Josephine Clay papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Josephine Clay papers
- Creator
- Clay, John M., Mrs. (Josephine Russell Erwin)
- Extent
- 0.8 Cubic Feet
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject into six series: Clay family papers, Henry Clay farm ledger, Josephine Clay scrapbook, William Russell papers, Louisiana Wood Simpson papers, Clay-Simpson family photographs.
- Preferred Citation
- 2005ms001: [identification of item], Josephine Clay papers, 1788-2004, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Josephine Erwin Clay (1835-1920) was the daughter of William Henry Russell (1802-1873), politician and California pioneer who was a political ally of Henry Clay. When she was seven her family visited Ashland, home of the Clay family, where the famed statesman signed her autograph album. Ashland, renowned as Kentucky's finest stock farm, stabled Henry Clay's wonderful assortment of cattle, jacks and jennies, swine, and horses. Clay made his mark on the early thoroughbred industry in Kentucky with a stallion, Yorkshire, and two brood mares, Magnolia and Margaret Wood, whose descendants greatly influenced breeding and racing in the United States. Eleven Kentucky Derby winners can trace their lineage to Clay's brood mares. In 1853 Josephine Russell married Eugene Erwin, the grandson of Henry Clay, in Missouri. The union yielded four daughters, one of whom, Eugenia, died in 1864 not long after her birth. In 1861 Erwin joined the Confederate Army and rose to the rank of Colonel in command of the 6th Missouri Infantry Regiment. In 1863 Josephine and her nine-year-old daughter joined Erwin at Vicksburg. One week before the end of the Union siege at Vicksburg, Eugene Erwin was killed on June 25, 1863 while leading his unit as it repelled a Federal attack. On July 18, 1863 Josephine met with General U.S. Grant and obtained passes from him allowing her and daughter Lucretia (Lula) to return to Missouri. Josephine remarried in 1866 to Henry Clay's son, John M. Clay (1821-1887) who, following his mother Lucretia's death, inherited a portion of the family's racing stock. The couple teamed to train and race horses through the mid-1880s with Josephine charged with running Ashland Stud during her husband's frequent trips on the racing circuit throughout the East, South, and Midwest. The couple raced several famous horses including Skedaddle, Survivor, Star Davis, Sauce Box, Squeeze 'em, and Victory. The latter was eventually acquired by General George Armstrong Custer and was present at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. During this time Josephine studied and became an expert on pedigrees. Following John M. Clay's illness and subsequent death in 1887, Josephine redirected the business from racing to breeding and the annual sale of yearlings. Included in his estate were twelve brood mares, all descendants of Henry Clay's brood mares Magnolia and Margaret Wood. Between 1889 and 1900 she built her stock to over fifty brood mares and two stallions and became recognized as the first female to own and operate a successful thoroughbred horse farm. Her notoriety and that of The Ashland Stock Farm reached national proportions when a horse that she sold named Riley won the 1890 Kentucky Derby. Josephine dispersed her stock in 1903 because of failing eyesight and the anti-gambling reform movement in New York and other states which prohibited betting on horses. Clay was also the author of several novels and short stories, many of which had themes related to racing. She died on March 29, 1920 at age 85 leaving behind a well-earned reputation as a business woman and a large and active circle of descendants in central Kentucky, Missouri, and other locations.
- Scope and Content
- The Josephine Clay papers (dated 1788-2004, undated; 0.8 cubic feet; 7 boxes) consist of correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and financial papers generated by Josephine Clay, Henry Clay, William Russell, and the Simpson-Wood family. The collection includes letters and documents from noted Americans including Henry Clay, Wade Hampton, Charles W. Morgan, Edward Everett, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and William H. Russell. Many of the letters written between 1827 and 1852 document Henry Clay's animal husbandry activities including the acquisition of cows, jacks and jennies, and thoroughbred horses. Clay's letters to his wife Lucretia provide insight into the family's financial and emotional well being as well as on national and international affairs. Additionally the collection contains one of Henry Clay's farm ledgers (ca. 1839-1882) which contains entries and records on hemp breaking, corn cribbing, the acquisition, birth and death of horses and cattle, a record of mares serviced, and the sale of stock.
