Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Biography or History
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Joseph Desha papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Joseph Desha papers
- Dates
- 1815-1822
- Creator
- Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842
- Creator
- Langhorne, Moses, recipient
- Size
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2 items :
Autograph document signed; Autograph letter signed
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred Citation
Please cite this collection as Joseph Desha papers (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Acquisition Information
Gunther
Biography or History
Soldier & statesman; Governor of Kentucky.
Scope and Content
Mason County, Kentucky. List of land, houses, enslaved people for taxation (1815 April 1, Autograph document signed, 1 page); Letter, from Washington, to Captain Moses Langhorne - "see an advertisement in the Eagle in which you propose 5 young negroes for sale; will you take stock in the Bank of Maysville for them?" (1822 November 13, Autograph letter signed, 1 page).
Other Descriptive Data
The Joseph Desha papers are part of the Chicago History Museum's alphabetically arranged Small Manuscripts collections.