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Filson Club Publications: No. 32

The Filson Club and
Its Activities

1884-1922

A History of The Filson Club, Including Lists of Filson
Club Publications and Papers on Kentucky
History Prepared for the Club,
Also Names of Members

BY
OTTO A. ROTHERT
Secretary of The Filson Club

JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY
INCORPORATED
Louisville, Kentucky
1922

COPYRIGHT, 1922
BY
The Filson Club

CONTENTS
Pages
History  5-13
Publications  .,  14-19
Papers  20-40
Officers  42-43
Members  45~54
Index  57-64

A History of The Filson Club
Read before the Club, April 3, 1922
The Filson Club was organized May 15, 1884, in Louisville.
From the standpoint of continuous existence it is the oldest histor
ical association in Kentucky, and one of the oldest in the Middle West.
The thirty-one books of Kentucky history written by its members and
printed as Filson Club Publications are well known among students
of national and Kentucky history and can be found in many of the
large libraries in the country. These Publications, however, repre
sent only one phase of work accomplished by the Club. Other
activities are shown by the papers written for the Club and by sundry
materials gathered by members and now preserved in its Archives.
Historical societies in other states and cities have done much
good work, but few, if any, were handicapped as has been The Filson
Club in not owning a home of its own. A Filson Club building arid
money to maintain it would have encouraged even greater activities
among the members and resulted in greater contributions to the
Archives. Because the Club had no fireproof building much material
in Kentucky pertaining to the State's history has passed into the
hands of libraries and historical societies in other states. Its chief
activity has been the encouragement of research work and the issuing
of Publications. These Publications have given the Club a position
among the best historical societies in America.
Historical societies have been organized from time to time in
Kentucky for the purpose of gathering material, but they were short
lived and such materials as they had collected were dissipated. Most
of the pioneers who made early Kentucky history were then dead and
gone, and even those who had heard them tell of .the exploits of them
selves and their contemporaries, were long past middle age and were
rapidly dying out. Men like Dr. Lyman C. Draper had been holding
interviews with pioneers and their families for many years, obtaining
such written evidence as they were able .to gather, with the purpose
of writing one or more works dealing with those stirring events and
the active, hardy people of pioneer times. Dr. Draper's wonderful
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collection of material long ago passed into the hands of the Wisconsin
State Historical Society.
Much, if not most, of the material that was then gathered was
collected by non-residents of Kentucky and removed from the State.
Some Kentuckians began to recognize that it was high time the
descendants of those who made the Mississippi River instead of the
Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of our "Thirteen
United States," and who built up the grand old Commonwealth,
should bestir themselves and begin to collect and save what was left.
Accordingly, on May 15, 1884, Reuben T. Durrett, Richard
H. Collins, William Chenault, John Mason Brown, Basil W. Duke,
George M. Davie, James S. Pirtle, Thomas W. Bullitt, Alexander
P. Humphrey and Thomas Speed, ten of the leading spirits of Louis
ville, met at the residence of Colonel Reuben Thomas Durrett — 202
East Chestnut Street, at the southeast corner of Brook — and or
ganized an association for the purpose of collecting and preserving
Kentucky history. Colonel Durrett, the chief instigator of this
movement, was a journalist, lawyer, a man of affairs, and a student
of Kentucky history. He was elected president, with Thomas Speed
secretary and E. T. Halsey treasurer.
The organization was named The Filson Club. It was so
called in honor of John Filson who, one hundred years before, in
1784, published the first history of Kentucky — The Discovery, Set
tlement and Present State of Kentucke. The first paper read before
the Club was by Colonel Durrett, and with equal appropriateness
an enlargement of this paper was its first Publication — John Filson,
The First Historian of Kentucky, An Account of His Life and Writings.
For the benefit of new and prospective members Colonel
Durrett published the following synopsis of the career of John Filson:
"The Filson Club is an historical and literary association of
ladies and gentlemen, located in Louisville, Kentucky. At its
first meeting the association was named The Filson Club, in honor
of John Filson who was the author of the first history and the first
map of Kentucky. *Filson's history, a quaint little volume of 118
octavo pages, entitled Kentucke, was published at Wilmington,
Delaware, in 1784, and his map appeared in Philadelphia the same
year. The book and the map have now become very scarce, and
when sold bring high prices.

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"John Filson was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and was born
on the Brandywine, probably in 1747. His education, though below
the standard of modern times, was sufficient to qualify him for sur
veyor, school-teacher and author. He must have known something
of Greek, Latin and French, as he used a word from each of these lan
guages in giving a name to the town first established where Cincinnati
now stands. He laid out a town there in 1788 and named it Los
antiville. This name seems to have been made up of the initial L
for Licking, the Latin os for mouth, the Greek anti for opposite to,
and the French ville for the city, meaning all together the city op
posite to the mouth of the Licking River. The name of Losantiville
disappeared after the death of Filson, and was succeeded by Cin
cinnati. "Filson probably came to Kentucky in 1782 as one of the host
of adventurers who sought lands here to be paid for with the paper
money of Virginia issued during the Revolutionary War. In 1783
he located in Fayette County 12,368$ acres and in Jefferson County
1,500 acres, making a total of 13,868$ acres. He also located lands
in the Illinois country, but how many acres or where situated cannot
now be ascertained because of the burning of records at Vincennes in
1814. "While Filson was roaming over the country in search of
lands, he was also gathering information for his history and map of
Kentucky. He was constantly thrown with Daniel Boone, Levi
Todd, James Harrod, Christopher Greenup, John Cowan, William
Kennedy, and others who hunted game and fought Indians over the
whole country and were well acquainted with every part of it. It
is said of Boone that he was so perfect a woodsman that he could
walk up and down a long creek or river and then tell every stream
that came into it, and designate every peculiarity on both banks.
From such men as these Filson got the facts for his history and map,
and hence they were wonderful productions for their day. In his
history he inserted the biography, or rather the autobiography, of
Daniel Boone, which not only secured the immortality of the old
pioneer but made the first and most valuable chapter in early Ken-.
tucky history. On his map were laid down all the forts or stations
which shielded the pioneers from the Indians, and it is not too much
to say that no one can at this day properly understand the early
history of Kentucky without Filson's history and map.
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"While he was at work upon his town of Losantiville in 1788,
he went with a surveying and exploring party to the Great Miami
River. After ascending this stream some miles he became separated
from his party, and he was never seen afterward. Search was made
for him, but nothing of his remains was ever found. Neither did
intelligence of him ever come from any Indian tribe into which he
might have fallen by capture. Whether a straggling Indian slew
him or a wild animal made way with him, or his own exhausted heart
ceased to beat, may never be known. The grand old sycamores of
the Miami Valley beneath which he disappeared have told no story
of the manner of his departure."
Six meetings of the Club were held in 1884, at varying intervals.
In February, 1885, the time for regular meetings was agreed upon —
the first Monday night of every month, except July, August and
September, the summer vacation. Nine regular meetings have been
held every year since then, on the nine specified Monday nights,
though special meetings have occasionally been called.
The Club was incorporated on October 6, 1891 . Its purpose
is thus set forth in one of the articles of incorporation: "The prin
cipal place of business of this corporation is Louisville, Kentucky.
The general nature of the business to be transacted is the collection
and preservation and publication of historic matter pertaining to
the State of Kentucky and adjacent states; and the cultivation of a.
taste for historic inquiry and study among its members. The Club
shall have power to collect, maintain and preserve a library and a
museum, and to acquire suitable grounds and buildings in which to
place them." As to qualifications for membership, anyone interested in
Kentucky history was then, and still is, eligible. Preparing a paper
for the Club never was obligatory.
From 1884 to 1913 meetings were held in Colonel Durrett's
library at his residence, the main feature being a prepared paper, a
set lecture or an informal talk, followed by an open discussion of the
subject, and, frequently, by personal reminiscences. Then a closing
recess, as it were, took place; all present became Colonel Durrett's
personal guests. Cider was served and the gentlemen who smoked,
were supplied with "Filson Club" cigars made by a member of the
Club.

