Perry family papers

Abstract

The Perry family papers (dated 1800-1952; 4.7 cubic feet; 11 boxes) consists of correspondence, accounts, business vouchers, bills of lading, receipts, and legal documents relating to Fountain Perry's river shipping business and Roderick Perry's public service and law career in Gallatin County, Kentucky.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Perry family papers
Date
1800-1952 (inclusive)
Extent
4.7 Cubic Feet
Subjects
Inland Water Transportation -- United States
Bridges -- Design and construction.
Bridges -- Kentucky
Business records -- Kentucky -- Warsaw.
Shipping -- Ohio River.
Shipping -- Mississippi River.
Boatmen.
Bills of lading.
Arrangement
Collection arranged by format.
Finding Aid Author
Alison Sperry and Heather J. Burke
Preferred Citation
61m145 : [identification of item], Perry family papers, 1800-1952, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
The Perry family, of Campbell and Gallatin Counties in Kentucky, included Fountain Perry, a boat captain and commission merchant who operated flatboats and keelboats down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cincinnati to New Orleans. He traded at various times in tobacco, pork, lard, ploughs, whiskey, apples, horses and slaves, usually operating his businesses from either Campbell County, Kentucky or Natchez, Mississippi. He later moved to Gallatin County, where he served as a commissioner of the common schools and as a justice of the peace. Fountain's son, Roderick Perry, was a miller, a lawyer and a steamboat owner; he served as an officer in the Confederate Army, was president of the Warsaw, Ky. bank, and served as a court clerk. He was also influential in Gallatin County politics, serving on the Gallatin County Bridge Commission.
A descendant of the family was William P. Perry, Jr.,a graduate of the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and the University of Virginia who married Anne Taliaferro in June, 1952. Taliaferro was a member of the Phi Mu sorority and attended St. Mary's Junior College. She graduated from the University of Georgia in March, 1952.
Scope and Content
The Perry family papers (dated 1800-1952; 4.7 cubic feet; 11 boxes) consists of correspondence, accounts, business vouchers, bills of lading, receipts, and legal documents relating to Fountain Perry's river shipping business and Roderick Perry's public service and law career in Gallatin County, Kentucky. The family papers include records from Roderick Perry's legal practices and from his service as a clerk and Special Commissioner of the Gallatin County Circuit Court. Additionally, Roderick Perry's papers contain blueprints, statements, and diagrams regarding six major bridge works from 1870 to 1882. These include the Columbia Bridge Works, Kings Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company, Cleveland Bridge and Iron Company, Penn Bridge Works, Smith Bridge Company and the Wrought Iron Bridge Company. The collection also contains a series of letters dating from 1948 to 1952, written by Anne Talliaferro to her fiancé, William P. Perry, Jr., discussing their upcoming marriage as well as integration in the South.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.

Contents of the Collection

Anne Taliaferro letters to William P. Perry, Jr., 1948-1952

1948 September-1949 March

  • Box 1, folder 1
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1949 April-July

  • Box 1, folder 2
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1949 August-September

  • Box 1, folder 3
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1949 October-November

  • Box 1, folder 4
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1949 December

  • Box 1, folder 5
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1950 January

  • Box 1, folder 6
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1950 February-March

  • Box 1, folder 7
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1950 April-May

  • Box 1, folder 8
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1950 June-July

  • Box 2, folder 1
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1950 August-September

  • Box 2, folder 2
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1950 October

  • Box 2, folder 3
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1950 November-December

  • Box 2, folder 4
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1951 January

  • Box 2, folder 5
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1951 February

  • Box 2, folder 6
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1951 March

  • Box 2, folder 7
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1951 April

  • Box 3, folder 1
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1951 May

  • Box 3, folder 2
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1951 June

  • Box 3, folder 3
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1951 July-September

  • Box 3, folder 4
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1951 October

  • Box 3, folder 5
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1951 November

