Box 2

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Tipton highlights events throughout the history of Madison County.

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The contents of this folder include Tipton's personal notes on the Battle of Richmond and a news clipping that contains a detailed account of the battle. Presumably, Tipton used the clipping as a primary source for his History of Madison County.

Scope and Contents The documents in this folder are all related to The Climax, the Richmond newspaper that Tipton created in agreement with William White. A copy of the original articles of agreement, a Climax broadside, financial materials, and news clipping that trace Tipton's active career as an editor and journalist are included. The clippings are especially interesting because they trace Tipton's political and editorial transformations between the Richmond Register and The Climax. Both papers changed...

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Tipton corresponded with Yates Sr. quite regularly, something that this collection of documents underscores. A War of 1812 Madison County soldier list, an original, and whimsical, Yates Sr. poem, and, genealogical sketches for the Ballew, Kavanaugh and Yates families are included in this document set. There is also a detailed biography of Nancy Howard Irvine.

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There are two documents housed in the Railroads folder. The first is an article that details the specifications for building the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad, whereas, the second is a rough sketch of Lake Reba and its corresponding Railroad line.

Scope and Contents Be warned that this folder contains some very interesting, yet nearly illegible, notes that Tipton scribbled for a variety of events that took place in and/or around Madison County. They can be read as both locally related fact sheets or actual primary source accounts of the events that took place. The included documents, just to name a few, detail the Battle of Little Mountain (Estill's Defeat), the Richard Calloway Ferry, the C.K. Doty Courthouse gunfight, early marriages in Madison...

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The materials contained in this folder are all news clippings that detail Madison County History. There is a great wealth of information contained in these clippings, which cover social, economic and political developments in Madison County. Presumably, Tipton saved them so he could add their content into his own manuscript. It should be noted that Brown Lee Yates Sr. (see Box 2, folder 8) authored a few of the articles.

Scope and Contents Most of the materials in this folder are handwritten biographies and genealogies for certain Madisonians that Tipton was researching for either his History of Madison County, or other newspaper related pieces. A few are typed or published documents, some are written in Tipton's hand, however, most are, presumably, written by interested family members. The Aultz, Davis, Demaree, Downey, Field, Goodloe, Hart, Henderson, Johnson, Jones, Lewis, McClanahan,...

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This document set helps make sense of French Tipton's family relations. The documents found in this folder contain Tipton family materials, such as obituaries, funeral announcements, genealogical sketches, biographies and other family related information. Undated genealogies are arranged first, where as the remaining materials are processed chronologically.

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The Programs and Invitations folder contains multiple invitations and event programs. The "Catalogue of Central University (1874-5)" is of special interest since it contains detailed information about Tipton's Senior year in law school, including his class load and course descriptions.