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Guide to the Winn Family Papers,
85SC30 Guide to the Winn Family Papers, 1803-1877 (bulk dates: 1816-1827) Archives Staff Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Kentucky Historical Society Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 2000. ENG Guide to the Winn Family Papers, 1803-1877 (bulk dates: 1816-1827) Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Apex Data Services Copyright 2000 Kentucky Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. Winn Family Papers, 1803-1877 (bulk dates: 1816-1827) 85SC30 Winn Family 1 folder, .2 c.f. Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. For microfilmed copies see Clift number(s): 0070, 0527, 0917, 0972, 0973, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075 Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], Winn Family Papers, 1803-1877 (bulk dates: 1816-1827), 85SC30,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. These papers center on the business dealings of Thomas Winn and his son, John, of Fluvanna County, Virginia, who held land and business obligations in Kentucky. Most of the correspondence dates from the 1820s and concerns efforts by agents hired by the Winns to conduct their business in Kentucky. These agents were Major Archibald Bilbo, John Kimbrough, and George and John Thompson. Bilbo and the others described their lengthy (and sometimes unsuccessful) endeavors to collect debts owed the Winns. Much information on the financial instability in the state, the lack of faith in Kentucky banks and bank notes, and the passage of laws to relieve debtors is included. A particular case involving Willis Wills, a connection of the Winns by marriage, is a frequent subject. Wills refused to pay his obligation and Bilbo reported that the newly passed debt relief laws of the 1820s would probably protect him. Bilbo also stated that Wills was a candidate for the General Assembly and that he believed Wills would sponsor further legislation on behalf of debtors if elected. Some later materials from the 1860s and 1870s are also present. They concern Dr. Philip J. Winn of Winnsville, Virginia and his subscriptions to various medical journals. Dr. Winn apparently was a descendant of Thomas and John Winn Arrangement: Chronological Wynn family -- Archives Businessmen -- Virginia -- Fluvanna County -- 19th century Commercial agents -- Kentucky -- 19th century Kentucky -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Physicians -- Virginia -- 19th century Bilbo, Archibald Winn, John Winn, Thomas