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Colonel Durrett's home was the depository and headquarters
for the Club from its beginning and continued as such for twenty-
eight years until his death in 1913. After his death the Club's
Archives were transferred to the private library of R. C. Ballard
Thruston, in the Columbia Building, where they are carefully pre
served and made available to the public.
The meetings in Colonel Durrett's library were, of course,
open only to members, personally invited guests, and representatives
of the press. Since his death all meetings except those in January have
been in the Louisville Free Public Library and were open to the public.
The first of these January meetings was held in 1914, when the Club
was the guest of Bennett H. Young in his residence on Ormsby Avenue.
Since that year both members and their personally invited friends
have been, on each first Monday in January, the guests of Vice-
President R. C. Ballard Thruston in his library where the Club's
portraits, papers, books and relics are housed. At these meetings
the social feature, which in Colonel Durrett's time was made so
attractive, continues to add its charm and interest, and those attending
are given an opportunity to look over the latest additions to the
Archives. Down to 1913 formal records of meetings were not kept but
short notes were made and used as memoranda for a verbal report at
the succeeding meeting. Neither notes nor minutes prior to 1913 are
now in the Archives of the Club. Membership lists, however, were
compiled every year and are preserved.
Ever since the organization of the Club the Louisville news
papers have been liberal in publishing notices of the meetings, giv
ing the title of the subject to be presented and discussed, and the
day following a meeting each has printed a more or less detailed ac
count of the proceedings, if the topic was of general interest.
The Centennial of Kentucky, June 1, 1892, was the first big
event celebrated by the. Club. It was elaborately observed by a
public meeting at Macauley's Theatre in the morning, followed by
a banquet to members and guests at the Gait House in the evening.
The speeches delivered were carefully prepared and are given in full
in Publication No. 7: The Centenary of Kentucky.
Another significant celebration was the Club's silver jubilee
held in Colonel Durrett's library, May 15, 1909. Addresses were
made by Zachary F. Smith, Alfred Pirtle, J. Stoddard Johnston and
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Bennett H: Young. On that occasion Colonel Durrett was presented
with a life-size portrait of himself, painted by Aurelius C. Revanaugh.
Colonel Durrett was born January 22, 1824, and therefore
was in his eighty-sixth year when the Club celebrated its silver jubilee
in 1909. He not only was one of its founders, but the real founder —
the father of the Club — and its president from its foundation until
his death on September 16, 1913. His library was his paradise;
Kentucky history was his hobby. The annual dues were $3.00, but
that was not sufficient to pay for the annual Publication which each
' member received. The deficit was sometimes borne by the author
of the book, but usually by Colonel Durrett, whose expenditures in
financing the Club exceeded $1000.00 a year — a sum he cheerfully
paid. He had long hoped a Filson Club building would some day be
procured for the preservation of his library and the Club's Archives
and that the collections would grow and develop into a Mecca for
students of the history of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley, and stand
as a memorial to the men and women whose lives and deeds made
possible the achievements of their successors. He offered to give
his library to the Club if a suitable building for housing it would be
procured. In 1896 he had advocated the raising, of funds to purchase
the Custom House (now the Courier- Journal Building) at Third and
Liberty streets, and at a later date he tried to encourage the purchase
of what was then the Norvin Green residence (now the Young Women's
Christian Association) at Second and Broadway, promising in each
instance that he would donate his library should the building be
procured, made fireproof, and devoted to the collection and pres
ervation of historical material. But the aim was too high and the
Club was not able to effect either purchase.
More than once he remarked that "a few of our members do
the work and the rest help make the meetings pleasant and attrac
tive." Spurred by the keen interest of the few he, as late as June,
1 91 2,' expressed his intention of leaving his library to the Louisville
Free Public Library which, since 1908, had occupied a well-equipped
modern fireproof building.
When left alone he evidently reflected that his library, which
he had spent years collecting and which he loved as a child, might be
dissipated and the best of it find its way into private hands, as had
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been the case with the archives of some of the earlier historical societies
on their discontinuance. He feared that any public library controlled
by a city government might at some time be dominated by unscrupu
lous politicians. He felt convinced that in Louisville and Kentucky
there was a great lack of interest in the collecting and preserving of
history. The only other state-wide historical society in Kentucky —
the Kentucky State Historical Society, at Frankfort — was then
making little or no progress. Except for the persistent efforts of
Mrs. Jennie C. Morton, the regent, that society probably would
have passed out of existence shortly after it was reorganized in 1896.
So a few months before his death, negotiations were entered
\ \ into which resulted in 'the sale of the Durrett Library to the Uni
versity of Chicago. Several conditions were attached; among them
that it be housed in a fireproof building or room, that it remain in
tact, and that it be called "The Durrett Collection."
When the sale became known in Louisville, it was a sad blow
to the Louisville Free Public Library, for the board had refrained
from buying many rare and valuable books because copies of them were
among the 30,000 volumes owned by Colonel Durrett which they
expected to acquire at his death.
The Filson Club's property was, of course, not included in
the sale of the Durrett library. No separate list of the Club's books
and other belongings had been kept. Everything presented to
Colonel Durrett for his library and for the Club and all books and
magazines received as exchanges were shelved with his books, and, not
being specifically marked, went with his library to the University of
Chicago. Thus much of the Club's valuable material passed into
the hands of the university because there was no record or other
means of identification.
A few years after the sale a member discovered among the
documents that had been shipped to Chicago four marked as the
property of The Filson Club — four original orderly books containing
the records of General Anthony Wayne's expedition against the
Shawnee Indians in 1794-96 — and they were returned. On another
occasion seven volumes of early court and surveyor's records of
Jefferson County were found among the books delivered to the
university and they, too, were returned to their official keepers.
Since Colonel Durrett's death the Archives have been in the
custody of Mr. Thruston, who at his own expense not only houses
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the Club's books, documents and other belongings, but also care
fully marks and lists and separately shelves them.
It is likely that if Colonel Durrett had offered to sell his library
to Louisville, the city or some of its citizens would have purchased
the collection and presented it to the Public Library or to The Filson
Club. Be that as it may, the Durrett Collection was neither given
nor sold to The Filson Club, nor to any other historical society in
Kentucky because none owned a fireproof building devoted to history.
Kentucky's annals have contributed more to the early history
of the Middle West than have the annals of any other state. Never
theless many of the other states have gathered and deposited, and are
still gathering and depositing, in their archives more original ma
terial on Kentucky than Kentucky itself. The largest collections
gathered in Kentucky were those of Draper and of Durrett, and both
have left the State.
From the time of its origin down to 1913 the Club was to a
very great extent dependent on Colonel Durrett. During those many
years The Filson Club was, in a sense, his club. That dependence
began to react after his death and to arouse the membership to a
realization of the necessity of running a less private and more public
association. In 1914 the Club began to consider the~framing of a
new constitution and the adopting of new by-laws. Because of the
World War and the business conditions throughout the country that
followed, it was deemed best to attempt no radical changes for a
while. The membership now feels that the time for such changes is
rapidly approaching. Among other projects contemplated is the
acquiring of a building.
Since Colonel Durrett's death the usual number of meetings
has been held every year, but they were at the Louisville Free Public
Library, open to the public and therefore without the charming social
features that were characteristic of those held in his home. The Jan
uary meetings, however, as already stated, are different. They are
intended not only as "recurrences" of the Durrett meetings, but are
also arranged for the purpose of familiarizing the members with the
Club's property.
Since 1913 many original papers have been read, five new
Filson Club Publications have been published, and some material has
been added to the Archives. The dues have been changed to $2.00 a
year, and the money used toward defraying the general expense of the
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Club. Every officer contributes his work, and has done so since the
beginning of the organization. The Publications issued since Colonel
Durrett's death have been financed by the author of the book or by
some other member.
On November 19, 1918, the anniversary of the birth of
General George Rogers Clark was celebrated. On April 24, 1921,
the Club made a pilgrimage to the sites of some of the old forts or
stations on Beargrass Creek, and thus inaugurated visits to unmarked
historic places for the purpose of arousing interest in them. Re
search work is being done along Various lines of Kentucky history and
the preparation of more papers and Publications continues.
Much Kentucky history which otherwise might have been
lost forever is preserved in the Club's thirty-one Publications and in
its many papers. From the standpoint of its Publications and papers
the Club has proved a success. The growth of its Archives, compared
to its activities in the various lines of original research, has not been
a proportionate success. This is due to lack of sufficient space for
the preservation and display of a library and museum, which display
in turn would have resulted in the acquiring of more books and relics
and other material bearing on Kentucky history. When the Club
has procured a building of its own, it will be in a position to increase
its activities, influence and usefulness.
Regardless of the result and character of the future activities
of The Filson Club, the thirty-one Publications issued and the many
papers prepared by members from 1884 to 1922 will ever stand as a
monument to Kentucky and the historical society founded by Colonel
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1884-1922
The Club's activities in the field of publishing history have
gone beyond the expectations of the charter members and many of
the others who followed. Thirty-one books of original matter on Ken
tucky history, written by members, have been issued as Filson Club
Publications. Other original papers on local and state history, also
written for the Club and read at its meetings, are still Unpublished.
Selections from these papers will be printed from time to time.
The thirty-one Publications are monographs varying from
seventy-five to 300 pages, except one, which is a book of 545 pages.
The average is about 225 pages. They were printed for the purpose of
making more easily available the material gathered by the members
who did the research work and prepared the manuscripts. These
Publications have been favorably reviewed by the press and carefully
studied by historians and others interested in the early Middle West.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was among the first historians
to visit the large private library of Colonel Durrett shortly after the
Club was organized and Colonel Durrett became the custodian of
its Archives. In the preface to The Winning of the West, published
in 1889, Colonel Roosevelt says: "For original matter connected
with Kentucky, I am greatly indebted to Colonel Reuben T. Durrett,
of Louisville, the founder of The Filson Club, which has done much
admirable work of late years. ... I am also under great obliga
tion to Colonel John Mason Brown of Louisville, another member of
The Filson Club." To his chapter entitled "Kentucky Until the End
of the Revolution" Colonel Roosevelt adds in a footnote: "I cannot
forbear again commenting on the really admirable historic work now
_ being done by Messrs. Brown, Durrett, Speed, a(nd other members of
The Louisville Filson Club." At that time (1888) only four Publi
cations had been issued by the Club, and all of them are cited in
The Winning of the West.
The Filson Club Publications are cited by many writers. In
fact nearly every well prepared book or paper bearing directly or
indirectly on the early history of Kentucky or the Middle West,
published since about 1900, quotes from or cites one or more of The
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Filson Club Publications. As authority in its particular field of
history each book ranks among the highest. The Club proposes to
maintain that high standard.
The Publications are of interest to the casual reader of Ken
tucky history as well as to the careful student. School teachers
frequently use selections from them for readings or recitations. Re
cently one of them — The Political Club — was dramatized by Mrs.
W. T. Lafferty, a member of The Filson Club, and Miss Frances
Marsh, of the University of Kentucky. It was presented for the
first time in May, 1921, before the meeting of the Kentucky Feder
ation of Women's Clubs then in session at Danville. Thus in many
ways do the Club's books arouse an interest in history — one of the
purposes for which they were published.
All the Publications are" limited editions; all are bound in paper
cover, except No. 30 and No. 32, some copies of which are bound in
paper, others in green cloth, and No. 31, all of which are in green
cloth. These books are not for sale in the commercial sense, but
copies left beyond the requirements of the Club for its members, its
exchanges with other historical associations, and for gifts, are sold
at about cost price. All. the Publications are from the press of John
P. Morton and Company, Louisville, except No. 29 and the first
edition of No. 1. For information regarding prices write to The
Secretary, The Filson Club, Louisville.
1 . John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky. An account of
his life and writings, principally from original sources. By Reuben T.
Durrett. Illustrated. Quarto, 132 pages. 1884. (First edition
was printed by Robert Clark and Company, Cincinnati, 1884.)
*2. The Wilderness Road. A description of the routes of
travel by which the pioneers and early settlers first came to Kentucky.
By Thomas Speed. Illustrated with a map showing the route of
travel. Quarto, 75 pages. 1886.
*3. The Pioneer Press of Kentucky. From the printing of
the first paper west of the Alleghanies, August 11, 1787, to the
establishment of The Daily Press, in 1830. By William Henry Perrin.
Illustrated. Quarto, 93 pages. 1888.
*4. Life and Times of Judge Caleb Wallace. Some time a
Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. By
William H.Whitsitt. Quarto, 151 pages. 1888.
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5. An Historical Sketch of St. Paul's Church, Louisville,
Kentucky. Prepared for the Semi-Centennial Celebration, October
6, 1889. By Reuben T. Durrett. Illustrated. Quarto, xv— 75
pages. 1889.
*6. The Political Beginnings of Kentucky. A narrative
of public events bearing on the history of that State up to the time of
its admission into the American Union. By John Mason Brown.
Illustrated with a likeness of the author. Quarto, 263 pages. 1889.
7. The Centenary of Kentucky. Proceedings at the
celebration by The Filson Club, June 1, 1892, of the one hundredth
anniversary of the admission of Kentucky as an Independent State
into the Federal Union. Prepared for publication by Reuben T.
Durrett. Illustrated. Quarto, 200 pages. 1892.
8. The Centenary of Louisville. A paper read before the
Southern Historical Association, May 1, 1880, in commemoration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the city of Louis
ville as an incorporated town under an act of the Legislature of
Virginia. By Reuben T. Durrett. Illustrated. Quarto, 200 pages. 1893.
*9. The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 1786-1790.
Being an account of an early Kentucky debating society, from the
original papers recently found. By Thomas Speed. Quarto, xii —
167 pages. 1894.
*io. The Life and Writings of Rafinesque. His activities
in Kentucky and elsewhere. By Richard Ellsworth Call. Illustrated.
Quarto, xii — 227 pages. 1895.
*n. Transylvania University. Its origin, rise, decline and
fall. The first university in Kentucky. By Dr. Robert Peter and his
daughter, Miss Johanna Peter. Illustrated with a likeness of
Dr. Peter. Quarto, 202 pages. 1896.
12. Bryant's Station. And the Memorial Proceedings held
on its site under the auspices of the Lexington Chapter D. A. R.,
August 18, 1896, in honor of its heroic mothers and daughters. Five
addresses, including The Battle of the Blue Licks, by Bennett H.
Young. Prepared for publication by Reuben T. Durrett. Illustrated.
Quarto, xii — 277 pages. 1897.

* Out of print.
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*I3. First Explorations of Kentucky. Dr. Thomas Walker's
Journal of an exploration of Kentucky in 1750, being the first record
of a white man's visit to the interior of that territory; also Colonel
Christopher Gist's Journal of a tour through Ohio and Kentucky
in 1 75 1. With notes and sketches. By J. Stoddard Johnston.
Illustrated. Quarto, xix — 222 pages. 1898.
*I4- The Clay Family. Part First: The Mother of Henry
Clay, by Zachary F. Smith. Part Second: The Genealogy of the
Clays, by Mrs. Mary Rogers Clay. Illustrated. Quarto, vi — 252
pages. 1899.
15. The Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 181 1. The
battle and the battle-ground, including an account of the Kentuckians
who took part. By Alfred Pirtle. Illustrated. Quarto, xix— 158
pages. 1900.
*i6. Boonesborough. Its founding, pioneer struggles, Indian
experiences, Transylvania days and Revolutionary annals, with full
historical notes and appendix. By George W. Ranch. Illustrated.
Quarto, xii — 286 pages. 1901.
¦"17. The Old Masters of the Bluegrass. Biographical
sketches of the Kentucky artists, Matthew H. Jouett, Joseph H.
Bush, John Grimes, Oliver Frazer, Louis Morgan and Joel T. Hart.
By Samuel W. Price. Preface: Life of Samuel W. Price, by Reuben
T. Durrett. Illustrated. Quarto, xvii^i8i pages. 1902.
*i8. The Battle of the Thames. In which Kentuckians
defeated the British, French and Indians, October 5, 1813. With a
list of officers and privates who won the victory. By Bennett H.
Young. Illustrated. Quarto, xii — 274 pages. 1903.
?19. The Battle of New Orleans. Including the previous
engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians,
and the Spanish which led to the final conflict on January 8, 181 5.
List of Kentuckians in the battle. By Zachary F. Smith. Illustrated.
Quarto, xvi — 209 pages. 1904.
*20. The History of the Medical Department of Tran
sylvania University. By Dr. Robert Peter. Prepared for publica
tion by his daughter Miss Johanna Peter. Illustrated. Quarto,
xii — 193 pages. 1905.
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*2i. Lopez's Expeditions to Cuba, 1850-1851. An account
of the Cardenas and Bahia Honda expeditions, and the Kentuckians
who took ,part. By Anderson C. Quisenberry. Illustrated.
Quarto, 172 pages. 1906.
*22. The Quest for a Lost Race. Presenting the theory of
Paul B. Du Chaillu that the English-speaking people of today are
descended from the Scandinavians rather than the Teutons, from the
Normans rather than the Germans. With a list of a number of
Kentuckians whose names indicate descent from the Scandinavians
or Norman-French. By Thomas E. Pickett. Illustrated. Quarto,
xxiv — 229 pages. 1907.
23. Traditions of the Earliest Visits of Foreigners to
North America, the first formed and first inhabited of the Con
tinents. Including the tradition that Prince Madoc planted in
America, in the twelfth century, a Welsh colony which at one time
occupied the country at the Falls of the Ohio. By Reuben T. Durrett.
Illustrated. Quarto, xxn — 179 pages. 1908.
24. Sketches of Two Distinguished Kentuckians. Part
First: The Life of James Francis Leonard, the first practical sound-
reader of the Morse alphabet. By John Wilson Townsend. Part
Second : Biographical Sketch of Colonel Joseph Crockett, a Revolu
tionary soldier and* Kentucky pioneer. By Samuel W. Price.
Illustrated. Quarto, xn — 85 and vii — 85 pages. 1909.
25. The Prehistoric Men of Kentucky. A history of what
is known of their lives and habits, together with a description of their
implements and other relics and of the tumuli which have earned
for them the designation of Mound Builders. By Bennett H. Young.
Illustrated. Quarto, xm — 343 pages. 1910.
26. .The Kentucky Mountains. Transportation and com
merce from 1750 to 191 1. A study in the economic history of the
Eastern Kentucky coal field. By Mary Verhoeff. Illustrated'.
Quarto, xm — 208 pages. 191 1.

* Out of print.

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27. Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to
the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769 to 1792. A collection of
petitions from the pioneef population of Kentucky while it was still
a county of Virginia. By James R. Robertson. Illustrated. Quarto,
xv — 246 pages. 1914.
28. The Kentucky River Navigation. A history of im
provements on the river and its mountain tributaries, and of the rise
and decline of the Kentucky-New Orleans traffic. Also a history of
the resources and industries of the mountain section of the river basin.
By Mary Verhoeff. Illustrated. Octavo, vi — 257 pages. 1917.
29. The Anti-Slavery Movement in Kentucky Prior to
1850. From the first attack upon slavery in Kentucky down to and
including the State Constitutional Convention of 1849. By Asa
Earl Martin. Octavo, 165 pages. Printed by The Standard Printing
Company of Louisville. 1918.
30. The Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein. His intimate
life as revealed by his letters and hitherto unpublished material,
including reminiscences by his closest associates; also articles from
newspapers and magazines, and a list of his poems. By Otto A . Rothert.
In paper cover same as the Club's former Publications; also bound in
green cloth. Illustrated. . Octavo, xi — 545 pages. 1921.
t
31. Political Transactions in and concerning Kentucky.
A reprint of "Political Transactions in and concerning Kentucky,"
by William Littell, published in 1806, and of "A Letter from George
Nicholas, of Kentucky, to His Friend in Virginia," published in 1798.
With an Introduction written in 1922, by Temple Bodley. Bound in
green cloth. Octavo, 150 pages. 1922.
32. The Filson Club and Its Activities, 1884-1922. A
history of The Filson Club, including list of Filson Club Publications
and list of papers prepared for the Club, also names of members.
By Otto A. Rothert. Some copies bound in green cloth, others in paper.
Octavo, 64 pages. 1922.

