| Item |
Title |
Roll # |
| 1 |
Journal, October 5, 1829 - December 17, 1839. |
I |
| 2 |
Journal, April 14, 1829 - October 3, 1832. Also includes notes on the Scenery and personalities at Bath, Virginia, and occasional jottings. Two pencil sketches. |
I |
| 3 |
Tour to the White Mountains, 1833. July 28 - August 31, 1833. |
I |
| 4 |
Trip to Richmond with Louis McLane and Spear Nicholas on the affairs of the Rail Road, March, 1838. |
I |
| 5 |
Journal, December 14, 1839 - April 10, 1847. |
I |
| 6 |
Journal of Travel in Canada, May 26 - July 10, 1847. Plus a separate journal of expenses. |
I |
| 7 |
Journals, April 11, 1847 - September 21, 1869. In fifteen volumes, listed as items 7a - 7o. |
I-IV |
| 7a |
Vol. 1, April 11 - December 31, 1847.
|
I |
| 7b |
Vol. 2, January 1 - October 25, 1848. |
I |
| 7c |
Vol. 3, October 26, 1848 - March 18, 1850. |
I |
| 7d |
Vol. 4, March 19 - November 18, 1850. |
I |
| 7e |
Vol. 5, November 19, 1850 - July 14, 1851. |
II |
| 7f |
Vol. 6, July 14, 1851 - May 31, 1852. |
II |
| 7g |
Vol. 7, June 1, 1852 - July 17, 1853. |
II |
| 7h |
Vol. 8, July 18, 1853 - June 30, 1854. |
II |
| 7i |
Vol. 9, July 1, 1854 - July 31, 1855. |
III |
| 7j |
Vol. 10, August 1, 1855 - March 14, 1857. |
III |
| 7k |
Vol. 11, March 15, 1857 - December 6, 1859. |
III |
| 7l |
Vol. 12, December 7, 1859 - September 9, 1861. |
III |
| 7m |
Vol. 13, September 10, 1861 - June 23, 1863. |
IV |
| 7n |
Vol. 14, June 24, 1863 - November 28, 1864. |
IV |
| 7o |
Vol. 15, November 29, 1864 - September 21, 1869. |
IV |
| 8 |
Journal and Notes (in three parts). |
IV |
| 8a |
Journal Northward from August 1, 1848 to September 9, [1848]; pp. 1-71. |
IV |
| 8b |
[Journey and visit to Berkeley Springs, Virginia, August 7 - September 3, 1849], pp. 73-80. |
IV |
| 8c |
Notes and Hints, pp. 81, [new pagination] 1-283. |
IV |
| 9 |
Journal of Travel in England and on the Continent, Voyage, &c. From May 10, 1856 to October 20, 1856. |
IV |
| 10 |
Journals |
V |
| 10a |
Extracts from a Journal made on a Voyage from New York to Liverpool on board the Persia, May 1856. Pp. 1-74. |
V |
| 10b |
[Journal of a Tour of Europe, 1857, in the form of four letters written to Robert C. Winthrop?]. Pp. 1-126. |
V |
| 10c |
Loose pages, many of which are missing, of what was apparently the original journal from which [a] above was rewritten. |
V |
| 11 |
Journal of a Tour in Europe beginning in August 1857 ending October 1858. 3 Volumes. |
V |
| 11a |
Vol. 1, August 8, 1857 - April 5, 1858. |
V |
| 11b |
Vol. 2, April 6 - June 19, 1858. |
V |
| 11c |
Vol. 3, June 20 - November 2, 1858. |
V |
| 12 |
Journal of a Visit to Cuba, November 28, 1865 to April 8, 1866 |
V |
| 13 |
Journal of a Trip to Europe. 7 Volumes. June 27, 1866 - October 17, 1868. |
V-VI |
| 13a |
Vol. 1, June 27 - November 19, 1866. |
V |
| 13b |
Vol. 2, November 20, 1866 - March 16, 1867. |
V |
| 13c |
Vol. 3, March 17 - May 8, 1867. |
V |
| 13d |
Vol. 4, May 11 - July 27, 1867. |
V |
| 13e |
Vol. 5, July 28 - December 25, 1867. |
VI |
| 13f |
Vol. 6, January 1 - May 19 [18], 1868. |
VI |
| 13g |
Vol. 7, May 19 - October 17, 1868. |
VI |
| 14 |
Letters of John P. Kennedy to His Mother and His Uncle P[hilip] C. Pendleton, [1826 - 1863]. [Chronologically arranged, with calendar.] |
