Pope, William Hamilton Papers, 1830-1866
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Pope, William Hamilton
Title: Papers, 1830-1866
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 P826a
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes business letters, 1837-1866; accounts and account books, 1841-1866; land papers regarding land in Kentucky and Arkansas; an 1852 certificate of stock in the Louisville and Oldham Turnpike Road Co.; and a bill of hire of a slave, 1863.
Correspondents include R. C. Anderson, R. Beall, Leland I. Bradley, James Farrington, H. T. Duncan, Henry Eddy, Abner T. Ellis, J. H. Larue, Robert Pope, J. B. Temple, W. Walling and others.
Biographical Note
1803 Born in Bullitt County, Ky.
1821 Graduated from Harvard.
1826 Married Mary E. Wilson of Jefferson County.
1832 Made president of the branch United States Bank in Louisville.
1837-1840 President of the Bank of Kentucky.
1867? Died.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1830-1844.
2 Correspondence, 1845-1849.
3 Correspondence, 1850.
4 Correspondence, 1851-1859.
5 Correspondence, 1860.
6 Correspondence, 1861.
7 Correspondence, 1862-1866.
8 Accounts, 1841-1844.
9 Accounts, 1845.
10 Accounts, 1846.
11 Accounts, 1847.
12 Accounts, 1848.
13 Accounts, 1849-1859.Account book, 1851-1860.
14 Accounts, 1860-1863.
15 Accounts, 1864.
16 Accounts, 1865 and n.d.
17 Kentucky land papers, 1847-1848.
18 Arkansas land papers, 1858.
19 Slavery documents, 1863 and n.d.
20Miscellaneouspapers, 1852.
21 Minor Sturgess Pope letters and accounts, 1858-1859.
22 Charles D. Pope papers, 1870-1871.
23 Kate A. Pope estate papers.
