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Maysville Eagle -- Extra
Maysville Eagle -- Extra: "The Whigs of Mason to the Whigs of the 10th Congressional District."
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Papers - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Letter from Henry Clay to Jacob Stratton outlining the Whig Party's objectives, 13 September 1842. (Facsimilie)
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Papers (Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872) - Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872
Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt, physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.
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Papers (Clay, Henry, 1777-1852) - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Letter, 5 September 1840, written by Henry Clay, Lexington, Kentucky, to Henry Henion, Rushville, New York. Clay responds to a letter received from the Rushville Tippecanoe Club asking his opinion of the prospects of Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison in the upcoming presidential election.
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Papers (Clay, Henry, 1777-1852) - Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Letter written by Henry Clay, Ashland, Kentucky, responding to Jacob Stratton, n.p., about the Whig Party's values and objectives.
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Papers (Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863) - Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863
Letter written by John Jordan Crittenden, United States Senator from Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, to Ohio Congressman, J.W. Allen, concerning the recent defeat of Henry Clay and the Whig Party.
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Papers (Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875) - Grey, Benjamin Edwards, 1809-1875
Letter, 24 May 1853, of Benjamin Edwards Grey, Henderson, Kentucky, to Hardinsburg, Kentucky lawyer J. B. Bruner. Seeking reelection to Congress, Grey complains of lack of support from his own Whig Party and promises to help reconcile breaches among its members. He encloses a broadside advertising a Democratic Party meeting in Henderson County on 28 May as evidence of its organization and aim to carry the election.
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Papers (Hale, Robert Earl, b. 1984) - Hale, Robert Earl, b. 1894
"The Successors of the Whig Party in Kentucky," by Robert Earl Hale, a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Master of Arts degree, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1925.
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Papers (Harris, Nathaniel Knight, 1811-1874) - Harris, Nathaniel Knight, 1811-1874
Letter, 19 June 1848, to Nathaniel K. Harris, Simpson County, Kentucky, advising him of his nomination at a meeting of Whigs to be the county's next representative in the General Assembly, and hoping for his acceptance of same.
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Papers (Hise, Elijah, 1802-1867) - Hise, Elijah, 1802-1867
Letter, 14 November 1844, of Elijah Hise, Russellville, Kentucky, addressed to John M. McCalla, Lexington, Kentucky. After giving details of a debt collected on behalf of the recipient, Hise requests that McCalla, a fellow Democrat, be informed of his delight at the election of James K. Polk to the presidency. He lists eight of the issues at stake in the election that he believes have been resolved by the victory.
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Papers (Hobson, Edward Henry, 1825-1901) - Hobson, Edward Henry, 1825-1901
Photocopied correspondence of Brigadier General Edward H. Hobson of Greensburg, Kentucky. Letters from his family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, fellow soldiers, colleagues and citizens of Greensburg cover his Mexican War and Civil War service, his business ventures, and attempts to win political office.
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Papers (Hook, Elizabeth Henrietta (Schmaltz), 1787-1846) - Hook, Elizabeth Henrietta (Schmaltz), 1787-1846
Letter, 26 October 1844, written by her daughter Louisa and niece Kate in Schenectady, New York to Elizabeth (Mrs. Josiah C.) Hook in White Lake, New York. In addition to family news, they report on local support for Henry Clay's Whigs and for the Locofocos as reflected in a Clay Club at school and in the flying of flags made from colored muslin.
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Papers (Keith, Jean E.) - Keith, Jean E.
Paper: "The Whig Party in Kentucky, 1847-1851: Whig Against Whig, North Against South, East Against West" written by Jean E. Keith while she was a student at Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes an eight-page annotated bibliography.
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Papers (Martin, Elizabeth (Gorin), 1791-1858) - Martin, Elizabeth (Gorin), 1791-1858
Letter, 8 December 1844, of Elizabeth Martin, Elkton, Kentucky, to her nephew Benjamin P. Hinch, New Salem, Illinois. She provides some family news and refers to the recent presidential election as a "great calamity" over which the defeated Whigs are "down in the mouth." Part of the letter is written by Elizabeth's daughter Avaline. She reports on her health, suggests names for Hinch's baby son, and forecasts the continuation of hard times wit...
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Papers (Rowan Family)
Correspondence, business and legal papers, clippings, etc., of John Rowan, Sr., 1773-1843, lawyer, judge, U.S. Representative and Senator, and owner of Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky; and of John Rowan, Jr., 1807-1855, master of Federal Hill and U.S. charge d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1848-1850.
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Papers (Scott, William Kennedy, 1788-1879) - Scott, William Kennedy, 1788-1879
Letter from Dr. William Kennedy Scott, Buffalo, New York, to his uncle Samuel Younglove, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He discusses the completion and printing of family memoirs and comments on current presidential election issues. Includes Samuel Younglove's letter to his cousin Timothy Younglove, written and forwarded on the same paper, with proposals on how to complete the memoirs project.
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Papers (Smith, W. H.) - Smith, W. H.
Letter of W. H. Smith, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky to his brother Joseph Smith in Warrenton, Virginia. Smith mentions an upcoming Whig festival to celebrate the Battle of the Thames, recounts the various illnesses of family members, and discusses his acquisition of a slave. He also comments on their mother's distress at the prospect of a slave being whipped.
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