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Title: | Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Shelby Family Papers |
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Dates: | 1742-1823 |
Size: | 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) |
Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | Reuben Thomas Durrett (1824-1913), lawyer, manuscript and book collector, and Kentucky historian. This collection contains the papers of the Shelby family, an eighteenth and nineteenth-century military and farming family in Kentucky and Maryland. The collection contains materials relating to the economic, military, and legal activities of Evan Shelby (1719-1794) and his son, Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a revolutionary officer and the first governor of Kentucky. The collection also contains a small amount of material pertaining to John Shelby (1748-1814) and James Shelby (1752-1786). The collection includes correspondence, business records, military papers, and land records. The collection spans the years 1742-1823, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1760-1796. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Durrett, Reuben T. Collection. Shelby Family Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
The existence of the Durrett library first came to the attention of the University of Chicago through William E. Dodd, a professor of American history at the University who had consulted the library as a student. Like other faculty members of the Division of the Social Sciences early in the century, Dodd was concerned about the University's lack of extensive research materials for history and related subjects, and since he was aware of Durrett's advanced age, he persuaded A. C. McLaughlin, also of the history department, to accompany him to Louisville in June, 1910, to see the collection and to make discreet inquiries about plans for its disposition. The two found Durrett himself uncertain about his plans, but learned that the Durrett family opposed making a donation of the collection, and that they were in communication with Princeton University and the University of Illinois about selling the library.
Dodd himself was very enthusiastic about the research potential which Durrett's library represented, and won the support of many of his colleagues on the social science faculties in his efforts to persuade President Judson to consider the purchase by the University of the entire library, numbering some 30,000 volumes. Convinced that the collection would be a valuable addition to the University's holdings, but wary of the expense involved, Judson agreed cautiously to investigate the idea. Although Dodd and his colleagues were anxious to conclude the agreement quickly, fearing competition from other would-be purchasers or the dispersal of the collection upon Durrett's apparently imminent death, the task of deciding upon a fair offer was made difficult by the fact that the collection had never been adequately catalogued.
Durrett's own suggestion made in December, 1912 of $45,000 seemed high, so in February 1913, the University engaged Walter Lichtenstein, a Northwestern University librarian who had previously acted as purchasing agent for the University of Chicago libraries, to assess the value of the Durrett collection. Lichtenstein's report was submitted to President Judson on February 21, 1913, following a trip to Louisville to sample the collection.
The assessment, made on terms of commercial market value rather than scholarly significance, divided Durrett's library into four parts. Some 20,000 bound volumes (including 500 volumes of Kentuckiana) he estimated at $7,200. Two hundred fifty file folders of pamphlet material had no apparent commercial value. Numerous manuscripts and newspapers were difficult to assess but Lichtenstein thought they could be fairly purchased for $15,000. A collection of maps was estimated to have a value around $50. Lichtenstein's estimate, therefore, totaled $22,000-$22,500, considerably less than Durrett's own. When the University authorized Lichtenstein to make this offer to the Durrett family, however, they accepted it, apparently favoring Chicago as the repository of their collection. The purchase sum, which was too high to be taken from the University's ordinary budget, was raised among outside donors, and under Lichtenstein's supervision, the library was dismantled and shipped to Chicago by early May. It filled 287 large packing crates. Its arrival provoked considerable comment in the Louisville and Chicago press, and almost immediately the University began to receive research inquiries from scholars and requests from several libraries for copies of some of the Durrett material to add to their own collections.
In his report Lichtenstein had warned President Judson that considerable effort and expense would be required to process the collection once it was at the University. His warning proved to be justified. Aside from the massive undertaking of unpacking, sorting, and cataloguing the collection, much of the material was found to be in poor condition, requiring cleaning, repair, and binding or rebinding. To facilitate the efficient processing of the Durrett acquisition, the entire operation was assigned to Edward A. Henry of the library staff, who, with the help of his assistants, was to devote most of his attention to the Durrett project for some seven years. It was decided that duplicates should be disposed of, that a number of Filson Club possessions in Durrett's library should be returned to the Club, and that most of the non-manuscript material in the collection would be distributed according to subject matter among the University's various departmental libraries. On several occasions between 1913 and 1937, items of an official character were returned to Kentucky upon request, including records of Jefferson County, journals of Kentucky constitutional conventions, and certain manuscripts and photographs of the Filson Club identified by the club's president, R. C. Ballard Thurston. Most of Henry's time seems to have been devoted to preparing the material for this dispersal. His assignment was expanded in 1914 when the University purchased a collection totaling 436 volumes of Kentucky newspapers and miscellaneous books from Mrs. Joel R. Lyle, sister of Robert C. Boggs of Lexington, Kentucky. It was deemed appropriate to merge the Boggs-Lyle acquisition with the Durrett, and the two were processed together.
