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American Republican Manifesto Broadside, circa 1850
This broadside linked the American Revolution's result, "INDEPENDENCE OF FOREIGN NATIONS", to the 1850s "danger of foreign influence" they believed was posed by immigration of Germans and Irish. This threat was magnified by the "most gross and outrageous frauds...committed under our present Naturalization system." Once naturalized, adult white male immigrants could vote. -
Annual Catalogue of Pupils
In 1852, 250 girls attended Science Hill Female Academy. Students were primarily from Kentucky as well as Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Iowa, Texas, and California.
Tevis advocated for equal education in science for women. Despite advice to "let Chemistry alone" as a subject better suited for men, Tevis built a chemistry lab a Science Hill in the early 1850s.
"Chemistry is especially requisite for the successful progress of our inquiries and researches into the nature of those things whence we derive the means of our comfort, our happiness, our luxuries, our health, and even our existence...In an an experimental science, where truth lies within our reach, we should make use of our sense and judge for ourselves."
-Julia Ann Hieronymus Tevis -
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Bill of sale for Marius, an enslaved man, September 16th, 1850.
A bill of sale for Marius, a man enslaved by William Christian Bullitt, transferring him to William's son, Joshua Bullitt. This document is dated September 16th, 1850. -
Boy posing with dog
Quarter plate ambrotype of young Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844-1867) posing for a studio portrait with his dog. Son of Ann Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Charles was a member of the Breckinridge family of Baltimore, Maryland. His father served as a leader of the Kentucky Emancipation Party in 1849 and was a strong Union supporter at the start of the Civil War. Charles graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1865. He died in 1867 at only 22 years old while serving as a First Lieutenant in the 15th U.S. Infantry. -
Broadside "Reception of the Remains of Hon. Henry Clay," 6 July 1852
Copy of a broadside calling upon the young men of Louisville, regardless of party affiliation, to meet at the courthouse to make arrangements for the reception and transportation of the body of Henry Clay to Ashland. -
Carte-de-visite of possibly Catherine Manser Stow, ca. 1862
According to the family, Belle Dufour Stepleton, Catharine's granddaughter, identified this photo, but we're not absolutely certain that she is correct. If it is Catharine, she is not wearing her spectacles, and would appear to be in her late 60s or early 70s. Catharine attained the age of 70 in 1881. Both the clothing and the stye of the image appear to date from an earlier era, so we have to consider that Judith Hyde Manser (d. 1871), Livia Hayward Stow (d. 1858), or someone else could be the subject, and that this carte-de-visite may have been copied from an earlier cased image (daguerreotype, tintype, or ambrotype). There is a good chance it isn't Livia Stow as she died before the invention of carte-de-visites."
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Conclin's New River Guide, Cover, 1850
Cover from the Conclin's New River Guide, which provided river travelers with important navigation and travel information.
Also called "a gazetteer of all the towns on the western waters," Conclin's guide contains sketches of cities, towns, and countries bordering the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, along with their tributaries, populations, products, commerce, etc. The guide was published in 1850 but uses data from 1848.
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Heigold house façade, ca. 1950
Heigold house facade after house was demolished and facade rebuilt on River Road. House built in 1857. Originally 264 Marion. Owner Charles Heigold. -
Henry Clay Campaign ribbon, "Clay Club"
Ribbon reads:
"Clay Club / Delegation / Washington, D.C. / "Liberty of Speech, if not the Right of Suffrage."
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Henry Clay Passport, 8 March 1851
For Henry Clay of Ashland (with his servant James Marshall, a free colored person). Signed by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. Visa on reverse for visit to Havana. -
History of the Shawnee Indians, from the year 1681 to 1854, inclusive
A history of the Shawnee Indians. -
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Kirkpatrick
Aged 5 yrs. Property of E. S. Washington and A. D. Offutt Fayette Co., Ky. A prize cattle specimen c. 1850s. -
Letter from Fanny Thruston Ballard to Cecelia Larrison (née Holmes), 11 March 1852
One of five letters from Fanny Thruston Ballard (1826-1896) to Cecelia Larrison (1831-1909), a woman formerly enslaved by the Thruston family. -
Letter from Fanny Thruston Ballard to Cecelia Larrison (née Holmes), 2 August 1855
One of five letters from Fanny Thruston Ballard (1826-1896) to Cecelia Larrison (1831-1909), a woman formerly enslaved by the Thruston family. -
Letter from Fanny Thruston Ballard to Cecelia Larrison (née Holmes), 23 February 1857
One of five letters from Fanny Thruston Ballard (1826-1896) to Cecelia Larrison (1831-1909), a woman formerly enslaved by the Thruston family. -
Letter from Fanny Thruston Ballard to Cecelia Larrison (née Holmes), 25 January 1857
One of five letters from Fanny Thruston Ballard (1826-1896) to Cecelia Larrison (1831-1909), a woman formerly enslaved by the Thruston family. -
Letter from Henry Clay to Alexander H.H. Stuart, Washington. "Ashland," 4 October 1850
Letter of recommendation for J. Morrison Harris for a public job in California. Clay notes that Harris was a member of the Baltimore Bar and that he was a "personal and political friend." -
Letter from Henry Clay to Ben J. Adams, Louisville, Ky. Ashland, Ky., 19 May 1851
Letter covering enclosure of letters of recommendation and introduction for a Mr. Fellows, friend of Adams, stating that he regrets not adding same to "our Ministers at London and Paris" but believes he has imposed on them enough in the past. The world's fair "has terribly interferred with my peace & repose." With an envelope addressed and franked by Clay.