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Bennett, Edward Andrew, 1806-1867 (Sc 2652), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text (click on Additional Files) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2652. Letter of Edward A. Bennett, written from Louisville, Kentucky to his wife Judith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He discusses the shipment of their household belongings to Philadelphia, instructs her on the purchase of carpet, and gives news of mutual friends.

Lock, Benjamin (Lg 4), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 4. Original land grant, 3 October 1831, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted Benjamin Lock of Switzerland County, Indiana, 81.56 acres.

Record, Thomas (Lg 1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 1. Original land grant, 7 November 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Record of Dearborn County, Indiana, 40.56 acres.

Thackrey, Joseph (Lg 3), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 3. Original land grant, 10 August 1837, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Joseph Thackrey of Union County, Indiana, 320 acres.

Somerville, Thomas Wilson (Lg 2), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 2. Original land grant, 2 August 1838, by which Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, granted Thomas Wilson Somerville of Ripley County, Indiana, 80 acres.

Swinney, William (Lg 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 6. Original land grant, 6 November 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted William Swinney of Decatur County, Indiana, 40 acres.

Hunter, George (Lg 5), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 5. Original land grant, 30 October 1834, by which Andrew Jackson, President of the United States of America, granted George Hunter of Hamilton County, Indiana, 160 acres.

Richardson, Sarah "Sally" Pickett, 1944-2023 (Sc 2653), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2653. Miscellaneous items relating to the childhood of Sarah Richardson: birth announcement clippings, a congratulatory card to her mother, a church school certificate, high school report card, and a letter from a friend.

Murphy, James W. (Sc 779), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 779. Letter, 26 May 1880, written by James W. Murphy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to C. F. Harrison, New York City, in regard to a shipment of fabric. Murphy was employed by the Bowling Green Manufacturing Company; and in describing his work, he states, “We have no skilled help out here [,] I have to learn them how to do the work.”

Craddock, Robert Edward, 1757-1859 (Sc 781), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 781. Photocopies of Revolutionary War pension claims, 1828-29 (2), of Robert Edward Craddock, Warren County, Kentucky. Also included are articles about the memorial stone erected for Craddock in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Wilkerson Collection (Sc 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 783. Recommendation letter written for John N. Holland by officials of the Liberty United Baptist Church of Christ, Macon County, Tennessee, 1881; and photocopy of receipt for 25 cent contribution for the legal defense of protesters who staged a sit-in at Ohio Governor Martin Luther Davey’s office, 1937.

Ritter Daybook (Mss 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 98. A photocopy of an account book (432 pages), detailing the activities of a boarding house/tavern and large stable in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, owned by Burwell Clark Ritter.

Thomas, Joseph Vineyard, 1837-1924 (Sc 782), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 782. Civil War discharge certificate, 18 January 1865, and pension papers, 1912-1924 (3), of Joseph Vineyard Thomas and his widow, Malinda, Warren County, Kentucky. Also letter, 10 January 1986, written by Ardell Corbitt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, which contains genealogical information.

Lawrence Commemorates Emancipation Proclamation’S 150th Anniversary With Music, Presentations, Lawrence University

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In honor of the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Jan. 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, Lawrence University presents a series of Civil War-related events. All are free and open to the public.

Lawrence is currently hosting a traveling exhibition that examines how President Abraham Lincoln used the U.S. Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War: the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.

The 1,000-square-foot exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” is displayed on the second floor of Lawrence’s Seeley G. Mudd Library until Feb. 8. The exhibition is free and open to …

Martin, Charles Roy, 1892-1984 (Sc 770), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 770. World War I letters, 2 August 1918-9 June 1919 (31), written by Sergeant Charles Roy Martin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Fort Houston, Texas; Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and France, to his hometown friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cossey, Duenweg, Missouri. Also included are a photo of Martin in uniform and biographical data.

Wilson, Gordon, 1888-1970 (Sc 773), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 773. Copy of an English workbook entitled Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing (ca. 1933), of which Gordon Wilson was a collaborator. Also letter relating data about the book, 1973.

King, Stephen Lynn, B. 1954 - Collector (Sc 769), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 769. Letters, 1981-1984 (10 items); research data, mostly photocopies, 1898-1982 (14); photocopies of Civil War records of John L. Beard, Edward A. Cook, Benjamin Herald, and R. S. Weir, 1861-1864 (4); tombstone rubbings (4); and photographs, 1979-1984 (92), which Stephen L. King amassed as documentation for the project of upgrading the Confederate section of Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Reeves, A. C. (Sc 772), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 772. Political letter regarding the possibility of A. C. Reeves running against an opponent named Hayley. The writer (signature missing) suggests a meeting with Henry C. Hines to see local supporters in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Kuykendall, William S., 1821-1888 (Sc 774), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 774. Account book kept by William S. Kuykendall, Butler County, Kentucky, from 25 May 1852 to 29 November 1853, which records his transactions as a cobbler and includes the names of his customers.

Steamboats - Log Books (Sc 778), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 778. Log book containing a record of cash receipts and listing of products for the steamboats Evansville and Longfellow, which plied the Green River and its tributaries, from 7 December 1869 to 1 June 1884.