  • Box 3, folder 6
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1951 December

  • Box 3, folder 7
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1952 January

  • Box 4, folder 1
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1952 February

  • Box 4, folder 2
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1952 March

  • Box 4, folder 3
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1952 April

  • Box 4, folder 4
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1952 May

  • Box 4, folder 5
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1952 June

  • Box 4, folder 6
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Robert and Fountain Perry correspondence, 1800-1859

1800-1818

  • Box 4, folder 7
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1820-1822

  • Box 4, folder 8
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1823-1824

  • Box 5, folder 1
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1824

  • Box 5, folder 2
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1825 January-May

  • Box 5, folder 3
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1825 June-December

  • Box 5, folder 4
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1827 January-May

  • Box 5, folder 5
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1827 June-November

  • Box 5, folder 6
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1827 December

  • Box 5, folder 7
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1828

  • Box 5, folder 8
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1829

  • Box 5, folder 9-10
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1830 January-May

  • Box 6, folder 1
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1830 June-December

  • Box 6, folder 2
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Correspondence with shipping receipts, 1832

  • Box 6, folder 3-4
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1836

  • Box 6, folder 5
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1840-1841

  • Box 6, folder 6
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1842-1844

  • Box 6, folder 7
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1850-1859

  • Box 6, folder 8
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Roderick Perry, 1837-1942

General, 1861-1942, undated

Correspondence, 1861-1866

  • Box 6, folder 9
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Correspondence, 1876-1880

  • Box 6, folder 10
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Revenue tax and county levy receipts, 1876-1879

  • Box 6, folder 11
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Business papers, 1871-1880

  • Box 6, folder 12
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Business papers, undated

  • Box 6, folder 13
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Personal checks, 1875-1878

  • Box 6, folder 14
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Personal checks, 1878-1883

  • Box 7, folder 1
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Tadmor Masonic Lodge Protest, 1877

  • Box 7, folder 2
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Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879

  • Box 7, folder 3
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Political papers, 1873-1880

  • Box 7, folder 4
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Bounty Tax Receipts, 1865-1872

  • Box 7, folder 5
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Account Book, 1864

  • Box 7, folder 6
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Ephraim Smith genealogy, 1874

  • Box 7, folder 7
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Advertisements and broadsides, 1873-1880s, undated

  • Box 7, folder 8
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Martha Gayle school notebook, 1914

  • Box 7, folder 9
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Rod Perry school notebooks, 1941-1942

  • Box 7, folder 10
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Unidentified photographs, undated

  • Box 11, folder 1
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Advertisements and Broadsides: Tradesman Directory, William Mann Lithographer posters, 1870s-1883

  • Box 11, folder 2
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People's Packet Co., 1876-1886

General, 1877-1885

  • Box 7, folder 11
Scope and Contents

The general papers consist of business papers of the People's Packet Co. from 1877 to 1885.

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The Bannock City Steamboat, 1876-1880

  • Box 7, folder 12
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George W. Cheek Steamboat, 1876-1880

  • Box 7, folder 13
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Virgie Lee Steamboat, 1876-1886

  • Box 7, folder 14
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Perry and Gibson, 1876-1883

Business papers, 1876-1877

  • Box 7, folder 15
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Business papers, 1878

  • Box 7, folder 16
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Checks, 1879

  • Box 8, folder 1
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Checks, 1880

  • Box 8, folder 2
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Checks, 1881

  • Box 8, folder 3
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Checks, 1882-1883

  • Box 8, folder 4
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Legal, 1845-1888

General, 1871-1876

  • Box 8, folder 5
Scope and Contents

This folder contains papers from Roderick Perry's legal practices, namely those related to H.P. Montgomery, dating from 1871 to 1876.

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General, 1877-1880

  • Box 8, folder 6
Scope and Contents

This folder contains papers from Roderick Perry's legal practices, namely those related to H.P. Montgomery, dating from 1877 to 1880.

