Business documents and ledgers
Account of goods purchased by Christian from Myers plus her rent, against salt obtained by Myers from Christian's saltworks, settling August 15, 1787.… Account of wages due to Richard Woolfolk, with credits including cash, salt, shoes, and saddle bags, Account of sales of the estate of John Lyon and the hiring out of the people he enslaved, including their names. Business agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson in which Bodley allows some caves on his property in Greenup County to be mined as long… Christian thanks [John] Bellie [merchant in Danville] for the pork, tells him as soon as provisions are made she is sending off people to the Falls. Bill from Lexington merchant Robert Parker to Mrs. Annie Christian for purple calico, light ground chintz, brocaded tiffney, fustian, coarse linen,… Broadside written by Mathew Carey of Philadelphia under the pseudonym of Hamilton. He briefly outlines the development of Lexington, commenting on its… James Fontaine, Attorney for Mrs. Christian, agreement with James Asturgus regarding his family's support; three fourths covered by Christian, one… Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy. Document mentions the price but also that he is… Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, stating which clothes Beatty needed to supply and that she can be given up if proven to be… Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry. Hiring out receipt for an enslaved woman named Hannah. Hite discusses the purchase of salt from Bullitt Letter from B. Thruston asking Thomas Bodley information about the land his father is to acquire in Kentucky; “When the business will take place, what… In second letter dated 7 October 1789 Tardiveau writes St. John de Crevecoeur regarding the growing of cotton in Kentucky and Cumberland (Tennessee),… This letter between Daniel R. Southard and his business partner, D. Starr, discusses credit and estate sales among the Panic of 1819. Letter from Ross to William Chirstian regarding his interest in the Big Bone Lick and salt springs. Fragment of a letter to David L. Ward discussing the lack of provisions and tools at the saltworks. Letter to David L. Ward about the need to manufacture copper tubing in Lexington, Kentucky. Letter to David L. Ward disucssing the rate of salt production. Letter to David L. Ward discusses the purchase of supplies from John W. Hundley. Letter to David L. Ward about commerce in sugar. Letter from George Rogers Clark to his brother, Captain Jonathan Clark, discussing Indian troubles, war, and business affairs. Letter from Isaac Hite to his father relating his business interests in land speculation, salt works, and iron manufacturing. He discusses American… Letter to David L. Ward continues the detailed discussion of the construction and operation of saltworks begun in letter of 3 June 1814. Letter to David L. Ward with detailed discussion of construction and operation of Kanawah saltworks. Donne arranges for the purchase of salt from Christian on behalf of himself as well as other individuals. Letter from Asturgus to Woolfolk at Mrs. Christian's in Mercer County. Mentions kettles and furnaces (saltworks). Mentions proposed partnership with… Letter from James Morrison to Adam Beatty discussing a cotton spinning factory and a Mr. Sanders, who carries on the cotton spinning and weaving… Letter from John Hanna to George Meriwether in which debates either building a mail factory or a wool manufacturing factory. The latter he believes he… Nicholas Meriwether writes William Christian regarding conditions and operations at Saltsburg. Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian regarding the management of the saltworks at Saltsburg and concluding business with Robert… Richard Anderson writes Jonathan Clark from his home, Soldiers Retreat, near Louisville, with William Clark as the letter's carrier since he is… Robert Daniel writes William Christian regarding orders for salt. Letter from Robert Daniel to William Christian regarding operations at Saltsburg, and Nicholas Meriwether taking over its management from Daniel. Christian sends a customer, Mr. Donne, to purchase salt from Saltsburg Clark writes his brother Edmund from St. Louis reporting general news regarding the town and some of its inhabitants. He comments on the status of… William Clark writes his brother Edmund Clark from St. Louis, Missouri, reporting on his current situation with his investment in the St. Louis… William Clark writes to his nephew, John Hite Clark, from St. Louis, Missouri, regarding land and his mercantile business, especially his desire to… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis continuing a discussion of a planned partnership in a store between himself based in St. Louis and… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis after arriving home. Julia and M. Lewis were greatly tormented by the mosquitos. He isn't optimistic… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis shortly before setting out on their trip eastward. He has concluded Indian trade business and will… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Louisville, reporting the party's arrival but also the unfortunate death of one of Jonathan's horses. He… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about business and missing family. He shortly will be traveling up the Missouri River with about 80… Clark writes his brother Jonathan a lengthy letter from St. Louis regarding foreign affairs, politics, Native American affairs, and land investment… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis regarding land business. They are anxiously awaiting the arrival of John Hite Clark - and in a… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis regarding his enslaved man York, the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company, furs and peltries belonging to… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis reporting on his health, the land business back home, preparations for the Upper Louisiana Territory… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis relating news about the fort [Fort Osage] he has built up the Missouri and a treaty he negotiated… Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis informing him he has invested