Series 27 - Kemper letters

70pp

Copies of the Kemper letters were provided to Kerby A. Miller by the Cincinnati Historical Society, from which Miller created the transcripts. The original manuscripts are held in the Kemper Papers, Cincinnati Historical Society [reference MSS qK32s]. These were donated by Shirley Kemper to the Cincinnati Historical Society in August 1963.

Transcripts and reproductions of six letters found in the Kemper Papers, five of which were written between 1793 and 1798. Per the Cincinnati Historical Society, 'The earliest letters are from Ireland, written to Jane Rogers Fulton (Mrs. David R. Kemper’s mother) after her emigration to America. These present highly interesting pictures of Irish life of that time, including references to local wars and rebellions.’ A sixth letter is written from Francis Thompson in County Monaghan to his uncle David in Cincinnati in 1833. Also present are Kerby A. Miller’s brief notes on Francis Thompson, and a copy of the Cincinnati Historical Society’s introduction to the Kemper family papers.