward, 1882-1968.
Miscellaneous papers, 1958-1964. C\K.
6 items.
Career naval officer, native of Henderson Co. Ky. Papers focus on Pearl Harbor attack primarily. Included are Kimmel's 14 Dec. 1958 letter to Lillian Thixton noting that the "shameful story" of Pearl Harbor would be understood by the country, and discussing his inability to travel because of poor health; 11 June 1962 letter regarding Pearl Harbor, the Husband farm near Henderson, his family, and that his last assignment on active duty was as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet; a copy of Kimmel's statement to the Joint Committee of Congress on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack; and a pamphlet by John T. Flynn entitled "The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor."

374. Kincheloe-Eskridge Family. Papers, 1815-1956. A\K51. 1 cu. ft.
Family from Owensboro and Hardinsburg, Ky. Papers regarding personal, business, political, and military activities. Of particular interest are letters, 1859-1865, to Jesse W. Kincheloe concerning the Civil War; letters, 1900-1905, from Thomas Graham Eskridge in Manila, Philippines discussing his activities and news; and letters, 1912, from Catherine Eskridge while finishing her studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music which give insights into women's education and careers open to women.

375. King, Wyncie, 1884-1961. Sketches, n.d. A\K54. 86 items.
Additional papers, 1922-1961. A\K54. .33 cu. ft.
Kentucky illustrator and caricaturist the Courier-Journal, 1905, and the Louisville Herald, 1911-1921; later with the New York Times and the Saturday Evening Post and other newspapers and magazines. Includes eighty-six pen-and-ink and water-color caricatures of Kentucky people and people visiting in Louisville and Kentucky.

Additional papers include correspondence, 1922-1961; death notices and other material about Mr. King; sketches, drawings, cartoons; and two scrapbooks containing clippings of Mr. King's work.

376. Kinkead, Cleves, 1882-1955. Papers, 1903-1939. A\K55, K55a. 2 cu. ft.
Lawyer, journalist, and playwright of Louisville, Ky. Papers consist of letters, 1913-1939, to his parents while at Harvard and during his military service, and from various persons, including George P. Baker and John Mason Brown regarding his literary pursuits; records of his military service in World War I; articles he wrote for the Louisville Evening Post, 1903-1904; notes commenting on the contents of the Courier-Journal, slavery, and other subjects; several of Kinkead's plays, including Common Clay; and posters and photographs of scenes from the stage play and movie version of Common Clay.

377. Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893.
Miscellaneous papers, 1862-1871. C\K.
3 items.
Papers of Confederate general Kirby-Smith include his 7 Sept. 1862 letter to Gen. Humphrey Marshall discussing the authority to raise troops, the surplus of cavalry, and the need for infantry; a 20 Sept. 1862 letter to Gen. Braxton Bragg reporting that Louisville only had 6000 troops defending it and that he believed rapid movement on that city would result in its capture; and a 9 March 1871 act of the Kentucky General Assembly regarding the burning of Kirby-Smith's military school near New Castle, Henry Co., Ky.

378. Kirk, Naomi Joy, 1890-1958. Collection, 1929-1961. A\K59. 3 cu. ft.
Researcher. Correspondence, notes, and draft manuscripts of Kirk's research on George Keats, brother of the English poet, John Keats. George Keats emigrated to America in 1818 and settled in Louisville after a brief stay in Henderson, Ky. In Louisville he was a successful mill owner and active in civic and cultural life. The collection consists of correspondence, 1929-1961, received by Kirk during her biographical study of George Keats, with a few letters written by her to Willard B. Pope and others. Her correspondents are chiefly descendants of George Keats and literary scholars. The collection also includes typescripts of correspondence of George and John Keats and members of their London circle; radio scripts on George Keats; typed articles by Kirk entitled "A Colonizing War" and "A Neglected Audubon Story"; genealogical notes on the descendants of George and Georgiana Augusta Wylie Keats; and newspaper clippings on George and John Keats, Shawneetown, Ill., John James Audubon, Daniel Boone, William Cobbett, Indiana sculptor George Honig, the Breadloaf Writers' School, Louisville newspapers at The Filson Club, and descendants of George Keats; booklets, brochures, and printed material on John Keats and his family; photographs of George Keats's miniature, his home in Louisville, Ky., his tombstone in Cave Hill Cemetery, and silhouettes of George and Georgiana; a manuscript draft of Kirk's Life of George Keats, undated and unpaged; a typed manuscript of Kirk's Shared Porridge: the Life of George Keats, 243 pp., plus unpaged appendices; and a photocopy of her M.A. thesis, "The Life of George Keats," Columbia University, 1933, 168 pp.

