Hunt-Morgan family papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Hunt-Morgan family papers
- Date
- 1784-1949
- Extent
- 16.39 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Biologists.
- Business records--Kentucky--Lexington.
- General stores--Kentucky.
- Generals.
- Hemp industry--Kentucky.
- Horses--Breeding.
- Land companies.
- Tobacco industry--Kentucky.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Arrangement
- Arranged chronologically and by type.
- Preferred Citation
- 63M202 : [identification of item], Hunt-Morgan family papers, 1784-1949, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- John Wesley Hunt came to Lexington, Ky. 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 in banking. His daughter Henrietta married Calvin Cogswell Morgan, and her son, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, became famous during the Civil War for his daring raids. Her grandson, Thomas Hunt Morgan, won the 1933 Nobel Prize for medicine for his discoveries about the laws and mechanisms of heredity.
- Scope and Content
- These are the papers of the Hunt-Morgan family of Kentucky. The collection includes John Wesley Hunt's business records and correspondence, which deal with riverboat trade on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, business conditions in Cincinnati, Lexington, and New Orleans, and the operation of his store. There are also letters from his family in New Jersey, describing life in that area. The collection also includes numerous Civil War-era letters, diaries, and newspaper articles, some of them about the exploits of General John Hunt Morgan. Twentieth-century materials include Thomas Hunt Morgan's childhood letters and the letters his wife wrote to his mother, and records and correspondence relating to the Morgan Heirs Land Co. There are scrapbooks, ledgers, genealogical data, and a group of family portraits, which have been removed to the library's Photographic Archives (PA63M202).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
, 1784,1787
, 1792
, 1793
, 1794
, 1795 February-1795 June
, 1795 July-1795 December
, 1796 January-1796 February
, 1796 March-1796 June
, 1796 July-1796 September
, 1796 October-1796 November
, 1796 December
, 1796
, 1796-1810 (?)
, 1797 January-1797 April
, 1797 May-1797 August
, 1797 September-1797 December
, 1798 January-1798 April
, 1798 May-1798 December
, 1799 January-1799 June
, 1799 July-1799 December
, 1800 January-1800 March
, 1800 April-1800 June
, 1800 July-1800 December
, 1801 January-1801 April
, 1801 June-1801 December
, 1802 January-1802 May
, 1802 July-1802 December
, 1803 January-1803 May
, 1803 June-1803 December
, 1804
, 1805 January-1805 June
, 1805 July-1805 December
, 1806 January-1806 June
, 1806 July-1806 December
, 1807 January-1807 May
, 1807 June-1807 September
, 1807 October-1807 December
, 1808 January-1808 May
, 1808 June-1808 December
, 1809
, 1810 January-1810 March
, 1810 April-1810 June
, 1810 July-1810 September
, 1810 October-1810 December
, 1811
, 1811 January-1811 July
, 1811 August-1811 September
, 1811 October-1811 December
, 1812 January-1812 April
, 1812 May-1812 December
, 1813 January-1813 April
, 1813 May
, 1813 June-1813 August
, 1813 September-1813 December
, 1814 January-1814 October
, 1814 November-1814 December
, 1815
, 1816 January-1816 April
, 1816 May-1816 June
, 1816 July-1816 August
, 1816 September-1816 December
, 1817 January-February
, 1817 March-1817 May
, 1817 June-1817 September
, 1817 October-1817 December
, 1818 January-1818 April
, 1818 May-1818 July
, 1818 August-1818 December
, 1819
, 1820
, 1821 January-1821 May
, 1821 June-1821 December
, 1822
, 1823 January-1823 March
, 1823 April-1823 July
, 1823 August-1823 September
, 1823 October-1823 December
, 1824
, 1825
, 1826
, 1827
Hart and Curd Orders, 1828
Business and Legal, 1828
Family Letters, 1828
, 1829
, 1830
, 1831 January-1831 February
, 1831 March-1831 June
