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Kentucky

2012

Political History

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Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2012

Warren County, Kentucky Court Records - Civil War Indictments (Mss 412), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 412. Criminal and Equity Court, and Circuit Court records of Warren County, Kentucky relating to the prosecution of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers for conspiracy, treason, theft and property destruction in Bowling Green, Kentucky during the Civil War.


Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Griffith, Josh T., 1861-1939 (Sc 2557), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2557. Form letter, 24 March 1903, from Josh T. Griffith, Clerk of the Daviess County (Kentucky) Court, setting out his credentials and seeking support for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer.


Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Ferguson, Nora (Young), 1882-1969 (Mss 379), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 379. Personal and family correspondence, papers, and genealogical research materials of Nora (Young) Ferguson, a native of Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky. Includes original land, estate and guardianship records, and other early county records which Mrs. Ferguson was permitted to remove from the Warren County Courthouse for microfilming prior to its renovation in 1957. Click on "Additional Files" below to see receipts from the Warren County "Poor House."


Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Rodes, Robert, 1824-1913 (Sc 504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 504. Autograph album of Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1890-1891, of delegate Robert Rodes of Warren County. Also includes a typescript of the album’s contents.


Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2012

Neal, Mary Julia, 1905-1995 - Collector (Sc 502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 502. Autographs and biographical sketches of the members of the Constitutional Revision Assembly of Kentucky, 1964-1965 solicited by Mary Julia Neal.


Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 (Sc 381), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 381. Photostats of a Kentucky Legislature Resolution, 1812, signed by Governor Isaac Shelby; letters to President James Madison, 1814 (2) supporting the war with Great Britain; letters to General Andrew Jackson and others regarding Kentucky Volunteers for the war, 1814, 1815 (4); and papers concerning a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, 1818 (2), accompanied by a copy of the joint report of Shelby and Jackson regarding the treaty, 1818.


Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2012

Slaughter Family Papers (Sc 402), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 402. Will, 1798; slavery bill of sale, 1810; militia commission, 1820; letters concerning Slaughter estate settlement, 1835-1843 (9); Mexican War claim, 1849; letters of recommendations for judicial appointments, 1853-1879 (7); Civil War notes and letters, 1861-1864 (4); and miscellaneous items. Selected items have been typescripted.


Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Camden, Johnson Newlon, Jr., 1855-1942 (Sc 2520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2520. Letter from Johnson N. Camden, U.S. Senator (Democrat) from Kentucky, in Washington, D.C. to Ciceroe Coleman, Lexington, Kentucky, asking for support in the upcoming election. Camden filled a vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley


James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

James, Addison Davis, 1849-1910 (Mss 400), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 400. Photocopy of a letter press book kept by Addison Davis James during the time he was U.S. Marshal for Western Kentucky. James was a physician and a prominent Republican from Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.


Whig Party (Sc 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Apr 2012

Whig Party (Sc 320), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 320. Typescript of an open letter from sixteen citizens to the voters of Warren County concerning the issues in the 1844 presidential election and the Whig party platform.