Box 1

Scope and Contents From the File:

This series consists of twenty items ranging from a poem entitled 'To My Bobwhite" by Katheryn Parke to a copy of the oath in 1850 admitting Alexander Fife as a citizen of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the File:

This series consists of twenty items ranging from a poem entitled 'To My Bobwhite" by Katheryn Parke to a copy of the oath in 1850 admitting Alexander Fife as a citizen of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...

Scope and Contents From the File:

This folder consists of bills of sale for slaves to Daniel Green from 1808-1822, business receipts for school tuition and merchandise, a few cancelled checks, receipts of payments to Mary Fife, and a receipt for funeral services for family members. Some items are laminated or photocopied.

Scope and Contents From the File:

This folder consists of correspondence to Alexander from his family in Ireland. The letters are full of family information and community gossip, as well as economic and political commentary and provide insight into Ireland in the first half of the 19th century.

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From Dorris Museum Collection, accession # 118.175

Scope and Contents From the File:

Over thirty deeds and surveys are included in this series, the earliest being dated in 1797. The latest deed is dated 1881 and is filed preceding three undated years of surveys. Some of the surveys were signed by John Crooke and Kiah Crooke, early surveyors in Kentucky. Information contained in the deeds indicated that much land was handed back and forth among family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Green - Fife - White Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents from the family of Daniel Green and Margaret Ross Green and their descendants. The letters from Ireland to Alexander Fife are especially interesting as they discuss the economic and political situation in Ireland as well as information about family members and neighbors. The last letter in that series briefly mentions the Potato Famine. There are also numerous documents relating to slaves and slavery...

Scope and Contents From the File:

This folder consists of bills of sale for slaves to Daniel Green from 1808-1822, business receipts for school tuition and merchandise, a few cancelled checks, receipts of payments to Mary Fife, and a receipt for funeral services for family members. Some items are laminated or photocopied.

Scope and Contents From the File:

This folder consists of correspondence to Alexander from his family in Ireland. The letters are full of family information and community gossip, as well as economic and political commentary and provide insight into Ireland in the first half of the 19th century.