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James O. Harrison papers, 1803-1913

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BOX 7-10 General Correspondence, 1803-1912
Mostly incoming business correspondence, including correspondence of the law firm of Harrison and Holt.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 7 1803-1841
BOX 8 1842-1868
BOX 9 1869-1879
BOX 10 1880-1912, undated
BOX 11 Special Correspondence, 1826-1893
Letters from William T. Barry, Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Joseph Holt, and William Henry Miller.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 11 Barry, William T., 1829-1834
BOX 11 Clay, Henry, 1826-1852
BOX 11 Crittenden, John J., 1835
BOX 11 Holt, Joseph, 1837-1893, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 11 Miller, William Henry, 1861-1881, undated
BOX 12-13 Biographical File, 1835-1907
An autobiography, biographical sketches, and a scrapbook containing letters, photographs, explanatory notes, certificates of offficial appointments, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and thereunder alphabetically by name of person.
BOX 12 Autobiography of Harrison, 1880
BOX 12 Biographical sketches
BOX 12 Breckinridge, John C., undated
BOX 12 Clay, Henry, 1880s, undated
BOX 12 Holt, Joseph, fragment, undated
BOX 12 Mason, Emily V., undated
BOX 12 Unidentified material, undated
BOX 12 Scrapbook
BOX 12 Original cover with explanatory note, 1884
BOX 13 Rebound volume, 1835-1907
BOX 14-15 Financial Records, 1835-1913
Bills, receipts, account books, estate records, banknotes, canceled checks, bills of sale for slaves, and tax records.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 14 Account books, 1839, 1870s-1885
BOX 14 Banknotes, 1838-1839
BOX 14 Bills of sale for slaves, 1835-1848
BOX 14 Business statements and receipts, 1835-1910s
(5 folders)
BOX 14 Checks, 1838-1911
BOX 15 Estate records
BOX 15 Clay, Henry, 1837-1885
BOX 15 Inventories from Harrison's estate, 1873-1888
BOX 15 Personal and household bills and receipts, 1839-1913, undated
(5 folders)
BOX 15 Tax statements and receipts, 1848-1900
BOX 15 Unidentified items, 1852-1887
BOX 16-17 Legal Records, 1820-1886
Affidavits, court orders and decrees, licenses, certificates, estate records, wills, contracts and agreements, deeds, oaths, a pass, and petitions.
Arranged as records from his legal practice and personal and family life and thereunder alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 16 Legal practice
BOX 16 Certificates and licenses
BOX 16 Docket lists
BOX 16 Estate records, Henry Clay
BOX 16 Other cases
(2 folders)
BOX 17 Personal and family
BOX 17 Contracts and agreements
BOX 17 Deeds, titles, and related records
(2 folders)
BOX 17 Oaths and a pass, 1862-1865
BOX 17 Petitions and briefs to recover property
(3 folders)
BOX 17 Summons
BOX 17 Wills
BOX 18-19 Miscellany, 1844-1904
Newspapers, memorabilia, school records, notes, notebooks, a sketch, booklets, writings, a copybook, and a scrapbook of clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 18 Kentucky University Law School, Lexington, Ky., 1871-1873
BOX 18 Lexington, Ky., schools, 1852-1875, undated
BOX 18 Memorabilia, 1847-1892
BOX 18 Newspaper clippings
(3 folders)
BOX 19 Notes
(2 folders)
BOX 19 Poems, speeches, and other writings, 1844-1887, undated
BOX 19 Printed matter, 1844-1904
BOX 19 Sketch of Harrison's home, undated
BOX 19 Subscriptions toward Henry Clay's funeral
BOX 19 Volumes
BOX 19 Clippings, circa 1890-1892
BOX 19 Copybook with biographical sketches of S. S. Prentiss and Aaron Burr, notes on Christianity, and clippings, circa 1871-1875
BOX 19 Notebook of George R. Harrison, 1850-1857

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