James French papers, 1765-1949
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James French papers, 1765-1949
- Creator
- French, James.
- Extent
- 38 pieces.
- Subjects
- Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri.
- Historians.
- Clark County (Ky.)--History
- Arrangement
- Chronological arrangement.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Historian. French married Keziah Calloway, daughter of Richard Calloway, at Boonesboro.
- Scope and Content
- This is a collection of photostats of documents relating to the history of Clark County, Ky, collected by James French. It includes indentures, land office warrants, depositions, bills of sale, and correspondence. The letters include one dated 1846 from an Independence, Missouri, resident which describes the movement westward of settlers. Later correspondence and papers are compilations of Clark County history by French and others.
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