Poe Family Papers (SC 1116)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

9-9-2013

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) or Manuscripts Small Collection 1116. Chiefly letters to James E. Poe, a Warren County, Kentucky native, who later lived in Colorado and Washington Territory, from his family in Kentucky. They write of crops, weather, and their health. They also ask Jim to lead a sober life and consider returning home. Evidently Poe went west after a run-in with the law concerning the making of illegal alcohol. Also, data related to the collection.

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Poe Family Papers (SC 1116)" (2013). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3147.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3147