Letter from Bettie Lindsay to French Tipton | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
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Title:
Letter from Bettie Lindsay to French Tipton
Date:
14 Dec 1897
Description:
After reading about the sizable inheritance that the Ball family acquired in a recent newspaper publication, Mrs. Lindsay (Tipton's cousin) began to wonder if the Tipton estate could be expanded through legal avenues. She inquires about information regarding her and Judge Tipton's relatives so she can begin to investigate their claims to a sizable estate. The location is not commented on in any great detail. This letter is interesting because it shows how inheritance and social status drove the lives of certain people in the 19th Century, just as it does in the present.
ID:
2011a001-b1-f04-i22
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Found in:
French Tipton Papers, 1780-1901
Series 1: Correspondence Box 1 Folder 4: Correspondence to Tipton, I-Mc Item 22: Lindsay, Bettie, 14 Dec 1897
Series 1: Correspondence Box 1 Folder 4: Correspondence to Tipton, I-Mc Item 22: Lindsay, Bettie, 14 Dec 1897Rights:
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