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MS10-04 John Henry Letter

John Henry Letter

Collection Title: John Henry Letter

Series Number: MS10-04

Processed and Cataloged by: Dieter C. Ullrich

Date Listed: March 19, 2010

Date Span: 1821

Size of Collection: 0.10 linear feet.

Number of Boxes: 1 file folder. 1 item.

Type of Material: Correspondence.

Condition of Material: Good.

Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.

Biographical / Historical Information: John Henry was a resident of Golconda, Illinois in the 1820s.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of a photocopied letter from John Henry to his mother Elizabeth Roberts Henry of Logan County, Kentucky on October 14, 1821. The letter describes a property dispute between the author and David S. Taylor and the “unworthy” religious institutions that existed in Golconda.

Subject Headings / Descriptors:

Golconda (Ill.) – History.

Golconda (Ill.) – Religion.

Henry, John

Henry, Elizabeth Roberts

Taylor, David S.

Research Notes: Collection originally located in MS76-06. Original is owned by M. C. Henry of Murray, Kentucky. Photocopy donated by owner in 1981.