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Catalog Number |
2015.02.0018 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Date |
1826 |
Title |
1826 November 14 David C. Humphreys to John Brown |
Scope & Content |
Letter from David Carlisle Humphreys (Frankfort, KY) to his Uncle John Brown about the apprehension of Randall Smith who murdered Preston Watts Brown (John's brother). [Transcription] Frankfort 14th Nov. 1826 Dear Uncle Your letter informing me of the apprehension of Smith I have just recd and am much pleased with the information. I have also recd a letter from W. Person in the same subject wishing some arrangement to be made to pay the men in Louisville which must be done. Mason and myself offered two hundred dollars in addition to the 200 subscribed by the citizens of Louisville. Fifty of which was paid to Parks & co to go after Smith, but from the way the advertisement reads I think those men are entitled to the four hundred dollars. I give you the circumstances as they took place, and wish you to weigh them and to keep them to yourself unless you think 150 is all that should now be paid. I wrote you yesterday enclosing you a draft on Isaac Thomas which money you can use if Buchanan & co does not supply you, on an order you will find annexed. The shoes I will send down by the first wagon and regret I cannot visit Louisville, and if nothing more share some of your troubles, give yourself no uneasiness about home. I will give what attention I can, Miles is at the corn and if the weather keeps good a few days more will save the most of it in good time. I have nothing to add to the letter I wrote you yesterday respecting the news of the town except Crittenden & Mrs. Todd are to be married this evening. I enclose you a letter from Orlando to Aunt which I hope will be acceptable, there are no other letters for you. in haste Yours sincerely D.C. Humphreys [Archivist Note] Letter from D. C. Humphreys on the subject of Smith's apprehension and other matters |
People |
David Carlisle Humphreys John Brown Mason Brown Preston W. Brown Orlando Brown Randall Smith Isaac Thomas John J. Crittenden Maria Knox Todd Crittenden |
Search Terms |
Louisville, KY Parks and Co. Buchanan and Co. Murder of Preston Watts Brown Weddings |