379. Knott, James Proctor, 1822-1911. Speeches, undated. A\K72j. 8 items. Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1908. C\K. 5 items.
Kentucky governor, 1883-87, and U.S. congressman. Speeches by J. Proctor Knott, all undated, six are handwritten and one a typed copy. The speeches are commencement addresses, speeches about women in history, and political philosophy. Also included is a handwritten copy of an unsigned letter to William T. Berry dated 22 July 1822., complaining about the power of the federal courts.

Miscellaneous papers include his 10 Feb. 1869 letter to Rev. James Craik commenting on the 14th amendment to the Constitution, giving reasons why he joined the Episcopal Church, and his feelings about dissension in the church; a 16 March 1882 letter to Carl C. Brenner noting that Knott was suffering from rheumatism and discussing Brenner's paintings; an 1889 address entitled "The Scotch-Irish Race" delivered by Knott before the Scotch-Irish Society of America; and a 16 Aug. 1908 letter to Clarence Egbert stating that he was close to Chauncey Black while he was engaged in writing Ward Hill Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln.

380. Knott, John R., d. 1943. Papers, 1899-1933. A\K72. .33 cu. ft.
Louisville businessman. Papers include letters, 1899-1921, from his brother, Stuart Knott, who wrote from Paris in 1933 about the death of their sister and family matters, the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his (Stuart's) financial investments; and estate papers, 1933. Also included are papers of Dr. John A. Ouchterlony, consisting of correspondence discussing the illness of Dr. Edwin S. Gaillard, 1879, and medical services given to the Rev. Louis G. Deppen; and sixteen cards of admission to lectures of the Department of Medicine, University of New York, 1859-1861.

381. Knox, Henry, 1750-1806. Miscellaneous papers, 1787-1793. C\K. 7 items.
Revolutionary War soldier and first secretary of war. Contemporary copies. Primarily extracts, all relating to some aspect of Knox's attempts to keep peace between the U.S. and Spain while U.S. commissioners were in Madrid negotiating for free navigation of the Mississippi River and other boundary matters. Excerpts from four letters, 1787-1788, from Knox to Brig.-Gen. Josiah Harmar regarding John Sullivan and letters he has written to Don Diego Gardoqui and Maj. William Brown. One letter also approves Harmar's courtesy visit to the Spanish commandant at St. Louis; extracts from 3 letters, 1790-1792, from Knox to military officers and an Indian agent stressing need for tact and courtesy in dealing with the Spanish; extract from Knox's instructions to Arthur St. Clair, 21 March 1791, regarding a proclamation made necessary by "certain companies" buying up Indian lands in Georgia, and a Dr. James O'Fallon is levying troops illegally in Kentucky for "making establishments" on the lands; extracts from three letters, 1792, from and to James Seagrove referring to Knox dealing with the activities of Gen. Alexander McGillivray, a Creek Indian chief who successfully incited Indians to work with the Spanish against the Americans; and a message from Knox, 27 April 1793, to the Chickasaw nation promising to supply them with arms, ammunition, and corn, and threatening them if they remained hostile.

382. Konta, Alexander, 1862-1933. Papers, 1915-1922. A\K82. 2 vols.
New York writer. Correspondence between Konta and Henry Watterson consisting of Watterson's handwritten and typed letters, Konta's retained carbon copies, and extensive newspaper clippings. Subjects discussed include the Manhattan Club, women's suffrage and feminism, politics, prohibition, World War I, Christopher Marlowe as the author of Shakespeare works, travels, and social activities. Individuals referred to frequently include Frank Irving Cobb, Robert Worth Bingham, Arthur Krock, James Whitcomb Riley, Manton Marble, and Woodrow Wilson. Several letters discuss the 1918 portrait of Watterson by Louis Mark for the Manhattan Club.

383. Kraus Family. Papers, 1884-1960. A\K91. 3.33 cu. ft.
Papers of the Stella Dawkins Kraus family of Louisville, Ky. The papers primarily consist of correspondence regarding family matters and activities, Charles Kraus's service during World War I, Davis Kraus's life in and out of prison, and Stella Kraus's bigamous second husband. Overall, the papers depict the lives, life style, and problems of a family over a forty-five year (1900-1945) period.

