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       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     John M. McCalla  Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky  scrapbook 
     
       McCalla, John Moore 
     
     2013ms0755 
     
       0.16 Cubic Feet 
       1 item 
     
     1802-1869 
     1802-1846 
     The John M. McCalla  Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky  scrapbook (dated 1802-1869, bulk 1802-1846; 0.16 cubic feet; 1 item) comprises a scrapbook of funeral notices and obituaries published in Lexington newspapers, many printed with black patterned borders. 
   
   
     Content Description 
 The John M. McCalla  Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky  scrapbook (dated 1802-1869, bulk 1802-1846; 0.16 cubic feet; 1 item) comprises a scrapbook of funeral notices and obituaries published in Lexington newspapers, many printed with black patterned borders. The funeral notices include many prominent Lexington citizens including Henry Clay; John Bradford, Kentucky's first printer; Lucretia Hart Clay, daughter of Henry Clay; Matthew Kennedy, architect; Eliza Todd, the mother of Mary Todd Lincoln; Charles Wilkins, owner of Mammoth Cave; and Robert Wickliffe, lawyer. On many notices McCalla has noted in ink or pencil causes of death, including Mrs. Jane Luckie, 1812,  killed by lightning at Presbyterian Church ; Caroline Sargent Turner, 1844,  murdered by her slave ; Thomas R. Benning editor of the Lexington Gazette, 1829,  killed by Charles Wickliffe , and Charles Wickliffe's own funeral notice, 1829,  Killed in a duel with G.J. Trotter (George J. Trotter) . The scrapbook also documents the cholera epidemic of 1833 which killed ten percent of Lexington's population. The inside cover of the scrapbook reads  Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky. Register of deaths in Lexington and Fayete county Kentucky, beginning in the year 1802, and containing the names of various other persons who died elsewhere; with an Index, Compiled by Jno. M. M'Calla September 10 1862.    
   
     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 2013ms0755: [identification of item], John M. McCalla  Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky  scrapbook, 1802-1869, bulk 1802-1846, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Biographical / Historical 
 General John Moore McCalla (1793-1873) was a prominent early citizen of Lexington, Kentucky. He held two degrees from Transylvania University, a bachelors received in 1810 and a masters received in 1822. He worked as an attorney, was the owner of  The Kentucky Gazette , and served as a Lexington trustee. McCalla was Captain of the Lexington Light Infantry during the War of 1812 and was appointed the U.S. Marshal of the District of Kentucky in 1820. In 1846 he left Lexington to serve as an auditor of the U.S. Treasury. Additionally, McCalla was a great collector of books, pamphlets, and newspapers.    
   
     Related Materials 
 Transcript and index available in Birchfield, Jim.  A Collection of Lexington, Kentucky, funeral invitations (1802-1846) , 1999. Call number F 459.L6 C655 1999.    
   
     Scrapbooks 
     Dueling. 
     Kentucky -- History. 
     Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Kentucky -- Lexington. 
     Turner, Caroline Augusta Sargent 
     Wickliffe, Charles 
     McCalla, John Moore 
     McCalla, John Moore 
   
   Mortuary of Lexington, Kentucky  scrapbook 1802-1869 1