- These papers also provide vignettes into the life of Josephine Russell Erwin Clay and include letters sent to her first husband Eugene Erwin, passes allowing her and daughter Lula to travel through Union lines after the death of Erwin at Vicksburg, and letters of advice and consolation from Henry Clay's son John. The Josephine Clay papers also include a scrapbook which contains poems written to Josephine by admirers, newspaper clippings about Eugene Erwin, cut autograph signatures, campaign ribbons for Henry Clay, and a broadside. A letter from Abraham Lincoln (1862) to John Clay which praises the memory of his father, Henry, is also included. Subsequent letters written after Josephine's marriage to John M. Clay, sent to Josephine by Clay between 1866 and 1887 chronicle the couple's separations and are very informative about the workings of Ashland the farm and the thoroughbred racing circuit.
- Also included are letters from William H. Russell during his time in serving in California (ca. 1828-1874) between his immediate family members and members of the Erwin and Gibson families. Subsequent items include books, pamphlets, and photographs collected by Louisiana Wood Simpson documenting the inner workings of Ashland in the mid-20th century and the Clay and Simpson families.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- 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
Clay family papers, 1788-1929, undated
Bond of Samuel Moore acknowledging 200 pound debt to William Meeke of Fayette County, District of Kentucky, Rockland County, Virginia, 1788 April 9
Agreement between Commodore John Rodgers and Henry Clay re: jack Ulysses and Jenny Calypso. Filing note in Clay's hand, 1827 November 20
Anna Marie Thornton's receipt of payment from Henry Clay for bay mare, Duchess of Marlboro, gotten by Sir Archy. Filing note in Clay's hand, 1829 February
Commodore [John] Rodgers letter to Henry Clay, Aboard steamboat Huron, Cincinnati, 1829 April 24
- Box 1, folder 4
Note (in Henry Clay's hand) signed by George Lansdowne selling seven or eight year-old bay mare raised in Virginia with a star on her forehead said to have been got by Potomac to Clay, 1831 May 27
E[dwin Upshur] Berryman letter to Henry Clay, New York, 1831 October 5
- Box 1, folder 6
Agreement (in Clay's hand) between Henry Clay, E. Berryman, and Buckner H. Payne selling the latter 1/3 interest in the imported horse Stamboul, 1831 November 17
B[uckner] H. Payne letter to Henry Clay, Mount Sterling, 1832 September 11
- Box 1, folder 8
B[uckner]. H. Payne letter to Henry Clay, Mount Sterling, 1832 October 12
- Box 1, folder 9
E[dwin U.] Berryman letter to Henry Clay, New York, 1832 October 30
- Box 1, folder 10
Isaac Cunningham letter to Henry Clay, Clark County, Ky.; James Clark letter to Henry Clay, Winchester, Ky., 1832 November 3
E[dmund] H. Pendleton letter to Henry Clay, [American Hotel, Broadway, New York], 1833 October 15
- Box 1, folder 12
Reuben Davis letter to R.D. Shepherd, Boston, 1833 November 14
Receipt from E[dwin U.] Berryman and John H. Coster to Henry Clay, 1834 August 29
B[uckner] H. Payne letter to Henry Clay, Mt. Sterling, 1834 September 30
- Box 1, folder 15
James Barbour letter to Henry Clay, Barboursville, 1835 January 22
- Box 1, folder 16
James Barbour letter to Henry Clay, Barboursville, 1835 February 26
- Box 1, folder 17
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1835 March 4
- Box 1, folder 18
Henry Clay letter to William D. Lewis, Ashland, 1835 August 25
- Box 1, folder 19
Daniel T. Patterson note to Henry Clay, U.S. Ship Delaware, 1836 January 6
- Box 1, folder 20
R.D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 January 6
- Box 1, folder 21
R.D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 January 21
- Box 1, folder 22
John M. Clay letter to Mrs. Henry Clay (Lucretia), Edgehill, 1836 January 30
- Box 1, folder 23
Daniel T. Patterson letter, Norfolk, 1836 February 25
- Box 1, folder 24
Rezin D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 March 15
- Box 1, folder 25
