Autographs : land documents, business letters, and signatures, 1794-1946, bulk 1794-1806 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This artificial collection consists of two kinds of documents. The first document types are those that were created by "famous" or significant Kentuckians during the course of their day-to-day lives. These documents include 1804 Register Office forms signed by John Adair, an 1806 land transfer document signed by Robert Breckinridge, and an 1801 land tax record signed by Marquis Calmes. Other like documents have the signatures of Lewis Collins, Joseph Crockett, Christopher Greenup, Harry Innes, C.S. Morehead, James Taylor, and multiple Todd's: H.L., Robert, and Thomas. The other record type contains those documents that were created in response to a letter written by C. Frank Dunn, or are simply an autograph that has been cut from the whole original. Documents in this record type include: a letter from Alben W. Barkley, an autograph from Pearl S. Buck, a certificate of merit from William J. Fields, a letter of appointment from Flem D. Sampson, and correspondence from Fred M. Vinson