By the end of the 1915-16 academic year, about 9,000 of the Durrett and Boggs-Lyle volumes had been processed and distributed to the departmental libraries. It was then that Henry and his staff turned some of their attention to the manuscripts--that is, to the material comprising the Durrett Collection as described in this guide. At that time the Durrett manuscripts were apparently divided into four large groups--the Joel Tanner Hart Papers, the Joshua Lacy Wilson Papers, miscellaneous manuscripts, and miscellaneous separately bound items--either mounted in scrapbooks or bound together. A card catalog was compiled for at least the first three of these groups.
The Durrett Collection remained in this state until the mid-1950s. By then it had been incorporated within the holdings of the Department of Special Collections (1951), and it became clear that reorganization of the manuscripts was necessary. Paul Angle, a member of the staff of the Chicago Historical Society, who had surveyed the University of Chicago's manuscript collection as a consultant in 1944, had pointed out that the Durrett miscellaneous bound manuscripts in particular were of little use to scholars as they were then arranged and described. Moreover, the Special Collections staff had observed that the mountings and bindings done by Henry's staff were detrimental to the lives of the manuscripts, and that the existing catalog and descriptions provided inadequate access to the documents. The manuscripts, therefore, were removed from their bindings and divided into smaller and more coherent sub-collections.
In the 1970s, an effort was undertaken to edit the 1956 guide, to enhance the descriptions of the Durrett codices for greater detail and accuracy, and to differentiate between transcripts and original manuscript material bound together in the codices. Manuscript material also received conservation treatment. In 1983, another attempt was made to write a comprehensive guide to the entire collection. This guide remained in use until 2015. The current guide was completed in 2016.
Evan Shelby was a prominent eighteenth-century farmer, fur-trader, and soldier. Born in Wales in 1819, Evan Shelby emigrated with his parents, Evan Shelby and Catherine Morgan, to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1734. From 1755 to 1787 he served in various militias, holding commissions in both Maryland and Pennsylvania. He took part in Braddock’s Campaign (1755) and the Battle of King’s Mountain (1780) and was commander of the Fincastle Company in Dunmore’s War (1774). He was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1781 and the North Carolina Assembly appointed him brigadier general of militia of the Washington District of North Carolina in 1786. In August 1787, he was elected governor of the State of Franklin to succeed Sevier, but declined the position. He died in Fincastle County, Virginia on December 4, 1794.
Isaac Shelby was born in 1750 in Frederick County, Maryland. In 1773 he moved to Fincastle County, Virginia and served as a lieutenant under his father’s command in the Fincastle Company. He had an extensive military career – he served as a lieutenant in the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774), was commissioned a captain of a minuteman company in 1776, served as commissary of supplies for a frontier regiment in 1778, aided in the supervision of supplies for the Continental Army in 1778, and fought in the Battle of King's Mountain (1780). He became involved in politics after 1779, serving as a member of the Virginia Legislature. He played an active role in the creation of the first constitution of Kentucky. He was elected as the first Governor of Kentucky in 1792, sworn into office the day Kentucky entered statehood. He was reelected for a second term from 1812 until 1816. In the War of 1812 he commanded 4,000 troops under General Harrison. He organized and led the Kentucky troops in the Battle of Thames, for which he was honored with a congressional gold medal. He died on July 18, 1826.
John Shelby (1748-1814) and James Shelby (1752–1786) were the sons of Evan Shelby and brothers of Isaac Shelby.
The collection is organized into three series:
I. Evan Shelby
The materials in this series include receipts, bonds, deeds, accounts, bills, and some correspondence. The bulk of material is financial in nature and documents the economic affairs of Evan Shelby in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The materials in this series span the years 1742–1787 and are arranged chronologically.
II. Isaac Shelby
The materials in this series include correspondence, receipts, bonds, deeds and accounts related to Isaac Shelby’s personal affairs, as well as documents pertaining to military activities during the Indian wars, the Revolutionary War, and frontier defense in the years after the American Revolution. The series also contains commissions and correspondence from Isaac Shelby’s two terms as Governor of Kentucky. The materials in this series span the years 1767-1823 and are arranged chronologically.
