Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Cyrus Cary letters
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Cyrus Cary letters
- Date
- 1826-1827 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Cary, Cyrus, 1794-1832
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Letters.
- Correspondence.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers -- Correspondence.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0765: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Cyrus Cary letters, 1826-1827, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Cyrus Cary (1794-1832) was born in Georgetown, District of Columbia to William Cary (1760-1806) and Maria Barbara Fritchie (1773-1834). Cary studied law while in college and upon graduation opened a practice in Staunton, Virginia with Judge Briscoe G. Baldwin. He eventually moved to Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) and in 1820, he married Mary Skiles Arbuckle and together the couple had three children, Eliza (died in infancy), Charles William (1826-1852), and Cyrus Robert (1829-1887). Cary was a member of the Legislature of Virginia, representing Greenbrier County from 1829 to 1830, and at the time of his death in 1832, he was candidate for Congress.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Cyrus Cary letters (dated 1826-1827; 0.01 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises four letters sent to Cyrus Cary that document the efforts of Cary and other lawyers involved in a legal suit to come to a conclusion in Virginia in the early nineteenth century. The letters discuss finding more witnesses to gather testimony from, adding persons to the suit as plaintiffs or defendants, ways to make the other involved party take action, and how to protect themselves from losing too much money.
- The Cyrus Cary letters collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Letters to Cyrus Cary, 1826-1827
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Table of Contents
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UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Appointments are encouraged but not required. Schedule an appointment here.
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You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
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