1929 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY PENDENNIS CLUB signed notecard NEVILLE S. BULLITT

Description: PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: I sell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions.This sale is for ONE rare, originalHandwritten Note Cardof the PENDENNIS CLUB (Thank you note for telegram of Sympathy from a grieving child after her father's death) from Neville S. BULLITT(from my research: I believe Neville S. Bullitt may have been a descendent of famous Captain Bullitt . Captain Bullitt is historically referenced to have founded what is now know as Louisville Kentucky.) Neville's address on the note is 1223 First Streetin Louisville, Kentuckyhandwritten and signed in the year of1929THE NOTE IS ADDRESSED TO FRANK AND MENTIONS ADELE AND EUGINE IN THE NOTE. Statistics on Neville: Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky on 26 December 1838 to William Neville Bullitt and Ann Amelia Steele. Neville Bullitt married Mattie Davis Bohannan and had 5 children. He passed away on 26 of October 1929 in Louisville Kentucky. (card suggests this also)I believe this notecard was written by his son, Neville Steele Bullitt who lived from 1873 to 1972.Notes on history of Bullitt family from Louisville area of which Neville may be a descendent?: CAPTAIN BULLITT The family of Bullitt is associated with the earliest settlement of Louisville and Jefferson county, and has been continuously represented there from that time to the present. He was a principal name associated with the first settlements as part of the permanent settlement of the whites. Captain Thomas Bullitt, was a gallant soldier of the French and Indian wars, who had particularly distinguished himself in the expedition against Fort Du Quesne. He was a company commander in Colonel George Washington's own regiment, and fought with it on the fateful field of Braddock's defeat, and in several other engagements. He was, says Collins, a man of great energy and enterprise, as he showed on several important occasions. He was an uncle of Colonel Alexander Scott Bullitt, a delegate to the convention which framed the constitution of Kentucky, President of the Senate and of the second Constitutional convention, and first Lieutenant-Governor of the State, and long a resident of Jefferson county, and from whom the adjacent county of Bullitt is named. I am unsure if descendents remain, but this article suggested Colonel Bullitt's descendants are still among the most prominent residents of the city whose distinguished forerunner he was. Likely they would have been in the Pendennis club. The Captain is mentioned in the writings of General Washington, who knew him well, as a skilled and judicious surveyor, entirely to be trusted for his fitness for the task now before him.Pendennis Club Historical Notes: Pendennis Club was founded by whom hosted a preliminary meeting for starting the club in Mr. Todd's office in Louisville City Hall on June 28, 1881.Two organizational meetings, on July 9 & August 10, 1881, took place in the club's first home consisting of rented space over A. J. Ross's Grocery Store, located in a building at the southwest corner of 4th and Walnut Streets–which is the site of the present Seelbach Hotel (built 1905). John Montgomery Wright (1841-1915) was elected at the latter meeting as president. He was a graduate of West Pointa Union veteran of the Civil War, and later served as Clerk of the United States Supreme Court.Also at that meeting, the members adopted a proposal to name the club for the fictional Arthur Pendennis, who was seen as a paradigm club man, from William Makepeace Tthackeray’s History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (published 1850). Levi Bloom stated that the Club "grew like topsy," and many of Louisville's leading citizens joined from the start. In 1883, the Club purchased its first permanent home.(1811-1889). It was the home of the founder of Belknap Hardware & Mfg. Co., located at 332 West Walnut Street. The new clubhouse opened to members on August 1, 1883. On that same day, the Southern Exposition was also opened in Louisville by U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.. That evening, President Arthur was a guest at the Pendennis Club where he and some of his cabinet members, including Robert Todd Lincoln, enjoyed a lavish dinner. Other U.S. Presidents who have visited the Club include Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson..According to Levi Bloom, President Taft, who was a native of Cincinnati, "felt more at home and would rather come to the Pendennis Club than any other in the country." If the term "gentleman" is held to its proper definition to mean a civilized, educated, well-mannered man, then no club in the United States numbered more such persons proportionate to its size than the Pendennis. Another notable early visitor was famed landscape architect (and designer of New York City's Central Park) Frederick Law Olmsted. On May 20, 1891, he met for dinner at the Club with leading Louisville citizens and Park Commissioners during his visit to the city in which he proposed his plan for the city's park system. Club member and Park Commissioner Andrew Cowan was instrumental in making this project a reality.In 1884, there came to the Club the first of several staff members who would become true legends–Henry T. Bain (1863-1928). Starting as the "elevator boy," it was not long before he became, perhaps, the first Maitre d’ in the club's history, and his outstanding character made him a true legend. it could not have been long before the members noticed his dignity, his perfect manners, and his remarkable memory for names. It was a later tradition that Henry knew every man and woman in "Louisville society," and that he was familiar with their pedigrees as well. He retired in 1924 and died just months before the opening of the new clubhouse in 1928, in which he was to have played a major part. His legacy, though, lives on in the superlative sauce for meat that he created at the Club–known as Henry Bain's Sauce. He sold the recipe to the Club, and the Club holds the trademark to it. His sauce is not only still enjoyed by the Club's members, but it has also now been made available to the public in various local retail stores. A reputed nephew of Henry Bain, Roland Hayes (1887-1977), made his 1910 debut at the Club as a classical lyric tenor. This item is printed on a thick card stock.CONDITION: The actual card has toning.... and it's in very good condition. Handwritten and readable THE little white "EBAY ITEM" THING IS JUST A LOOSE PIECE OF PAPER THAT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE ITEM THAT IS FOR SALE. The approximate size of this notecard is:3 1/2" x 5 1/2".If you have any questions, please contact me. TERMS & CONDITIONS: Payment to Ebay upon purcahse. Free shipping to the continental U.S. only. When you receive your item, PLEASE leave feedback (I will see it) and I will reciprocate feedback at that time. PLEASE visit my Ebay store items for related ephemera, antique documents, and paper collectibles at TexasJohnnyboy Ephemera! 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