New Year's Eve Ball Invitation

Basic details

New Year's Eve Ball Invitation is print text.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 2.47 in. x 3.48 in..

It was created December 25, 1811.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This invitation requests the presence of Julia Buttles (b. 1795, d. 1852) at a new year's ball hosted by Major James Kilbourn (b. 1770, d. 1850), founder of the Scioto Company. Julia was one of seven children born to Levi Buttles (b. 1763, d. 1805) and Sarah Phelps Buttles (b. 1764, d. 1844). She married Job Warren Case (b. 1787, d. 1843) in 1815. Managers of the event identified on the invitation were Peter Barker (b. 1790, d. 1863), a carpenter by trade and Matthew Mathews (b. 1790, d. 1842) a merchant and son in law of James Kilbourn.

Subjects

It covers the topics dance and balls (dance parties).

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0819.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 70-G-32.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on October 27, 2005. It was last updated September 30, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

New Year's Eve Ball Invitation from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of New Year's Eve Ball Invitation. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.