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Filson Club Papers
1884-1922
The following list, heretofore not published, gives the titles of
papers prepared for The Filson Club, read at one of the meetings and
deposited in the Club's Archives. This list includes the papers in
Filson Club Publications No. I to No. 32.
Papers read before the Club but not permanently deposited
in the Archives are not included. Some of the manuscripts read prior
to 1 91 7 were withdrawn from the Archives and submitted by their
authors to magazines or newspapers, but no record was kept of the
time or place of their appearance in print. The Secretary will be glad
to have his attention called to any article in print designated as a
paper read before the Club prior to 191 7.
All papers read before the Club since 191 7 are in the Archives,
and, if published, a notation shows when and where printed.
A set lecture or an informal talk, instead of an original paper,
constituted the main feature of many of the Club's meetings. , These
lectures and talks were instructive and entertaining and did much
toward promoting an interest in Kentucky history. They were, how
ever, not preserved in manuscript or any other form and therefore
no copies or synopses of them appear in the Archives.
In addition to the papers here listed there are other manu
scripts in the Archives, such as old letters, diaries, journals and draw
ings. These documents and the rare old books, newspapers and
magazines and the various relics bearing on local, state and national
history are carefully preserved. The Club proposes to print a com
plete catalogue of the Archives after a building sufficiently large for
the better protection and handling of its belongings has been procured .
Not until then can the documents and other material be made more
conveniently accessible to students and exhibited more advanta
geously to the public.
Allison, Young E.
"My Old Kentucky Home"— The Song and Its Story. Read
before the Club, November 3, 1919. Printed in The Courier-
Journal, Sunday Magazine Section, April 10, 1921.
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Anderson, Charles.
Recollections of Pioneer Times. Response to a toast, Cen
tennial Banquet, June i, 1892. Published in Filson Club
Publications No. 7: The Centenary of Kentucky.
Anderson, Miss Kitty.
Soldiers' Retreat — the Home of Richard Clough Anderson, Sr.
Read before the Club, April 7, 1919. Printed in The Register
of the Kentucky State Historical Society, September, 1919.
Anderson, Miss Margaret Steele.
Poems of Old Louisville. Louisville Evening Post, Saturday,
May 19, 1917, and every Saturday to June 16, 1917. Read
before the Club, June 4, 1918.
Bodley, Temple.
George Rogers Clark. Response to a toast, Centennial Ban
quet, June 1, 1892. Published in Filson Club Publications
No. 7: The Centenary of Kentucky.
Introduction to Filson Club Publications No. 31 : Political
Transactions in and concerning Kentucky.
Bourne, James M.
Reverend David Morton — 1833-1898. Read before the Club,
May 2, 1898.
Brown, John Mason.
Political Beginnings of Kentucky. Read in part before
the Club; printed in 1889 as Filson Club Publications No. 6.
Bryant, Thomas Julian.
Bryant's Station and Its Founder, William Bryant. Read
before the Club, December 5, 1910.
Call, Richard Ellsworth.
Life and Writings of Rafinesque. Read in part before
the Club; printed in 1895 as Filson Club Publications No. 10.
Callahan, J. E.
My Earliest Recollections of Louisville. Read before the
Club, April 2, 1917. [ 21 ]

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Cawein, Madison.
How They Brought Aid to Bryant's Station [August i6, 1782]
— a poem. Read before the Club, October 4, 1897.
Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers.
The Genealogy of the Clays. Read before the Club; printed
in 1899 as Part Second of The Clay Family, Filson Club
Publications No. 14.
Coats, Mrs. Ida Symmes.
The Bardstown Road in the Olden Days. Read before the
Club, October 4, 1915.
Aunt Liza Tevis — The history of a negro woman who after
she was freed in 1833 owned slaves and befriended many
negroes. She lived in and near Louisville until her death in
1887. Read before the Club, April 1, 1918.
Collins, Val P.
The County Growth of Kentucky. Changes in Kentucky
geography brought about by the formation of new counties
from old ones, and comments on the derivation of names of
counties. Read before the Club, February 6, 1922.
Cotterill, Robert S.
Kentucky and the Natchez Trace. Read before the Club,
December 6, 1920.
James Guthrie, 1792-1869. A Kentuckian, and from 1853 to
1857 Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Read
before the Club, January 2, 1922. Will be published in The
Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, September,
1922.
Davis, William J.
Daniel Boone. Response to a toast, Centennial Banquet,
June 1,, 1892. Published in Filson Club Publications No. 7:
The Centenary of Kentucky.

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de la Hunt, Thomas James.
Hancock County, Kentucky, and Indiana Neighbors. Read
before the Club, April 2, 1916.
Duke, Basil W.
Virginia. Response to a toast, Centennial Banquet, June 1,
1892. Published in Publications ' No. 7: The Centenary
of Kentucky.
Personal Recollections of the Battle of Shiloh. Read before
the Club, April 6, 1914.
Duncan, Mrs. Fannie Casseday.
How Our Grandfathers Lived, or It was in the Year, 1795.
Read before the Club, January 5, 1963.
Joel Tanner Hart — the Poet-Sculptor. Read before the Club,
June 5, 1916.
George Rogers Clark — in 1782. Read before the Club at the
Clark Centennial, November 19, 1918.
An Appreciation of a Kentucky Physician , Surgeon and Governor
— Luke P. Blackburn. Read before the Club, May 1, 1922.
Durrett, Reuben T.
John Filson. Read before the Club; printed in 1884 as
Filson Club Publications No. 1 .
Historical Sketch of St. Paul's Church. Prepared for the
Semi-Centennial Celebration of the church, October 6, 1889.
Printed in 1889 as Filson Club Publications No. 5.
The Deaths of the Hon. Harvey M. Watterson, Gen. Alpheus
Baker and Mr. William H. Perrin, and Sketches of their Lives —
Prepared for The Filson Club and published in the Courier-
Journal, October 10, 1891.
The State of Kentucky: Its Discovery, Settlement, Au
tonomy, and Progress for a Hundred Years, 1792-1892. Read
at the Centennial Celebration, June 1, 1892, and printed in
Filson Club Publications No. 7: The Centenary of Ken
tucky.
Prepared for publication, in 1892, Filson Club Publications No.
7 : Centenary of Kentucky. [ 23 ]

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Durrett, Reuben T. — Continued.
Centenary of Louisville. Written in 1880; read in part
before the Club; printed in 1893 as Filson Club Publications
No. 8.
A Sketch of the Life and Writings of William Davis Gallagher,
1808-1894. Read before the Club, October 1, 1894.
A Sketch of Rev. Richard Henderson Rivers, 1814-1894.
Read before the Club, October 1, 1894.
Governor Charles Anderson, 1814-1895. Read before the
Club, October 7, 1895.
Petition of The Filson Club to the Congress of the United
States for the Old Custom House Property, Third and Green
Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Dated February 22, 1896.
The First Act in the Siege of Bryant's Station. Read in 1896
and printed in Filson Club Publications No. 12: Bryant's
Station. Prepared for publication, in 1897, Filson Club Publications No.
12: Bryant's Station.
Biographical Sketch of George M. Davie, 1848- 1900. Read
before the Club, March 5, 1900.
Speech of Acceptance and Thanks in behalf of The Filson Club
for Portrait of George M. Davie, painted and presented by
Aurelius O. Revenaugh. Read before the Club, January 7,
1 901.
William Chenault, 1839-1901. Read before the Club, October
7, 1 901.
The First Christmas in Louisville, December 25, 1778. Read
before the Club, February 3, 1902.
Remarks of President Durrett, at the Meeting of The Filson
Club, Announcing the Death of Four Members: John White,
Dr. Lyman Beecher Todd, Walter N. Haldeman and Col.
Richard C. Wintersmith. Read before the Club, June 2, 1902.
Life of Samuel W. Price. Preface to The Old Masters of
the Bluegrass. Read before the Club; printed in 1902 in
Filson Club Publications No. 17.
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Durrett, Reuben T. — Continued.
Impressments in 1786 and What Followed the Taking of a
Cow. Read before the Club, June 5, 1905.
Henry Clay and George Rogers Clark in the National Statuary
Hall — Remarks made by Col. Durrett, president of The Filson
Club before the joint committee appointed by the Kentucky
Historical Society and The Filson Club which met at Frank
fort, January 17, 1906, to consider the Kentuckians whose
statues should be placed in the National Statuary Hall at
Washington. Reception Speech of Col. R. T. Durrett, President of The
Filson Club, at the Dedicatory Ceremonies of the Boone
Statue, in Cherokee Park, Louisville, June 15, 1906.
Traditions of the Earliest Visits of Foreigners to North
America. Read in part before the Club; printed in 1908 as
Filson Club Publications No. 23.
List of members of The Filson Club or comments on the origin
and progress of the Club. See last pages of Filson Club
Publications Nos. 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 and 23.
Ellwanger, Mrs. Ella Hutchison.
History of Estill County. Read before the Club, January 5,
1914.
Frazee, L. J. '
Extracts from the Narrative of James O. Pattie, with Obser
vations. [Pattie's Narrative, edited by Timothy Flint and
published in 1831.] Read before the Club, November 7, 1898.
Early Railroading in America. Read before the Club, De
cember 5, 1904.
Gilbert, Dr. R. B.
The Pre-Historic Animals of Kentucky. Read before the Club,
December 3, 1917, and February 1, 1909. Printed in The
Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, May, 1909.

