Hunt-Morgan family papers, 1854-1899
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hunt-Morgan family papers, 1854-1899
- Creator
- Morgan family.
- Extent
- 1 reel of microfilm (partial)
- Subjects
- Morgan family.
- Hunt family
- Arrangement
- Arrangement is roughly chronological.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- John Wesley Hunt came to Lexington, Kentucky from Trenton, New Jersey in 1796. He opened a general store and later became a wholesale trader in cotton, tobacco, saltpeter and especially hemp. He was also involved in horse breeding and banking. His daughter Henrietta married Calvin Cogswell Morgan, and one of their sons was the famous Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. One of their grandsons was Thomas Hunt Morgan, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on the laws and mechanisms of heredity.
- Scope and Content
- This collection of Hunt-Morgan family papers includes family and business letters, theater programs, receipts, etc.
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