VI |
| 15 |
Letters of John P. Kennedy to Elizabeth, his wife. 5 Volumes. July 23, 1828 - September 30, 1863. |
VI-VIII |
| 15a |
Vol. 1, July 23, 1828 - December 12, 1834. |
through 1833, VI; VII |
| 15b |
Vol. 2, January 14, 1835 - July 17, 1843. |
VII |
| 15c |
Vol. 3, [July 18, 1843] - September 10, 1853. |
VII |
| 15d |
Vol. 4, April 14, 1848 - September 6, 1855. |
through 1851, VII; VIII |
| 15e |
Vol. 5, March 2, 1854 - September 30, 1863. |
VIII |
| 16 |
Letters of John Pendleton Kennedy, 1846 - 1870. 6 Volumes. [In press copy. Index.] |
VIII-XII |
| 16a |
Vol. 1, November 26, 1846 - November 26, 1849. |
VIII |
| 16b |
Vol. 2, November 28, 1849 - December 20, 1851 |
through 1849, VIII; IX |
| 16c |
Vol. 3, December 22, 1851 - May 19, 1853. |
through March 1852, IX; X |
| 16d |
Vol. 4, May 19, 1853 - November 5, 1855. |
X |
| 16e |
Vol. 5, November 14, 1855 - June 11, 1859. |
XI |
| 16f |
Vol. 6, September 19, 1859 - May 15, 1870. |
through 1864, XI; XII |
| 17 |
Letters from Schoolfellows, Fellow Students, and Early Friends, 1812 - 32. [Not arranged in strict chronological order. Includes several letters from John Pendleton Kennedy.] |
XII |
| 18 |
Letters addressed to John Pendleton Kennedy, Miscellaneous. [Typed index.] |
XII |
| 19 |
Letters to John Pendleton Kennedy. 17 Volumes. [Alphabetically arranged. Author index.] |
XII-XVIII |
| 19a |
Vol. 1, Abbot - Brown. |
XII |
| 19b |
Vol. 2, George S. Bryan, 1834 - 70. |
XIII |
| 19c |
Vol. 3, Buchanan - Darlington. |
XIII |
| 19d |
Vol. 4, C. A. Davis, 1838 - 66. |
through Sept. 8, 1863, XIII; XIV |
| 19e |
Vol. 5, C. H. Davis - Figanieré. |
XIV |
| 19f |
Vol. 6, Fillmore - Granger. |
XIV |
| 19g |
Vol. 7, Graves - P. M. Irving. |
through D. Hoffman, XIV; XV |
| 19h |
Vol. 8, W. Irving - Lanman |
XV |
| 19i |
Vol. 9, Lasteyrie - Moffatt. |
XV |
| 19j |
Vol. 10, Montclair - Perkins. |
through G. Peabody, XV; XVI |
| 19k |
Vol. 11, Perry - N. H. Schenck. |
XVI |
| 19l |
Vol. 12, R. C. Schenck - Thayer. |
XVI |
| 19m |
Vol. 13, Thiers - Wilson. |
through M. F. Tupper, XVI; XVII |
| 19n |
Vol. 14, R. C. Winthrop, 1841 - 47. |
XVII |
| 19o |
Vol. 15, R. C. Winthrop, 1848 - 53. |
XVII |
| 19p |
Vol. 16, R. C. Winthrop, 1854 - 63. |
through Oct. 27, 1859, XVII; XVIII |
| 19q |
Vol. 17, R. C. Winthrop, 1864 - 70; R. C. Winthrop, Jr. - Zabriska. |
XVIII |
| 20 |
Letters, correspondence with publishers, 1832 - 51. |
XVIII |
| 21 |
Letters of publishers relating to works published, accounts, &c. |
through August 12, 1857, XVIII; XIX |
| 22 |
Letters, 1880 - 98, concerned with the Peabody Institute, of which Kennedy was the second president of the board of trustees. |
XIX |
| 23 |
Autobiography of John Pendleton Kennedy. [Incomplete, ends after the Battle of Bladensburg, 1814.] |
XIX |
| 24 |
Exuvio [selections] of the Biography of Wirt. [Misc. pages, not necessarily in correct order.] |
XIX |
| 25 |
Manuscript of The Border States, Their Power and Duty in the Present Disordered Condition of the Country. |
XIX |
| 26 |
Catalogue of the library of John Pendleton Kennedy. |
XIX |
| 27 |
Defense of The Whigs and other papers, in manuscript. |
XIX |
| 27a |
Defense of The Whigs. By a Member of the Twenty Seventh Congress. |
XIX |
| 27b |