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Greene, Buckner F.
A Report to The Filson Club by Its Delegate to the Eighth In
ternational Geographic Congress, Washington, September,
1904. Read before the Club, October 3, 1904.
Greene, Miss Nanci Lewis.
A Sketch of Mrs. Anna R. Des Cognets — whose death occurred
August 21, 1902. Read before the Club, October 6, 1902.
Greenley, Thomas B.
Reminiscences — The Lives and Characters of Some of the
Old Physicians of Louisville. Read before the Club, probably
in 1900.
Some Reminiscences of Old Times in Louisville. Read before
the Club, April 4, 1904.
Harrison, Mrs. Ida Withers.
The Transylvania Botanic Garden Established in 1824. Read
before the Club, April 6, 1903.
Hays, Will S.
"The Mothers of the West"— Poem by William D. Gallagher,
set to music by Will S. Hays, sung by Dorothea Berthel, Cen
tennial Banquet, June 1, 1892. Republished in Filson Club
Publications No. 7: The Centenary of Kentucky.
Hays, Mrs. Will S.
Water-Ways and Steamboats. Steamboat life on the Ohio
and Mississippi, including a picture of the steamer Will S.
Hays. Read before the Club, May 1, 1916.
Hensel, Octavia [Mrs. Mary A. I. Fonda].
Music in Kentucky: I Louisville Singers and Teachers. II
Choral Societies. Ill Biographical Sketches of Church Singers,
Organists and Piano and Musical Dealers. IV Lancaster,
Garrard County. V Harrodsburg. VI Henderson, Casper
Friedrich Artes. VII Frankfort. VIII Charles H. Shackle-
ton's Collection of Programs of Concerts, 1 853-1893. Read
before the Club, March 5, 1894.
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Filson Club Papers
Heywood, Rev. John H.
Judge James Speed and His Family. Read before the Club,
June 4, 1894.
Humphrey, Alexander P.
Isaac Shelby, The First Governor of Kentucky. Response to
a toast, Centennial Banquet, June 1, 1892. Published in
Filson Club Publications No. 7 : The Centenary of Ken
tucky.
Humphrey, E. W. C.
Indian Land Titles in Our Commonwealth. Read before the
Club, January 6, 1896.
George M. Davie, 1848-1900. Read before the Club, March
5, 1900.
Hunter, Mrs. Robert.
Shelby County and Its History. Read before the Club,
February 3, 1908.
Oldham County One Hundred Years Ago and Now. Read
before the Club, March 3, 1919.
Huston, George.
Reminiscences Regarding John U. Waring, Pioneer. Read
before the Club, March, 1903.
Jd-lson, Wdllard Rouse.
A History of the Coal Industry in Kentucky. Read before
the Club, November 7, 1921. Printed in The Register of the
Kentucky State Historical Society, January, 1922.
The Discovery of Kentucky-^An exposition of the mythical
character of all explorations ascribed to Kentucky prior to
actual Discovery by Gabriel Arthur, Virginian, in 1674. Read
before the Club, April 3, 1922. Printed in The Register of
the Kentucky State Historical Society, May, 1922.
Johnson, Shirley Everton.
Conquering a Smallpox Epidemic in Kentucky, 1898. Read
before the Club, May 7, 1900.
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The Filson Club
Johnston, J. Stoddard.
First Explorations of Kentucky. Read in part before the
Club; printed in 1898 as Filson Club Publications No. 13.
George W. Ranck, 1841-1901. Read before the Club, October
7, 1901.
Captain Harry Gordon's Journal — 1766. Read before the
Club, March 3, 1902.
Sketch of Reuben Thomas Durrett — born January 22, 1824,
and now an octogenarian. Written for the Club, March 24,
1904.
The Settlement of Harrodsburg — an address delivered at the
134 th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Harrods
burg, June 16, 1908.
Jones, Lewis H.
Emma Bledsoe, a Slave. Read before the Club, October 3,
1910.
Kilpatrick, Lewis H.
The Journal of William Calk, Kentucky Pioneer. Read before
the Club, March 1, 1920. Printed in The Mississippi Valley
Historical Review, March, 1921.
Lafferty, Mrs. W. T.
The Lair Family, by Mrs. Maud Ward Lafferty and Mrs. S.
Eliza Lair. Read before the Club, August, 1909.
Early Taverns and Travelers in Central Kentucky. Read
before the Club, February 4, 1918.
Levi, Miss Lily C.
Traditions of Shippingport. Read before the Club, May 7, 1906.
Traditions of Portland. Read before the Club, May '6, 1907.
Jefferson town, Kentucky. Read before the Club, April 5, 1909.
Simon Kenton. Read before the Club, March 5, 1917.
Traditions of Shippingport. Read before the Club, March 7, 1921 .
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Filson Club Papers
Lindsay, William.
George Washington, the First President. Response to a
toast, Centennial Banquet, June i, 1892. Printed in Filson
Club Publications No. 7: The Centenary of Kentucky.
Little, Lucius P.
Ann Marshall and Her Various Matrimonial Experiences.
[Her first husband was Joseph Hamilton Daveiss.] Read
before the Club, December 6, 1915.
Looms, George.
Notes and Reminiscences of the Volunteer Fire Department
of Louisville. Read before the Club, May 5, 191 9.
Loos, Charles Louis.
My Impressions of the La^e George W. Ranck. Read before
the Club, October 7, 1901.
Lytle, Mrs. Elizabeth.
"Cleopatra to Anthony," an original poem. Gen. Wm. H.
Ly tie's poem "Anthony to Cleopatra" gives the supposed last
words of Anthony to Cleopatra, while Mrs. Lytle's gives the
supposed last words of Cleopatra to Anthony. Read before
the Club, November 4, 1901.
Winding Yarn — A poem. Read before the Club, December 4,
1 901,
McDowell, William P.
Reminiscence of the Battle of Perryville. Read before the
Club, May 2, 1898.
McGill, Miss Josephine.
Survival of the Folk-Ballad in Kentucky. Read before
the Club, November 6, 1916.
Martin, Asa Earl.
Anti-Slavery Movement in Kentucky. Printed in 191 8 as
Filson Club Publications No. 29.
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Martin, Mrs. Clarence L.
William Wallace Harney, the Man and the Writer. Read
before the Club, January 6, 1919.
Mercer, S. C.
Echo River and Civil War Echoes — a poem. Read before
the Club, October 5, 1903.
Merriman, Mrs. Francis E.
George Rogers Clark — from 1775 to 1778. Read before -the
Club, Clark Centennial, November 19, 1918.
History of Hartford and Ohio County. Read before the
Club, April 5, 1920.
The Fontaine Family of Kentucky. To be read before the
Club, June 5, 1922.
Miller, Miss Elvira Sydnor.
Henry T. Stanton. Read before the Club, June 5, 1898.
Miss Marie M. Thixton — 1861-1901. Read before the Club,
November, 1901.
Mueller, Ignatius.
Characteristics of True American Citizenship. Read before
the Club, March 1, 1915.
Needham, Charles K.
Life and Achievements of Albert Fink, 1 827-1 897. Read
before the Club, October 4, 1920.
A Review of the Efforts that have been Made to Develop the
Water Power at the Falls of the Ohio. Read before the Club,
December 5, 1921.
Parsons, T. W.
A History of Breathitt County, Kentucky. Read before the
Club, December 2, 1895.
Perrin, William Henry.
The Pioneer Press of Kentucky. Read in part before
the Club; printed in 1888 as Filson Club Publications No. 3.
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Peter, Robert.
Extracts from the History of the Medical Department of
Transylvania University. Read before the Club, November 7,
1904.
Peter, Robert, and Miss Johanna Peter.
Transylvania University. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 1896 as Filson Club Publications No. 11.
History of the Medical Department of Transylvania
University. Read in part before the Club; printed in 1905
as Filson Club Publications No. 20.
Pettus, Joseph.
Recollections of the Battle of Perryville. Read before the
Club, May, 1898.
Bland W. Ballard. Read before the Club, January 3, 1916.
Pickett, Thomas E.
The Quest for a Lost Race. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 1907 as Filson Club Publications No. 22.
Pirtle, Alfred.
Report on the Condition of the Zachary Taylor Monument
and Burial Ground. Read before the Club, December 5, 1898.
Report of Repairs, Completed by The Filson Club, on Zachary
Taylor Burying Ground. Read before the Club, June 3, 1899.
Battle of Tippecanoe. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 1900 as Filson Club Publications No. 15.
Report of the Committee on Location of First Fort in Louis
ville — on Rowan Street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Read before the Club, January 7, 1901, and February 3, 1902.
Sleet in Louisville and Other Parts of Kentucky, February,
1902. Written February 7, 1902. Read before the Club,
March, 1902.
Cuthbert Bullitt's Personal Recollections of George Rogers
Clark. Read befofe the Club, November, 1902.
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Pirtle, Alfred — Continued.
The Political Campaign of 1844. Read before the Club,
October 5, 1904.
The Filson Club [a few notes on its history from May 15,
1884, to May 15, 1909, the celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the Club]. Read before the Club, May 15, 1909,
and May 3, 1913.
The Chenoweth Massacre — July 17, 1789. Read before the
Club, June 6, 1910.
My First Trip up the Kentucky River — 1844. Read before
the Club; time of reading not recorded.
A Sketch of John Filson and a Look at John Filson's Map.
Read before the Club, March 4, 1912.
Louisville up to 1830. A Paper Read before the Staff of the
Louisville Free Public Library, April 29, 1913. A summary
of several talks before the Club in 1912.
Mulberry Hill, the First Home of George Rogers Clark in
Kentucky. Read before the Club, January 2, 1917. Printed
in The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society,
September, 1917.
Reminiscences of Louisville — 1840, Shortly Before and After.
Read before the Club, March 5, 1917.
James Chenoweth, Pioneer. Read before the Club, June 2,
191 7. Published as first part of his book: James Chenoweth
and Where Louisville Started (Louisville, 1921).
Recollections of Jacob's Woods and the Sham Funeral of
Andrew Jackson in Louisville, June, 1845. Read before the
x Club, January* 7, 191 8, and February 6, 1922.
Pilgrimage to the Sites of Floyd's Station, Dutch Station,
Linn's Station and Spring Station, On the Middle Fork of
Beargrass Creek, Jefferson County, April 24, 1921. An eight-
page program with historical data pertaining to these forts or
stations, prepared by Alfred Pirtle and Otto A. Rothert for
the Pilgrimage, and published by the Club, April 10, 1921.
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Filson Club Papers
Pirtle, James S.
The Freedom of the Mississippi. Response to a toast, Cen
tennial Banquet, June I, 1892. Printed in Filson Club Pub
lications No. 7 : The Centenary of Kentucky.
Pirtle, John Rowan.
National Statuary Hall and Its Eligibles from the State of
Kentucky. Read before the Club, January 1, 1906.
Price, Samuel W.
Old King Solomon of Kentucky. Read before the Club, May
6, 1 901.
The Old Masters of the Bluegrass. Read in part before
the Club; printed in 1902 as Filson Club Publications No. 17.
Biographical Sketch of Colonel Joseph Crockett. Read before
the Club; printed in 1909 as Part Second of Sketches of Two
Distinguished Kentuckians, Filson Club Publications No. 24.
Pusey, William Allen.
The Wilderness Road. An illustrated lecture delivered before
the Club, May 2, 1921. Dr. Pusey's lecture was based on his
MS then in preparation and later published with maps and
pictures in book form: The Wilderness Road to Kentucky,
Its Location and Features (New York, 1921).
Quisenberry, Anderson C.
Lopez's Expeditions to Cuba. Read in part before the Club ;
printed in 1906 as Filson Club Publications No. 21.
Ranck, George W.
The Story of Bryant's Station. Read in 1896 and printed in
Filson Club Publications No. 12: Bryant's Station.
Boonesborough. Read in part before the Club; printed in
1901 as Filson Club Publications No. 16.
Richardson, John B.
Who Killed Tecumseh? Read before the Club, April 1 , 1901 .
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Robertson, James Rood,
Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky. Read
in part before the Club; printed in 1914 as Filson Club Pub
lications No. 27.
Roland, Alice Kate.
A Kentuckian's Greeting to the Home-Comers. Letter dated
Birmingham, Alabama, June 10, 1906. Read before the Club.
Rothert, Otto A.
Muhlenberg County: The Story of the Stack — the Stack
of the Abandoned Buckner Furnace. Read before the Club,
March 1, 1909.
A Review of James Weir's "Lonz Powers," a Romance of
Western Kentucky. Read before the Club, June 5, 191 1.
The Old Militia Muster. Read before the Club, February 5,
1912.
The Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein. Read in part
before the Club; printed in 1921 as Filson Club Publications
No. 30.
The Filson Club and Its Activities, 1884-1922. Read in
part before the Club, April 3, 1922; printed in 1922 as Filson
Club Publications No. 32.
Rouse, Mrs. Alice Reade.
Colonel Dick Johnson's Choctaw Academy, in Scott County,
Kentucky, 1823-1845. Read before the Club, June 7, 1915.
Sanders, Miss Myra.
The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky. Read before the Club,
October 5, 1914.
George Rogers Clark — from 1752 to 1774. Read before the
Club, Clark Centennial, November 19, 1918.
The Salt Wells of Bullitt County and Vicinity. Read before
the Club, April 4, 1921. [ 34 ]

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Sanders, Verney.
Remarkable Career of George N. Sanders — Politician, Pres
ident-Maker and Kentuckian. Read before the Club, April
5. 1897.
Schachner, Dr. August.
Dr. Ephraim McDowell — A Neglected Benefactor of the
Human Race. Read before the Club, May 1, 1922.
Scott, Mrs. Elizabeth S. B.
The Lexington Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and their Commemorative Proceedings, August
18, 1896. Read in 1896 and printed in Filson Club Publications
No. 12: Bryant's Station.
Sewell, Mrs. Nat B.
Education in the Kentucky Mountains. Read before the
Club, December 1, 191 9.
Seymour, Charles B.
Recollections of Louisville. A paper dealing principally with
the history of Jefferson Street from Third down to Twelfth,
during 1851 to 1854. Read before the Club, October 1, 1917.
A History of the Jefferson County Court House. Read before
the Club, January 3, 1921.
Smith, D. T.
Reminiscences of the Civil War in Kentucky. Read before
the Club, February 2, 1903.
Smith, John F.
Anglo-American Folklore in Kentucky. Read before the
Club, February 7, 1921.
Kentucky Folks at the Heads of the Hollows. Read before
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Smith, Zachary F.
The Mother of Henry Clay. Read before the Club; printed
in 1899 as Part First of The Clay Family, Filson Club Pub
lications No. 14.
Life and Labors of John Gano, the Noted Pioneer Preacher.
Read before the Club, June 5, 1899.
Copy of Statement of Gen. Richard M. Gano, of Dallas, Texas,
Relative to George Washington and Rev. John Gano. Read
before the Club, June 5, 1899.
Battle of New Orleans. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 1903 as Filson Club Publications No. 19.
Dueling and Some Noted Duels by Kentuckians. Read
before the Club, March 2, 1910.
Henry Clay. Read before the Club, April, 191 1.
Speed, Thomas.
The Wilderness Road. Read before the Club; printed in
1886 as Filson Club Publications No. 2.
John Filson. Response to a toast, Centennial Banquet, June
1, 1892. Printed in Filson Club Publications No. 7: The
Centenary of Kentucky.
The Political Club. Read in part before the Club; printed
in 1894 as Filson Club Publications No. 9.
Speech accepting, in behalf of The Filson Club, A. O. Reven-
augh's Portrait of George M. Davie. Presented by the Artist
to the Club. Read before the Club, January 7, 1901.
Stanton, Henry T.
Kentucky — a poem. Read at the Centennial Celebration,
June 1, 1892, and printed in Filson Club Publications No. 7:
The Centenary of Kentucky.
The Women of Bryant's Station — a poem. Read in 1896 and
printed in Filson Club Publications No. 12: Bryant's Sta
tion.
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Stephenson, Miss Martha.
Old Time Lotteries in Kentucky. Read before the Club,
Novembers, 191 7.
George Rogers Clark-^from 1780 to 1781. Read before the
Club, Clark Centennial, November 19, 1921.
Stone, May, and Katherine R. Pettit.
Education in the Kentucky Mountains — The Story of the
Settlement and School at Hindman. Read before the Club,
February 4, 1907.
Strother, John C.
Some Causes which Led to the War with Mexico in 1846, and
Some Glimpses at the Present and Future of Mexico. Read
before the Club, February 1, 1915.
George Rogers Clark — from 1783 to 1799. Read before the
Club, Clark Centennial, November 19, 1918.
Historical Sketch of Trimble County. Read before the Club,
February 2, 1920.
Stuart, T. G.
Clark County, the Cradle of Kentucky History. Read be
fore the Club, June 6, 1921.
Summers, Wm. T.
Reminiscences of 1858 to 1878 in Louisville. Read before the
Club, April 2, 1917.
Thixton, Miss Marie M.
Louisville Song Writers. Read before the Club, December 3,
1900.
Thomas, D. L.
Bad-Luck Superstitions in Kentucky. Read before the Club,
November 6, 1916.
Thompson, Stith.
Pioneer Roads to Kentucky, 1750- 1787. Read before the
Club, October 2, 191 1. [ 37 ]

