Weir Family Collection (MSS 651)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-19-2018

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 651. Letters and papers of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and related members of the Rumsey and Miller families. Well-to-do merchants and farmers, the Weirs were leading supporters of the Union during the Civil War, providing advocacy, financial support, and military service. Includes full-text scans of a letter from the brother of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey defending his legacy as an innovator; James Weir's journal; James Weir's will; the annotated recollections of Edward Weir, Sr.; and two letters from former Weir slaves recolonized in Liberia (Click on "Additional files" below).

Disciplines

Mechanical Engineering | Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Weir Family Collection (MSS 651)" (2018). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4527.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4527