Old Letters and Documents, Volume III, 1900 - 1910

Letters and documents to the Capertons, 1900-1910. (96 pieces) Of particular interest are: AN. Theodore Roosevelt to James W. Caperton, Nov. 14, 1904. Thank you note. Written by White House staff member. TN. Larz Anderson to Mr. (Thomas) Phelps, Indian River, n.d., Conveys a bottle of whiskey. Anderson was US ambassador to Belgium and Japan. ALS. Martha Estill Craig to James W. Caperton, Shrewsbury, N.J., June 28, 1905. In lengthy family letter, explains that they can't come to Kentucky because they are financially embarrassed. ALS. Brutus J. Clay to James W. Caperton, Berne, Switzerland, Sep. 3, 1905. Congratulates Caperton on his acquisition of Blair Park and welcomes him as a neighbor. Cannot locate a suitable house in Berne so has to commute to Geneva. Requests a $1000 loan to meet expenses. Clay was appointed US Minister to Switzerland on March 3, 1905. ANS. Mary B. Clay to James W. Caperton, Richmond, Nov. 3, 1906. Requests a loan of $1500 for one of her sons. Invitation to the 72d birthday of Justice John Marshall Harlan, June 1, 1905. ALS. Brutus J. Clay to James W. Caperton, Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 1906. Proposes to pay the interest ($60) on his $1,000 note in October and then pay the note off in January 1907. Invites the Capertons to vacation in Switzerland. ALS. Brutus J. Clay to James W. Caperton, Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 25, 1906 Inquires if the two $1000 notes due Jan., 1906 have been paid in full. Wants the Capertons to come to Switzerland. (2) Stock certificates for Richmond National Bank, James W. Caperton, president, June 29, 1907. Stock certificate for the First National Bank of Richmond, W. R. Letcher, cashier, W.R. Walters, president, June 23, 1882. TLS. George B. Kinkead, Lexington, Kentucky, September 14, 1907. Agrees to speak at the unveiling of the DAR sponsored monument at Boonesborough. TLS (fragments) Anderson Chenault Quisenberry to Katherine Caperton, Hyattsville, Md., Oct. 31, 1907. Family letter including Quisenberry's recollections of her father. Quisenberry was a well known Kentucky historian. ALS. Katherine P. Caperton to sister (Mrs. Frank E. Jennings), n.d. (spring, 1907), n.p. (Richmond). Provides details of successful vote on local option election won by dry forces. Discusses attempts by temperance side to get voters to the polls in bad weather and describes how over 1,000 students sang "My Country Tis of Thee," on the courthouse steps causing people to weep. Program. Madison Female Institute, June 13, 1881. Katie Phelps is cast as Lady MacBeth in "Dream of Shakespeare Women." Funeral program for James E. Cantrill (1838-1908), April 7, 1908. CSA, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Program, Madison Female Institute, May 21, 1908. Pupils' recital including Miss Jamie Caperton. TNS. James B. McCreary to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Caperton, October 27, 1908. Thanks them for their expression of sorrow. ALS. Sallie Stone Turner to Kate Caperton, Columbia, Missouri, Nov. 23, 1908. Thank you letter re: her visit to Kentucky. Turner was Kate's cousin and was the wife of William J. Stone, governor of Missouri, U.S. Senator, and advisor to Woodrow Wilson.