This leather-bound account book has a worn front cover with undecipherable writing at the top and "Cadet O. M. Poe. Sept (?) 1852" written in the center. On top left corner of the inside front cover is a stamp that reads: Sold by David...
Born in 1790 in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, George Robertson attended Transylvania University until 1806 and was admitted to the bar in 1809. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1817 to 1821 and in Kentucky's legislature from 1822 to 1827, in 1848, and...
William Walter Cleary was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1831. He was an 1849 graduate of Transylvania University and in 1849, graduated from its law department with honors. In 1852, he was admitted to the bar and settled in Cynthiana, Kentucky....
John Dorsey Atchison was born in 1852 in Daviess County, Kentucky. He attended the Oakland Seminary and West Kentucky College. He read law with W. N. Sweeney and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He served as Daviess County School Commissioner from...
Peter B. Muir was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, in 1822. He was orphaned at an early age and raised by his paternal grandfather, Dr. William Muir. After an early education in the country schools of Nelson county, he attended Hanover College....
Lawyers; Legislators; Government officials; Portraits
James William Bryan was born near Millersburg, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1852. He was educated at the Kentucky Wesleyan College, where he graduated in 1873. He moved to Covington, where he read law in the office of ex-Governor John W....
Archibald Dixon was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1802. He moved with his parents to Henderson, Kentucky, in 1805. Educated in the local schools, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He established a practice in Henderson....
Ernest Macpherson was born in Lexington, Mo., in 1852. He attended the West Tennessee College, of Jackson, Tenn., where he was graduated with a Master of Arts, and then entered the law department of Cumberland University, of Lebanon, Tennessee,...
Henry Fielding Turner was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1829. He graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, at Lexington, in 1849. That same year, by special act of the legislature, he was licensed to practice law before...
James Barbour was born in Danville, Kentucky, in 1820. He graduated from Center College in 1837 and three years later received a degree in law from Transylvania College. In 1840 he was admitted to the bar and established a thriving practice in...
Medical education; Medical students; Kentucky School of Medicine
Catalog for the Kentucky School of Medicine for 1852-1853. Includes list of board of regents and faculty, program information, graduates, and students enrolled for 1852-1853. Printed on cover: Kentucky School of Medicine. Annual Announcement for...
Performance program for fiftieth performance of "The Henrietta," a comedy by Bronson Howard, produced by the comedians Robson & Crane at Union Square Theatre, New York, Monday evening, November 14th, 1887. Includes list of characters...
Portrait of actor John G. Sparks wearing suit jacket, tie, and boutonniere. His hair is parted in the middle. Born circa 1852, Sparks died in Brooklyn, New York, on May 3, 1922. The inscription on this portrait indicates that he appeared in...
Portrait of hotelier Louis Seelbach seated in a wooden chair, wearing a jacket, white vest with pocket watch fob, tie with stickpin, and mustache. Born in Rhenish, Bavaria, Germany on April 12, 1852, Louis emigrated to the United States in 1869,...
Republic Building (Louisville, Ky.); Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Ky.); Office buildings; Churches; Canopies; Stores & shops; Buildings
Address: 429 W. Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd.), Louisville, Kentucky. This view of Fifth Street includes the Republic Building and the Cathedral of the Assumption. The Cathedral was completed in 1852 and is one of the oldest public...
