Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Speed family. Papers, 1780-1905. 0.66 cu. ft.
Call No.
Mss. A S742i / 1-23
Content
Collection includes several letters written or received by members of the Speed family residing in Kentucky during the late 18th and throughout the 19th century. The subjects range from land sales and purchase, debts, tobacco crops and sales, local and national politics to the status, treatment, behavior, emancipation and colonization of slaves. Other topics include temperance, involvement of African American troops in the Civil War, post-war international relations and reconstruction.