Letter signed Henry Hand, [Jr.], Paducah, Kentucky, to Hon. Edward Crossland, Washington, D.C., requests assistance in establishing his right to land granted his grandfather Henry Hand in Missouri before the Louisiana Purchase. Also includes Edward Crossland's response and Hand's statements of his family history on the land. All contemporary copies. (4 pages), 1872 Feb 1

File — Box: 1, Folder: 29

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From the Collection:

The Hand Family Papers consists primarily of the correspondence of Henry Hand, Jr., and family. The collection also includes two Bible records of the Hand family with dates and locations of births, deaths, and marriages; receipts between family members for money from estates; and Henry Hand, Jr.'s, copybook containing copies of his business correspondence, poems, and speeches.