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Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Jeffrey, Alexander, 1815-1899 

Title:  Papers, 1835-1899 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  3 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A J46 

Scope and Content Note 

Includes correspondence, 1835-1899, personal and family accounts, 1846-1899, land papers, tax receipts, including receipts for taxes on land in Kent, Van Buren, and Allen counties, Mich., Talbot County, Md., and Olympia and Tacoma, Wash. 

Correspondence includes letters from Jeffrey’s brother, Robert, at Toledo, Ohio, 1836-1838; letters to Delia Granger, a student at the Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y., and later Jeffrey’s wife; letters of recommendation, 1841, from John Grieg, Francis Granger, and others; letters from Jeffrey’s brother, John, chiefly concerning the business of their firm, John Jeffrey and Co., which planned, built, and managed gasworks in the 1850s in many southern and midwestern cities and in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba; letters from Clarence George Keats, who was associated with the firm of John Jeffrey and Co.; letters, 1851-1867, from Jeffrey’s brother, William, about his agency of the Grieg, Hornby, and Colquhoun estates in N.Y. state; letters, 1862, from John B. Paine, Jr., of Lexington, Ky., concerning local events; letters about the administration of the estates of William Jeffrey and of his aunt, Mrs. Jane Charlotte Ross; letters from Oswald Tilghman regarding the sale of “Hope Farm” in Talbot County, Md.; letters, 1883-1894, from Henry D. Fitch of Louisville, and others, regarding the management of the Vicksburg Gas Light Co., in which Jeffrey and his relatives were stockholders; papers, 1853-1892, of the Lexington Gas Co. of which Jeffrey was president and manager; and letters, 1890-1894, from T. N. Allen of Olympia, Wash., father-in-law of Alexander Jeffrey, Jr. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Personalia. 

