Box 1

Todd of Lexington, KY talks of family and Whig politics including a Mr. Todd victory.

This collection consists mostly of single items that were a part of the Townsend Room Collections that were purchased or donated. Some items still have the purchase information attached, and this was left in the enclosure. The subjects included in the collection include slavery, politics, business affairs, legal issues, family and genealogy. Because of the varied nature of the materials they were divided by type and inventoried individually.

Constitution and By-Laws

For service in the Revolutionary War .

Regarding an Act of the Kentucky legislature to create a town on James Wilkinson's land in Fayette County and a ferry across the river.

A handwritten list of what appears to be notices placed in the Gazette.

Elma Moore Rutledge lived most of her life in Tennessee, and this notebook mentions Mont Eagle; but she died in Madison County, KY. This notebook she writes an essay about disreputable prints and the harm they do to families. There are also two accounts of Temperance Days at Mont Eagle, August 15 and 15.

Suit in New Jersey courts over land in New York, Virginia and Kentucky. John Bryan lived in New Jersey at his death.

This collection consists mostly of single items that were a part of the Townsend Room Collections that were purchased or donated. Some items still have the purchase information attached, and this was left in the enclosure. The subjects included in the collection include slavery, politics, business affairs, legal issues, family and genealogy. Because of the varied nature of the materials they were divided by type and inventoried individually.

Slave Receipt for hire of Cale by William Hart.