III. John and James Shelby
The materials in this series include a legal document, and a small number of commissary orders and receipts. Materials span the years 1777-1783 and are arranged chronologically.
Series I: Evan Shelby |
Box 1 Folder 1 | Shelby, Evan, Prince George County, Maryland to Jenkin Harris, John Miers - Excerpts from two deeds – June 24, 1742 - A.D.S. 2p. |
Box 1 Folder 2 | Shelby, Evan to Philip Davies - Promissory note – April 24, 1749 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 3 | Shelby, Evan to Michael Stump – Promissory note – November 11, 1749 –A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 4 | Hoops, Adam - Receipt for land – May 2, 1750 – A.D.S. 1 p.
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Box 1 Folder 5 | Shelby, Evan to David Davidson and Samuel Davis – Receipt – March 17, 1756 - A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 6 | Shelby, Evan to Jacob Pirckell – Receipted bill – September 16, 1757 - A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 7 | Beall, Alexander - Muster roll – October 8, 1757 – A.D.S. 4 p
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Box 1 Folder 8 | Madden, Mordicai to Captain Daggworthy, Evan Shelby - November 14, 1757 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 9 | Shelby, Evan and David Ross – Account statement and receipt – June 17, 1758 to July 17, 1762 – A.D.S. 3 p. |
Box 1 Folder 10 | Shelby, Evan and Captain Thomas Price – Receipt - November 3, 1759 - A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 11 | Shelby, Evan, [George], and McCree – Letter and statement of account - April 7, 1760 - A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 1 Folder 12 | Hoops, Adam to Evan Shelby – Memorandum of agreement – May 28, 1760 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 13 | Shelby, Evan and John Shelby – Receipt and account – May 31, 1760 –A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 14 | Bard, George to Evan Shelby – Account and receipt – June 19, 1760 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 15 | Ebersole, Christian to Evan Shelby and John Thomas – Receipt – July 26, 1760 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 16 | Shelby, Evan to John Metcalfe – Receipt – circa 1761 – A.D. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 17 | West, Stephen to Evan Shelby – Letter and inventory of goods – A.L.S. and A.D.S. 8 p. – June 2, 1761 |
Box 1 Folder 18 | Greenfield, John, Winchester, Virginia to John Henneson – Receipt – July 11, 1761 - A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 19 | Shelby, Evan and Jacob Pirkle – Statement of Account – August 1761 –A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 20 | Shelby, Evan and John Metcalfe – Receipts – September 28, 1761 – A.D.S. 4 p. |
Box 1 Folder 21 | Davison, John and James Downey to Evan Shelby - Receipt – September 29, 1761 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 22 | West, Stephen, Upper Malboro, Maryland to Evan Shelby, Frederick, Maryland - Statement of Account – November 19, 1761 - A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 22 | Shelby, Evan, Frederick, Maryland to Stephen West, Upper Malboro, Maryland - Bond – November 19, 1761 – A.D. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 23 | Carroll, Charles to Evan Shelby - Receipt – February 25, 1762 - A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 24 | Hughes, John to Evan Shelby - Letter – April 20, 1762 - John Hughes, to Captain Evan Shelby, A.L.S. 3 p.
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Box 1 Folder 25 | Fairfax, Lord Thomas, Frederick County, Virginia to Henry Nelson - Deed of Land – May 29, 1762 - A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 26 | Wheat, Conrad with Evan Shelby - Statement of Account – July 9, 1762 – A.D.S 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 27 | Shelby, Evan to Mary Morgan - Statement of Account – October 13, 1762 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 28 | Shelby, Evan – Court Bills – circa1763 – A.D.S. 6 p.
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Box 1 Folder 29 | Shnebely, Henry, Canogegicke, Maryland to Evan Shelby - Note – July 2, 1763 - A.N.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 30 | Shelby, Evan and Postlethwait to Elias Stilwell – Note of Payment - July 7, 1763 - A.N. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 31 | Callendar, Robert, Carlisle, Pennsylvania to [Evan Shelby] – Letter – July 14, 1763 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 32 | Letterman, Christian to Evan Shelby – Money order – August 16, 1763 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 33 | Innis to Captain Evan Shelby and Company – Statement of Account - October 14, 1763 – A.D. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 34 | West, Stephen to Evan Shelby and [Edmond] Moran - Statement of Account - January 18, 1764 – A.D. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 35 | From Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Shelby, Moran – Letter – January 27, 1764 – A.L. 4 p. |
Box 1 Folder 36 | Shelby, Evan and Moran, Edmond - Expenses – March 23, 1764 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 37 | Moran, Edmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Evan Shelby, New York – Letter – April 7, 1764 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 38 | Moran, Edmond to Evan Shelby – Letter – August 4 1764 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 39 | Prather, James, [Fort Frederick, Maryland] to Evan Shelby – Receipt – August 11, 1764 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 40 | Barnsley, Thomas, Fort London, to Evan Shelby – Letter – September 13 1764 – A.L.S. 1 p.
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Box 1 Folder 41 | Lancello, Jacques – Bond – April 27, 1765 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 42 | Smith, William to Evan Shelby – Letter – June 6, 1765 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 43 | Moran, Edmond, Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Evan Shelby – Letter – June 20, 1765 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 44 | Murdock, George, Frederick Town, Maryland to Evan Shelby – Receipt – August 28, 1765 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 44 | Ross, David to Evan Shelby – Promissory Note – August 28, 1765 –A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 45 | Ross, G[eorge] to Evan Shelby – Receipt – September 3, 1765 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 46 | Ross, G[eorge] to Evan Shelby – Receipt – October 29, 1765 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 47 | Shelby, Evan to Robert Crawford – Statement of Account – February 6, 1766 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 48 | Ridout, T., Annapolis, to [Evan] Shelby, [Fort Frederick, Maryland] – Letter – March 1, 1766 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 49 | Moran, Edmond to Evan Shelby – Letter – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 50 | Moran, Edmond, Frederick County, Maryland to Evan Shelby – Indenture – July 5 1766 – A.D.S. 4 p. |
Box 1 Folder 51 | Ross, David to Evan Shelby – Letter – August 28, 1766 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 52 | Edelen, Christopher, G[eorge] Murdock – Invoice – October 24, 1766 – A.D.S. 1 p.
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Box 1 Folder 53 | Cary, John, Frederick Town, Maryland, Charleton, Arthur – Depositions – December 9, 1766 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 54 | Hynes, Thomas – Affidavit – December 10, 1766 – A.D.S. 1 p.
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Box 1 Folder 55 | Moran, Edmond, Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Evan Shelby, Frederick, Maryland – Letter – 1767 - A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 56 | Shelby, Evan, Frederick County, Maryland against William Ridgway – Statement of Account – January 2, 1767 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 57 | Moran, Edmond, North Mountain, Pennsylvania to Evan Shelby, Maryland – Letter – May 28, 1767 – A.L.S. 4 p |
Box 1 Folder 58 | Jameson, David, Yorktown to Evan Shelby – Letter – June 24, 1767 – Typed Copy A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 59 | Shelby, Evan to John Hite – Statement of Account – 1768 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 60 | Moran, Edmond, Carlisle to [Evan Shelby, Fort Frederick, Maryland] –Letter – May 20, 1768 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 61 | Kennedy, Sam[uel], Frederick Town, Maryland to John Stoner – Note – December 21, 1769 - A.N.S. 2 p.
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Box 1 Folder 62 | Shelby, Evan, and Company – Account Book – 1762 to 1771 – A.D. 20 p. |
Box 1 Folder 63 | Shelby, E[van] – Memo – April 26, 1772 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 64 | Johnston, G. to Evan Shelby – Letter – August 30, 1772 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 65 | Stull, John to Evan Shelby – Receipt – January 20, 1773 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 66 | Bowman, Jacob to Evan Shelby – Receipt – May 17, 1773 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 67 | Hanson, John Jr. to Evan Shelby – Receipt – November 3, 1773 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 68 | Shryerky, Henry to [Evan] Shelby – Receipted Account – November 12, 1773 – A.D.S 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 69 | Boyd, Andrew to [Evan] Shelby – Receipted Account – November 25, 1773 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 70 | Drake, John – Bond – April 18, 1774 – A.D.S. 1 p.
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Box 1 Folder 71 | Thompson, William, Carlisle, Pennsylvania to [Evan] Shelby – Letter – July 6, 1775 – A.L.S. 3 p. |
Box 1 Folder 72 | Oldham, Samuel, Sheriff of Berkeley to Evan Shelby – Statement of Account – August 2, 1775 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 73 | Lockhart, Patrick to Evan Shelby – Receipt – September 13, 1775 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 74 | Martin, Joseph to Evan Shelby – Letter – January 10, 1777 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 75 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 5, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. For troops stationed at Fort Patrick Henry for two days, under the command of Evan Shelby |
Box 1 Folder 76 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 9, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 77 | Shelby, James, Fort Patrick Henry to Colonel Evan Shelby, Beaver Creek, Sapling Grove – Letter – May 11, 1777 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 78 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 16, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 79 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 22, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 80 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 24, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 81 | Reid, John, Quartermaster – Provision Return – May 31, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 82 | Madison, Thomas to Evan Shelby – Statement of Account – June 11, 1777 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 1 Folder 83 | Shelby, Evan, [Fort Frederick, Maryland] – Memo – July 17, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 84 | Shelby, Evan and Alexander McFarland to Archibald Scott – Bond – November 20, 1777 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 1 Folder 85 | Douglass, Edward – Provisions Return – December 1, 1777 – 1 A.D.S.
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Box 1 Folder 86 | Shelby, Evan – Provisions Return – December 2, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 87 | Douglass, Edward – Provision Return – December 3, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 88 | Douglass, Edward – Provisions Return – December 5, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 89 | Douglass, Edward – Provisions Return – December 7, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 90 | Douglass, Edward – Provisions Return – December 9, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 91 | Douglass, Edward – Provisions Return – December 10, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 92 | Douglass, Edward and Evan Shelby – Provisions Returns – December 17, 1777 – 2 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 93 | Douglass, Edward and Evan Shelby – Provisions Returns – December 19, 1777 – 2 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 94 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – December 23, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 95 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Returns – December 24, 1777 – 2 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 96 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – December 25, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 97 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – December 27, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 98 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – December 29, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 99 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – December 30, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 1 Folder 100 | Shelby, Evan – Provision Return – January 1, 1778 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 2 Folder 1 | Shelby, Evan – Statement of Account – July 26, 1778 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 2 | Shelby, Evan – Delivery Memorandum – August 13, 1778 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 3 | Rogers, William to Evan Shelby – Note – August 16, 1778 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 4 | Campbell, David, Washington County, Maryland – Order – August 18, 1778 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 5 | Martin, Joseph to Evan Shelby – Letter – September 10, 1778 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 6 | Shelby, John Jr. to Evan Shelby – Letter – March 3, 1779 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 7 | Larkins, Margaret to Evan Shelby – Statement of Account – March 5, 1779 – A.D.S 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 8 | Williams, W. to Joseph Martin – Letter – October 26, 1779 – A.L.S. 2 p. Order to pay money to Colonel Evan Shelby |
Box 2 Folder 9 | Johnson, Edward to Evan Shelby – Letter – November 23, 1779 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 10 | Shelby, Evan – Case Statement – 1780 – A.D. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 11 | Chisman, Thomas to Evan Shelby – Letter – February 16, 1780 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 11 | Lin, William, John Bowman and Benjamin Linn – February 16, 1780 – Bond – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 12 | Shelby, Evan – Memo – April 13, 1780 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 13 | Shelby, John, Sullivan County, [Pennsylvania] to John Adlar – Order –December 15, 1780 – A.D.S 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 14 | Ephraim, Smith to Evan Shelby – Letter - November 24, 1783 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 15 | Hall to Evan Shelby – Receipt – December 3, 1783 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 16 | Caswell to Brigadier General Evan Shelby, Washington – Letter – February 27, 1787 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 17 | Caswell, R. to Brigadier General [Evan] Shelby – Letter – May 31, 1787 A.L.S. 4 p.
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Box 2 Folder 18 | [Shelby, Evan] to Caswell, R. – Letter – September 29, 1787– A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 19 | Eaton and Browne, Williamsburg to Richard Muse – Letter – February 6, 1780 – A.L.S. 2p.
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Box 2 Folder 20 | List of Accounts Paid – undated – A.D. 1 p.
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Box 2 Folder 21 | Shelby, Evan – Land Deeds – undated – A.D.S. 3 p. |
Box 2 Folder 22 | Shelby, Evan – Miscellaneous Account Statements – undated – 5 documents |
Series II: Isaac Shelby |
Box 2 Folder 23 | Shelby, Isaac to John Woolery – Receipt – August 5, 1767 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 24 | Tittle, Peter to Isaac Shelby – Receipt – June 2, 1773 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 25 | Shelby, Isaac – Memoranda Book – January 7, 1774 – A.D.S 40 p. |
Box 2 Folder 26 | Bell, Thomas to Isaac Shelby – Promissory Note – June 19, 1775 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 27 | Ingram, Samuel to James Douglass – Promissory Note – June 29, 1775 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 28 | Shelby, Isaac – Day Book – August 1, 1776 – A.D. 24 p.
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Box 2 Folder 29 | Christian, William to Isaac Shelby – Letter – September 30, 1776 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 30 | Taylor, John to Isaac Shelby – Letter – June 8, 1782 – Photocopy 3 p. |
Box 2 Folder 31 | Lathim, John, Washington County, Kentucky – Affidavit – October 10, 1782 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 32 | Surveyors Office, Kentucky County, Virginia – Land Survey – December 18, 1782 – A.D. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 33 | Brookes, Ebenezer, Sullivan, [Tennessee] to Isaac Shelby – Letter –September 1, 1783 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 34 | Shelby, Isaac – Affidavit – May 16, 1785 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 35 | Myers, Jacob to Colonel [Isaac] Shelby – Promissory Note – July 19, 1786 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 36 | Campbell, Arthur, Washington to Colonel Isaac Shelby, Kentucky – Letter – January 6, 1790 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 37 | Board of Trustees, Lexington, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky – Letter – June 2, 1792 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 38 | Town of Danville to Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky – Letter – June 3, 1792 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 39 | Shelby, Isaac – Commission – July 21, 1792 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 40 | Campbell, Arthur to Isaac Shelby, Governor of Virginia – Letter – October 10, 1792 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 2 Folder 41 | Greenup, Christopher to Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 4, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 42 | Pentecost, Dorsey to Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 24, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 43 | Brown, J[ames], Philadelphia to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – April 8, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 44 | Beall, Walter, Bardstown, [Kentucky] to Governor Isaac Shelby, Mercer County, Kentucky – Letter – April 12, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 45 | Webb, J. to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – April 19, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 46 | Caldwell, John to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – May, 1793 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 2 Folder 47 | Mitchell, Mary to Governor Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter – May 1, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 48 | Biall, Walter to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 2, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 49 | Barker, Thomas, Harrodsburg to Isaac Shelby – Letter – May7, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 50 | Thomas, Edward S., Nelson County, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby, Mercer County, Kentucky – Petition – May 9, 1793 – A.L.S. 4 p.
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Box 2 Folder 51 | Shelby, Isaac to Alexander D. Orr and James Moore – Land Grant – May 10, 1793 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 52 | Young, Ewing to Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 11, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 53 | Caldwell, John to Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 13, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 54 | Brown, James, Philadelphia to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – June 2, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 55 | Brown, James, Philadelphia to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – June 9, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 56 | Shelby, Isaac to General [Thomas] Kennedy – Letter – June 18, 1792 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 57 | Shelby, Isaac to Major General Charles Scott, Woodford – Letter – June 19, 1793 – Typed Copy 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 58 | Kimberlin, Jacob to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 59 | Butler, P., Lexington to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – June 29, 1793 –A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 60 | Brown, James, Lexington to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – July 1, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 61 | Fowler, John, Lexington, Kentucky to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – July 3, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 62 | Winn, James and William Johnston to Isaac Shelby – Bond – July 3, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 63 | Shelby, Isaac to Major Samuel Wells – Letter – July 6, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 64 | Casey, William to Governor Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter – July 12, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 65 | Frye, Benjamin to Isaac Shelby – Resignation Letter – July 25, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 66 | Middleton, Walter to [Governor] Isaac Shelby – Letter – August 1, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 67 | McDowell, William to [Governor] Isaac Shelby – Letter – August 2, 1793 –A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 68 | Middleton, Walter to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – August 3, 1793 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 69 | May, Will to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – August 12, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 69 | Hynes, Andrew to Governor Isaac Shelby - Letter – August 12, 1793 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 2 Folder 70 | Shelby, Isaac – Commission – December 19, 1793 – A.D.S. 1 p.