Defense of The Whigs. Part the Second. The Whig Party. Its Disappointment, its Retribution, its Hopes. |
XIX |
| 27c |
Some Passages in the Life of William Thom. A Lecture delivered Feb.. 4, 1846, for the benefit of the Library of the Asbury Sabbath School. |
XIX |
| 27d |
Letter to the Legislature of Maryland on our claim against the Government of the U. S. for Construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. |
XIX |
| 27e |
Whig Central Committee Address, June, 1853. |
XIX |
| 28 |
"Ego." Newspaper clippings by and about Kennedy. Also political items, reviews of his books, etc. |
XXV |
| 29 |
Extracts and Quotations [Shelley, Marlowe, Coleridge, Shakespeare, and the Bible, etc.]. Laid in: S. A. Dickinson's "Our Country," "State Sovereignty." |
XX |
| 30 |
Autobiographical Fragments and Other Writing. |
XX |
| 30a |
1. "A Fragment of Biography. Written about 1825."
2. "An unfinished chapter of autobiography."
|
XX |
| 30b |
"Notes of a Speech delivered in the House of Representatives Feb.. 1843. On the Reciprocity Treaties." |
XX |
| 30c |
"The Policy of Government in Reference to the Interests of Industry. Altered into an Essay, from my address before The American Institute. |
XX |
| 31 |
"Hints and Notes for some Essays I mean to Write. J. P. Kennedy, 1854." |
XX |
| 32 |
Hints, &c. Miscellaneous ideas and notes for stories and essays. In no particular order. |
XX |
| 33 |
Manuscript of Horse-Shoe Robinson. A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. In 2 volumes. Vol. 2 has a laid in frontispiece, a watercolor of Horse-Shoe Robinson by John H. B. Latrobe. The MS is complete, although the pagination is often in error. |
XX |
| 34 |
Manuscript of Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt. In 2 volumes. Pagination often in error, but volumes are complete. |
XXI |
| 35 |
Manuscript Notes, Sketches, and Drafts, for Horse-Shoe Robinson, Quodlibet, Rob of the Bowl. Pagination in complete and inconsistent. |
XXI |
| 36 |
Miscellanies, Political and Literary. Half-title and blank sheets only. |
XXII |
| 37 |
Manuscript notes, chapters, etc. of Mr. Ambrose, His Experience, Opinions, and Philosophy. Pagination incomplete and sometimes the order of the papers is unknown. |
XXII |
| 38 |
Monday Club. Private Journal of certain public events. March 18, 1835 - October 26, 1840. Also filmed is a transcription of the above, printed in the Maryland Historical Magazine 49 (December, 1954), 301-313, intro. by William D. Hoyt, Jr. |
XXII |
| 39 |
My Books [An unfinished classification of Kennedy's library under three headings: memory, judgment, and imagination.] |
XXII |
| 40 |
"My Notebook for Scraps and Thoughts." [Manuscript notes on Wirt, Calvert, religion, misc. topics.] Unpaged. |
XII |
| 41 |
Newspaper clippings: political affairs, including Kennedy's "Letter on Potomac Navigation;" reviews of his novels; misc. articles by and about Kennedy. |
XXV |
| 42 |
Notes and Queries. [Begins February 3, 1864; largely political: state sovereignty, states' rights.] |
XXII |
| 43 |
Notes: definitions of words with illustrations and examples from literature. [Obviously never completed with blank pages which are, of course, not filmed.] |
XXII
|
| 44 |
