Hawes family papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hawes family papers
- Date
- 1829-1928
- Extent
- 0.23 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Bloomer costume.
- Hashish.
- Narcotics.
- Students.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 69M33: [Identification of item], Hawes family papers, 1829-1928, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Hawes family was originally from Caroline County, Virginia and came to Jefferson County, Kentucky under Richard Hawes and his wife Clara Walker in 1810. The family finally settled in Daviess County and were the land donors for the building of the town of Hawesville in Hancock County, Kentucky.
- Richard Hawes' third son Richard Hawes II served as Provisional Governor of Kentucky for the Confederacy from 1862 to 1865, and his sixth son Edwin Hawes went on to serve on the Kentucky State Senate in 1870.
- McCreary, Gene and Virginia Haase McCreary. Hawes Family Cemetary. April, 2008. Web. 11 August 2011.
- HAWES, Richard - Biographical Information. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Web. 11 August 2011.
- Scope and Content
- The Hawes family papers consists primarily of correspondence. Other items include a license to practice law in Louisiana for Edwin Hawes and a December 1842 memorandum of a trip made from Hawesville down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans.
- Of the correspondence, several letters from the 1850s are addressed to Clara A. Taylor. Another seven from the 1850s and one letter from 1867 are from Hugh W. Hawes of Saluria, Texas and describe life in that town. Notable amongst the correspondence is an 1851 letter from Winchester, Kentucky that mentions a woman's appearing in the "bloomer costume." An 1858 letter from Paris, Kentucky mentions the growing popularity of hashish parties. Also of note are three 1869 letters from E.P. Taylor that describe his life as a student at A&M College at Kentucky University.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
Correspondence, 1850-1859
Correspondence, 1860-1869
Correspondence, 1900-1928
Correspondence, undated
Edwin Hawes: License to Practice Law in Louisiana, 1829 March 4
Memorandum of Trip No.4, New Orleans and Letter to Edwin Hawes, 1842, 1846 March 10
Letters, Pedigree,Owensboro Daily Inquirer Clipping on Hawes Estate, 1887,1895-1896
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