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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) N00000233 1810-03-15 1870-05-03 Categories: People

Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney, editor, and statesman. Lexington native. Married to Virginia Cooper Wickliffe on November 25, 1844. Graduate of Transylvania University in Fayette County in 1827. Editor and proprietor of the Observer and Reporter in Lexington from 1838 to 1865. Member of the Whig Party. Resident of Lexington in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1863.

Relationships Social: Alfred Allen (Breckinridge County, Kentucky, attorney and politician) Social: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Social: James Crockett Sayers (Kenton County, Kentucky, laborer, farmer, politician, QM & 1st lieut 32nd KY Inf USA) Social: Thomas Turner (Montgomery Co., KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Thomas W. Owings (Meade co state rep) Social: Richard Aylett Buckner, Jr. (Lexington, KY atty, judge & speaker of State House) Social: Bryan Rust Young (Bardstown state rep) Social: John Kemp Goodloe (Woodford Co State Senator) Social: John A. Prall (Bourbon Co State Senator) Social: James Fisher Robinson, Jr. (QMG of KY, Gov's son) Social: Joshua Tevis (Louisville, KY, State Rep & US District Atto, Col 10th Ky Cav (USA)) Social: Thomas A. Duke (Paducah State Senator & Physician) Social: Harry Innes Todd, Sr. (Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and penitentiary keeper) Social: Richard Clough Anderson, III (Frankfort state rep) Social: John William Finnell (Adj Gen'l, Kenton Co. State Rep, attorney) Social: Samuel E. DeHaven (Oldham County State Sen/Rep) Social: Henry Davis McHenry (Ohio Co., KY, state rep & senator) Social: Martin Pickett Marshall (Mason Co. State Senator) Social: Curtis Field Burnam (Madison County. KY, attorney & State Rep) Social: Willis W. Gardner (Union co. State Sen.) Social: Joshua Barnes (Bath Co., KY, State Rep. & doctor) Social: James Calvert (Boone County, Kentucky, sheriff and politician) Social: Richard J. Browne (Washington Co, KY, State Rep & attorney) Social: Nathaniel Wolfe (Louisville, Kentucky, attorney, Ky rep & senator) Social: William T. Samuels (Hardin Co, KY, clerk, commissioner, KY State Auditor, state rep, clerk of KY Hse of Rep) Social: Walter C. Whitaker (Shelby Co. Ky state sen; col & genl 6th Ky Inf & Army of Cumberland USA) Social: John L. Irvan (Calloway Co. state rep) Social: John R. Thomas (Marion Co., Ky, State rep & attorney) Social: Zebulon Ward (Woodford co State Rep & former penitentiary lessee) Social: John S. Van Winkle (Wayne Co state rep) Social: Elijah Gabbert (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and KY state rep) Social: Jonas Martin (Livingston and Lyon County, Kentucky, farmer and politician.) Social: William S. Rankin (Grant County, KY, State Rep) Social: Joshua Fry Bell (Boyle Co., KY, attorney & politician) Social: Isaac Price Miller (Jefferson co. farmer & politician) Social: James Speed (U.S. Atty. General, Louisville, KY atty & state senator) Social: John B. Bruner (Breckinridge Co., KY, atty & state senator) Social: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Military: William G. Rogers (Regimental quartermaster in 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry) Military: Elias Thomasson (Regimental quartermaster. 2nd regiment Kentucky Cavalry. ) Social: Henry Gilbert (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer and butcher) Political: James B. Speed (Louisville, Kentucky, bookkeeper; pvt & lieut 1st Ky Light Artillery USA, clerk for QM Dpt of OH) Political: Office of the Secretary of State of Kentucky Political: John Jordan Crittenden (Franklin Co, KY, Representative, Senator, & former KY Governor) Political: James P. Barbour (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer, miller, court clerk, and politician) Political: Reuben Samuel Peters (Washington County, Kentucky, county court clerk) Political: Anthony B. Hundley (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace) Political: John E. McIntire (Washington County, Kentucky, farmer and judge) Political: James Warren Nye (Carson City, Nevada, governor, police commissioner) Political: John H. Carr (Fayette County, Kentucky, clerk QM Dept USA and notary public ) Political: James Thomson Davidson (Fayette County, Kentucky, bank clerk and notary public) Political: S. B. Brown (Captain, Assistant Quarter Master) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 600. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ward 3, p. 459A. The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 348. H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 630-31. "The Late D. C. Wickliffe," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 5, 1870, p. 2. "Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (1810-1870)," Find A Grave, Memorial 65784654, accessed August 28, 2017, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65784654. Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA) N00014138 1836-05-26 Categories: People

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman, soldier, and commissioner. Son of William C. Morgan and Jane C. Morgan. Married to Caroline D. Morgan. Father of Caroline A. Morgan and Theodore H. Morgan. Student in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Served in the 98th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from December 28,1861, to February 5, 1862. Partner in Morgan, Hanson, & Co. in Philadelphia in 1862 and 1863. Appointed commissioner for the Commonwealth of Kentucky on November 4, 1862. Claim agent in Philadelphia in 1863.