384. Ku Klux Klan. Miscellaneous papers, 1924-27. C\K. 4 items.
Included are an undated carbon copy of a narrative of a member of the Nashville Branch of the Ku Klux Klan relating the circumstances of detective Capt. Barmore's death in 1867; an advertisement for a Klan picnic, 17 August 1924, near Weddlesville (Ind.) School; a 10 Feb. 1925 letter from "The new Kligrapp" to Russell Bryant of Danville, Ky. stating that the Boyle County Klan has been chartered since 1924 and encourages regular attendance at meetings and immediate payment of dues; and a 30 June 1927 membership card issued to Edward Huckleberry of Jeffersonville, Indiana, with instructions providing information regarding "Secret Work" and "The Tests" that Klan members should know.

385. La Bree, Benjamin, 1856-1935. Papers, 1889-1928. A\L126. 2 cu. ft.
Kentucky author, editor. Papers include correspondence, 1889-1928, regarding his historical, genealogical, and patriotic society work; notes on and histories of various family lines; writings of La Bree; and account books, 1922-1931, kept by La Bree while curator of Federal Hill, better known as My Old Kentucky Home, at Bardstown, Ky.

386. Lacassagne, Michael, -1797. Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1788. C\L. 3 items.
Early French settler in Louisville. Letters to John Holker in Philadelphia regarding his management of Holker's affairs, especially lands in the Illinois grant, and trouble with a Mr. Jones; his actions in disposing of Mr. Tardiveau's beaver furs; his intention to take up farming if he cannot continue as a trader; and his request that French hanging paper be purchased for him.

387. Lamastus-Crabb Family. Papers, 1849-1943. C\L. 45 items.
Collection centering around the Lamastus and Crabb families of Butler Co., Ky. The papers primarily date from 1902 to 1925, and are composed of letters from Robert L. Lamastus while in the army in Washington State; his time as a miner in Alaska; his years in the Panama Canal Zone with the Division of Police and Prisons; and as a plantation owner. His letters from Washington focus on his pay, climate, land, agriculture, and livestock; those from Alaska discuss travel plans to the interior for prospecting and the money to be made, describe the Alaskan landscape, agriculture, livestock, and climate; those from Panama note his various assignments with the Canal Zone Police force, especially overseeing labor, his pay, and the climate. One later letter mentions his wife, their large plantation, its livestock, and many employees. Miscellaneous items include bills from the mid 1800s, a tintype of Lamastus, war ration books from World War II, and newspaper clippings.

388. Lane, Frank Raymond. Papers, 1918. A\L265. 38 items.
Soldier. Letters written by Lane to his fiancee while serving in the army at Camp Zachary Taylor during World War I. The letters reflect his training as a cook, his duties in one of the camp kitchens, and his pride in the excellent record his kitchen established.

389. Langford, John. Letter, 8 Sept. 1888. C\L. 1 item.
Union Army veteran. Langford states in a letter to W.W. Scott that he was with Edwin Terrell's party that pursued William Quantrill in Kentucky, that he is the man who killed him, that Quantrill and men were not in uniform except for Federal cavalry overcoats, and he has his pistols. Asks Scott several questions about his proposed book, Quantrill band survivors, a reward for killing Quantrill, and specific questions about events regarding Quantrill's death.

390. Lanman, Charles. Collection. A\L291. 1 cu. ft.
Writer. Biographical sketches collected by Lanman of Kentucky politicians who served in Congress between 1792 and 1890. While the great majority of the sketches are autobiographical, some were written by relatives and friends. These sketches were prepared for Charles Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress.

391. Larkin, George Elmer, Jr., 1918-1942. Papers, 1940-1986. A\L324. .33 cu. ft.
World War II airman from Kentucky. The papers focus on Larkin's participation in James H. Doolittle's April 1942 raid on Tokyo, and his death in a plane crash in India in October 1942. Included is a diary, written partially in retrospect, recounting Doolittle's Raid and subsequent experiences in China; correspondence regarding his death and burial; photos of him in China; Chinese money; Larkin's orders; and other related items.

392. Lawes, L. Letter, 21 May 1812. C\L. 1 item.
Jefferson Co., Ky., resident. Lawes's 21 May 1812 letter to her brother William Lawes of Maryland notes the sale of slaves at New Orleans; Indian troubles on the frontiers; men being drafted in Middletown, Ky., to fight Indians; family and farm news; and requests certain supplies to be sent.