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Thruston, R. C. Ballard.
The Durrett Library and Relics. Read before the Club,
March 2, 1914.
The Origin and Evolution of the United States Flag. An
address before the Club, March 2, 1914. Later published with
illustrations in The Year Book of the National Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution (Washington, 1915). Repub
lished in pamphlet form (Washington, 1915).
Todd, George D.
A Sketch of Judge Harry Innis. Read before the Club, May,
1894.
The Capture of Ruddle's and Martin's Stations by British and
Indians. Read before the Club, February 1, 1897.
The First Cotton Factory in the West. Read before the Club,
March 7, 1898;
The Capture of Ruddle's and Martin's Stations, in Kentucky,
by the British and Indians, June 26 and 28, 1780. Read before
the Club, 1900.
How the Pioneers of the West Marketed their Products. Read
before the Club, May 4, 1903.
Peter Callaway, A Slave Captured by Indians. Read before
the Club, September, 1912.
Todd, Lyman B.
My Impressions of the Late George W. Ranck. Read before
the Club, October 7, 1901. (A letter dated Friday, October 4,
1901.)
Townsend, John Wilson.
Life of James Francis Leonard. Read before the Club;
printed in 1909 as Part First of Sketches of Two Distin
guished Kentuckians. Filson Club Publications No. 24.
Kentucky: Mother of Governors. Read before the Club,
October 4, 1909. [ 38 ]

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Trabue, Miss Alice E.
The Most Famous Square in America. [Located in Frankfort,
Kentucky.] Read before the Club, October 3, 1921.
Tucker, Mrs. Mattie B.
Negro Superstitions. Read before the Club, January 5, 1903.
Verhoeff, Mary.
The Kentucky Mountains. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 191 1 as Filson Club Publications No. 26.
The Kentucky River Navigation. Read in part before
the Club; printed in 1917 as Filson Club Publications No. 28.
Walter, Lewis A.
Thet Jim Crow Kyar. A true story based on the Jim Crow
Car Law. Some of the characters are members of General
Woodson Price's family. Read before the Club, May, 1893.
How Massa Wood Entertained Dem G. A. R's. A true story
describing how General Woodson Price, during the G. A. R.
Encampment held in Louisville in 1895, entertained some of
his soldier friends. Read before the Club, December, 1895.
How Miss Penn Danced the Yankees Down. A true story of
how, near the close of the Civil War, a Southern girl danced
down three Northern soldiers at Graham Springs. Read
before the Club, 1902.
Watterson, Henry.
David Wendell Yandell, 1 826-1 898. Read before the Club,
June 5, 1898.
Whitsitt, William H.
Life and Times of Judge Caleb Wallace. Read in part
before the Club; printed in 1888 as Filson Club Publications
No. 4.
Wood, Wm. F.
Mignonette — a poem. Read before the Club, December 4,
1901. [ 39 ]

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Woodson, Isaac T.
Sacred Home and Fireside — a poem. Read before the Club,
November i, 1897.
A Sketch of the Life of Gen. Alpheus Baker, with Choice
Extracts from his Addresses — 1825-1891. Read before the
Club, February 6, 1899.
George M. Davie, 1848-1900. Read before the Club, March
5, 1900.
Young, Bennett H.
The Battle of Blue Licks, a Sequel to the Siege of Bryant's
Station. Read before the Club and printed in Filson Club
Publications No. 12: Bryant's Station.
John D. Taggart, 1822-1898. Read before the Club, June 5,
1898.
Battle of the Thames. Read in part before the Club;
printed in 1903 as Filson Club Publications No. 18.
Prehistoric Men of Kentucky. Read in part before the
Club; printed in 1910 as Filson Club Publications No. 25.

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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT
i 884-1 922
PRESIDENTS
Reuben T. Durrett  1884 to 1913
James S. Pirtle  1913 to 1917
Alfred Pirtle  1917 to date
VICE-PRESIDENTS
J. Stoddard Johnston  1891 to 1898
John C. Strother  1898 to 1899
J. Stoddard Johnston  1899 to 1913
James S. Pirtle  ,  1913 to 1913
R. C. Ballard Thruston  1913 to date
SECRETARIES
Thomas Speed  1884 to 1905
Alfred Pirtle  1905 to 1917
Otto A. Rothert  1917 to date
TREASURERS
Edmund T. Halsey  1884 to 1888
Attilla Cox  1888 to 1892
Kentucky Title Savings Bank and Trust Co  1892 to date

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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
1921-1922
OFFICERS
Alfred Pirtle  President
R. C. Ballard Thruston  Vice-President
Kentucky Title Savings Bank & Trust Co  Treasurer
Otto A. Rothert  Secretary
COMMITTEES
The President, the Vice-President and the Secretary of
the Club are ex-officio members of the committees.
Executive Committee
John C. Strother, Chairman
Robert S. Cotterill Miss Myra Sanders
Publications Committee
George Lee Burton, Chairman
Credo Harris Miss Anna Blanche McGill
Program Committee
Otto A. Rothert, Chairman
Alfred Pirtle R. C. Ballard Thruston
Membership Committee
Mrs. William H. Matlack, Chairman
Mrs. W. T. Lafferty Lewis H. Kilpatrick
Committee on Acquiring Permanent Home
John C. Strother, Chairman
George D. Todd Mrs. Mattie B. Tucker
Charles K. Needham Mrs. Fannie Casseday Duncan

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MEMBERS May 3, 1922
Alberts, Gisbert B., 129 North Gait Avenue. .  Louisville
Alberts, Jr., J. Bernhard, 129 North Gait Avenue  Louisville
Albrecht, Jr., Mrs. Gustav, 1254 Everett Avenue  Louisville
Alcorn, K. C  Stanford
Allison, Young E., 4601 Third Street  Louisville
Altsheler, Brent, Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Anderson, Miss Kitty  Kuttawa
Armstrong, Miss Annie M.; 331 East Gray Street  Louisville
Arnold, Rev. S. A., Kenyon Building  Louisville
Arnold, Rev. W. E., 67 Todd Building  Louisville
Atchison, Mrs. B. F., 1524 Fourth Street  Louisville
Attkisson, Eugene R., Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Atwood, Lewis R., 411 West Main Street  Louisville
Ayres, William  Pineville
Bacon, Ernest J., 1306 Willow Avenue  Louisville
Baird, Dr. Foster, 2401 Ransdell Avenue  Louisville
Baird, Mrs. Foster, 2401 Ransdell Avenue  Louisville
Baird, Miss Louisa S., Puritan Apartments  Louisville
Baker, Mrs. George  Frankfort
Bales, Berton B., Starks Building  Louisville
Ballard, S. Thruston, Jefferson County  Glenview
Ballard, Mrs. S. Thruston, Jefferson County  Glenview
Barlow, Miss Florence, 152 Market Street  Lexington
Barr, Garland H., 336 Madison Place  Lexington
Barret, Alexander G., Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Barret, Henry W., 403 West Ormsby Avenue  Louisville
Barton, Rev. Wm. E., 166 N. Kenihvorth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois
Basham, Tom E., Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Bass, Miss Emily F., Girls High School  Louisville
Bate, Dr. R. Alexander, 310 West Broadway  Louisville
Bayne, Mrs. Mary Adams  Shelbyville
Beall, Miss Ruth  Winchester
Beckner, Lucien  Winchester
Belknap, WilliamB., University of Louisville  Louisville
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Bernheim, Isaac, Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Bethel, Mrs. Mary MacDonald, Weissinger-Gaulbert. . .Louisville
Bickel, Mrs. C. C  Pulaski, Tennessee
Bierbower, Miss Grace C  Maysville
Black, Byron Bacon, "The Locusts"  Bedford
Blackburn, Mrs. Julia C, 1338 Third Street  Louisville
Blakemore, Mrs. Marcus, Audubon Park  Louisville
Bliss, Mrs. Mary E., 1149 First Street  Louisville
Blythe, Dr. Vernon  Paducah
Bodley, Temple, 422 West Oak Street  Louisville
Booth, Percy N, 2429 Longest Avenue  Louisville
Bornscheim, Miss Louise A., 533 East Walnut Street  Louisville
Brodhead, Mrs. Lucas  '  Versailles
Brown, Mrs. Creel  Anchorage
Brown, Owsley, Columbia Building  .Louisville
Brownell, Albert H., Citizens-Union National Bank . . . .Louisville
Bruce, (Helm, Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Bullitt, William Marshall, Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Bullock, Cabell B., 369 North Broadway  Lexington
Burge, Joseph, 1275 Cherokee Road  Louisville
Burton, George Lee, Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Butler, Pierce, State Highway Department  Frankfort
Caldwell, Fred P., Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Calhoun, C. C, 916 Evans Building  Washington, D. C.
Calk, Mrs. Price  Mt. Sterling
Callahan, J. E., 119 West Burnett Avenue  Louisville
Camp, Mrs. Nannie Hoke, Seelbach Hotel  Louisville
Cannon, Mrs. Jouett Taylor, Old Capitol Building  Frankfort
Carter, Allen R., 1317 Fourth Street  Louisville
Cartmell, Thomas Rodman, 1137 Everett Avenue  Louisville
Caywood, Henry S., Bourbon County  North Middletown
Caywood, Mrs. Henry S., Bourbon County  North Middletown
Chenault, Mrs. C. D., 461 North Limestone Street  Lexington
Chenault, Mrs. John W., 2217 Glenmary Avenue  Louisville
Cherry, Thomas Crittenden  Bowling Green
Clark, Dr. W. Gordon  Glasgow
Clay, Miss Lucretia H., Box 466  Lexington
Coats, Mrs. Ida Symmes, Jefferson County  Buechel
Cochran, Miss Jennie Owen, Public Library  Louisville
[ 46 ]

Members
Cochran, Robert A., 237 West Second Street  Maysville
Coe, C. Merwin, 2416 West Chestnut Street  Louisville
Coffman, Mrs. W. H  Georgetown
Coldewey, Edward, 128 West Breckinridge Street  Louisville
Collins, Miss Marguerite G., 732 Second Street  Louisville
Collins, Val P., Marion E. Taylor Building  Louisville
Compton, Miss Ella, 833 Third Street  Louisville
Conant, Mrs. Nannie Sutton  Owensboro
Cooper, Thomas Poe, University of Kentucky  Lexington
Cottell, Dr. Henry A., 1424 Fourth Street. .  Louisville
Cotterill, Robert S., University of Louisville  Louisville
Coyle, Frank, Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Craft, Joseph A., 1419 Fourth Street  Louisville
Cross, Mrs. Laura B., 924 Fourth Street  Louisville
Cunningham, Mrs. Anna Nevin, 1213 Sixth Street  Louisville
de la Hunt, Thomas James  Cannelton, Indiana
de Weese, James M  Frankfort
Dickey, Rev. J.J  Flemingsburg
Dickson, Emmett M  Paris
Dillard, Miss Florence, Public Library  Lexington
Dodge, Mrs. Victor K  ».  Lexington
Doyle, Dr. George F  Winchester
Drury, Miss B. Ada, 1140 East Broadway  Louisville
Dugan, Thomas S., Lincoln Bank Building  Louisville
Duncan, Mrs. Fannie Casseday, 834 Second Street  Louisville
Durrett II, Reuben T., 202 East Chestnut Street  Louisville
Durrett, Mrs. Sara C, 202 East Chestnut Street  Louisville
Eagle, M. E  Hopkinsville
Edwards, Davis W., Court House  Louisville
Elder, Benedict, 2018 Sherwood Avenue  Louisville
Ellison, Jr., Andrew, Oldham County  Skylight
Ellwanger, Mrs. Ella Hutchison, 952 Fourth Street. . .Louisville
English, Mrs. Josephine G., 804 Rubel Avenue  Louisville
Eudy, Mrs. Mary C. P., 1401 Third Street  Louisville
Ewing, Ben F., 1501 First Street  Louisville
Farbach, Dr. Henry J., 1420 Fourth Street  Louisville
Field, Mrs. Elizabeth Shryock, Woodford County  Milner
Field, William H., Court House  Louisville
Finck, Bert, 200 East Gray Street  Louisville
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Fisher, Thomas C  Anchorage
Foster, Harrison G., 424 West Second Street  Lexington
Foster, Mrs. Harrison G., 424 West Second Street  Lexington
Fowler, Duquet Wv 2230 West Oak Street  Louisville
Frank, Mrs. Louis, 1321 Fourth Street  Louisville
Franklin, Mrs. W. H  Shelbyville
Frederick, Warren K, 1844 Edgeland Avenue  Louisville
Fryberger, Mrs. Agnes Moore, Weissinger-Gaulbert .... Louisville
Fuson, H. Harvey, 1920 Garrard Street  Covington
Gaines, Miss Miriam, 317 West Walnut Street  Louisville
Gallaher, Miss Elizabeth, 947 Fourth Street  Louisville
Gallaher, Miss Grace M., 947 Fourth Street  Louisville
Galphin, Jr., T. M., Y. M. C. A. Building  .Louisville
Garrett, H. Elbert, 218 Pleasant View Avenue  .Louisville
Gentry, Robert T  Sonora
Gibbs, Henry L  Harrodsburg
Giltner, Miss Leigh Gordon, 171 North Ashland Avenue . Lexington
Goldberg, Lee L., 1177 East Broadway  Louisville
Goldthwaite, Mrs. Willie F., 2330 Dundee Road  Louisville
Goodloe, Miss Abbie Carter, 1145 Fourth Street  Louisville
Goodloe, Mrs. Mary L., 1145 Fourth Street  Louisville
Gore, J. Rogers, 324 West Liberty Street  Louisville
Graves, George K  Lexington
Green, Dr. W. O, Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments  Louisville
Green, Dr. Winnifred, 712 Third Street  Louisville
Grubbs, Charles S., 521 West Ormsby Avenue  Louisville
Gusling, Mrs. Kalfus Kurtz, 1953 Duker Avenue  Louisville
Haggin, Louis Lee, Mt. Brilliant Farm  Lexington
Haldeman, Bruce, 423 West Ormsby Avenue  Louisville
Harbison, Miss Martha S  Shelbyville
Hardin, J. Cranford, Starks Building  Louisville
Harris, Credo, 1393 Third Street  Louisville
Harris, Mrs. Theodore  Versailles
Haswell, John P., 1215 First Street  Louisville
Hays, Mrs. Will S., 118 West College Street  Louisville
Heberhart, Charles E., 1601 Fourth Street  Louisville
Heller, John E., 1331 Winter Avenue  Louisville
Henry, Mrs. John Flournoy, 212 West Oak Street  Louisville
Henry, Miss Ruby A., Girls High School  Louisville
[ 48 ]

