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MSS Finding Aids
Publication Date
3-23-2010
Abstract
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2208. Letters (1851-1946) of the Thomas and Stiles families of Nelson County and McLean County, Kentucky. They write of family news, illnesses and deaths, farm matters and local Civil War-related incidents, including guerrilla activity and the emancipation of their slaves. Includes a deed of gift for slaves. Also includes typescripts of the documents by John B. Thomas, Jr. with notes, annotations, maps, and other background information relating to the content and writers of the letters.
Disciplines
History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Thomas-Stiles Families (SC 2208)" (2010). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 1276.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/1276
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu