Guide to the James M'Chord Papers
Open for research.
Original manuscript restricted for preservation reasons; researchers are encouraged to use Shane Collection microfilm, the bound transcript, or the digitized version.
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James M'Chord was born in Baltimore, the son of John and Isabella Caldwell M'Chord. The family moved to Kentucky in 1790. M'Chord married Mary Logan of Fayette County, KY in 1809. Until 1819 they lived in Lexington, where M'Chord was a pastor. In 1819 he moved to Paris, KY to take charge of the Bourbon Academy.
This collection consists of a letter book M'Chord kept between 1809 and 1820. The letters are all addressed to Samuel Crothers, a pastor in Greenfield, OH. Also included is a bound transcript of the letters, done by John Dabney Shane.
Letter book also available in the Shane Collection microfilm (MFPOS 766 r.1-32).
To browse this collection's digitized materials visit Pearl.
Materials marked "Digital" in the Collection Inventory may not be available on Pearl or in their entirety.
For additional materials related to this collection see:
Guide for Record Group 196, the Shane Collection. Includes further papers of James M'Chord (see: McChord, James). Collection is closed for preservation reasons; available on microfilm (MFPOS 766 r.1-32).
This volume was donated to the Presbyterian Historical Society as a part of the Shane Collection.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: February 1994
Stephanie Muntone, Processing Archivist