Levi Todd letter
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Levi Todd letter
- Date
- 1791 July 5
- Creator
- Todd, Levi, 1756-1807.
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic feet
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2011MS104: [identification of item], Levi Todd letter, 1791 July 5, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Levi Todd (1756-1807) lawyer, surveyor, pioneer, and major general, was the grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln. He moved to Fort Harrod in 1775; founded Todd's Station, Kentucky, in 1777; and eventually moved to Lexington where he was a town trustee and the first clerk of Fayette County. Todd fought in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant for George Rogers Clark. In the 1780s he became a Major General and the commander of the Kentucky militia.
- "Levi Todd." Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln. Kentucky Historical Society. n.d. Web. 10 November 2011.
- Scope and Content
- The Levi Todd letter is a letter from Levi Todd to General Charles Scott, sending Scott a muster roll for an unidentified militia expedition in 1791.
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.
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