Menefee, Richard Hickman Papers, 1826-1968
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Menefee, Richard Hickman
Title: Papers, 1826-1968
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 0.33 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A M541a
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes letters of a romantic nature written by Menefee to his wife, Sarah Bell Jouett Menefee, daughter of Matthew Harris Jouett while on a trip to Washington and New York in 1835 and from Washington during his service as a representative in Congress, 1837-1839. The letters also mention dinners with Daniel Webster and Martin Van Buren; duel of his brother, John Menefee, at Vicksburg, Miss., 1838 Dec. 29; probability of war with Great Britain over the Northeastern boundary question; and giving messages to his son, Jouett.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1835.
2 Correspondence, 1837. [click to access PDF]
3 Correspondence, 1838. [click to access PDF]
4 Correspondence, 1839.[click to access PDF]
5 Excerpt from the Frankfort Commentator, 1825 June 4, about a sitting granted by Lafayette to Matthew Harris Jouett.
6 Letter, 1893 Aug. 26, from John Harris Miller to Mrs. Sarah Menefee giving a record of seven sisters of his great grandfather, Christopher Harris.
