Shelby, Isaac (1750-1826) Papers Jacobs Collection, 1792-1893

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826 

Title:  Papers Jacobs Collection, 1792-1893 

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 S544d 

Scope and Content Note 

Included are letters and autographs of prominent political and military leaders from the late 18th to the mid-19th centuries. The letters regard Indian hostilities, Ky. politics, and national affairs. Correspondents include Willie Blount, John Breckinridge, John Brown, Elijah Clark, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Joseph H. Daveiss, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, Robert P. Letcher, George Mathew, George Nicholas, Edmund Randolph, Charles Scott, Thomas Todd, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Webster, and James Wilkinson. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Letter of Henry Knox, 1792 May 11.Letter of George Nicholas, 1792 June 12.

2 Letter of Anthony Wayne, 1793 May 18.Letter of Charles Scott, 1793 Aug. 2.

3 Letter of George Mathews, 1796 Aug. 9.Letter of John Brown, 1794 Nov. 23.Letter of Edmund Randolph, 1794 Nov. 16. 

4 Letter of John Breckinridge, 1795 Jan. 25.Letter of James Wilkinson, 1795 Apr. 5. Letter of Elijah Clarke, 1795 Apr. 7. Letter of Willie Blount, 1795 Oct. 15. Letter of Joseph H. Daveiss, 1799 May 9. 

5 Letter of George Madison, 1806 Aug. 2.Letter of John C. Calhoun, 1818 Dec. 1.Letter of Andrew Jackson, 1818 July 31. 

6 Letter of Thomas Todd, 1825 June 27.Letter of Robert Perkins Letcher, 1825 Dec. 29.

7 Letter of Henry Clay, 1830 Apr. 1.Letter of Daniel Webster, 1837 June 29.Letter of Richard H. Menefee, 1839 Jan. 17. 

8 Letter of Robert J. Breckinridge, 1856 Oct. 14.Letter of C. S. Todd, 1859 May 25.Letter of George Denison Prentice, 1860 July 23. 

9 Letter of James Wilkinson, n.d. Letter of E. P. Humphrey, n.d. Letter of Felix Grundy, [n.y.] Mar. 25. Letter of Thomas Todd, n.d. 

10 Address leaves and autographs.

11 Centre College program. Religious tract. Newspaper-extra: Fire in Danville, Ky., 1860 Feb. 23. 

12 Facsimile: Walter Scott to Henry Brevoort, London. Ebbotsford, 1813 Apr. 23.Reprint: Ulster County Gazette, 1800 Jan. 4. 

13 Newspaper clippings.

14 Miscellaneous

 

Box 2 

15 Scrapbook.