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Stone Family Papers, 1834-1871

Collection Overview

Title: Stone Family Papers, 1834-1871

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 05/09/2002

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Stone family papers from Nelson County, Kentucky. The collection includes two issues of a supplement to The Penny Magazine, dated November 30, 1834 and December 31, 1834. There is an Adjutant General's Report of the Army in Mexico under General Z. Taylor, dated November 30, 1847. There are receipts from various family members as well as correspondence. One letter is from Thomas S. Stephens while he was a student at the Western Military Institute at Blue Lick, Kentucky in 1850.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Source: Moberly, Todd D.

Box and Folder Listing

Folder 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: The Penny Magazine, 31 Oct - 30 Nov 1834Add to your cart.
This issue deals with the House of Lords.
Item 2: The Penny Magazine, 30 Nov - 31 Dec 1834Add to your cart.
This issue deals with the House of Lords.
Item 3: General Return of the Army of Mexico, 30 Nov 1847Add to your cart.
Under the command of Z. Taylor.
Item 4: Receipt for Payment on a Coffin, 6 May 1871Add to your cart.
Signed by James Poynter, payment received from Isaac Stone
Item 5: Receipt for Fabric, 18 Jan 1851Add to your cart.
Mrs. Nancy Dorsey in account with Dayton Bennett
Item 6: Cousin Horace from Mary Jarvis, 5 Oct 1865Add to your cart.
She talks about health, her theory that rheumatism is a hereditary disease and her philosophy about life and disease.
Item 7: Mrs. Jeremiah Stephens from Thos. L. Stephens, 9 Dec 1850Add to your cart.
Letter from the Western Military Institute in Blue Lick, KY. He talks about studying and various family members.
Item 8: Letter from M. Glasscocke, 1865Add to your cart.
This letter to an unidentified recipient talks about a law suit and the tender used to pay a debt. He mentions that according to the U.S. Supreme Court, the greenback is legal tender and he can pay his debt using it.