Amelia Bucklin Cornwall Collection

Collection — Box: MSN/CW LDOC CC-1

Identifier: MSN/CW10195

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Scope and Contents

The Amelia Bucklin Cornwall Collection comprises twelve letters and three envelopes from Amelia Bucklin Cornwell to her niece, Mary Bucklin Keating. The letters, with varying legibility, take place within the Civil War era and discuss topics such as rebels approaching, movement of friends and loved ones through Chicago, Illinois, and Richmond, Kentucky, communication interruptions, and commentary on life in Louisville during the Civil War.

Dates

Creation: circa 1860-1865

Creator

Cornwall, Amelia Bucklin, 1825-1891 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Amelia Bucklin Cornwall (1825-1891) was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Louisville Mayor John Carpenter Bucklin (1773-1844) and Sarah Smith Bucklin (1780-1856). She married candlemaker John Cornwall (1812-1867) on March 5, 1846. They were merchants in Louisville and, based on records, had enslaved three people between 1850-1860.