"Notes for a Lecture on the History of George Talbot. Finally written out in the story called 'A Legend of Maryland' and published in The Atlantic Monthly, Boston, in July & August, 1862 [1860]. |
XXII |
| 45 |
Notes for Speeches in the House of Representatives. |
XXII |
| 45a |
Notes of a Speech on McKay's Anti Protective bill, 1844. |
XXII |
| 45b |
Character of the Bill of The Committee of Ways & Means. |
XXII |
| 45c |
Henry A. Wise |
XXII |
| 45d |
The Exploring Expedition |
XXII |
| 45e |
H. R. 481. The Tonnage Bill. |
XXII |
| 45f |
Light House Bill. |
XXII |
| 45g |
Revenue, 2nd Session, 27 Congress. |
XXII |
| 45h |
Notes for a Speech on the History [of] The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal [laid in: A Maryland Resolution and Congressional Bill.] |
XXII |
| 45i |
Bill relating to the Presidential election. |
XXII |
| 45j |
Fiscal Agent, 2nd session, 27 Congress. |
XXII |
| 45k |
[On the Presidential election of 1844 and the annexation of Texas.] |
XXII |
| 45l |
Notes of Debates in the House of Representatives. |
XXII |
| 45m |
Votes of Censure: J. Q. Adams' resolution to dissolve the union. |
XXII |
| 45n |
[On the repeal of the Bankruptcy law.] |
XXII |
| 45o |
[On the sectional controversy.] |
XXII |
| 45p |
Misc. notes. |
XXII |
| 46 |
Notes Historical and Political, 1853. |
XXII |
| 47 |
Notes for and on the Italian Journey, 1865. [Notes written from both ends of the book, with several blank pages in the middle.] |
XXII |
| 48 |
Notes on the State of Parties: "Sam's Letters to his Kinsfolk." |
XXII |
| 49 |
Notes: thoughts, illustrations, epigrams from various sources. |
XXII |
| 50 |
Fragments of an essay, "Progress." |
XXII |
| 51 |
Manuscript of Quodlibet. |
XXII |
| 52 |
Quotations, prose and verse. Collected from various sources. [Two poems laid in at the end of the volume.] |
XXIII |
| 53 |
Manuscript of Rob of the Bowl: A Legend of St. Inigoe's. In 2 volumes. |
XXIII |
| 54 |
Scrapbook, composed of articles by Kennedy written under the pseudonym of Paul Ambrose, published in the National Intelligencer. Plus misc. clippings on slavery, politics, secession, and reviews of Mr. Ambrose's letters. |
XXV |
| 55 |
Speeches & Notes. |
XXIII |
| 55a |
[On the Democratic and Whig Parties, 1844.] |
XXIII |
| 55b |
Humbugs. |
XXIII |
| 55c |
On Clay, etc. |
XXIII |
| 55d |
[untitled political speech.] |
XXIII |
| 55e |
"To the friends of Harrison & Tyler in the State of Maryland." |
XXIII |
| 55f |
"Spoken at the dinner to Bell & Webster, New York, Nov. 28, 1837." |
XXIII |
| 55g |
Burns Club Dinner, 1859. |
XXIII |
| 55h |
Webster dinner in Philadelphia, 1846. |
XXIII |
| 55i |
Cincinnati dinner, Society of The Cincinnati, Baltimore. |
XXIII |
| 55j |
"Speech in the Canvass of 1844 between Polk & Clay." |
XXIII |
| 55k |
Harrison Canvass [two speeches]. |
XXIII |
| 55l |
Canvass of Clay & Polk, 1844. |
XXIII |
| 55m |
Reciprocity Treaties. |
XXIII |
| 55n |
Texas: Notes for a Speech delivered in The House of Representatives, January 11, 1845. |
XXIII |
| 55o |
"Texas." |
XXIII |
| 55p |
[On Henry Clay's Career and Character.] |
XXIII |
| 55q |
"The enthusiasm of New York for Harry of the West." |
XXIII |
| 55r |
"Harry of the West." |
XXIII |
| 55s |
[On slavery and slaveholders.] |
XXIII |
| 55t |
[On secession.] |