Daniel T. Patterson letter, Norfolk, 1836 March 16
- Box 1, folder 26
Document signed by A.C. Rodes, 1836 April 6
Rezin D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 May 5
- Box 1, folder 28
Rezin D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 May 12
- Box 1, folder 29
Rezin D. Shepherd letter to Henry Clay, Baltimore, 1836 July 26
- Box 1, folder 30
R. Beasley letter to Henry Clay, Le Havre, France, 1837 January 8
- Box 1, folder 31
R. Beasley letter to Henry Clay, Le Havre, France, 1837 January 18
- Box 1, folder 32
R. Beasley letter to Henry Clay, Le Havre, France, 1837 May 16
- Box 1, folder 33
B.H. Payne letter to Henry Clay, Mt. Sterling, 1837 November 23
- Box 1, folder 34
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 February 12
- Box 1, folder 35
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 February 18
- Box 1, folder 36
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 March 6
- Box 1, folder 37
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 April 2
- Box 1, folder 38
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 April 12
- Box 1, folder 39
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1840 April 25
- Box 1, folder 40
John M. Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1841 May 27
- Box 1, folder 41
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Washington, 1841 June 6
- Box 1, folder 42
Document signed by Josiah Downing and Peter Gatewood, 1841 July 12
- Box 1, folder 43
M.B.R. Williams note to Cyrus Downing, 1841 October 9
- Box 1, folder 44
Henry Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Natchez, Mississippi, 1842 December 9
- Box 1, folder 45
W[ade] Hampton letter to Henry Clay, Millwood, South Carolina, 1845 June 3
- Box 1, folder 46
Typescript. Charles W. Morgan to John M. Clay, Naval Asylum near Philadelphia, 1846 February 22
- Box 1, folder 47
Daniel Morgan letter to John M. Clay, at home, 1846 April 15
- Box 1, folder 48
R[ichard] Pindell's note announcing sale of White Bull Rover to Henry Clay, undated
Isaac Owen letter to Henry Clay, Sacramento, California, 1850 September 11
- Box 1, folder 50
H. Bush note to Henry Clay, Lexington, circa 1850s
N[athan] Sargent letter to Frederick Billings, Washington, 1851 March 13
- Box 1, folder 52
James B. Clay letter to John M. Clay, near St. Louis, 1851 July 28
- Box 1, folder 53
Printed Broadside with pedigree of White Bull Rover (owned by Henry Clay), et al. annotated by Isaac Shelby, 1851 October 11
Bill of sale from Isaac Shelby to Henry Clay, 1851 October 11
Henry Clay letter to John M. Clay, Washington, 1851 December 3
- Box 1, folder 57
Henry Clay letter to John M. Clay, Washington, 1852 January 20
- Box 1, folder 58
Henry Clay letter to John M. Clay, Washington, 1852 February 28
- Box 1, folder 59
Deed signed by Lucretia Clay to John M. Clay, Ashland, 1852 November 23
- Box 1, folder 60
Document signed by James F. Allen to John M. Clay, Harrison County, Kentucky, 1853 July 18
Document signed by J. V. Harrison, 1854 September 4
James B. Clay letter to Lucretia Clay, Ashland, 1856 September 19
- Box 1, folder 63
William McCalla letter to Josephine Russell, 1857 June 26
Isaac Shelby note to John M. Clay, Lexington, Kentucky, 1862 June 16
W[illiam] M. Mercer letter to John M. Clay, Locust Hill, undated
- Box 1, folder 66
W. H. Mercer letter to John M. Clay, New Orleans, undated
- Box 1, folder 67
Notes about Josephine Clay's horses
- Box 1, folder 68
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Erwin, Ashland, 1863 December 27
- Box 1, folder 69
James B. Clay letter to Josephine Erwin, Ashland, 1864 August 26
- Box 1, folder 70
George B. Slaughter letter to Josephine Erwin, St. Louis, 1865 July 6
- Box 1, folder 71
James B. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, San Nicholes Hotel, undated
- Box 1, folder 72
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Woodlawn Race Course, Nashville, 1867 May 23
- Box 1, folder 73
Anniversary invitation, 1867 July 8
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Cincinnati, 1867 September 20
- Box 1, folder 75
