Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Publication Date

6-13-2016

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) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3016. Letter of David Campbell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to Samuel Davidson, Vandalia, Illinois, 2 February 1822. Obliged to pay the Postmaster General's accounts in silver coin, Campbell, the postmaster at Bowling Green, blames a shortage of available currency for his failure to repay a debt to Davidson's brother and discusses other forms of payment. Includes a 1982 letter explaining how Campbell's letter was discovered.

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United States History

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SC 3016 Campbell letter.pdf (748 kB)
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