2 Correspondence, 1835-1836.

3 Correspondence, 1838 Feb.-Sept.

4 Correspondence, 1838 Oct.-Dec.

5 Correspondence, 1839.

6 Correspondence, 1840-1844.

7 Correspondence, 1849-1850.

8 Correspondence, 1851.

9 Correspondence, 1852.

10 Correspondence, 1853.

11 Correspondence, 1854.

Box 2 

12 Correspondence, 1855.

13 Correspondence, 1856.

14 Correspondence, 1857.

15 Correspondence, 1858.

16 Correspondence, 1859-1862.

17 Correspondence, 1863-1865.

18 Correspondence, 1866.

Box 3 

19 Correspondence, 1867.

20 Correspondence, 1868.

21 Correspondence, 1869.

22 Correspondence, 1870.

23 Correspondence, 1871.

24 Correspondence, 1872-1874.

25 Correspondence, 1875-1879.

26 Correspondence, 1880.

27 Correspondence, 1881.

28 Correspondence, 1882.

29 Correspondence, 1883.

30 Correspondence, 1884.

Box 4 

31 Correspondence, 1885 Jan.-Apr.

32 Correspondence, 1885 May-Dec.

33 Correspondence, 1886.

34 Correspondence, 1887-1889.

35 Correspondence, 1890.

36 Correspondence, 1891.

37 Correspondence, 1892.

38 Correspondence, 1893.

39 Correspondence, 1894.

40 Correspondence, 1895-1899, and n.d. 

41 Correspondence, 1858-1890 and n.d. 

Box 5 

42 Accounts, 1846-1856.

43 Accounts, 1857.

44 Accounts, 1858.

45 Accounts, 1859.

46 Accounts, 1860.

47 Accounts, 1861.

48 Accounts, 1862 Jan.-June.

49 Accounts, 1862 July-Dec.

50 Accounts, 1863.

51 Accounts, 1864.

52 Accounts, 1865.

53 Accounts, 1866.

Box 6 

54 Accounts, 1867.

55 Accounts, 1868.

56 Accounts, 1869.

57 Accounts, 1870.

58 Accounts, 1871.

59 Accounts, 1872.

60 Accounts, 1873.

61 Accounts, 1874.

62 Accounts, 1875.

63 Accounts, 1876.

64 Accounts, 1877.

Box 7 

65 Accounts, 1880 Jan.-June.

66 Accounts, 1880 July-Dec.

67 Accounts, 1881.

68 Accounts, 1882.

69 Accounts, 1883.

70 Accounts, 1884.

71 Accounts, 1887.

72 Accounts, 1888.

73 Accounts, 1889.

74 Accounts, 1890.

75 Accounts, 1891.

76 Accounts, 1892.

Box 8 

77 Accounts, 1893.

78 Accounts, 1894.

79 Accounts, 1895.

80 Accounts, 1896.

81 Accounts, 1897 Jan.-June.

82 Accounts, 1897 July-Dec.

83 Accounts, 1898.

84 Accounts, 18981899.

85 Accounts, n.d.

Box 9 

86 Lexington Gas Co. records, 1853-1892.

87 William McConnell papers, 1782-1813.

88 Tax receipts, 1836-1898.

89 Land papers, 1838-1892.

90 Jane Charlotte Ross correspondence, 1849-1869.

91 Delia Jeffrey papers.

92 Contracts for the hire of female slaves, 1858-1860.

93 Notes on making gas and electricity, 1884.

94 Newspaper clippings, etc.

95 Jane Charlotte Ross accounts, 1831-1872.Will, 1869 Mar. 30.

96 Miscellaneous.

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  James, Ollie Murray, 1871-1918 

Title:  Papers, 1903-1976 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  1.5 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A J29 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection is primarily composed of handwritten and typed speeches and notes focusing on Ky. politics and Woodrow Wilson’s record. James recites the accomplishments of the Wilson administration; the 1916 presidential campaign, especially noting the peace and tariff issues. Later speeches call for preparedness and war. Other material includes correspondence; newspaper clippings, five scrapbooks of clippings, one with handwritten comments and speeches; three theses on James’ life and political career; and miscellaneous clippings, resolutions, and programs. 

Biographical Note 

1871 Born in Crittenden County. 

1891 Admitted to the bar. 

1896 Headed the Ky. delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. 

1899 At the Democratic nominating convention in Louisville, James opposed the nomination of William Goebel. 

1903 Married Ruth Thomas. 

1903-1913 Served in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

1912 Elected to the U.S. Senate. 

1916 At Democratic National Convention made a speech supporting Woodrow Wilson. 

1918 Died and was buried in Mapleview Cemetery in Marion. 

For more information consult the Kentucky Encyclopedia. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1911-1949.

2 Speeches, Ky. politics.

3 Speeches, 1903-1908.

4 Speeches, 1912 elections.

5 Speeches ca. 1916 about the accomplishments of the Wilson administration.

6 Speeches ca. 1916 about the accomplishments of the Wilson administration.

7 Speeches ca. 1916 on the peace issue.

8 Speeches ca. 1916 on the tariff issue.

9 Speeches concerning the 1916 election. 

10 Speech fragments, ca. 1916.

11 Speeches on preparedness and war, ca. 1916-1917.

12 Hungarian issue, ca. 1916.

13 Speeches on temperance and education, n.d.

Box 2 

14 Miscellaneous speech fragments. 

15 Testimony on Caleb Powers’ trial, ca. 1903-1904.

16 Resolutions.

17 Minutes, 1912.

18 Programs.

19 Programs.

20 Newspaper clippings, 1912-1976.

21 Newspaper clippings, n.d.

22Miscellaneousmaterial. 

Box 3 

23Scrapbook. 

28 Masters Thesis: The Political career of Ollie M. James.

29 Manuscript: The Life and times of Ollie M. James.

30 Thesis of Thaddeus M. Smith. [click to access PDF]

pkg. 24 Notebook containing newspaper clippings. 

25 Notebook containing newspaper clippings. 

pkg. 26 Scrapbook. 

27 Scrapbook. 

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Jacob, John Jeremiah, 1778-1852 

Title:  Papers, 1806-1851 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  3.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A J15 

Scope and Content Note 

Includes papers of Jacob, his children, grandchildren, and business partner Thomas Prather. 

Jacob’s papers consist of correspondence, 1806-1851, including letters from business associates and his partner, Thomas Prather, discussing business, crops, lands in Ky. and Mo., the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Louisville Library; accounts, 1896-1850, including statements of accounts with merchants, doctors, teachers, schools, colleges, publishers, and others for support and education of his family; accounts with contractors and others for the upkeep and improvement of his real property; bills of lading; promissory notes; canceled checks, 1817-1849, including ones drawn by Jacob as treasurer of the Louisville and Portland Canal Co.; receipts, including a receipt of Charles Wolford for painting a portrait of a lady in 1843; contracts with an overseer of a farm, 1844; contracts for brickwork, carpenter work, plastering, and digging a well; land papers, 1808-1849, concerning land in Bullitt and Jefferson counties, Ky., Louisville, Ky., Ind., Mo., legal papers; fee bills, 1833-1845; and slavery documents, 1813-1846, including bills of sale, deed of trust, and receipts. 