Members
Herr, Mrs. Brabson  Anchorage
Hesse, Henry, 624 Third Street  Louisville
Hill, John L., Georgetown College  Georgetown
Hitchcock, Champion I., 324 West Liberty Street  Louisville
Hocker, Jesse S  Stanford
Hopper, Miss Anna Logan, Cortlandt Apartments  Louisville
Howard, Dr. Carl C  Glasgow
Hubbell, Dr. G. A., Lincoln Memorial Univ., Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Hudson, Mrs. H. C  Pewee Valley
Huggins, Clem W., Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Hughes, Sr., Harry H., 426 West Main Street  Louisville
Humphreys, Miss Susan, 324 West Liberty Street  Louisville
Hunter, Mrs. Robert  Shelbyville
Hutton, Thomas Hubert, Harrison County  Berry
Jillson, Willard Rouse, Geological Survey  Frankfort
Johnson, Dr. E. Y., Starks Building  Louisville
Johnson, L. Frank  Frankfort
Johnson, Neill Brooks, 728 West Chestnut Street  Louisville
Johnston, Jr., J. Stoddard, Marion E. Taylor Building. . . Louisville
Johnston, Lewis, "Summer's Forest"  Versailles
Johnston, Mrs. Lewis, "Summer's Forest"  Versailles
Jonas, Edward A., 17 Eastover Court  Louisville
Jones, George A., 2513 West Chestnut Street  Louisville
Jones, L. H., 624 First Street  Louisville
Jones, Mrs. Saunders P., 1330 Third Street  Louisville
Jones, Thomas S., 209 East Chestnut Street  Louisville
Kahlert, Miss Florence, 311 East Walnut Street  Louisville'
Kearns, Dr. Charles, Woodford Building  Covington
Kelly, Walter H., 414 West Front Street. . .JeffersonviUe, Indiana
Kettig, Dr. Harry R., Starks Building  Louisville
Kilpatrick, Lewis H  .,Mt. Sterling
Kornfeld, Miss Louise M., Girls High School  Louisville
La Bree, Ben, Starks Building  Louisville
Lafferty, Mrs. W. T., 127 Woodland Avenue  Lexington
Lafon, Miss Mary, Puritan Apartments  Louisville
Lee, Lucy C, 322 Market Street  Maysville
Le Gros, Mrs. Catherine, 1238 East Broadway  Louisville
Levi, Miss Lily Ernestine, 4123 West Broadway  Louisville
Lewis, Miss Ada S., Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments  Louisville
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Lewis, Charles Dickens, Berea College  Berea
Lewis, Marvin H., Keller Building  ;  Louisville
Liebshutz, Nehemiah, 226 West Jefferson Street  Louisville
Logan, Mrs. Mary Taylor  .Hartford
Loomis, Charles C  St. Matthews
Lord, Frank R., Cumberland Telephone Building  Louisville
Lorenz, Arthur J., 1037 Garvin Place  Louisville
Luman, Taylor A., Realty Building  Louisville /
Mackoy, Harry Brent, First National Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mackoy, William H., First National Bank Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
McAdams, Mrs. C. C  Hawesville
McAtee, Camden R., 526 West Oak Street  Louisville
McGill, Miss Anna Blanche, 1210 Garvin Place  Louisville
McKee, Miss Jeanie D., i North Marzella Street  Covington
McMurry, Bishop William F., 1119 Fourth Street  Louisville
McVey, Frank L., University of Kentucky  Lexington
Manzke, Miss Laura Louise, 1102 Second Street  Louisville
Martin, Mrs. Clarence L., 749 Second Street  Louisville
Martin, Richard T  Greenville
Mather, Otis M  :  Hodgenville
Matlack, Mrs. Samuel H., 1203 First Street  Louisville
Matlack, Mrs. William H., 1149 First Street  Louisville
Matthews, Mrs. Robert Foster  Shelbyville
Menefee, Richard H., Keller Building  Louisville
Merriman, Mrs. Francis E., 1834 Alfresco Place  Louisville
Metcalfe, Mrs. George Whitfield  Monticello
Middleton, Dr. Austin Ralph, University of Louisville . . Louisville
Middleton, Mrs. Austin Ralph, 1203 First Street  Louisville
Middleton, Mrs. John, 31 10 Cherokee Drive  Louisville
Miller, Arthur M., University of Kentucky  Lexington
Miller, Dr. Joseph L  Thomas, West Virginia
Miller, Mrs. Nola E., Starks Building  Louisville
Millett, Edwin P., 4628 First Street  Louisville
Moffet, James C, 915 Baxter Avenue  Louisville
Moore, H. B., Girls High School  Louisville
Morgan, Frederic L., Starks Building  Louisville
Morrow, William E., Board of Trade  Louisville
Morton, Mrs. J. R., 231 North Mill Street  Lexington
Moser, George F., 321 West Liberty Street  Louisville
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Members
Mueller, Rev. Ignatius, 220 West Hill Street  Louisville
Murphy, J. C, 1295 Willow Avenue  Louisville
Murray, Miss Ruth A., 1250 Everett Avenue  Louisville
Nauts, Mrs. William Boone, 1037 Third Street  Louisville
Needham, Charles K., 214 West Chestnut Street  Louisville
Newbold, Marion W., Male High School  Louisville
Nicholas, Mrs. Pope  Shelbyville
Norton, Mrs. Charles F., Transylvania College  Lexington
Norwood, Charles J., University of Kentucky  Lexington
Norwood, Joseph W., 2063 Sherwood Avenue . . :  Louisville
Oldacre, John C, 4707 Southern Parkway  Louisville
O'Neal, Emmet, Kenyon Building  Louisville
Parsons, Leo M., 1576 Parsons Place  Louisville
Patrick, Mrs. Charles C, Old Frankfort Pike  Lexington
Peake, Harvey  New Albany, Indiana
Peck, Mrs. John N, Berea College  Berea
Pennington, Dr. T. W  Stanford
Peter, Miss Johanna, R. F. D. No. 7  Lexington
Pettus, Joseph, 9 Eastover Court  Louisville
Pirtle, Alfred, 2121 Transit Avenue  Louisville
Powell, Rev. E. L., Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments  Louisville
Purcell, Mrs. Martha Grassham  Paducah
Quin, Huston, 224 Kennedy Court  Louisville
Quisenberry, John A  Danville
Ragsdale, George T., 1483 Fourth Street  Louisville
Ray, Mrs. Eugene H., Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments . .Louisville
Reager, Allen M., 1529 Tyler Park Drive  Louisville
Reager, Mrs. Allen M., 1529 Tyler Park Drive  Louisville
Reed, Mrs. Stanley Forman  Maysville
Ripley, Garnett D., 728 West Chestnut Street  Louisville
Roberts, Mrs. Lilbert Lee, 436 West Third Street  Lexington
Robertson, Miss Gabrielle, State Normal School . . Bowling Green
Robertson, James Rood, Berea College  Berea
Robinson, Mrs. James M., 657 Grainger Court  Louisville
Rodes, Mrs. William, 152 East High Street.  Lexington
Rogers, Miss Elizabeth, 109 East Broadway  Louisville
Rosebery, Mrs. R. W., 112 West Kentucky Street  Louisville
Rothert, Otto A., Starks Building  Louisville
Rouse, Mrs. Alice Reed, 427 Wallace Avenue  Covington
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Rouse, Shelley D., First National Bank Building  Covington
Rule, Lucien V  Goshen
Sackett, F. M., 315 Guthrie Street  Louisville
Sampey, John R., 1313 Willow Avenue  Louisville
Sanders, Miss Myra  Shepherdsville '
Schachner, Dr. August, 844 Fourth Street  Louisville
Scott, Zenos E., Public Schools  Louisville
Selligman, Alfred, 1462 First Street  Louisville
Settle, George T., Public Library  Louisville
Sewell, Nat B  London
Sewell, Mrs. Nat B,  London
Seymour, Charles B., Realty Building  Louisville
Shackelford, William Rodes  Richmond
Shackleton, Robert J., 309 West Walnut Street  Louisville
Shane, Philip Lee, 1428 Brook Street  Louisville
Shane, Miss Susan B., 1428 Brook Street  Louisville
Shelby, Mrs. Susan Hart  Lexington
Shelley, Mrs. Mary S., 1222 First Street  Louisville
Shropshire, Leslie B., Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments. .Louisville
Short, Miss Mary C, 43 Castlewood  Louisville
Short, William, 43 Castlewood  Louisville
Shortridge, Wilson P., University of Louisville  Louisville
Simpson, Dr. Virgil E., Starks Building  Louisville
Slaughter, Mrs. Elvira S. M., 4205 Bank Street  Louisville
Smith, Mrs. Edward B  Shelbyville
Smith, John Franklin, Berea College  Berea
Snead, Mrs. Frank F., Jefferson County  Buechel
South, Dr. Lillian H., State Board of Health  Louisville
Stephenson, Mrs. Cora Bennett, 967 Second Street  Louisville
Stephenson, Miss Martha, 379 College Street  Harrodsburg
Stickles, A. M., State Normal School  Bowling Green
Stites, John, Louisville Trust Company  Louisville
Stites, Mrs. John, Louisville Trust Company  Louisville
Stoll, Richard C  Lexington
Stone, Dr. Lee A., 1806 Autumn Avenue  Memphis, Tennessee
Stone, Mrs. Samuel H., Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments . Louisville
Stoner, Mrs. Robert G  Mt. Sterling
Stott, Mrs. Emma Barron, 720 West Chestnut Street . , . . Louisville
Strother, John C, Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
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Members
Stuart, T. G  Winchester
Sutton, Thomas H., 1602 Edgeland Avenue  Louisville
Swearingen, Embry L., Fifth and Court Place  Louisville
Swisshelm, Emmett, 1220 Cherokee Road  Louisville
Tate, Samuel G., Inter-Southern Building  Louisville
Taylor, Jr., E. H  Frankfort
Taylor, J. Swigert  Frankfort
Terry, Alvah L., 504 West Ormsby Avenue  Louisville
Thierman, Tom, 2301 Bonnycastle  Louisville
Thompson, William C, 1478 St. James Court  Louisville
Thompson, Mrs. William H  Lexington
Threlkeld, Hansford Lee  Morganfield
Thruston, R. C. Ballard, Columbia Building  Louisville
Tileston, Dr. H. B., 2132 Cherokee Road  Louisville
Tinsley E. Bruce, 1506 Edgewood Place  Louisville
Todd, George D  Louisville
Towles, Miss Susan Starling  Henderson
Townsend, John Wilson, Russell Cave Pike  Lexington
Trabue, Miss Alice E., Cortlandt Apartments  Louisville
Trent, Miss Robbie, 1333 Morton Avenue  Louisville
Troll, Miss Iva M., 744 Second Street  Louisville
Tuck, Alfred H  Morgantown
Tucker, Mrs. Mattie' Black, Watterson Hotel  Louisville
Turner, Mrs. Josephine Matthews  Shelbyville
Van Cleave, Miss Ella, 1249 Second Street  Louisville
Vanover, Fred D., 736 Fifth Street  Louisville
Veech, Bethel B., United States Trust Company  Louisville
Verhoeff, Miss Mary, 731 Second Street  Louisville
Walker, S. C, 1828 Eastern Parkway  Louisville
Walter, Lewis A., 1012 Floyd Street  Louisville
Warren, Rev. Louis A  Elizabethtown
Watkins, Dr. S. Shelton, Francis Building  Louisville
Watson, Mrs. Alexander M., 1 114 Third Street  Louisville
Weaks, Miss Mabel C, 476 Fifth Avenue  New York
Wheeler, Mrs. Elizabeth J., 1706 Bardstown Road .... .Louisville
Wherry, Miss Pauline, University of Kentucky  Lexington
Wickliffe, William A  Greenville
Williams, Roger D  Lexington
Willson, Augustus E., Realty Building  Louisville
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Wilson, Samuel M., Security Trust Company Building . . . Lexington
Wischmeyer, Herman, 1938 Carter Avenue  Louisville
Wischmeyer, Mrs. Herman, 1938 Carter Avenue  Louisville
Woerner, Miss Emma J., 2064 Eastern Parkway  Louisville
Woodbury, Mrs. John L., Weissinger-Gaulbert  Louisville
Woosley, Elbert S., 411 West Main Street  Louisville
Young, Clarence, 2422 Ransdell Avenue  Louisville
Zembrod, A. Z., University of Kentucky  Lexington
Zimmerman, Miss Anna, 214 West Jefferson Street  Louisville

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INDEX

INDEX
The titles of Filson Club Publications are printed in capitals;
names of writers appear in italics; names of members are given on
pages 45 to 54, but are not indexed. The only items in the Archives
listed in the preceding pages and cited in this index are the Publica
tions and the Papers prepared for the Club.