John M. Clay telegram to Josephine Clay, St. Louis, 1867 September 30
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Buckeye Race Course, 1868 May 22
- Box 1, folder 77
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, 1868 May 24
- Box 1, folder 78
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, 1868 May 25
- Box 1, folder 79
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, 1868 May 26
- Box 1, folder 80
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, 1868 May 28
- Box 1, folder 81
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Buckeye Course, 1868 May 30
- Box 1, folder 82
Thomas Bacon letter to Clay, Edgefield C.H., South Carolina, 1870 February 14
- Box 1, folder 83
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Woodlawn Race Course, Nashville, 1870
- Box 1, folder 84
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 September 29
- Box 1, folder 85
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 3
- Box 1, folder 86
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 6
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 7
- Box 1, folder 88
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Woodlawn Race Course, Nashville, 1870 October 7
- Box 1, folder 89
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 9
- Box 1, folder 90
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 11
- Box 1, folder 91
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 14
- Box 1, folder 92
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Maxwell House, Nashville, 1870 October 15
- Box 1, folder 93
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Chickasaw Race Course, Memphis, 1870 October 17
- Box 1, folder 94
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Chickasaw Race Course, Memphis, 1870 October 20
- Box 1, folder 95
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Chickasaw Race Course, Memphis, 1870 October 21
- Box 1, folder 96
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Chickasaw Race Course, Memphis, 1870 October 22
- Box 1, folder 97
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Chickasaw Race Course, Memphis, 1870 October 24
- Box 1, folder 98
Broadside: Honor Won and Lost, 1871 February 21
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Long Branch, New Jersey, 1872 May 25
- Box 1, folder 100
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Long Branch Race Course, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 May 28
- Box 1, folder 101
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 3
- Box 1, folder 102
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 7
- Box 1, folder 103
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1872 June 10
- Box 1, folder 104
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 12
- Box 1, folder 105
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 13
- Box 1, folder 106
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 19
- Box 1, folder 107
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 21
- Box 1, folder 108
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 24
- Box 1, folder 109
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 25
- Box 1, folder 110
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Eatontown, New Jersey, 1872 June 30
- Box 2, folder 1
Agreement between John M. Clay and A. Keene Richards, 1877 February 3
- Box 2, folder 2
John M. Clay letter to Lula Clay, Ashland, 1882 November 3
John M. Clay letter to Lula Clay, undated
- Box 2, folder 4
John M. Clay document to Minor Simpson, Ashland, 1885 July 18
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 1
- Box 2, folder 6
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 2
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 3
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 5
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 6
- Box 2, folder 10
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 7
- Box 2, folder 11
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 June 8
- Box 2, folder 12