Relationships Political: Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (Lexington, Kentucky, attorney, editor and secretary of state) Economic: Morgan, Hanson and Co. Social: Anthony Joseph Drexel (Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, banker and philanthropist) Social: Hugh Campbell (Saint Louis, Missouri, merchant, philanthropist, and commissioner) Social: Frederick Holbrook (Washington County, Vermont, governor) Political: James W. Tate ("Honest Dick" Asst. Sec of State 1859-1863) Legal: James McCahen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, innkeeper, JP, and alderman)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Northern Liberties Ward 4, p. 239B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, New Jersey, Essex County, Caldwell, p. 134A. Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops (ca. 1861-1900), New York State Archives, Albany, New York, Series 13775, Roll #64, 98th Infantry, J-P, Box 67-68, Certificate #1054. McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1863, 26th edition (Philadelphia, PA: E. C. & J. Biddle & Co., 1863), 547. Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863 (1863), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Ward 22, Records of the General Assembly, RG 7, Box 1026 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA), p. 177 of microfilm. “Theodore Miles Morgan (1836-1922)," Find A Grave, Memorial #80845918, accessed May 20, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80845918/. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania P00001701 Categories: Places

Seat of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Located at the confluence of the Delaware River and Schuylkill River.

39.9523, -75.1638 "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed July 20, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Sylvester K. Stevens, John B. B. Trussell, and Mathew S. Magda, "Philadelphia," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed June 6, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Philadelphia. North America P00013425 Categories: Places

Continent containing the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico. Located in the northern hemisphere. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

47.1164, -101.2996 “Center, North Dakota," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 9, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Jason Dailey, "New Calculations Reposition the Geographical Center of North America" Smithsonian Magazine, accessed September 9, 2020, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-calculations-reposition-geographical-center-north-america-1-180961932/. Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania P00002584 Categories: Places

Seat at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at the confluence of the Delaware River and Schuylkill River.

39.9523, -75.1638 Sylvester K. Stevens, John B. B. Trussell, and Mathew S. Magda, "Philadelphia" in Encyclopedia Britannica, (https://www.britannica.com/place/Philadelphia) (accessed June 6, 2017). USGS: Earth Explorer, "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ (accessed July 20, 2021). Morgan, Hanson and Co. O00014395 Categories: Organizations

Collection house specializing in army and navy claims in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operated in 1862 and 1863. Owner(s): Theodore M. Morgan and Edward Hunn Hanson.

Relationships Economic: Theodore M. Morgan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, businessman and commissioner, captain 98th NY Inf USA)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Ward 15, Precinct 9, p. 534. McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1863, 26th edition (Philadelphia, PA: E. C. & J. Biddle & Co., 1863), 547. "Philadelphia Enquirer, 1862-10-08," Newspapers.com, accessed May 5, 2021https://www.newspapers.com/image/167215674/. "Philadelphia Enquirer, 1862-10-10," Newspapers.com, accessed May 5, 2021https://www.newspapers.com/image/167456338/. "Philadelphia Enquirer, 1863-01-02," Newspapers.com, accessed May 5, 2021https://www.newspapers.com/image/167210155/. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 1862-09-13 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Collection House of MORGAN, HANSON & Co., N. E. corner Dock and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia.

Notes and Drafts collected in all parts of North America through Banks and Bankers Particular attention given to the Collection of past due claims through Attorneys. Dishonored paper transferred to our Attorneys on day of dishonor when desired.

Philadelphia, Septem, 13 1862 The Secretary of the State of Kentucky Dr Sir:

I beg leave respectfully to inquire if there is a vacancy in this County in the appointments of Commissioner of Deeds for your State. In case there should be, and you will do me the honour to advise me to that effect I shall proceed to make application for such position forwarding at the same time the proper references.

Very Respectfully Theodore M Morgan