393. Lawson Family. Papers, 1825-1912. A\L425. .33 cu. ft.
Kentucky family. Collection primarily composed of correspondence of the Lawson. Polk, and Marshall families. Marshall papers consist of letters, 1825-1840, written to Sarah and Elizabeth Marshall by family members concerning family news. Lawson and Polk papers primarily consist of love letters, 1865-1867, of Bettie Polk and her future husband Alexander Lawson; love letters, 1861-1865, between Polk and former beaus; letters, 1870-1871, of J.R.M. Lawson to his sister regarding life as a student at Washington University (Washington and Lee University); and correspondence, 1870-1912, of the Lawson family. Also included are papers and newspaper clippings regarding the Orphan Brigade and United Confederate Veterans; and a Lawson family scrapbook.

394. Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943. Presidential genealogical collection. A\L434. 2 cu. ft. Signers of the Declaration of Independence genealogical collection. A\L434a. 53 vols.
Lawyer and writer of Philadelphia and Tuckertown, New Jersey. Material concerning presidents Washington through Franklin D. Roosevelt compiled for a proposed book: "The Presidents of the United States, Their Ancestors and Descendants." The collection consists of correspondence with descendants of the presidents and others; newspaper and magazine clippings about the presidents and their families, photos of portraits; and some material written by Leach.

The Signers of the Declaration of Independence collection was compiled by Leach from 1885 to ca. 1916 and is a genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of the Signers. It consists of original letters and summaries. The collection is generally referred to as the Leach Manuscripts.

395. Leach family. Papers, 1837-1901. A\L434. .33 cu. ft.
Papers of Elijah Leach and his son Matthew Y. Leach, a distiller and Baptist preacher in Adair Co., Ky. They include their land records; accounts; estate records; tax records for the distilling business; records of the Pleasant Point Church; and a few papers of the Blair and James families.

396. Leavy Family. Papers, 1838-1932. A\L439. .33 cu. ft.
Lexington, Ky., family. Included are papers, 1838-1868, of William A. Leavy regarding his service as treasurer of the Lexington, Harrodsburg and Perryville Turnpike Road Co., 1838-1841; farm accounts; deed, 1853, to lots in the Lexington Cemetery; and correspondence in 1868 with members of the Trotter family on that family's history. Papers of Samuel T. and Lizzie J. Leavy include notes on Stoneman's Raid and the Jug Tavern fight in 1864, and Confederate Lt. Samuel Leavy's Civil War record.

397. Lebanon and Bradfordsville Turnpike Road Company.
Minute book, 1865-1902. BN\L441.
1 vol.
Marion Co., Ky., transportation company. Included are the minutes of the meetings of the company's board of directors for 1865-1902, and the treasurer's accounts, 1873-1886.

398. Lee, Jefferson Francis Marion, 1835- . Papers, 1795-1900. A\L478. .66 cu. ft.
Papers of Jefferson Francis Marion Lee, commonly called Frank Lee, of Corn Creek, Trimble Co., Ky., consisting of correspondence, 1849-1900, chiefly about land in Jefferson Co., Texas which his wife, Margaret Anderson Lee inherited from his grandfather, Clark Beach; letters from Calla H. Harrison, a missionary to Honolulu, Hawaii Territory in 1895-1896; genealogical letters from a cousin, Sidney Lyon, in 1898-1899, about the Lee and Gard families of New Jersey and Ohio; accounts, 1870-1891; land papers of his grandparents, Peter Lee and Capt. Gershom Gard, early settlers of North Bend in the Miami Purchase, and his father Rodney J. Lee of Hamilton Co., Ohio, including four deeds from Judge John Cleves Symmes; and Texas land papers, 1852-1890, concerning that land in Jefferson Co. which Mrs. Lee inherited. Also included are letters, 1849-1860, to David Towbridge of Vevay, Ind.

399. Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870.
Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1865. C\L.
4 items.
Soldier. Included are a 24 Nov. 1836 letter Lee wrote to Archibald Stuart stating that he has been requested by his brother, C.C. Lee, to transmit the enclosed deed (not included); typewritten copies of Lee's 20 April 1861 letter to Winfield Scott surrendering his commission in the army, and his 20 April 1861 letter to his sister informing her that he has resigned his commission and describes his feelings; and a facsimile of his General Order No. 9, 10 April 1865, which announced the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia and urged his men to return home with the satisfaction of duty "faithfully performed."

Additional Lee material is contained in other collections.

400. Letcher, Robert Perkins, 1788-1861.
Miscellaneous papers, 1830-1841. C\L.
7 items.
Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, U.S. congressman, governor, 1840-44. Letters and documents of a routine nature. Of particular interest is a 26 Aug. 1830 letter to George C. Washington discussing Henry Clay and the 1832 election.

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