Allison, Young E.: "My Old Ken
tucky Home" — The Song and Its
Story, 20.
American Citizenship, Character
istics of True, Mueller, 30.
Anderson, Gov. Charles, Durrett, 24.
Anderson, Gov. Charles: Recollec
tions of Pioneer Times, 21.
Anderson, Miss Kitty: Soldiers' Re
treat, The Home of Richard Clough
Anderson, Sr., 21.
Anderson, Miss Margaret Steele:
Poems of Old Louisville, 21.
Anderson, Sr., Richard Clough, and
Soldiers' Retreat, Anderson, 21.
Animals of Kentucky, Pre-Historic,
Gilbert, 25.
Anti-Slavery Movement in Ken
tucky Prior to 1850, Martin, 19,
29.
Artes, Casper Frederick, of Hender
son, Hensel, 26.
Arthur, Gabriel, Discovery of Ken
tucky by, Jillson, 27.
Artists, Kentucky, See Masters of
the Bluegrass.
Baker, Gen. Alpheus, A Sketch of the
Life of, Woodson, 40; On the Death
of, Durrett, 23.
Ballad, Folk, Survival in Kentucky,
McGill, 29.
Ballard, Bland W., sketch of, PETTus,
31.
Bardstown Road in the Olden Days,
Coats, 22.
Beargrass Creek, Some Stations on,
Pirtle, 32.
Berthel, Dorothea, 26.
Blackburn, Dr. Luke P., Kentucky
Physician, Surgeon and Governor,
Duncan, 23.

Bledsoe, Emma, a Slave, Jones, 28.
Blue Licks, The Battle of, Young,
16,40.
Bodley, Temple: Gen. George Rogers
Clark, 21; Introduction to Politi
cal Transactions in and con
cerning Kentucky, 19, 21.
Boone, Daniel, Davis, 22; Statue in
Cherokee Park, Durrett, 25.
Boonesborough, Ranck, 17, 33.
Bourne, James M. : Reverend David
Morton, 21.
Breathitt County, A History of,
Parsons, 30.
Brown, John Mason: Political Be
ginnings op Kentucky, 16, 21 ; 6,
14.
Bryant, Thomas Julian: Bryant Sta
tion and Its Founder, 21.
Bryant's Station, Durrett, 16; see
also Scott, 35; Durrett, 24; Stanton,
36; Ranck, 33; Young, 40.
Bryant's Station, The First Act in
the Siege of, Durrett, 24; Siege of,
Scott, 35; Its Founders, William
Bryant, Bryant, 21; The Story of,
Ranck, 33; Poem, Cawein, 22; Poem,
Stanton, 36.
Bullitt, Cuthbert, Personal Recol
lections of George Rogers Clark,
Pirtle, 31.
Bullitt, Thomas W., 6.
Bullitt County, Salt Wells of, San
ders, 34.
Burton, George Lee, 43.
Burt, Joseph H, sketch of, Price, 17.
Calk, William, The Journal of,
Kilpatrick, 28.
Call, Richard Ellsworth: The Life
and Writings op Rafinesque, 16,
21.

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Callahan, J. E. : My Recollections of
Louisville, 21.
Callaway, Peter, A Slave Captured
by Indians, Todd, 38.
Campaign of 1844, Political, Pirtle,
32.
Cawein, Madison: The Story of
a Poet, Rothert, 19, 34.
Cawein, Madison: How They
Brought Aid to Bryant's Station —
poem, 22.
Centenary of Kentucky, Durrett;
see Kentucky, the Centenary of.
Centenary op Louisville, Durrett,
16, 24.
Chenault, William, sketch, of, Dur
rett, 24; 6.
Chenoweth, James, Pioneer, Pirtle,
32.
Chenoweth Massacre, The, Pirtle, 32.
Chicago University, 11.
Choctaw Academy, Colonel Dick
Johnson's, Rouse, 34.
Christmas in Louisville, The First,
Durrett, 24.
Civil War Echoes and Echo River —
a poem, Mercer, 30.
Civil War in Kentucky, Remi
niscences of the, Smith, 35. '
Clark, George Rogers, Bodley, 21;
A Proposed Statue of, Durrett, 25;
Cuthbert Bullitt's Personal Rec
ollections of, Pirtle, 31; and Mul-
. berry Hill, Pirtle, 32.
Clark, George Rogers, Centennial:
short Papers by Duncan, 23; Mer-
riman, 30; Sanders, 34; Stephenson,
36; Strother, 37.
Clark County, the Cradle of Ken
tucky History, Stuart, 37.
Clay, Henry, Smith, 36; A Proposed
Statue of, Durrett, 25.
Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers: The Clay
Family, 17, 22.
Clay Family, The, Smith and Clay,
17, 22, 36.
Cleopatra to Anthony — a poem,
Lytle, 29.
Coal Industry in Kentucky, A His
tory of the, Jillson, 27.
Coats, Mrs. Ida Symmes: two Pa
pers, 22.
Collins, Richard H., 6.
Collins, Vol. P. : County Growth of
Kentucky, 22.
Cotterill, Robert S.: two Papers, 22;
43.

Cotton Factory in the West, The
First, Todd, 38.
County Growth of Kentucky, Collins,
22.
Cow, What Followed the. Taking of a
— Impressments of 1786, Durrett, 25.
Cox, Attilla, 42.
Crockett, Joseph, Price, 18, 33.
Custom House Property, The Old,
Louisville, — a petition, Durrett, 24.
Danville Political Club, Speed, 15,
16, 36.
D. A. R. Lexington Chapter, Com
memorative Proceedings, Bryant's
Station, Scott, 35; Durrett, 16.
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton, See Ann
Marshall, Little, 29.
Davie, George M., Biographical
Sketch, Durrett, 24; Humphrey, 27;
Portrait presented and accepted,
Durrett, 24, Speed, 36; Death of,
Woodson, 40; 6.
Davis, William J.: Daniel Boone, '22.
de la Hunt, Thomas James: Han
cock County, Kentucky, and In
diana Neighbors, 23.
Des Cognets, Mrs. Anna R., Sketch
of, Greene, 26.
Draper, Dr. Lyman C, 5; Draper
Collection, 5, 12.
Dueling and Some Noted Duels by
Kentuckians, Smith, 36.
Duke, Basil W. : two Papers, 23 ; 6.
Duncan, Mrs. Fannie Casseday: four
Papers, 23; 43.
Durrett, Reuben T., 6, 13, 42; char
acteristics, 6, 10; date of birth and
death, 10; private library, meeting
place of Club, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14; the
Club's dependence, 12; expendi
tures in financing the Club, 10;
sale of private library, 11, 12.
Durrett, Reuben T., Sketch of—
Now an Octogenarian — Johnston,
28.
Durrett, Reuben T.: John Filson,
16, 23; Historical Sketch op St.
Paul's Church, 16, 23; Cente
nary of Kentucky, 16, 23; Cen
tenary op Louisville, 16, 24;
Bryant's Station, 16, 24; Tra
ditions of the Earliest Visits
op Foreigners to North America,
18, 25; fourteen Papers,- 23, 24, 25.

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Durrett Library and Relics, Thruston,
38. See Archives, Meetings, etc.,
under the head Filson Club.

Education in the Kentucky Moun
tains, Sewell, 35.
Education in the Kentucky Moun
tains — the Hindman School, Stone,
37.
Ellwanger, Mrs. Ella H.: History of
Estill County, 25.
Estill County, History of, Ellwanger,
25.
Explorations of Kentucky, First,
Johnston, 17, 28.
Falls of the Ohio, Efforts to Develop
Water Power at, Needham, 30.
Feuds of Eastern Kentucky, Sanders,
34.
Filson, John, brief sketch of his
Career, Durrett, 6, 7, 8; Speed, 36;
and a Look at His Map, Pirtle, 32;
6,7.
Filson, John, The First Historian
op Kentucky, Durrett, 6, 15, 23.
Filson Club, The, and its Activi
ties, Rothert, 19, 34.
Filson Club, The,
Archives, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20;
in Durrett's Library, 9, 11; in
Thruston's Library, 9, 11, 12;
sundry material acquired, 5, 9,
11, 13, 20. See also Publications
and Papers.
Building, need of, 15, 20, 30;
efforts to acquire one, 10, 12, 13 ;
Custom House, 10; Norvin Green
Residence, 10.
Cigars and Cider, 8.
Constitution and bylaws, 8, 12.
Dues, 10, 12.
Exchanges, 11.
Meetings, held at Durrett's, 6, 8;
at Thruston's, 9, 12; at Young's
residence, 9; at Louisville Free
Public Library, 9, 12; character
of, 8, 9, 10, 12; publicity of, 9;
time of, 8, 9; records of, 9.
Membership qualifications, 8 ; mem
bership list, old, mentioned, 9;
membership list, May, 1922, 45-
54.
Name, origin of, 6; officers and com
mittees, 42, 43, organized, 5, 6,
incorporated, 8.

Filson Club, The— Continued.
Papers, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 20; list of,
20-40.
Pilgrimages inaugurated, 13.
Publications, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14,
15, 20; cost of production, 10,
15; list of, 15-19.
Purpose, 6, 8, 15.
Purpose and activities, 5, 12, 13,
14, 20.
Silver Jubilee, 9.
Filson Club, The, A Few Notes on
the History of, Pirtle, 32.
Tink, Albert, Life and Achieve
ments of, Needham, 30.
Fire Department of Louisville, Vol
unteers, Looms, 29.
Flag, The United States, Origin and
Evolution of, Thruston, 38.
Folk-Ballad in Kentucky, Survival
of the, McGill, 29.
Folklore in Kentucky, Anglo-Ameri
can, Smith, 35.
Fonda, Mrs. Mary A. I., see Octavia
Hensel, 26.
Fontaine Family of Kentucky, Mer-
riman, 30.
Foster, Stephen Collins, "My Old
Kentucky Home," Allison, 20.
Frankfort— see An Historically Fa
mous Corner in America, Trabue,
39.
Frazee, L. J.: two Papers, 25.
Frazer, Oliver, Sketch of, Price, 17.
Furnace, Buckner, The Abandoned,
in Muhlenberg County, Rothert, 34.
Gallagher, William Davis, Durrett,
24; 26.
Gano, Rev. John, Life and Labors of,
Smith, 35; Statement to George
Washington, 36.
Geographic Congress, 1904, Report
on, Greene, 26.
Gilbert, Dr. R. B.: Pre-Historic An
imals of Kentucky, 25.
Gist, Christopher, Journal of, John
ston, 17.
Gordon, Harry, Journal of, 1766,
Johnston, 28.
Governors, Kentucky, the Mother of,
Townsend, 38.
Graham Springs, How Miss Pena
Danced the Yankees Down at, — a
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G. A. R's, How Massa Wood Enter
tained the — a true story, Walter,
39.
Grandfathers, Our, How They Lived
in 1795, Duncan, 23.
Greene, Buckner F.: Eighth Inter-
National Geographic Congress, 26. "
Greene, Miss Nanci Lewis: Sketch
of Mrs. Anna R. Des Cognets, 26.
Greene Residence, The Norvin, 10.
Greenley, Thomas B.: two Papers, 26.
Grimes, John, Sketch of, Price, 17.
Guthrie, James, Cotterill, 22.
Haldeman, Walter N., Death of,
Durrett, 24.
Halsey, E. T., 6, 42.
Hancock County, Kentucky, and
Indiana Neighbors, de la Hunt, 23.
Harney, William Wallace, the Man
and the Writer, Martin, 30;
Harris, Credo, 43.
Harrison, Mrs. Ida Withers: Tran
sylvania Botanic Garden, 26.
Harrodsburg, The Settlement of,
Johnston, 28.
Hart, Joel T., Sketch of, Price, 17;
Duncan, 23.
Hartford and Ohio County, History
of, Merriman, 30. '
Hays, Will S.: Music set to "The
Mothers of the West," 26.
Hays, Will S., The Steamer, 26.
Hays, Mrs. Will S. : Water-Ways and
Steamboats, 26.
Hensel, Octavia: Music (and Musi
cians) in Kentucky, 26.
Heywood, Rev. John H. : Judge John
Speed and His Family, 27.
Hindman School, The Story of the,
Stone, 37.
Home and Fireside, Sacred, a poem,
Woodson, 40.
Home - Comers, A Kentuckian's
Greeting to, Roland, 34.
Humphrey, A lexander P. : Isaac Shel
by, 27; 6.
Humphrey, E. W. C: two Papers, 27.
Hunter, Mrs. Robert: two Papers, 27.
Huston, George: Reminiscences of
John U. Waring, Pioneer, 27.
Indian Academy in Scott County,
Rouse, 34.
Indian Land Titles in Our Common
wealth, Humphrey, 27.
Innis, Judge Harry, A Sketch, Todd,
38.

Jackson, Andrew, Sham Funeral of,
and Jacob's Woods, Pirtle, 32.
Jacob's Woods and Sham Funeral of
Andrew Jackson, Pirtle, 32.
Jefferson County Court House, His
tory of the, Seymour, 35.
Jefferson County Surveyors' Records,
seven early volumes, returned to
Court House, 11.
Jeffersontown, History of, Levi, 28.
Jillson, Willard Rouse: two Papers,
27.
Jim Crow Car — a true, story, Walter,
39.
Johnson, Colonel Dick, Choctaw
Academy in "Scott County, Rouse,
34.
Johnson, Shirley Everton: Con
quering a Smallpox Epidemic in
Kentucky, 27.
Johnston, J. Stoddard: First Ex
plorations of Kentucky, 17, 28;
also four Papers, 28; 9, 42.
Jones, Lewis H.: Emma Bledsoe, a
Slave, 28.
Jouett, Matthew H., Sketch of,
Price, 17.
Kenton, Simon, Levi, 28.
Kentucky, 1792-1892, Durrett, 23.
Kentucky — a poem, Stanton, 36.
Kentucky, The Centenary of,
Durrett, 9, 16, 23; see also Anderson,
21; Bodley, 21; Davis, 22; Duke, 23;
Humphrey, 27; Lindsay, 29; Pirtle,
33; Speed, 36; Stanton, 36.
Kentucky, The Discovery of, by
Gabriel Arthur in 1674, Jillson, 27.
Kentucky and the Natchez Trace,
Cotterill, 22.
Kentucky Folks at the Heads of the
Hollows, Smith, 35.
Kentucky Mountains, The, Ver-
hoeff, 18, 39.
"Kentucky, Political Transac
tions in and concerning, "Bodley,
19, 21.
Kentucky River, My First Trip up,
Pirtle, 32.
Kentucky River Navigation, Ver-
hoeff, 19, 39.
Kentucky State Historical Society,
11, 25.
Kentucky Title Savings Bank and
Trust Co., Treasurer of the Club,
42, 43.

