1953 Archives - The Filson Historical Society

A Youth of Good Morals Zachary Taylor Sends His Only Son to School

March 13, 2014/in 1953 October Hamilton, Holman

Morgans Cavalry and the Home Guard at Augusta Kentucky

March 13, 2014/in 1953 October Rankins, Walter

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

March 13, 2014/in 1953 October D.D., Robert, Sanders, Stuart

Lyman C. Draper and the Shane Papers

March 13, 2014/in 1953 October B., Gara, Hesseltine, Larry, William

The Great Kentucky Absconsion

March 13, 2014/in 1953 October Emmet, Mittlebeeler, V.

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A Youth of Good Morals Zachary Taylor Sends His Only Son to School

Morgans Cavalry and the Home Guard at Augusta Kentucky

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Lyman C. Draper and the Shane Papers

Receipt for Cholera 1883

The Great Kentucky Absconsion

Book Reviews

Gustave A. Breaux In Memoriam

Book Reviews

News and Comment

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