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Conflict with Settlers
Letter from Isaac Shelby to Henry Knox, 10 January 1794
Letter from John Bowman to Isaac Hite, 10 June 1782
Letter from John Bowman to Isaac Hite, 6 March 1780
Letter from General Anthony Wayne to Isaac Shelby, 26 September 1793
History of the Backwoods, or, the Region of the Ohio: authentic, from the earliest accounts
Orderly book for Anthony Wayne, 1794
Letter from Arthur Campbell to John Brown, 29 December 1787
Letter from General Anthony Wayne to Major General Charles Scott, 26 September 1793
Supply charges for Kentucky Mounted Volunteers, 1794
Hero of the Wabash, ca. 1791
Notes from a council meeting discussing an expedition against the Wabash and Miami, 17 August 1790
Return of the scouts ordered for Jefferson County, ca. 1790
List of arms and ammunitions in Ballard Smith's possession, ca. 1790
Payscale for the militia, ca. 1790
Muster roll of scouts employed in Jefferson County, Kentucky, 10 August 1792
Letter from James Young Love to Eliza Tunstal, 10 May 1813
Letter from Isaac Shelby to Henry Knox, 10 January 1794
Orderly book for Anthony Wayne, 1794
A collection of some of the most interesting narratives of Indian warfare in the West, 1821
Letter from Frederick Edwards to William Christian, 7 May 1785
Receipt to William Ingram/Ingles, 14 October 1774
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 September 1792
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 21 July 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 1 October 1808
Two accounts from the United States
Anne Pottenger-Withrow's account with the Native Americans in Butler County
Two accounts from the United States
Diary entry discussing murders committed by Native Americans, 7 December 1815
Letter from L. Lawes to William Lawes, 21 May 1812