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Letters written to Virginia Violett Blumenthal, "My Darling Daughter." The items outline the genealogy of Mrs. Blumenthal's ancestry including the Violett, Riley, and Byrd families.

Scope and Contents Contains letters from a Kentucky Family, 1816-1896, contains ninety-two letters written by members of the family of Dr. Louis Marshall, of "Buckpond," Woodford County, Kentucky, or by close relatives. There are eight letters from Chief Justice John Marshall which touch on affairs at "Buckpond." 257 typed pages, including a title page, 5 page preface and 40 page introduction with biographies of family members. These are mostly domestic letters written from women to women about babies, diets...