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Hays Family Papers (Sc 3161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 2017

Hays Family Papers (Sc 3161), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3161. Estate papers of the Hays family of Warren County Kentucky: wills of Samuel, Rebecca and Daniel W. Hays; William Hays estate settlement; appraisement of slaves of Daniel Hays; and sale bill of personal property of Rebecca Hays.


Western Lunatic Asylum - Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Sc 3093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2017

Western Lunatic Asylum - Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Sc 3093), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3093. Documents, chiefly 1854-1870, relating to the operation of the Western Lunatic Asylum, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Includes contracts and accounts for wood, coal, foodstuffs, laborers and employees, and repair and construction. Also includes legislation relating to appropriations and management, an 1855 inventory of movable property, a report to Governor Beriah Magoffin of an 1860 fire, and contracts and inventories relating to the subsequent rebuilding of the asylum.