Halsey, Edmund Tryon (b. 1850) Collection, 1771-1902
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Halsey, Edmund Tryon, b. 1850
Title: Collection, 1771-1902
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 1.33 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A H196
Scope and Content Note
Collection of papers compiled by Halsey regarding the allied Thompson, Wallace, Hart, Taylor, and Vance families of Ky.
Correspondence, 1771-1866, of the Nathaniel and Susanna Hart family, George Claiborne and Sarah Simpson Hart Thompson family, Arthur Hooe and Letitia P. Hart Wallace family, and William L. and Letitia Thompson Vance family discussing routine and personal matters; plantation activities; slaves; business; the Civil War, and local affairs.
Also included are copies of Hart family Bible records; Hart family genealogical records; and a copy of an 1846 resolution of the Ky. legislature replacing Jack Hart’s (Nathaniel Hart’s slave) rifle which was lost at the Battle of Blue Licks.
In addition, a small group of John Jay Halsey papers, 1847-1849, includes letters, commissions, etc. regarding the Mexican War.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Bible records from the family of Nathaniel Hart II. Facsimile. Elegy on the death of my good dog Nero, by Nathaniel Hart III. Positive photostat.
2 Genealogical history of the Hart family, 1840.Muster roll of Captain Nathaniel Hart’s company, 1771 May 13.Will of Nathaniel Hart, 1782 June 27. Will of Nathaniel Hart, 1844 Feb. 1.
3 Correspondenceto Nathaniel Hart (1770-1844), 1822-1842.
4 Correspondence to Susanna Preston Hart from her children, 1823-.
5Correspondenceto Nathaniel Hart (1805-1854?), 1842-1846.
6 Thompson family genealogy, giving genealogy of George C. Thompson.
7 Correspondence to Dr. John A. Tomlinson from George Thompson, 1829 Dec.30.
8 George Thompson deeds to his son for land and slaves in Mercer County, Ky. George Thompson will, 1830 June 30.
9 George Claiborne Thompson correspondence, 1818-1853.
10 George Claiborne Thompson miscellaneous papers, 1845-1854.
11 George Claiborne Thompson papers relating to his will, 1846-1861.
12 Correspondenceto Sarah Hart Thompson, 1818-1847.
13 William Thompson correspondence, 1835-1856.
14 William L. Vance receipt and memorandum book, 1853-1861, containing list of slaves belonging to the estate of George C. Thompson; memoranda about division of the estate.
Box 2
15 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1844-1848.
16 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1849.
17 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1850.
18 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1851.
19 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1852.
20 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1853.
21 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1854.
22 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1855.
23 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, 1871-1873.
24 Correspondence to Letitia Thompson Vance, n.d.
25 Letitia Thompson Vance obituary notices. A list of her clothing before she was married.
Box 3
26 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1853-1854.
27 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1855-1856.
28 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1857.
29 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1858-1860.
30 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1861.
31 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1862.
32 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1863.
33 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1864.
34 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, 1865.
35 Correspondence to Mary Hooe (Wallace) Taylor, 1866.
36 Correspondence to Mary Hooe Wallace, n.d.
37 Correspondence to Hancock Taylor, 1865-1866.
38 Mr. and Mrs. Hancock Taylor: invitations and program.
38a Unidentified fragment.
Box 4
39Correspondenceto Richard Barnes Alexander, 1857-1864.
40Correspondenceto Susan (Wallace) Alexander, 1853-1865.
41 Letter to the editor of the Courier-Journal, 1888 Apr. 22, describing the trip of three Kentuckians form Constantinople through the Balkans. Clipping.
42 Correspondence to Edmund T. Halsey from James Bryce.
43 John Jay Halsey correspondence and documents, 1847-1849.
44Letterto “Edd.”
45Correspondenceto Elizabeth Vance Thompson, 1817-1846.
46 Bill of sale for a slave boy to Letitia Vance, 1863 Nov. 6.
fl. 47 A call “To the Union voters of Kentucky” to meet in convention and take measures for spreading, strengthening and making manifest the Union sentiment of Ky.
48 Correspondence to Susanna (Thompson) Vance from her husband, 1862.
49 Newspaper clipping about the visit of Grand Duke Alexis to the U.S., 1905 Apr. 9.
50 Correspondence to William L. Vance, 1848-1863. Bill of sale for a slave named Milo, 1859 Nov. 3.
51 Correspondence to Mary (Hart) Voorhies, 1854.
fl 52 William Voorhies obituary.
53 Correspondence to Arthur Hooe Wallace, 1847-1866.
54 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, 1818-1846.
55 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, 1847.
56 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, 1848-1850.
fl 57 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, 1854-1858.
58 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, 1861-1866.
59 Correspondence to Letitia P. (Hart) Wallace, n.d.
60 Thomas Wallace correspondence, 1861-1865.
61 Photograph of a Confederate general (photocopy). Original transferred to Photographs and Prints Dept.
62 William Wallace correspondence, 1854-1864.
fl 63 Carrie L. Winston letter to her aunt, 1855.
64 Correspondence and clippings.
