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Manuscript Database - Subject: Ballard, Frances Thruston, 1826-1896

Ballard, Frances Thruston, 1826-1896

Ballard family. Papers, 1840, 1852-59, 1872-78, 1883-84, 1896-99.

Papers relating to Frances Thruston Ballard's reign as Queen of the May in 1840; Letters of a former slave to Frances Ballard; Letters of Frances Ballard (Mrs. Andrew J. Ballard).

Ballard, Frances Thruston, 1826-1896

Mayors of Louisville, Kentucky. Papers, 1870-1909.

Frances Ballard wrote letters to the Mayors of Louisville dealing with such matters as street paving and charity requests.

Ballard, Frances Thruston, 1826-1896

Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard, 1858-1946. Papers, 1885-1945. 1 box.

Specified folder contains information on Frances (Thruston) Ballard (Mrs. Andrew Jackson Ballard).

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