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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04501.101 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves |
| Title | Sarah Humphreys to Joseph Humphreys regarding family matters |
| Date | ca. 29 March 1840 |
| Author | Humphreys, Sarah (fl. 1830-1840) |
| Recipient | Humphreys, Joseph |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writing to her son, she recounts the family's experiences in the city. Her daughters have attended so many parties they are running out of clothes. She wishes for a lock of her son's hair to make a bracelet. Writes that she has been to see "Daguerre's celebrated chemical pictures [Dioramas] from Paris, (oil paintings) in which, by modifying the light upon the picture, are exhibited two entirely distinct representations on the same canvas . . . ." She identifies the images as the Monastery of Mount Surrat in Catatonia, St. Eteinne's church at Paris, and the crumbling of mount Rouffiberg [?] into the Valley Goldau. Date is not listed on the letter, likely written post 1840's; see Daguerre's biography. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Clothing and Accessories Entertaining and Hospitality Photography Museum Invention Inventor Science and Technology Art, Music, Theater, and Film Architecture Slavery |
| People | Humphreys, Sarah (fl. 1830-1840) Humphreys, Joseph (fl. 1840-1853) |
| Place written | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; Arts & Literature; Science, Technology, Invention; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Joseph Humphreys was a member of one of the most distinguished families of Kentucky. He was the eldest son of David C. Humphrey, one of Kentucky's most influential and substantial farmers. He married Tobias Gibson's daughter, Miss Sarah T. Gibson, a native of the Parish of Terre Boone, La. Tobias Gibson was a plantation owner and owned four estates: Greenwood, Magnolia, Hollywood, and Live Oak. He resided primarily in Lexington, Kentucky, but was one of the wealthiest cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |