William Clark Papers,1811-1899

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Title

William Clark Papers

Date

1811-1899

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], William Clark Papers, 1811-1899, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

2 cubic ft.

Scope and Content

Physician, farmer, manufacturer of hemp products. Collection includes personal and business correspondence; and account book, 1812-1861; bills of sale for slaves, 1829-1848; and land papers. Correspondents include Clark's daughter, Frances Ann (Clark) Lawson Biddle and her family, R.A. Bacon, William S. Bodley, George W. Clark, General Jonathan Clark, James G. Gordon, George B. Kinkead, Judge John McKinley, Edmund Pearce, H.C. Smith, James R. Steelman, James Taylor of Harrodsburg, John B. Temple, H.G. Tompkins, Dr. Benjamin Tompkins, and George Woolfolk

Subjects

• Agriculture-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Bodley, William Stewart, 1806-1877-- Correspondence.
• Clark, George Washington, 1798-1883-- Correspondence.
• Clark, Jonathan, 1750-1811-- Correspondence.
• Farmers-- Kentucky-- Archives.
• Kinkead, George Blackburn, 1811-1879-- Correspondence.
• McKinley, John, 1782-1852-- Correspondence.
• Pearce, Edmund, 1835-1889-- Correspondence.
• Physicians-- Kentucky-- Archives.
• Taylor, James, 1769-1848-- Correspondence.
• Temple, John Baylor, 1815-1886-- Correspondence.
• Tompkins, Benjamin, 1796-1836-- Correspondence.
• Woolfolk, George, 1793-1843-- Correspondence.