, 1831 July-1831 August
, 1831 September-1831 December
, 1832 January-1832 April
, 1832 May-1832 December
, 1833 January-1833 March
, 1833 April-1833 July
, 1833 August-1833 September
, 1833 October-1833 December
, 1834 January-1834 February
, 1834 March-1834 June
, 1834 July-1834 August
, 1834 September
, 1834 October-1834 December
Date Uncertain, 1834
, 1835 January-1835 August
, 1835 September-1835 December
Orders, 1836 January-1836 May
, 1836 January-1836 June
, 1836 July-1836 December
, 1837 January-1837 June
, 1837 July-1837 December
, 1838 January-1838 April
, 1838 May
, 1838 June-1838 July
, 1838 August-1838 September
, 1838 October-1838 November
, 1838 December
, 1839
, 1840 January-1840 May
, 1840 June-1840 July
, 1840 August-1840 September
, 1840 October-1840 December
, 1841 January-1841 February
, 1841 March-1841 May
, 1841 June-1841 December
, 1842
, 1843 January-1843 June
, 1843 July-1843 December
, 1844 January-1844 February
, 1844 March-1844 May
, 1844 June-1844 December
, 1845
, 1846
, 1847
, 1848
, 1849
, 1850
, 1851
, 1852
, 1853
, 1854
, 1855
, 1856
Checks and Notes, 1856
, 1857
, 1858
Checks and Notes, 1859
, 1859
, 1860 January-1860 March
, 1860 April
, 1860 May-1860 July
, 1860 August-1860 October
, 1860 November
, 1860 December, undated
, 1861 January-1861 February
, 1861 March-1861 April
, 1861 May-1861 July
, 1861 August-1861 December, undated
C. Howard Diary, 1861
C. Howard Letters, 1861 January-1861 December
, 1862 January-1862 June
, 1862 July-1862 December
Howard Papers, 1862 January-1862 December
, 1863 January-1863 May
, 1863 June-1863 July
, 1863 August-1863 December
"How General John H. Morgan Escaped.", 1863
Photocopies of Encapsulated Documents, 1862-1863
, 1864 January-1864 February
, 1864 March-1864 May
, 1864 June-1864 December
Memo and Letter Book, 1864
, 1865 January-1865 April
, 1865 May-1865 December
, 1866
, 1867
, 1868
, 1869
, 1870
, 1871
, 1872
, 1873
, 1874
, 1875
, 1876
, 1877
, 1878
, 1879
, 1880
, 1881-1885
, 1886-1889
, 1890
General, 1890
- Box 18, Folder 2
Scope and Contents note
This folder contain various correspondence items for the year 1890.
, 1890-1891
General, 1891
- Box 1, Folder 4
Scope and Contents note
This folder contain various correspondence items for the year 1891.
, 1892 September-1892 December
, 1893
, 1890-1893
, 1892
General, 1892
- Box 18, Folder 9
Scope and Contents note
This folder contain various correspondence items for the year 1892.
, 1892 January-1892 April
, 1893 February-1893 June
, 1893 July-1893 December
General, 1893
- Box 18, Folder 13
Scope and Contents note
This folder contain various correspondence items for the year 1893.
, 1894
General, 1894
, 1894
, 1895
, 1896
, 1897
, 1898
, 1899
General, 1901,1904,1906-1907
- Box 19, Folder 9-13
Scope and Contents note
These folder contain various correspondence items for 1901,1904 and 1906 to 1907.
, 1900-1909
, 1900-1905
, 1906-1907
, 1908
, 1908-1909
General, 1909
- Box 20, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains various correspondence items for the year 1909.
, 1910
, 1911
General, 1912
- Box 20, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains various correspondence items for the year 1912.
, 1912
, 1913
, 1914
, 1915
, 1916
, 1917
, 1918
, 1919
, 1920
, 1921
, 1922
, 1921-1922
, 1923
, 1924
, 1925
, 1926
, 1927
, 1928
, 1929
, 1930
, 1931
, 1932
, 1933
, 1934
, 1935
, 1936
, 1937
, 1938
, 1939
General, 1940
- Box 23, Folder 7
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains various correspondence items for the year 1940.
, 1940-1949
Cicero Coleman correspondence
, undated
Letters, undated
J.H. Morgan, undated
Letters, Fragments and Items, undated
Unidentified Letters, Statements and Items, undated
General, undated
- Box 25, Folder 5-6
Scope and Contents note
These two folders contain general undated papers such as receipts, letters, postcards, poems, programs and also two photographs of two separate unidentified women.
