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"Analysis of Love"
Essay discussing women and love, and the institution of marriage. "The women are degraded to a level with the inferior animals, are expected to perform all the most tiresome, offensive and laborious services and unless when the instinct of nature prompts their savage lords to embrace them are treated with no sort of sympathy or equality." -
A brief practical treatise in the construction and management of plank road, 1850
Title page for A brief practical treatise on the construction and management of plank road. With an appendix containing the general plank road laws of New York, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois ... Also, the opinion of Judge Gridley of the New York Supreme court in the case of Benedict vs. Goit.Tags Building; Children; Construction; highway; law; pamphlets; plank roads; Roads; Toll gates; Tolls; travel; Women -
A Group of Mammoth Life Insurance Agents
An unidentified group of American-American men and women with the inscription, "Mammoth Agents in front of Home Office."
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467. -
Abigail Prather Churchill, needlework sampler, 1828-1830
Samplers were a staple in the education of girls, designed to teach needlework skills needed for household duties. Samples could be symbolic of the girl's culture, religion, social class, or personal accomplishments. Sampler making was seen as the ground work for civic, social, and familial responsibility. This was made by Abigail Prather Churchill the daughter of Abigail Pope Oldham Churchill (1789-1854), around age 11-13 at Nazareth Academy (which is near Bardstown, KY). -
Account of Annie Christian with Jacob Myers, 1787-1788
Account of goods purchased by Christian from Myers plus her rent, against salt obtained by Myers from Christian's saltworks, settling August 15, 1787. Goods include corn, flour, whiskey, ludestring, gauze, chopped rye, pork, beef, tallow, hay, and beef veal. -
Account of Richard Woolfolk with Annie Christian, 1786-1788
Account of wages due to Richard Woolfolk, with credits including cash, salt, shoes, and saddle bags, -
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and Dr. John L. Murray, 1814
Sarah Oldham Meriwether's account with a physician, Dr. John L. Murray, describes the treatments he rendered. -
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and George Wood Meriwether, 1815
Sarah Oldham Meriwether's account with George Wood Meriwether, shows her purchases for the year 1815, including the "Balance of Butlers account." -
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and Thomas Kelly, 1819
Sarah Oldham Meriwether's account with Thomas Kelly, including shoes made and purchased for her enslaved persons, which are named in the account. -
African Americans on and in front of a parade float, undated
An unidentified group of African American men, women, and children near, or inside, a parade float promoting Mammoth Life insurance policies for children.
Please note that the Filson Historical Society does not have insurance policy records for Mammoth Life. Requests for their insurance policy records should be made to Kemper Life Insurance Company at 1-800-777-8467.Tags Women -
Ann Clark Shawl
This shawl is said to have belonged to Ann Rogers Clark Gwathmey (1755-1822). See also 1943.5.1 (miniature portrait). Paisley Shawls were a luxury item worn by affluent women. Paisley, as a style, didn't get its name until the 1830s-40s, named after the Scottish town that began to reproduce designs copied from textiles that were originally imported from India. The pin and cone design motifs had their origins from Indo-Iranian people in Persia. Luxurious textiles from India were in high demand among the upper class and often can be seen in portraits of affluent women. By the mid 18th century, England's East India Company was importing shawls to London. In the early 1800s, Scottish mills began producing their own version of the highly sought after shawls, which made them more accessible to the rising middle class. -
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Bill for Annie Christian from Robert Parker, 25 June 1788
Bill from Lexington merchant Robert Parker to Mrs. Annie Christian for purple calico, light ground chintz, brocaded tiffney, fustian, coarse linen, essence of Bergamot, and Peruvian bark. Note indicates that some items are not yet in. -
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby, aged 22, to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823 -
Blue Empire Dress, circa 1800
Empire dresses emerged in the early 19th century and rapidly became fashionable across Europe (particularly England). -
Brown and White Cotton Dress, circa 1800
This cotton dress is a great example of the changes (simplified, 'natural' dresses) occurring in women's fashion in the late 18th century to early 19th century. 'Naturalness' in this context refers to the use of lightweight , easily washable materials (like muslin, cotton, linen, poplin, and batiste) for dresses. -
Business agreement between Annie Christian and James Asturgus, 28 November 1789
James Fontaine, Attorney for Mrs. Christian, agreement with James Asturgus regarding his family's support; three fourths covered by Christian, one fourth by Asturgus for partnership. Mrs. Asturgus feeds workers and keeps boarding house. Christian gets three fourths of the profit, and Asturgus one fourth. -
Cincinnati in 1826
Full version of this text available at Cincinnati in 1826.Tags African Americans; banking; boarding school; bridge; buildings; Canal; Christianity; church; climate; college; Colonization; court house; courts; episcopal; exports; female school; finances; fine arts; fuel; government; Hospital; humane society; imports; institutions; insurance; intelligence; jail; jewish; jews; journals; Kidd Fund; land office; Library; literary institution; louisville and portland canal; manufactures; markets; masonic hall; medical; minerals; money; museum; newspapers; pamphlets; population; post-office; prison; public health; real estate; religion; scientific institution; steam-boats; theatre; Women -
Darning sampler, 1809
This darning sampler is a great example of the various embroidery techniques that young girls were expected to learn and be proficient in. Samplers were a staple in the education of girls. The samplers were designed to teach needlework skills needed for household duties and could be a symbol of the girl's culture, religion, social class, and personal accomplishments. Sampler making was seen as the ground work for civic, social, and familial responsibility.