Tillinghast, Joseph Leonard, 1790-1844 (SC 3029)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

7-14-2016

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and full text typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3029. Letter, 14 October 1842, of Joseph L. Tillinghast, Providence, Rhode Island, to a Kentucky political committee. While declining their invitation to visit Frankfort for an event on 26 October, Tillinghast, a Whig and U.S. Representative, offers lengthy praise for the party’s work in the 27th U.S. Congress and pays homage to Henry Clay and Kentucky.

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Tillinghast, Joseph Leonard, 1790-1844 (SC 3029)" (2016). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4184.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4184