John M. Clay letter to Josephine Clay, Ashland, 1887 July 5
- Box 2, folder 13
Printed funeral notice for John M. Clay, Lexington, 1887 August 11
1899 Annual Catalog of Ashland Thoroughbred Stock Farm by Mrs. John M. Clay, 1899
Carter H. Harrison letter to Josephine Clay, Chicago, 1912 December 9
- Box 2, folder 16
James K. Patterson letter to Josephine Clay, Lexington, 1920 March 28
- Box 2, folder 17
George H. Clay letter to Mrs. Minor Simpson, Lexington, 1927 February 9
- Box 2, folder 18
Maitland Allen letter to Mrs. James M. Clay, Limeton, Virginia, undated
Henry McDowell letter to Mrs. Minor Simpson, undated
Gamaliel Bradford letter to Mrs. Lucretia Clay Simpson, 1929 April 19
- Box 2, folder 21
Assorted envelope contents, 1823, 1836, 1905
Henry Clay farm ledger, circa 1839-1882
- Box 2, folder 24
Josephine Clay scrapbook, 1844-1919, undated
Passport of William Russell issued by U.S. Consul, Acapulco, Mexico, 1850
Henry Clay political campaign ribbons: [left] Boston Young Men's Whig Club, Massachusetts Whig Convention; [right] Clay and Tariff, The Democratic Whig National Convention, Baltimore, 1844 September 19; 1844 May 2
W.J. Eddy letter to A.E. Erwin, Benicia, 1852 July 10
- Box 7, item 1
Newspaper clipping, the Gazette-New Orleans' merchants pay off Henry Clay $25,000 debt, 1893 April 15
Henry Clay note to Thomas B. King, New Orleans, 1851 April 11
Circular signed by Eugene Erwin to the officers and soldiers for Erwin's battery, 1862 July 4
Eugene Erwin letter to W.J. Eddy, Monterrey, 1852 July 17
Bill of sale from Isaac Shelby for slave named Mastin to John M. Clay, 1857 February 21
H. Clay letter to Eugene Erwin, Ashland, 1851 July 19
- Box 7, item 7-8
Newspaper clipping re: Sixth Missouri Cavalry (Confederate), undated
R. Hutchinson note to Colonel Erwin, Grand Gulf, 1863 April 10
- Box 7, item 10
Clipped address: Col. Eugene Erwin, 6th Missouri Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, A.W., Port Gibson, Mississippi, undated
H.L. Duralde note to Josephine Russell, 1844 October 16
- Box 7, item 12
Note to Josephine Russell from unknown, undated
- Box 7, item 13
H. Clay letter to John M. Clay, Washington, 1852 March 13
- Box 7, item 14
Poem addressed to Colonel Robert Spotswood Russell from Fannie Allen, 1847 August 5
Newspaper clipping, A Mother's Training Re: Caroline Russell, undated
Poem to Colonel William H. Russell from Mary A. Jones, Clifton, Virginia, undated
A. Custis Washington note to Josephine Erwin, Steamer Imperial, 1863 July 23
- Box 7, item 18
Poem to Josephine Russell from M.B.H., 1844 December 20
Newspaper clipping Our Old Battle Flag, from 6th Missouri Infantry, undated
Poem To The Blue Anemone by Anna, undated
From Senator Benton to Miss Josephine Russell , undated
James B. Townsend note, Bluffton, 1849 January 12
- Box 7, item 24
Poem by W.J. Beebe, Bluffton, 1845 March 17
Edward Everett letter to John M. Clay, Boston, 1863 April 19
F.W. Russell letter to his sister Josephine Russell, 1845 August 20
- Box 7, item 28
Newspaper clipping Iroquois Polo Team Triumphs, undated
Holograph copy of Truth by N. Breton, 1616, copied by D[olly] P[ayne] Madison, Washington, 1847 August 23
Broadside letter- Clay Monumental Association, New Orleans, 1860 February 20
Obituary of General Robert Spotswood Russell, 1842 January 31
Ribbon carrying obituary of Colonel Eugene Erwin delivered by W. M. Patterson, Chaplain, 6th Mounted Infantry, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 June 26
Poem to Miss Josephine Russell by Robert H. Foster, Alabama at Sea, 1851 May 11
Pass for Josephine Erwin from A.J. Barlow, Headquarters, District of Memphis, Memphis, 1863 April 3
- Box 7, item 34
Ulysses S. Grant. Pass for Lt. E.A. Hickman, CSA to Cairo in company with Mrs. Col. (Josephine) Erwin, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863 July 18
Ulysses S. Grant. Pass for Mrs. Col. (Josephine) Erwin to Independence, Missouri with her family, Vicksburg, 1863 July 18
One line note for Senorita Russell (Josephine), undated
Note to Colonel Eugene Erwin from J. Murdoch, undated
- Box 7, item 38