The papers of Louisville merchant Thomas Prather (d. 1823) includes letters, 1810-1812, discussing business, including counterfeit notes and ships built at Marietta, Ohio, in 1807; receipts, 1818-1822, for dividends for the Shelbyville and Louisville Turnpike Co., the Beargrass Toll Bridge Co., and the Louisville and Portland Turnpike; land papers; and miscellaneous papers. 

The papers of Thomas Prather Jacob, son of John J. Jacob, consist of correspondence, 1843-1886, with sister Susan Clay, James B. Clay, John W. Tyler, H. Slaughter, John B. Smith, Brown Brothers and Co., J. M. Womack, James P. Helm, Charles D. Jacob, and son John Jacob during a trip to Europe, 1879-1880; accounts, 1857-1886, including receipts of John Kitts and Co. for flat silver purchased in 1857 and 1859; subscription to Henry Clay statue in 1863; receipts of Benoni Irwin, 1870 Jan. 2, for $150 for portrait of Thomas P. Jacob; statement of expenses of erection of house at Fourth and Breckinridge streets in 1866; “Taxes and Insurance,” 1854-1886, containing a record of payments made on property owned by him, his brothers, sisters, and his wife; and miscellaneous papers. 

Small groups of Mrs. Thomas Jacob (Henrietta Pope Jacob), Charles D. Jacob, and Richard Taylor Jacob are also included, and concern household affairs, the death of Isabel Keats, and a proposed visit of John Quincy Adams to Louisville in 1843. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Notes on the Jacob family history.

2 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1806.

3 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1807.

4 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1816.

5 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1821-1825.

6 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1826-1835.

7 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1840-1845.

8 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1847-1849.

9 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, 1850-1851.

10 John Jacob Jeremiah correspondence, (transcripts).

Box 2 

11 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1806-1825.

12 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1826-1828.

13 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1829.

14 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1830.

15 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1831-1832.

16 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1833.

17 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1834 Jan.-June.

18 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1834 July-Dec.

19 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1835 Jan.-Mar.

20 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1835 Apr.-June.

21 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1835 July-Dec.

22 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1836 Jan.-May.

23 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1836 June-Dec.

24 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1837.

25 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1838 Jan.-June.

26 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1838 July-Dec.

Box 3 

27 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1839 Jan.-May.

28 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1839 June-Dec.

29 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1840 Jan.-June.

30 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1840 July-Dec.

31 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1841.

32 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1842.

33 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1843 Jan.-Mar.

34 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1843 Apr.-June.

35 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1843 July-Dec.

36 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1843 July-Dec.

Box 4 

37 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1844 Jan.-June.

38 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1844 July-Dec.

39 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1845 Jan.-June.

40 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1845 July-Dec.

41 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1846.

42 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1847-1848.

43 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1849.

44 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, 1850.

45 John Jacob Jeremiah accounts, n.d.

46 John Jacob Jeremiah city, county, and state tax receipts, 1826-1847.

Box 5 

47 John Jacob Jeremiah contracts, 1844-1850.

48 John Jacob Jeremiah Bullitt County land papers, 1808.

49 John Jacob Jeremiah Jefferson County land papers, 1812-1825.

50 John Jacob Jeremiah Louisville land papers, 1816-1829.

51 John Jacob Jeremiah Louisville land papers, 1831-1836.

51a John Jacob Jeremiah Louisville land papers, 1840-1845.

