Arthur Lee Campbell Papers, 1801-1837 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection includes correspondence, journal, memorandum book, 1812-1815, statements of account and promissory notes, 1816-1837; land papers concerning lands in Hardin and Jefferson counties, Kentucky, and in Tennessee, records of purchase of lots in Portland, Kentucky, 1818-1823; and legal papers, 1801-1837. Correspondence relates to Campbell's mercantile business at Mossy Creek, 1805-1812; his proposal to supply rations for U.S. troops in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1810; the military service of his brother, Captain James H. Campbell, 24th Regiment Kentucky Infantry, in the War of 1812; arrangements for a duel with Colonel George Rogers Clark Floyd in 1815; Campbell's removal to Louisville in 1818; the administration of his father's lands near Louisville; banks and banking in Kentucky and Tennessee; Kentucky politics; education of Campbell's son Matthew, in college; and other family matters