Frank A. Savage Letters,1854-1865

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Title

Frank A. Savage Letters

Date

1854-1865

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Frank A. Savage Letters, 1854-1865, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

28 items

Scope and Content

Letters between Frank A. Savage and his wife, Mary, of Germantown (Mason County), Ky., during the periods when Mr. Savage was in Newark, Ohio managing his oil refining business located there. Card index in repository. The letters discuss personal concerns, business transactions, land in the Lake Superior region, the Civil War's effects on themselves and their neighbors, Civil War battles, and brief comments on African Americans and hiring-out practices for slaves. References are made to General Humphrey Marshall, General William Nelson, General John Hunt Morgan, Thomas Marshall Green, and Richard H. Collins

Subjects

• Afro-Americans-- Kentucky-- Mason County-- History-- 19th century.
• Afro-Americans-- Kentucky-- Mason County-- History-- Sources.
• Collins, Richard Henry, 1824-1889.
• Green, Thomas Marshall, 1837-1904.
• Kentucky-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Sources.
• Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872.
• Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
• Nelson, William, 1825-1862.
• Slavery-- Kentucky-- Mason County-- History-- Sources.
• Savage, Mary., fl. 1854-1865.