XXIII |
| 55u |
"The Ware House bill." |
XXIII |
| 55v |
"Bozman's Maryland." |
XXIII |
| 55w |
Miscellaneous: (1) literary; (2) political; (3) letters. |
XXIII |
| 56 |
Manuscript of Swallow Barn. In 2 volumes. Some loose pages of early drafts, notes, etc are laid in the beginning of vol. 1. |
XXIV |
| 57 |
Thoughts on the Gospel. |
XXIV |
| 58 |
Essays and Notes: Political, Historical, Topical. Many are fragments, unnumbered pages, etc. |
XXIV |
| 58a |
Slavery as regarded by The Constitution and its founders.
|
XXIV |
| 58b |
The Fate of Slavery: War the great Abolitionist. |
XXIV |
| 58c |
The power and resources of The Free and Slave States contrasted. |
XXIV |
| 58d |
Thoughts on the Rebellion as developed in 1861-62. |
XXIV |
| 58e |
The Great Drama [printed] and The Progress of The Great Drama. |
XXIV |
| 58f |
Notes for a few essays on the time (1861-62). |
XXIV |
| 58g |
Loose notes to be gathered up, reconsidered and expanded. |
XXIV |
| 58h |
Governor Johnson. |
XXIV |
| 58i |
Sketch of Tyler ... 1841. |
XXIV |
| 58j |
Mesmerism at a discount, 1843. |
XXIV |
| 58k |
Animal Magnetism. |
XXIV |
| 58l |
Nugd [?]. |
XXIV |
| 58m |
Chronicles of Baltimore. |
XXIV |
| 58n |
Essays: Theological. |
XXIV |
| 58o |
Hints for Essays: Ethos, Ituriel. |
XXIV |
| 58p |
Biographical fragments. |
XXIV |
| 58q |
Miscellaneous fragments. |
XXIV |
| 59 |
"The Whirligig of Time." [Misc. clippings laid in.] |
XXIV |
| 60 |
[Kennedy's selection of his own works for publication in a complete edition. With several misc. clippings laid in. The final two pages are a transcription from a tablet on an Italian church. |
XXIV |
| 61 |
Newspaper clippings on the banking controversy and financial issues, 1840. Some clippings were simply laid in the scrapbook. |
XXV |
| 62 |
Newspaper clippings, largely political. Some loose clippings filmed separately at the end. |
XXV |
| 63 |
Newspaper clippings: "The History of the doings of The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road and how it came to pass that the Road was not made to Pittsburg." 1846-51. |
XXV |
| 64 |
Newspaper clippings on the presidential canvass of 1840. |
XXV |
| 65 |
Newspaper clippings: "The History of Tyler's betrayal of the Whig Party in 1841: The Whig Manifesto -- the defection of Mr. Webster, and the course of events which led to the publication of my 'Defense of The Whigs.' " The scrapbook concludes with misc. political clippings, and some loose clippings laid in. |
XXV |
| 66 |
Newspaper clippings on politics, 1841. Some clippings are simply laid in. |
XXV |
| 67 |
Newspaper clippings on politics, 1844. |
XXV |
| 68 |
Recueil de journaux: clippings from English and French newspapers on various subjects, American and European. In 2 vols., vol. 1 is indexed. |
XXV |
| 69 |
Scrapbook, "The Great Rebellion." Newspaper clippings on the Civil War. |
XXV |
| 70 |
Scrapbook, "Notes of a Progress through the South by Millard Fillmore, Ex. President of the U. S. in the Spring of the Year 1854 in which he was accompanied by J. P. K." Newspaper clippings, letters, menus, etc. |
XXV |
| 71 |
Memorabilia of the International Commission on Weights and Measures and Money, at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867. |
XXVI |
| 72 |
