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Guide to the Sergeant Ennis Duncan Papers,
87SC04 Guide to the Sergeant Ennis Duncan Papers, 1815 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 Sergeant Ennis Duncan Papers, 1815 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. Sergeant Ennis Duncan Papers, 1815 87SC04 Duncan, Sergeant Ennis 10 items (1 folder), .1 c.f. Poor; conservation treatment given, KDLA, Aug. '93 --> 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): 0252 (A) Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], Sergeant Ennis Duncan Papers, 1815, 87SC04,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. Sgt. Duncan served as a member of Captain Joseph Logan's Company, Kentucky Volunteer Militia in the War of 1812. He primarily wrote from Camp Urbana, Ohio and Fort Malden, Canada, giving details of his duties as orderly sergeant, such as writing out orders and serving as provost at several court-martials. This collection contains ten letters written by Orderly Sergeant Ennis Duncan, Jr. to his wife and family in Maysville, Kentucky. One of his letters is headed "Ruins of the British Ft. Malden - But beginning of the American New Fort." Sgt. Duncan's letters are filled with avowals of affection towards his wife, Hester, and their young son, John. He also chided her for failing to write as fully and frequently as he did. He apparently sought to impress her by saying repeatedly that he was held in high esteem, particularly by the officers, and the company in general. Some camp news is also included. Sgt. Duncan also wrote often on the same letters to his father, father-in-law, brother Buck, and the remainder of his immediate family and in-laws. One letter by Hester Duncan in Maysville is in the group and it also contains messages from several of Sgt. Duncan's family to him. Two manuscript poems, authorship unknown, are also present. Both concern religion. One, titled "The Romish Lady", is a story of a woman persecuted for converting to Protestantism from Catholicism. The other, untitled, is an appeal to youth to abandon vice. Transcripts are available for all materials in this collection. These materials have not been microfilmed. Arrangement: Chronological Creator's Occupation: Orderly Sergeant, Kentucky Volunteer Militia County: Mason