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Box 2 Folder 71 | Dromgoole, Alexander, Logan County, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby – Letter - January 29, 1794 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 2 Folder 72 | Samuel Haycroft to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter- March 30, 1794 – A.D.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 73 | Craig, James, Shelby County, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby – Letter – April 20, 1794 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 74 | Brown, James, Lexington, Kentucky to Governor Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter – May 15, 1794 – A.LS. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 75 | Ewing, Baker to Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter of Recommendation – June 18, 1794 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 76 | Logan, John, Frankfort to Governor Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky- Letter – June 19, 1794 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 77 | Price, William, Fayette County, Kentucky to Gov. Isaac Shelby, Frankfort –Letter – July 5, 1794 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 78 | Henderson, Robert to Governor Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – August 11, 1794 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 79 | [Shelby, Isaac, Frankfort, Kentucky] to Colonel John Grant – Letter – 1795 – A.D.S. 3 p.
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Box 2 Folder 80 | Grant, John to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – 1795 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 81 | Montgomery, William to Isaac Shelby – Letter – 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 82 | O’Connor, John to Isaac Shelby – Letter – 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 83 | Thruston, John, Sans Souci, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby, Kentucky – Letter – January 7, 1795 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 84 | Shelby, Isaac, Governor of Kentucky – Commission – March 1, 1795 A.D.S. 1p. |
Box 2 Folder 85 | Campbell, Arthur, Washington to Colonel Isaac Shelby, Kentucky – Letter – January 6, 1790 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 2 Folder 86 | Turner, George, Kaskaskia, Illinois to Governor Isaac Shelby - Letter – February 15, 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p.
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Box 2 Folder 87 | Shelby, Moses to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – February 16, 1795 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 2 Folder 88 | Barbee, Joshua, Danville, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby – Letter – February 19, 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 2 Folder 89 | Ballinger, Jo[seph] to Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 8, 1795 – A.L.S. 2 p. Asks for contract supplying frontier stations; Indians are near Collins Station |
Box 2 Folder 90 | Barbee, Elias to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 12, 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p.
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Box 3 Folder 1 | Shelby, Isaac, [Frankfort], Kentucky to Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Letter – March 14, 1795 – Typed copy 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 2 | Johnson, Robert to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – April 4, 1795 – A.L.S. 1 p. |
Box 3 Folder 3 | Ewing, George – Muster Rolls and Pay Rolls – August 6, 1795 – A.D.S. 6 p.
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Box 3 Folder 4 | Washburn, Philip – Muster Roll and Pay Roll – August 6, 1795 – A.D.S. 3 p.
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Box 3 Folder 5 | Shaw, N. to Isaac Shelby – Letter – A.LS. 1 p. – August 21, 1795 |
Box 3 Folder 6 | Shelby, Isaac – Orderly Book – January 20 to October 26, 1795 – A.D.S. 14 p. |
Box 3 Folder 7 | McIntire, John, Clark County, [Kentucky] to Isaac Shelby – Letter – December 16, 1795 – A.L.S 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 8 | Shelby, Isaac to Timothy Pickering – Letter – February 6, 1796 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 9 | Kerrick, William to Isaac Shelby – Letter – February 22, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 10 | Shelby, Moses to Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 20, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 11 | Martin, John to Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 5, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 12 | Payne, Filson to Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 5, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p. Recommends John Young for position as commissioner |
Box 3 Folder 13 | Shelby, Isaac to Governor Robert Brooke, Richmond, Virginia – Letter – May 6, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 14 | Casey, William to Governor Isaac Shelby – Letter – May 11, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 15 | Caldwell, John, Washington County, Kentucky to Governor Isaac Shelby –May 26, 1796 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 16 | Robertson, James to Isaac Shelby – Letter – October 25, 1796 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 17 | Breckenridge, John to Isaac Shelby – Letter – March 11, 1798 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 18 | Winston Edmund to Isaac Shelby – Letter – February 5, 1800 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 19 | Shelby, Moses to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – July 13, 1806 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 20 | Shelby, Isaac to George Madison, Frankfort, Kentucky – Letter – August 11, 1806 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 21 | Harrison, John, Jeffersonsville – List of Articles – October 16, 1810 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 3 Folder 22 | Hardin, M.D. to Colonel Isaac Shelby – Letter – April 10, 1812 – A.L.S. 3 p
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Box 3 Folder 23 | Wickliffe, Robert to Colonel Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – June 21, 1812 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 24 | Depann, John, Danville, Kentucky to Colonel Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter – June 26, 1812 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 25 | Shelby, Isaac – Commission – May 18, 1813 – D.S. 1 p.
