by David Green | Apr 13, 2025 | Blog
A year or so ago I was volunteering at Farmington and I was asked to transcribe a letter written by John Speed to his daughter Mary. Mary, and her sister Eliza, were away at boarding school in Bardstown. In the letter John encouraged Mary to be attentive to her...
by David Green | Apr 9, 2025 | Blog
Say what you will about John Speed, he was a great entrepreneur! By 1809 he and his young family had taken possession of and moved onto the property that they would call Farmington. Judge Speed, as he became known in the community, was very good at generating...