Notes on [the] Affairs of The Navy, Annual Report of [the] Secretary, 1852. Several essays on such topics as the Naval Academy, discipline of seamen, etc. |
XXVI |
| 73 |
Miscellaneous materials relating to the Peabody Institute. |
XXVI |
| 73a |
Two letters composed by Kennedy for George Peabody. |
XXVI |
| 73b |
Preliminary planning for the Institute. |
XXVI |
| 73c |
Sketch of George Peabody, and notes on his life. |
XXVI |
| 73d |
Presentation of the Peabody prizes, 1859. |
XXVI |
| 73e |
Rough Report of The Committee of Organization, July 1860. |
XXVI |
| 73f |
Address of The President to the Board of Trustees on The Organization and Government of The Institute, February 12, 1870. |
XXVI |
| 73g |
Misc. letters written by Kennedy as president of the Peabody Board of Trustees. |
XXVI |
| 74 |
Business Memoranda, 1846-70. In 2 vols. |
XXVI |
| 74a |
Vol. 1, February 4, 1846 - October 16, 1852. |
XXVI |
| 74b |
Vol. 2, Apr 19, 1853 - June 20, 1870. |
XXVI |
| 75 |
Calling cards given and received by Kennedy while attending the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1867. Also misc. envelopes. |
XXVI |
| 76 |
Commissions, diplomas, honorary memberships, etc., arranged chronologically. |
XXVI |
| 77 |
Miscellaneous Legal and Financial Papers. These are stuffed, with no discoverable order, in two accordion letter folders. They are filmed in their original disorder. |
XXVI; part of second folder in roll XXVII |
| 78 |
Printed copy of Letter from George Peabody, Esq. To the Trustees for the Establishment of an Institute in the City of Baltimore, 1857. |
XXVII |
| 79 |
The History of Grant's Defeat, signed "Thomas Church." |
XXVII |
| 80 |
Scraps Literary and Political; Miscellaneous Papers. |
XXVII |
| 80a |
The Memorial of the Permanent Committee of The New York Convention of the Friends of Domestic Industry, January 22, 1833. |
XXVII |
| 80b |
Letter to Charles J. Ingersoll, Esq. from a Citizen of Maryland [Kennedy]. |
XXVII |
| 80c |
Address opening the Fourth Annual Exhibition of The Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. |
XXVII |
| 80d |
Annual Address to the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts. |
XXVII |
| 80e |
An Address to the People of The United States on The Political Crisis of 1860. |
XXVII |
| 80f |
Address to the Baltimore Horticultural Society. |
XXVII |
| 80g |
Speech on the Protective Tariff. |
XXVII |
| 80h |
Notes for an Essay on Interest, July 1818. |
XXVII |
| 80i |
A Preface for Quodlibet, written for the second edition, 1860. |
XXVII |
| 80j |
"Slavery," 1857. |
XXVII |
| 80k |
Fragments or drafts of "Mr. Ambrose" letters. |
XXVII |
| 80l |
Two letters, one to Kennedy from J. Jones, and the other from Kennedy to Mrs. John Quincy Adams. |
XXVII |
| 81 |
Minutes of the proceedings of The Permanent Committee of the New York Convention of the Friends of Domestic Industry, January 22, 1833. |
XXVII |
| 82 |
Washington's genealogy [pedigree, coat of arms, and poem] sent to Kennedy by Martin Farquhar Tupper. |
XXVII |
| 83 |
Last Will and Testament of John Pendleton Kennedy, with Two Codicils. Photostats. |
XXVII |
| [84] |
Accession Book, Peabody Institute Library, listing the books received from J. P. Kennedy's personal library. |
XXVII |