Greeting Cards, 1910
Calling Cards, 1910, 1925
Envelopes, 1910s-1950s
Songbook, The Little Tycoon by Williard Spencer, 1882
Maps, Atlas and Plates, 1882,1937, undated
Civil War Envelopes, mostly to Mrs. Basil Duke, undated
Civil War Diaries, 1862 July 17-1862 September 4,1862 October 9-1864 March 20
Civil War Memorabilia, 1862, 1905, undated
Kentucky State Guard Regulations, Confederate Veterans Association, 1860,1890
Civil War Army Account Book, 2 volumes, 1862
Confederate Veterans Association, 5th edition (original, 2 copies), 1895
Confederate Veterans Association, 5th edition (photocopies), 1895
Sketches of Morgan, undated
Correspondence, 1850s, undated
Civil War Notes and Correspondence, undated
Unidentified, undated
Lloyd Family Geneaology, undated
Geneaology, undated
Notes, undated
Letters and Geneaology, undated
Bank Account Records, John Wesley Hunt, 1807-1817
Weavers Production, 1853-1856
Account Books, J.H and C.C. Morgan, 1852-1858
Day Book, John Jeffrey and Co., 1854 June 10-1859 May 27
House Expense Ledgers, C.H. Morgan, 210 N Broadway, 1867
Account Books, Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, 1880s
Financial Records, 1885-1890, 1892, 1920, undated
Brief for Applicants, Court of Appeals of Kentucky, undated
Letterheads, Morgan Heirs Land Co., undated
Civil Summons and Contract, Miss Ellen K.H. Morgan, 1928,1930, 1936,undated
Meeting Minutes, Morgan Heirs Land Co., 1927 May 5, 1927 December 5,1928 January 12
First Meeting of the Morgan Heirs Land Co., Directors and Stockholders, 1926 May 13
Capital Stock Certificate Book, Morgan heirs land Co., 1927-1928
Map, undated
Correspondence, Hugh Riddell, RE: Morgan Heirs, 1929-1934
Receipt Books, John Hunt Morgan, 1907-1908, 1910
Volumes I-IV: R.C. Morgan vs. Big Woods Lumber Company, undated
Volumes V-IX: R.C. Morgan vs. Big Woods Lumber Company, undated
Volumes X-XIV: R.C. Morgan vs. Big Woods Lumber Company, undated
Christening Photographs, undated
Floorplans: Addition to Residence for Mrs. Morgan, Unmounted Photographs, undated
General, undated
- Box 36, Folder 3
Scope and Contents note
This folder contains miscellaneous papers and cards, including calling cards, sympathy cards, valentines, notes, invitations, postcards and two boxes of seals. There is also a program and cast list for I. Morgan's "Gentlemen are Gentleman."
Unidentified Manuscript, undated
Xerox Copies to Crumbling Originals, undated
Crumbling Originals, undated
Manuscript and Xerox Copies, undated
Advertising, undated
Temperance Publications, undated
AMs: "Prince Madoc," "Undoing of a Cynic" and fragment of "Saint of Pleasant Green", 1884 January 20, undated
Sketch of General Garibaldi, undated
Will, Mrs. Cornelia A. Howard, undated
Christ Church Cathedral, Gleaners, Minutes, 1902-1911
Poetry, 1863,undated
Clipping from Lexington Trans., contains text of letters to JWH not in the collection, undated
Newsclippings on family members, South Carolina earthquake, 1800-1891
Newsclippings, Civil War, 1885-1940
John H. Morgan Clippings, 1885-1913
Thomas Hunt Morgan Clippings, 1933-1934
Morgan Reunion Clippings, 1883
Lindbergh Newsclippings, 1929 October
General Newsclippings, 1939-1940, undated
- Box 34, Folder 9-10
Scope and Contents note
These two folders contain newsclippings, both dated and undated, on various topics such as archaeological discoveries, business, global affairs, women's interests, antiques, politics and local happenings amongst others. Some materials are dated (1939-1940) but the majority of clippings are undated.
Miniature Exhibition Catalog, Colonial Dames, 1911 January
Francis Scott Key Monument Program, 1898 August 9
Song of Geometry, book cover with label "Eastern Lunatic Asylum Library", 1854, undated
Matthew Harris Jouett Paintings Catalog, J.B. Speed Museum, 1939
Ohio Penitentiary Souvenir, 1899
Confederate Magazines, 1892, 1893
Confederate War Journal, Illustrated: Volume 1, #11 (damaged), 1894 February
Maryland Original Research Society, Bulletins 1 and 2, 1906 June, 1910 June
Masters in Art monograph series: Vol. 3 parts 28,29,34 and Vol. 5 parts 52,53, 1902 April-1904 May
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Assorted Literature, 1851,1876,1882 June, undated
Religious Tracts, 1901-1917, 1940, undated
Japanese Woodcut Boors (3 sample), undated
Japanese Color Woodcut Books, undated
Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, 1858
Picture Frames, undated
McDonald's Rotary Hat Iron, undated
Checkbook Stubs, 1 v., 1810 January-1811 February 25
John W. Hunt Cash Book, Personal Expenses and Lunatic Asylum Accounts, 1841 August 9-1848 July 10
Holderman, Pearson & Co. Ledger, 1815 July-1824 November
John W. Hunt & Son (Thomas) Ledger, 1834 March 5-1838
, 1792
, 1793
, 1794
, 1795
, 1796
, 1796
, 1797
, 1798
, 1799
, 1800 January 29
, 1800
, 1801
, 1802
, 1803
, 1804
, 1805
, 1806
, 1807
, 1808
, 1809
, 1810
, 1811
, 1817 January 10
, 1818 December 18
, 1821 February 21
, 1830
, 1856
, 1857
, 1858
, 1859 May 13
, 1860 January 15
, 1860 May-1860 August
, 1860-1865
, 1861 March 25?
, 1861
, 1862 January 7
Sheet Music, 1860,1866,1876,1882,1886,undated
F. P. Bacht, "Proclamation!" broadside, 1862 July 13
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