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Forms, 1877-1878

  • Box 8, folder 7
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R. Perry v. J.B. Rucker, 1869-1875

  • Box 8, folder 8
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Susan Hughes v. John J. Robinson, 1867-1874

  • Box 8, folder 9
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Mariah North Estate, 1880-1881

  • Box 8, folder 10
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Francis Spencer Estate, 1843-1882

  • Box 8, folder 11
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Francis Spencer Estate, 1880-1883

  • Box 8, folder 12
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E.J. Kuntz Estate, 1845-1888

  • Box 8, folder 13
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Kirby, Perry and Morrow, 1870-1879

  • Box 8, folder 14
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Montgomery and Perry, 1880-1883

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Stock certificates, court documents and correspondence sent and received by Roderick Perry, 1884-1921

  • Box 9, folder 1
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Gallatin County, 1837-1881

Circuit Court papers, 1837-1875

  • Box 9, folder 2
Scope and Contents

The general papers consist of various materials from Roderick Perry's service in the Gallatin County Circuit Court. This materials in this folder date from 1837 to 1875.

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Circuit Court papers, 1876-1881

  • Box 9, folder 3
Scope and Contents

The general papers consist of various materials from Roderick Perry's service in the Gallatin County Circuit Court. This materials in this folder date from 1876 to 1881.

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Circuit Court papers, undated

  • Box 9, folder 4
Scope and Contents

The general papers consist of various materials from Roderick Perry's service in the Gallatin County Circuit Court. This materials in this folder are undated.

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Circuit Court, Special Commissioner Papers, 1879-1880

  • Box 9, folder 5
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Jury Fund, Trustee Papers, 1875-1878

  • Box 9, folder 6
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School Trustees Papers, 1873-1876

  • Box 9, folder 7
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Commissioner's Report on Possible Location for the County Poor House, undated

  • Box 11, folder 3
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Gallatin Bridge Commission, 1870-1882

General, 1880

  • Box 9, folder 8
Scope and Contents

The general papers consist of statements and other business documents of the Gallatin Bridge Commission for the year 1880.

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Columbia Bridge Works, 1879-1880

  • Box 9, folder 9
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Columbia Bridge Works Diagrams, 1879

  • Box 11, folder 4
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Kings Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Co., 1870-1880

  • Box 9, folder 10
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Kings Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Co. Diagrams, undated

  • Box 11, folder 5
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Cleveland Bridge and Iron Co., 1880-1881

  • Box 9, folder 11
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Penn Bridge Works, 1880

  • Box 9, folder 12
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Smith Bridge Co., 1878-1882

  • Box 9, folder 13
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Smith Bridge Co. Diagrams, 1878,1882,undated

  • Box 11, folder 6
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Wrought Iron Bridge Co., 1880

  • Box 9, folder 14
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Financial correspondence, 1826-1849, undated

Correspondence and accounting records, undated

  • Box 9, folder 15
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Correspondence and accounting records, 1826

  • Box 9, folder 16
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Correspondence and accounting records, 1826 July-December

  • Box 9, folder 17
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Correspondence, contracts and accounting Records, 1833

  • Box 9, folder 18
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Correspondence and accounting records, 1845-849

  • Box 9, folder 19
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Correspondence and promissory notes, 1831

  • Box 10, folder 1
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Correspondence and promissory notes, 1838

  • Box 10, folder 2
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Correspondence, promissory notes, and accounting records, 1831

  • Box 10, folder 3
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Financial records, 1825-1839

Accounting records, 1825-1831

  • Box 10, folder 4
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Accounting records and promissory notes, 1835

  • Box 10, folder 5
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Contracts and accounting records, 1834

  • Box 10, folder 6
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Promissory notes to and from Fountain Perry, 1837

  • Box 10, folder 7
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Promissory notes and accounting records, 1839

  • Box 10, folder 8
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Songs and poems, undated

  • Box 10, folder 9
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