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Re: Memoir manuscript search
Glen,
In the "Guide to selected manuscript and photograph collections of the
Filson Club Historical Society" there is an entry for Michah Taul's memoirs
(# 778) under the Bennett Henderson papers. The guide can be found online at
http://www.filsonclub.org/guide.html
Good Luck,
Judith Dartt
At 12:06 PM 1/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I am searching for the manuscript of Micah Taul's (1785-1850) memoirs, which
>he wrote in 1848. It is my desire to edit and publish them. They are a great
>read. Taul wrote the memoirs in Talladega, AL. In 1928, his granddaughter,
>Mrs. Jessie Roach of Brewton, AL, loaned the manuscript to the Kentucky
>Historical Society, which published them in three issues of its scholarly
>journal, THE REGISTER. The society returned the manuscript to Mrs. Roach.
>
>Taul became the first clerk of the courts in Wayne County, KY and was
>licensed to practice law at age 16. He served in two campaigns of the War of
>1812 and one term in the US House of Representatives. He was a close
>acquaintance of Henry Clay.
>
>I am wondering that by chance the manuscript might have been deposited in an
>archive or collection somewhere in the south. I would like to have a copy of
>the manuscript to work from.
>
>Any ideas?!
>
>Glen Taul, Ph.D.
>Archivist
>Georgetown College
>
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