Duley Family Papers, mostly by Enoch Duley and his son Enoch M. Duley. The papers consist of correspondence, deeds, land grants, genealogical material, land surveys and maps, a hymn book, and photographs, including cabinet cards, tintypes, and cartes de visite. These materials document the acquisition and division of land by the Duley family; genealogy of the Duley, Wood, and Underwood families; and serve as photographic documentation of a number of Duley family members over a range of years. For instance, the collection contains several photographs of Eva (Duley) Underwood, the youngest daughter of Enoch and Wilebour Duley. These images show her both as a child with her sister Alice (photo #22), as a young adult (photo #27), and as a woman (photos #28-29). The handwritten genealogical account of the family (GLC06377.10) is also the product of Eva (Duley) Underwood. In addition to genealogical and family materials, the collection also contains two land grants signed by Kentucky governors John L. Helm (GLC06377.05) and S.B. Buckner (GLC06377.09). Also included is an 1860 broadside in which Enoch M. Duley offers a reward for the apprehension of "my boy Manuel," a runaway slave described as 35 years old and enterprising. Includes a physical description: "He has a shrewd expression of the eye, and has a scar on one of his thighs occasioned from a burn, is well dressed and has in his possession a figured, plush carpetbag."
This collection is arranged in two series:
1. Papers, pamphlets, and maps 1840-1891, and no date. Items 1-15.
2. Photographs, n.d. Items 16-51.
- GLC#
- GLC06377
- Type
- Header Record
- Date
- 1840-1891
- Title
- Slavery archive [decimalized]
- Place Written
- Kentucky
- Pagination
- 50 items
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
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