Bale, Edward Lewis, 1824-1884 (SC 2955)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

12-7-2015

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2955. Letter, 7 February 1848, written from Green County, Kentucky by Edward Lewis Bale to Edward Lewis Bale, his cousin of the same name, in Petersburg, Illinois. Bale describes recent weather and flood damage, Including destruction of the Aetna Forge, quotes farm prices, and mentions the formation of Taylor County from a portion of Green County. He also discusses a lawsuit between several named heirs over farmland devised under a grandfather’s will, and inquires about the willingness of family members to sell their interests as part of a settlement.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Bale, Edward Lewis, 1824-1884 (SC 2955)" (2015). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4084.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4084