Erased note on an illustrated autograph album page, undated
- Box 7, item 39
Newspaper clipping An Old Battle Flag, undated
J. Shobe note to Josephine Russell, 1850 January 23
Jefferson Davis letter to Colonel I. Hays, Ohio River, 1851 March 18
Brigadier General Martin E. Green letter to Colonel Erwin, Headquarters 2d Division, 3rd Brigade, 1862 August 27
- Box 7, item 44
Lucian McDowell note to Mrs. Colonel (Josephine) Erwin, Hospital, Vicksburg, 1863 July 14
- Box 7, item 45
Abraham Lincoln letter to John M. Clay, Washington, 1862 August 9
- Box 7, item 46
Page from illustrated autograph album, undated
- Box 7, item 47
Clipping of Mrs. John M. (Josephine) Clay and Henry Clay Anderson, undated
Notes on illustrated autograph album page inscribed to Josephine Russell by Henry Clay and D.H. Allen, 1843, 1847
- Box 7, item 49
Henry Clay letter to Mrs. Zanette Freeland Russell, Ashland, 1847 June 2
- Box 7, item 50
Poem to Josephine from Annie, undated
Poem to Josephine from HCR, 1851 April 13
Poem An Acrostics, L.R., Bluffton, 1846 August 24
H.K. Garrison letter to J.H. Blethune, San Francisco, 1853 May 16
- Box 7, item 54
Page from illustrated autograph album, undated
- Box 7, item 55
Henry B. Jackson letter to John M. Clay, Forsyth Place, Savannah, 1889 December 18
H.C.M. Bryant letter to Josephine Clay, Lexington, 1919 March 22
- Box 7, item 58
Cancelled David A. Sayre and Co. check issued to Eugene Erwin, by D.M. Simpson for $500.00, Lexington, 1854 May 22
Frank Carter letter to Colonel Eugene Erwin, Grand Gulf, 1863 April 12
- Box 7, item 60
Note from Major General John M. Schofield, Headquarters, Department of the Mississippi, St. Louis, 1863 November 3
- Box 7, item 61
Newspaper clipping concerning Col. William H. Russell and clipped signatures including Daniel Webster, John M. Botts, Winfield Scott and John Quincy Adams, undated
M.H. Sanford letter to John M. Clay, North Elkhorn Farm, 1879 June 24
Faded handwritten poem, undated
Josephine Russell's signature, undated
William Russell papers, 1823-1904, undated
Letter from Mr. Carroll, 1823 October 10
Photocopy of letter from Thomas, 1828
Photocopy of letter from J. Bledsoe to William H. Russell, 1828 April 26
Photocopy of letter from F. Henderson to William H. Russell, 1828 August 29
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1831
Purchase of land by James A. Grump, signed by president Andrew Jackson, 1831 March 1
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1831 October 18
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1832 October 4
Arthur B. Erwin last will and testament, 1833 June 12
Photocopy of letter to William H. Russell from William H. Ashley, 1834 January 10
Purchase of land by Joseph Watts, signed by president Andrew Jackson, 1835 October 13
James Erwin letter to Henry Clay, 1835 December 15
Payments for land from Joseph Watts and William H. Russell, 1835, 1837
James Erwin letter to Henry Russell, 1836 January 12
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1836 January 20
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1836 July 12
Zannette Russell letter to Priscilla Freeland, 1836 December 11
Notice to members of William H. Russell's company, 1837 February 10
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1837 October 31
Photocopy of list of items received from William H. Russell, 1837 November 30
Orders allowing William H. Russell medical leave, 1837 December 17
Muster rolls for Captain William H. Russell, circa 1838
R. Beasley letter to Henry Clay, 1838 February 4
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1838 February 25
Purchase of land by William H. Russell, signed by president Martin Van Buren, 1839 April 1
Photocopy of letter from A.G. Morgan to J. Hook, 1839 November 13-15
Thomas M. Allen letter to William H. Russell, 1839 November 20
Thomas M. Allen letter to William H. Russell, 1839 December 5
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1840 September 7
William H. Russell letter to Daniel Webster, 1841 March 6
William A. Weaver letter to the Marshal of the United States for the district of Missouri, 1841 June 2
