Taylor, James Added papers
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Taylor, James
Title: Added papers
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 T243a
Scope and Content Note
Papers include correspondence, 1811-1879, between Taylor, his son James, and business clients regarding land claims, sales, and surveys; legal papers, 1799-1856, some regarding Newport; land papers, 1792-1884, containing indentures, deeds, and a broadside advertising the sale of James Taylor, Jr.’s lots in Newport; and maps, surveys, and plats, 1816-1878, of lots in Newport, the town of Taylorsville, Ky. downstream from Newport, and Taylor’s land on the Little Miami River. Miscellaneous financial and business papers, 1817-1881, include bonds, receipts, and estate appraisals.
Folder List
Box 1
1 Correspondence, 1811-1879.
2 Legal papers, 1799-1856.
3 Land papers, 1792-1884.
4 Maps, surveys, and plats, 1816-1878.
5 Miscellaneous financial and business papers, 1817-1881.
6 Miscellaneous, 1826-1894.
7 Booklet about the founding of Newport, Ky., 1963.