Browse Items (89 total)
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Bible Revision Rooms envelope, 1857 November 6
Envelope sent from from publisher Bible Revision Rooms located at the corner of Walnut and Fourth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Kentucky envelope, 1857 May 29
Envelope sent from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Herbert & Wright envelope and letter, 1853 November 22
Envelope and letter sent to attorney William Porter, Corydon, Indiana, from Herbert & Wright importers of bolting cloths, manufacturers of French Buhrs, corn mills, smut mills, millirons, screws, etc. Located at Water Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The letter is about collecting on a debt. -
Ainslie & Cochran envelope, 1859 June 17
Yellow envelope sent from Ainslie & Cochran Louisville Foundry & Machine Shop located at southeast corner of Main and Tenth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Verso of envelope includes lithographic image and return address information, including image of steam engine. -
Ainslie & Cochran envelope, 1859 June 25
Yellow envelope sent from Ainslie & Cochran Louisville Foundry & Machine Shop located at southeast corner of Main and Tenth Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Verso of envelope includes lithographic image and return address information, including image of steam engine. -
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company letter, 1853 December 27
Letter sent from Charles C. Palmer, New York, to Virgil McKnight, Preston Bank of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, about The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company's transfer of thirty shares in the capital stock of the Bank of Kentucky to Charles C. Palmer. -
John Ward Tobacco Factory envelope, circa 1858 May 18
Envelope sent from John Ward Tobacco Factory located at 548 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Pickett Tobacco Warehouse envelope, 1859 April 1
Yellow envelope sent from Pickett Tobacco Warehouse located at the corner of Eighth and Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope lists Spratt, Harper & Co., proprietors. -
Garvin, Bell & Co. envelope, 1857 November 13
Yellow envelope sent to B. P. Shuck, New Haven, Kentucky, from Garvin, Bell & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods and Clothing, 442 and 444 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope back includes an image of the building facade labeled with the area of business: "dry goods & clothing, foreign & dometic, silk fancy dress, dry goods, variety goods". -
Martin & Penton, 1859 June 30
Envelope sent to auditor Thomas Page, Frankfort, Kentucky, from Martin & Penton, wholesale and retail dealers in staple and fancy dry goods, located at 96 Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. -
James E. Tyler & Co. envelope, circa 1859 February 17
Envelope sent from James E. Tyler & Co. General Insurance Agents located at the Northeast corner of Main and Bullitt Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Saint Matthews, Kentucky envelope, 1857
Envelope sent to Winchester Hall, Chicago, Illinois, from Saint Matthews, Kentucky. -
Louisville Hotel envelope, 1857 November 9
Envelope sent from the Louisville Hotel with return address block reading "Louisville Hotel - Kean, Stedman & Co. - Kentucky" -
Galt House envelope, letter, and news clipping, 1859 August 7
Letter to J. R. Barret, St. Louis, Missouri, from Gibson Mallory. The envelope is printed with The Galt House return address. The newspaper clipping is on railroad lines out of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
J.S. Morris & Sons envelope, circa February 14, 1858
Envelope sent from J.S. Morris & Sons Wholesale Druggists and Chemists, 423 West Main, Louisville, Kentucky. -
Edward Wilder and Bro. Wholesale Druggist embossed Envelope, August 14, 1857
Envelope sent from Edward Wilder Wholesale Druggist. Located at 448 Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Envelope return address block is embossed. -
Silver teaspoon
Coin silver teaspoon engraved "Lemon" on the front side of the handle. The bowl is egg-shaped and has a flat edge. The handle has rounded flanges near the bowl and ends in a fiddle style pattern. Marked on reverse: Jas. I. Lemon. -
Silver fork
Child's fork with convex curved handle. The handle is decorated with a raised outline, repousse leaves, and a monogram. The back of the handle has more vegetative repousse designs with 4 square marks of "J S & Co." and "Jas. I. Lemon & Co" (retailer). -
Jet Cross Necklace, circa 1825-1862
Mourning necklace belonging to Ann Booth Gwathmey. Women experienced death and loss regularly on the frontier. They often expressed their grief by wearing mourning jewelry. Ann Gwathmey experienced death many times throughout her life. She married Jonathan Clark Gwathmey in 1800 when she was eighteen years old, and he was twenty-six. She was nineteen years old when she gave birth to their first daughter, who died less than six weeks later. During the next twenty-five years, Ann lost both of her parents, two more pre-school aged children, and her husband. In her senior years, two of her adult children preceded her in death. -
A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, 1854
Title page of A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars : commanded by General Winchester, in the years 1812-13. Also, two narratives by men that were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Indians. Includes two narratives by Timothy Mallary and John Davenport, who were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Native Americans.