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Kilpatrick, Lewis H. : The Journal of
William Calk, Kentucky Pioneer,
28; 43.
King Solomon of Kentucky, Old,
Price, 33.
Lafferty, Mrs. W. T.: two Papers, 28;
15, 43.
Lair, Mrs. S. Eliza: See The Lair
Family by Mrs. Lafferty, 28.
Lair Family, The, Lafferty, 28.
Land Titles, Indian, in Our Com
monwealth, Humphrey, 27.
Leonard, James Francis, Townsend,
18.
Levi, Miss Lily C: five Papers, 28.
Lindsay, William: George Washing
ton, 29.
Littell, William, "Political Trans
actions in and concerning Ken
tucky," Bodley, 19.
Little, Lucius P.: Ann Marshall and
Her Various Matrimonial Expe
riences, 29.
Lonz Powers, a Book by James Weir,
Review of, Rothert, 34.
Looms, George: Volunteer Fire De
partment of Louisville, 29.
Loos, Charles L. : My Impressions of
the Late George W. Ranck, 29.
Lopez's Expedition to Cuba, Quis-
enberry, 18, 33.
Lost Race, The Quest for a, Pickett,
17, 31.
Lotteries in Kentucky, Old Time,
Stephenson, 37.
Louisville, The Centenary of,
Durrett, 16, 24.
Louisville, First Fort in, Report on
Location of, Pirtle, 31.
Louisville Free Public Library, 9, 10,
11, 12.
Louisville: A History of the Jeffer
son County Court House, Seymour,
35.
Louisville, Poems of Old, Anderson,
21.
Louisville, Recollections of, Callahan,
21.
Louisville, Recollections of — Prin
cipally Jefferson Street about 1850,
Seymour, 35.
Louisville, Reminiscences of 1858 to
1878, Summers, 37.
Louisville, Reminiscences of, Shortly
Before and After 1840, Pirtle, 32.

Louisville, Some Reminiscences of
Old Times in, Greenley, 26.
Louisville Song Writers, Thixton, 37.
Louisville up to 1830, Pirtle, 32.
Lytle, Mrs. Elizabeth: two Papers,
29.
McDowell, Dr. Ephraim, Schachner,
35.
McDowell, William P.: Reminis
cences of the Battle of Perryville,
29.
McGill, Miss Anna Blanche, 43.
McGill, Miss Josephine-: Survival of
the Folk-Ballad in Kentucky, 29.
Marketed their Products, How the
Pioneers of the West, Todd, 38.
Marsh, Miss Frances, 15.
Marshall, Ann, and Her Various
Matrimonial Experiences, Little,
29.
Martin, Asa Earl: Anti-Slavery
Movement in Kentucky Prior
to 1850, 19, 29.
Martin, Mrs. Clarence L.: William
Wallace Harney, the Man and the
Writer, 30.
Martin's and Ruddle's Stations,
Capture of, Todd, 38.
Masters op the Bluegrass, The
Old, Price, 17, 24, 33.
Matlack, Mrs. William H., 43.
Medical Department of Transyl
vania University, History of,
Peter, 17, 31.
Mercer, S. C: Echo River and Civil
War Echoes — a poem, 30.
Merriman, Mrs. Francis E.: three
Papers, 30.
Mexican War, Some Causes which
Led to the, Strother, 37.
Mignonette — a poem, Wood, 39.
Militia Muster, The Old, Rothert, 34.
Miller, Elvira Sydnor (Mrs. Slaugh
ter) : two Papers, 30.
Mississippi River, The Freedom of
the, Pirtle, 33.
Morgan, Louis, Sketch of, Price, 17.
Morton, Reverend David, Bourne, 21.
Morton, Mrs. Jennie C, 10.
Morton & Co., John P., 15.
Mothers of the West, The, Gal
lagher's Poem set to music by
Hays, 26.
Mound Builders and other prehis
toric men of Kentucky ; see Young,
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Mueller, Ignatius: Characteristics
of True American Citizenship, 30.
Muhlenberg County — The Story of
the Stack, Rothert, 34.
Mulberry Hill, Home of Clark, Pirtle,
32.
Music — Louisville Song Writers,
Thixton, 37.
Music and Musicians in Kentucky,
Hensel, 26.
Natchez Trace and Kentucky, The,
. , Cotterill, 22.
Needham, Charles K.: two Papers,
30; 43.
Negro Superstitions, Tucker, 39.
New Orleans, The Battle of,
Smith, 17, 36.
Nicholas, George, "A letter from
George Nicholas, of Kentucky, to
His Friend in Virginia," Bodley,
19.
Ohio County and Hartford, History
of, Merriman, 30.
Oldham County One Hundred Years
Ago and Now, Hunter, 27.
Parsons, T. W.: A History of
Breathitt County, 30.
Pattie, James O., Extracts from the
Narrative of, Frazee, 25.
Perrin, William Henry, On the Death
of, Durrett, 23.
Perrin, William Henry: ThePioneer
Press of Kentucky, 15, 30.
Perryville, Battle of, Recollections
of, Pettus, 31.
Perryville, Reminiscences of the
Battle of, McDowell, W.
Peter, Dr. Robert: Extracts from
the History of the Medical De
partment of Transylvania Uni
versity, 31.
Peter, Dr. Robert and Miss Johanna:
Transylvania University, 16,
31 ; The History of The Medical
Department of Transylvania
University, 17, 31.
Petitions of the Early Inhabi
tants op Kentucky to the Gen
eral Assembly op Virginia, Rob
ertson, 19, 34.
Pettit, Katherine R. : See May Stone,
37.
Pettus, Joseph: two Papers, 31.
Physicians of Louisville, Some Old,
Greenley, 26.

Pickett, Thomas E.: The Quest for
a Lost Race, 18, 31.
Pioneer Times, Recollections of,
Anderson, 21.
Pirtle, Alfred: Battle of Tippe
canoe, 17, 31; sixteen Papers, 31,
32; 9, 42, 43.
Pirtle, James S.: The Freedom of
the Mississippi, Pirtle, 33; 6, 42.
Pirtle, John R.: National Statuary
Hall and Its Eligibles from Ken
tucky, 33.
Political Beginnings of Ken
tucky, Brown, 16, 21.
Political Campaign of 1844, Pirtle, 32.
Political Club, The, Speed, 15, 16,
36.
Political Transactions in and con
cerning Kentucky, Bodley, 19, 21.
Political Transactions in and Con
cerning Kentucky, by William
Littell, Bodley, 19, 21.
Portland, Traditions of, Levi, 28.
Prehistoric Men of Kentucky,
Young, 18, 40.
Press of Kentucky, The Pioneer,
Perrin, 15, 30.
Price, Samuel W., Sketch of, Durrett,
17, 24.
Price, Samuel W.: The Old Mas
ters of the Bluegrass, 17, 24, 33;
1 Joseph Crockett, Part Second of
Publication No. 24, 18; Old King
Solomon of Kentucky, 33.
Products, How the Pioneers of the
West Marketed their, Todd, 38.
Pusey, William Allen: The Wilder
ness Road, 33.
Quest for a Lost Race, Pickett, 18,
31.
Quisenberry, Anderson C: Lopez's
Expedition to Cuba, 18, 33.
Rafinesque, The Life and Writ
ings of, Call, 16, 21.
Railroading in America, Early, Fra
zee, 25:
Ranck, George W., My Impressions
of the Late, Loos, 29; Todd, 38;
Life of, Johnston, 28.
Ranck, George W.: Boonesborough,
17, 33; The Story of Bryant's
Station, 33.
Revanaugh, A. C, 10, 24, 36.
Richardson, John B.: Who Killed
Tecumseh?, 33.

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Rivers, Rev. Richard Henderson,
Durrett, 24.
Roads in Kentucky, Pioneer, 1750 to
1787, Thompson, 37.
Robertson, James R.: Petitions op
the Early Inhabitants of Ken- .
tucky to the General Assembly
of Virginia, 19, 34.
Roland, Alice Kate: A Kentuckian's
Greeting to the Home-Comers, 34.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 14.
Rothert, Otto A.: The Story of a
Poet: Madison Cawein, 19, 34;
The Filson Club and its Activ
ities, 19, 34; three Papers, 34; 42,
43.
Rouse, Mrs. Alice Reade: Colonel
Dick Johnson's Choctaw Academy,
in Scott County, 34.
Ruddle's and Martin's Stations,
Capture of, Todd, 38.
St. Paul's Church, An Historical
Sketch of, Durrett, 16, 23.
Salt Wells of Bullitt County and
Vicinity, Sanders, 34.
Sanders, George N., Remarkable
Career of, Sanders, 35.
Sanders, Miss Myra: three Papers,
34; 43.
Sanders, Verney: Remarkable Career
of George N. Sanders, 35.
Schachner, Dr. August: Dr. Ephraim
McDowell, A Neglected Benefactor
of the Human Race, 35.
Scott, Mrs. Elizabeth S. B.: Lexing
ton Chapter D- A. R. at Bryant's
Station: Siege of Bryant's Sta
tion, 35.
Scott County, Colonel Dick John
son's Choctaw Academy, Rouse, 34.
Sewell, Mrs. Nat B.: Education in
the Kentucky Mountains, 35.
Seymour, Charles B. : two Papers, 35.
Shackleton, Charles H. — Collection
of Programs of Concerts, Hensel,
26.
Shelby, Isaac, Humphrey, 27.
Shelby County ami Its History,
Hunter, 27.
Shiloh, Battle of, Personal Recollec
tions of, Duke, 23.
Shippingport, Traditions of, Levi,
28, 28.
Sketches of Two Distinguished
Kentuckians: Leonard by Town-
send, 18, 38; Crockett by Price, 18,
33.

Slavery Movement, Anti, in Ken
tucky, Martin, 19, 29.
Slaves: Aunt Liza Tevis, Coats, 22;
Emma Bledsoe, Jones, 28; Peter
Callaway Captured by Indians,
Todd, 38.
Sleet in Louisville and Other Parts
of Kentucky, 1902, Pirtle, 31.
Smallpox Epidemic in Kentucky,
Conquering a, Johnson, 27.
Smith, Dr. D. T.: Reminiscences of
the Civil War in Kentucky, 35.
Smith, John F.: two Papers, 35.
Smith, Zachary F. : The Clay Fam
ily, 17, 36; The Battle op New
Orleans, 17, 36; three Papers, 36;
9.
Soldiers' Retreat, Anderson, 21.
Speed, Judge John, and His Family,
Heywood, 27.
Speed, Thomas: The Wilderness
Road, 15,36; The Political Club,
15, 16, 36; two Papers, 36; 6, 14, 42.
Stanton, Henry T., On the Death of,
Miller, 30.
Stanton, Henry T.: two poems, 36.
Stations, Some, on Beargrass Creek,
Pirtle, 32.
Statuary Hall, National — Statues of
Clay and Clark considered, Durrett,
25; Its Eligibles from Kentucky,
Pirtle, 33.
Steamboats and Water-Ways, Hays,
26.
Stephenson, Miss Martha: two Papers,
37.
Stone, May: Hindman School, The
Story of the, 37.
Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein,
Rothert, 19, 34.
Strother, John C: three Papers, 37;
42, 43.
Stuart, T. G.: Clark County, the
Cradle of Kentucky History, 37.
Summers, Wm. T.: Reminiscences of
1858 to 1878 in Louisville, 37.
Superstitions, Negro, Tucker, 39.
Superstitions in Kentucky, Bad-
Luck, Thomas, 37.
Taggart, John D., On the Death of,
Young, 40.
Taverns and Travelers in Central
Kentucky,, Early, Lafferty, 28.
Taylor Monument, Zachary, Report
on the Condition of, Pirtle, 31;
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Tecumseh, Who Killed?, Richardson,
33.
Tevis, Aunt Liza, a freed slave,
Coats, 22.
Thames, The Battle of the, Young,
17, 40.
Thixton, Miss Marie M., On the
Death of, Miller, 30.
Thixton, Miss Marie M.: Louisville
SongWriters, 37.
Thomas, D. L.: Bad-Luck Super
stitions in Kentucky, 37.
Thompson, Stith: Pioneer Roads in
Kentucky, 37.
Thruston, R. C. Ballard: Private
Library, Club holds meetings in,
9, 12; Club's Archives in, 9, 11, 12;
42, 43.
Thruston, R. C. Ballard: two Papers,
38.
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Pirtle, 17,
31.
Todd, George D.: six Papers, 38; 43.
Todd, Dr. Lyman Beecher, Death of,
Durrett, 24.
Todd, Lyman Beecher: My Impres
sions of the Late George W. Ranck,
38.
Townsend, John Wilson: Sketch of
James Francis Leonard, Part First
of Publication No. 24, 18, 38; Ken
tucky, Mother of Governors, 38.
Trabue, Miss Alice E.: An Histori
cally Famous Corner in America,
39.
Traditions of the Earliest Visits
op Foreigners to North America,
Durrett, 18, 25.
Transylvania Botanic Garden, Har
rison, 26.
Transylvania University, Peter,
16, 31; History of the Medical
Department of Transylvania
University, Peter, 17, 31.
Transylvania University, Extracts
from the History of the Medical
Department of, Peter, 31.
Trimble County, Historical Sketch
of, Strother, 37.

Tucker, Mrs. Mattie B. : Negro Super
stitions, 39; 43.
Verhoeff, Mary: The Kentucky
Mountains, 18, 39; The Kentucky
River Navigation, 19, 39.
Virginia, Duke, 23.
Walker, Dr. Thomas, Journal of,
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