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Box 3 Folder 26 | Shelby, Isaac, Frankfort, Kentucky to the Militia of Kentucky – Enlistment Call – July 13, 1813 – Typed Copy 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 27 | Shelby, Isaac, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Land Claim – August 18, 1813 – A.D.S. 4 p.
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Box 3 Folder 28 | Shelby, Isaac, McNary’s Block House to Doctor Ephraim McDowell, Danville, Kentucky - Letter - September 10, 1813 – Typed Copy 3 p. |
Box 3 Folder 29 | Shelby, Isaac- Affidavit – February 8, 1817 – A.D.S. 1 p. |
Box 3 Folder 30 | Campbell, D., Cumberland Gap, Tennessee to Captain John Kincaid, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter- February 22, 1817 – A.L.S. 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 31 | Fallon, John, Belle Fontaine, Missouri to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – October 3, 1817 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 32 | Davis, Jesse, Nelson County, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby, Lincoln County, Kentucky – Letter – November, 1817 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 33 | Shelby, Isaac and Andrew Jackson – Transcript of Speech – circa 1818 - Typed Copy 3 p.
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Box 3 Folder 34 | Shelby, Isaac to Andrew Jackson – Letter – June 27, 1818 – Typed Copy 1 p.
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Box 3 Folder 35 | Shelby, Isaac, Danville, Kentucky to J.C. Calhoun – Letter – July 16, 1818 – Typed Copy 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 36 | Shelby, Isaac, Danville, Kentucky to Andrew Jackson – Letter – July 22, 1818 – Typed Copy 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 37 | [Shelby, Isaac, Danville, Kentucky to Andrew Jackson] – Letter – circa July, 1818 – Typed Copy 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 38 | Shelby, Isaac to Andrew Jackson, Nashville – Letter – August 11, 1818 – Typed Copy 3 p.
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Box 3 Folder 39 | Jackson, Andrew, Nashville to Isaac Shelby – Letter – August 25, 1818 – Typed Copy 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 40 | Jackson, Andrew, Hermitage to Isaac Shelby – Letter – November 24, 1818 - Typed Copy 1 p.
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Box 3 Folder 41 | Crittenden, J[ohn] J. to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter –November 28, 1818 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 42 | Shelby, John, Nashville, [Tennessee] to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – September 25, 1819 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 43 | Crittenden, John J., Frankfort, Kentucky to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – December 17, 1820 – A.L.S. 4 p. |
Box 3 Folder 44 | Shelby, Moses to Isaac Shelby, Danville, Kentucky – Letter – May 15, 1823 – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 45 | Shelby, Isaac “Autobiography of Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky” – Autobiography – [1818] – Codex Manuscript Transcript 65 p.
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Box 3 Folder 46 | Shelby, Isaac, “Autobiography of Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky” – Autobiography – [1818] – Codex Typescript transcript. 35 p.
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Series III: John and James Shelby |
Box 3 Folder 47 | Shelby, John – Legal Document – July 15, 1773 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 48 | Hanson, Peter to John Shelby Jr. – Receipt – [1779] – A.L.S. 2 p. |
Box 3 Folder 49 | Shelby, James – Commissary Order – May 2, 17777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 50 | Shelby, James – Provision Returns – May 3, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 51 | Shelby, James – Provision Return – May 6, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 52 | Shelby, James – Provision Returns – May 15, 1777 – 2 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 53 | Shelby, James – Provision Returns – May 16, 1777 – 2 A.D.S |
Box 3 Folder 54 | Shelby, James – Provision Returns – May 22, 1777 – 2 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 55 | Shelby, James – Provision Return – May 23, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 56 | Shelby, James – Provision Returns – May 25, 1777 – 7 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 57 | Shelby, James – Provision Return – May 28, 1777 – 1 A.D.S |
Box 3 Folder 58 | Shelby, James – Provision Return – May 31, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 59 | Shelby, James to Colonel Christian – Receipt – December 11, 1777 – 1 A.D.S. |
Box 3 Folder 60 | Lincoln, Hananiah to Enos Atwater – Promissory Note – January 2, 1782 – A.D.S. 2 p.
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Box 3 Folder 61 | Boyd, John to James Shelby – Order – July 11, 1783 – A.L.S. 2 p. |