Photocopy of letter from Thomas B. to William H. Russell, 1841 July 7
Letter from the Department of State appointing William H. Russell to Marshal of the United States for the district of Missouri, 1841 July 26
Photocopy of letter from Thomas B. to William H. Russell, 1841 September 21
Photocopy of letter from Charles B. Penrose to William H. Russell, 1841 November 9
Broadside letter by William H. Russell, concerning the creation of Federal Circuit and District Courts, 1841 December 22
Notice of treasury draft from US treasury, 1842 January 15
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1842 September 25
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1843 May 6
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1843 November 9
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1843 December 17
Deed of bequeathed money to William H. Russell and wife, 1844
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1844 February 6
Appointment of William H. Russell as agent of Mordecai Bartley to transport fugitives, 1845 April 12
Excerpt from William H. Russell's journal while in California, 1846
William [Broadwill] letter to William H. Russell, 1846 March 23
Zannette Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1846 June 8
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1846 July
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1846 July 17
Washington Allon Bartlett letter to J.A. [John Augustus] Sutter, 1846 November 19
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1847
Pay amount for William H. Russell for January to August 1847, 1847
William H. Russell letter to Thomas A. Russell, 1847 January 3
William H. Russell letter to brother, addressed to Mrs. William H. Russell, 1847 February 23
William H. Russell letter to Daria H. Allen, 1847 April 20
William H. Russell letter to Sarah L. Russell, 1847 July 21
Richard Jacob letter to Colonel William H. Russell, 1847 August 2
N. Tomson letter to William L. Marcy (2 copies), 1847 August 13-14
Zanette Freeland Russell letter to Sarah L. Russell, 1847 December 1
J. Mason letter to William H. Russell, 1848 March 24
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1848 December 29
Slave deed, Robert Spotswood Russell to Zanette Freeland Russell, 1849 April 29
Photocopy of letter extract in newspaper from William H. Russell to Thomas M. Allen, 1849 November 9
Photocopy of bills accrued in France and Germany, 1850
Thomas A. Russell letter to William H. Russell, 1850 September 8
Zanette Freeland Russell letter to Sarah L. Russell, 1855 March 4
Photocopy of letter from William H. Russell, 1857 June 26
Photocopy of letter from James B. Clay to William H. Russell, 1859 October 29
Bills and account notes, 1862-1869
- Box 2, folder 93
William H. Russell letter to his aunt, 1873 September 10
Photocopy of request by Consul of the United States at Acapulco for safe passage of William H. Russell, 1874
Photocopy of newspaper clipping discussing presentation of Randall Lee Gibson's portrait to the Confederate Memorial Association, 1900 April 25
Photocopy of cable announcing marriage of Preston and Margaret Gibson, 1900 July 28
Photocopy of death notice of Tobias Gibson, 1904 December 7
Photocopy of document granting William Russell two thousand acres of land and survey, undated
Photocopy of letter from Maitland Allen to Mrs. Clay, undated
Letter from the Department of State sending compensation due to your assistants for taking the sixth census, undated
Transcription of Robert S. Russell military service, copied from pension papers, undated
Assorted envelopes, undated
Anne B. Erwin letter to Henry Clay, undated
Anne B. Erwin letter to Henry Clay, undated
Photocopy of pictures of Magnolia, undated
Photocopy of obituary for Randall Lee Gibson and history of Houma Fire Company, undated
Photocopy of ancestral biography of Randall Lee Gibson, undated
Photocopies of Tobias Gibson's death notice, undated
Photocopy of announcement of Mrs. Preston Gibson filing for divorce, undated
Photocopy of Preston Gibson's divorce and Evvie Gibson's death notice, undated
Photocopy of Eva Gibson's death notice and Preston Gibson's second marriage, undated
Photocopy of obituary for Randall Lee Gibson, undated
Photocopies of clippings pertaining to Tobias Gibson, undated
Newspaper clipping of Tobias Gibson's obituary, undated
Photocopy and transcript of final statement of Eugene Erwin, undated
Biographies of William H. Russell, undated
Louisiana Wood Simpson papers, 1950-1983, undated
Henry Clay by Judge Samuel M. Wilson - Ashland monograph no.1, 1950
The Cat Who Lives at Ashland by Louisiana Wood Simpson, 1963
Gypsy: The Cat Who Lived at Ashland by Louisiana Wood Simpson, 1978
The Colonel's Lady by Louisiana Wood Simpson, 1981
Pamphlet commemorating first day of issue of Henry Clay stamp, 1983 July 13
Newspaper clipping of Henry Clay's law office being razed to the ground, undated
Program for the dedication of Ashland as the Henry Clay memorial, 1950 April 12
Newspaper clipping of picture of Mrs. William McDowell Stucky with son Bill, Jr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Simpson with daughter Jo, undated
I Take Your Hand by Louisiana Wood Simpson, undated
Clay - Simpson family photographs, 1853-2004, undated
Louisiana Wood Simpson and George Bagley, undated
Lewis Burwell next to an airplane, undated
Wood Simpson and Louisiana Wood Simpson, undated
Unidentified woman, undated
Louisiana Gibson Wood and Wood Lausey, undated
Group portrait of unidentified women on the porch of a house, undated
John M. Clay and Josephine Clay, undated
View of John Bradford house, undated
Margaret H. Preston portrait, 1867
View of John Bradford house, undated
Clay Simpson on right and friends, undated
President of American Trust Co. in St. Mark's square covered in pigeons, undated
Louisiana Wood (Mrs. Henry Clay Simpson, Sr.) and unidentified woman holding a baby, undated
Louisiana Wood Simpson - center, Wood to her right; Clay Simpson far right , undated
Clay Simpson (left, holding baby) and Louisiana Simpson on couch with unidentified woman between them, undated
Louisiana Wood and her granddaughter Elizabeth Burgmaier, 2004 April
Lou - Bee Mayer , 1926
Henry Clay Simpson, Sr. and his mother, undated
Portrait of Erwin Eugene Simpson, undated
Portrait of Lewis Burrell, undated
Lou and Boone Simpson, undated
Henry Clay Simpson (far left) and Wood Simpson (center) with unidentified persons, undated
Interior of 1551 Tates Creek house, undated
Portrait of John M. Clay, undated
Portrait of Minor Simpson, undated
Josephine Russell (Mrs. John M. Clay) portrait, 1853
Portrait of Eugene Erwin in military uniform, undated
Josephine Clay and Josephine Clay Simpson standing on either side of Henry Clay Simpson, undated
Clay Simpson, Sr. on a horse, undated
Portrait of unidentified woman, undated
Picture of portrait of Henry Clay, undated
[L to R] Eugene E. Simpson, Louisiana Wood Simpson, Josephine Clay Simpson, Henry Clay Simpson (baby), 1940 December 25
Unidentified man standing next to a bed, undated
Portrait of Katherine Gussett Jones, undated
Portrait of Alice Quarles Henderson, undated
Portrait of Stowe Moody, undated
Portrait of James Gussett, note on back reads: My first beau - isn't he handsome?, undated
Portrait of James Gussett, note on back reads: childhood friend of Louisiana Wood Simpson's, undated
Picture of participant and beagles at the Beagle Club at Walnut Hall Farm, undated
Portrait of George Bagley, undated
Portrait of Tom Alexander, undated
Portrait of Breward Moore [?] in his Navy uniform, undated
Portrait of Dorothy Brown, niece of W. H. Wood, undated
Group portrait of Vinton [?] Liddell's wedding party, Louisiana sitting on floor at right, undated
Portrait of an unidentified woman in intricate gown, note on back reads: Old girl!, undated
Portrait of Alice Burt, undated
Photograph of The old Simpson place where Eugene grew up, undated
The Frank Jones's Wedding Party, 1934
Nancy and Donal graham's Wedding party, 1931
Portrait of Connie and Bill White, undated
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