52 John Jacob Jeremiah Louisville land papers, 1846-1849.

53 John Jacob Jeremiah Indiana land papers, 1816.

54 John Jacob Jeremiah Missouri land papers, 1822.

55 John Jacob Jeremiah legal papers, 1824-1844.

56 John Jacob Jeremiah legal papers-fee bills, 1833-1845.

57 John Jacob Jeremiah slavery documents, 1813-1846.

58 John Jacob Jeremiah miscellaneous papers, 1820-1844.

Box 6 

59 Canceled checks, 1817?-1849. 

Box 7 

60 John J. Jeremiah and Co. articles of copartnership, 1806 Aug. 20.

61 John J. Jeremiah and Co. accounts, 1808-1811.

62 John J. Jeremiah and Co. Bullitt County land papers, 1808.

63 Prather and Jacob correspondence, 1810-1813.

64 Prather and Jacob accounts, 1810-1823.

65 Prather and Jacob notes and receipts, 1813-1822.

66 Prather and Jacob account with the Louisville Branch Bank, 1814-1824.

67 Prather and Jacob Jefferson County land papers, 1818.

68 James Cox, Jr. power of attorney, 1819 Apr. 14.

69 Thomas Prather correspondence, 1801-1812.

70 Thomas Prather notes and receipts, 1810-1822.

71 Thomas Prather receipts, 1818-1822.

72 Thomas Prather land papers, 1806-1819.

73 Thomas Prather slavery documents, 1823-1826.

74 Thomas Prather estate receipts, 1823-1838.

75 Seaton, Sanders and Co. accounts, 1815-1819.

Box 8 

76 Thomas Prather Jacob letter about the death of Isabel Keats, 1843 Nov. 8.

77 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence, 1843-1850.

78 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence, 1851-1867.

79 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence, 1878-1886.

80 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence from his son in Europe, 1879-1880. 

81 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence to his son in Europe, 1879-1880. 

82 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts, 1857-1886.

83 Thomas Prather Jacob minutes of Christ Church, 1870 Apr. 25.

84 Thomas Prather Jacob miscellaneous papers.

84a Taxes and insurance book.

Box 9 

85 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1878-1881. 

86 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1882.

87 Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1883-1888. 

88 Thomas Prather Jacob contracts and specifications as trustee of Mary Tyler,1862-1886.

89 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1878-1879.

90 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1880.

91 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1881.

92 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1882.

93 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1883.

94 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1884.

95 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1885.

96 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1886.

97 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1887.

98 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1888.

99 Thomas Prather Jacob accounts as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1889.

100 A. E.  Richards statements of rents collected and expended as agent of Mary Tyler, 1878-1880. 

101 Thomas Prather Jacob statements of account as trustee of Mary Tyler, 1878-1886.

Box 10 

102 Henrietta Jacob correspondence, 1854-1880.

103 Henrietta Jacob correspondence from her son John in Europe, 1879-1880. 

104 Henrietta Jacob correspondence to her son John in Europe, 1879-1880. 

105 Henrietta Jacob-Thomas Prather Jacob correspondence, 1883-1884.

106 John Jeremiah Jacob correspondence from Thomas Prather Jacob while in Europe, 1879-1880.

107 John Jeremiah Jacob correspondence from Susan Clay, 1880-1882. 

108 Charles D. Jacob correspondence, photograph (photocopy, original transferred to Photographs and Prints Dept.), and obituary.

109 Charles D. Jacob accounts, 1884-1886, and land papers.

110 Kate Jacob papers, 1857-1860.

111 Matilda Jacob account with William Prather for trip expenses, 1835.

112 Transcript from The Louisville Journal, 1865 Jan. 28, about the arrest of Lt. Governor Richard T. Jacob by General Burbridge. 

113 Petition to the Fayette Circuit Court requesting the resignation of Richard T. Taylor be accepted and a successor appointed. Contemporary copy, 1870? 

114 William Rinaldo Jacob recommendations from Indiana University, 1846. 

115 Louisville plat book. Report of John J. Jacob estate commissioners. Map of St. Louis. 

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Hunt, John Wesley, 1772-1849 

Title:  Papers: Morgan Collection, 1792-1847 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  0.66 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A H941m 

Scope and Content Note 

The papers of John Wesley Hunt, merchant, farmer, and hemp manufacturer. Collection includes correspondence, accounts, bills of lading, invoices, and land papers. Mostly concerning his business interests. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Correspondence, 1819-1860.Deed, 1847.

2 Invoices, etc.,n.d.

3 Invoices, etc., 1795-1799.

4 Land papers, 1802-1847.

5 Tobacco warehouse receipts, 1816-1817.

6 Bills of lading, 1817-1838.

7 Invoices, etc., 1802-1842.

8 Bills of sales of slaves, 1824-1846.

Box 2 

9Correspondence, 1792-1799.

10Correspondence, 1800-1807.

11Correspondence, 1810-1813.

12Correspondence, etc., 1814-1817.

13 Correspondence, map and accounts, 1828-1866.