in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company, is acting as an agent for the… William Clark writes to his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about his business affairs and their prospects. Refers him to John Luttig, his store… License as a retailer of merchandise other than wine and spirits at George Meriwether's store in Louisville, Kentucky. Richard Woolfolk on behalf of Annie Christian requests Bellie to let William Goggin have a certain amount of goods from Bellie's store on the… Annie Christian requests 8 yards fine calico from Mr. Bellie by Mr. Fleming Request from Christian to Asturgus to borrow salt for Mr. Barbee, as the wagons have likely taken all of her salt from the salt house. Request from Christian to Asturgus for eight bushels of garnered salt for Mr. Montfort. Request from Christian to Asturgus at Saltsburg for four bushels of salt from the troughs. Request from Christian to Asturgus requesting 21 bushels of salt that Mr. George Robinson is bringing to her, keeping one third for himself. Request from Christian to Asturgus for salt to Captain Cowan; reverse note from Jonathan Cowan requests that Asturgus pay the salt forward to William… Request from Christian to Asturgus to give Mrs. Lusk two old kettles that are out of use. Request from Christian to Captain Asturgus to let "James" have thirty bushels of salt for her. Order for salt for Charles Finley. Note from Finley using salt for payment on reverse. Request from Christian to Colonel Innes to pay Robert Montgomery on her behalf. Request from Christian to James Asturgus to deliver Nicholas Lewis five bushels of salt. Annie Christian requests black thread, mourning buckles, an black binding from Mr. [John] Bellie [merchant in Danville]; he responds that he is… Request from Christian to let William Trigg have two yards of black silk on her account at Bellie's store. Request from Christian to send her his "best coffee." Note sent by Titus, likely an enslaved man. Request from Christian to send her textiles for curtains, other materials, and ribbons. Request from Christian to let John Craig have 15 and a half bushels of dry, bright, and clean salt. Hannah Hinch's name is stricken as the recipient… Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let Daniel Workman have 16 bushels of salt. Note on reverse shows Workman receiving eight bushels and four… Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let John Parker and John McGuire have 60 bushels of salt; requests that Mrs. Hinch take up orders "as fast as… Request from Christian to Mrs. Hinch at Saltsburg to let Captain Hord have four bushels of salt. Note on back from Richard Woolfolk on behalf of Annie… Note from Christian to Mrs. Hinch to let "waggoners" have sixty bushels of salt and a half gallon of whiskey. Note from Richard Woolfolk on reverse. Christian orders Mrs. Hinch or Hinck to provide John Davis with 9 bushels of salt Frederick Edwards order for 21 Bushels of salt on account of Mrs. Christian. Request from Shelby to Christian asking for salt in payment for bacon. Woolfolk, on behalf of Mrs. Christian, requests on half bushel and six quarts of salt for Captain Thomas Hynes as payment for ferrying wagon and… Woolfolk, on behalf of Mrs. Christian, requests fifteen bushels salt to Mrs. Sally Taylor on the account between the late Edmond Taylor and estate of… Patent issued to Nathaniel Foster of Fleming County, Kentucky, for a machine for spinning hemp and flax. Signed by President James Madison, Secretary… Receipt for the sale of an African American enslaved man named Charles for $525 to Robert Sanders dated 11 March 1816. Receipt for purchase of textiles by Mrs. Annie Christian; payment by Richard Woolfolk on reverse. Receipt signed by Bland Ballard for receiving eight and a half bushels of salt on Mrs. Christian's account from James Asturgus. Receipt signed by Caleb Wallace for Elizabeth Christian, received fifteen pounds nineteen shillings from Alexander Scott Bullitt in partial payment of… Receipt signed by Caleb Wallace for Mrs. Annie Christian's payment (via Richard Woolfolk of 24 pounds, two shillings on the account of Mrs. Elizabeth… Handwritten copy of agreement between Jacob Myers and Annie Christian (per Richard Woolfolk) for rent of the house and part of the land of his… Includes an 1 April 1810 account between Ann Maupin and Audubon & Rozier with a note from William C. Galt that Audubon would not deduct the cost of a…Account of Annie Christian with Jacob Myers, 1787-1788
Account of Richard Woolfolk with Annie Christian, 1786-1788
Account of sales of the estate of John Lyon, 29 January 1813
Agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson, 1 July 1812
Annie Christian note to John Bellie, undated
Bill for Annie Christian from Robert Parker, 25 June 1788
Broadside entitled "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its chief town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
Business agreement between Annie Christian and James Asturgus, 28 November 1789
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy, 1805
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, 29 December 1807
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry, 1805
Hiring out receipt for an enslaved woman named Hannah, 24 August 1809
Letter from Abraham Hite to Alexander Scott Bullitt, 15 December 1796
Letter from B. Thruston to Thomas Bodley, 1 June 1802
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 7 October 1789
Letter from Daniel R. Southard and D. Starr, 1 July 1819
Letter from David Ross to William Christian, 15 April 1785
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 17 September 1814
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 2 July 1814
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 30 January 1815
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 6 August 1814
Letter from George Rogers Clark to Jonathan Clark, 11 May 1792
Letter from Isaac Hite to Abraham Hite, 26 April 1783
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 23 June 1814
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 3 June 1814
Letter from J. E. Donne to William Christian, 14 March 1786
Letter from James Asturgus to Richard Woolfolk, 27 June 1788
Letter from James Morrison to Adam Beatty, 12 October 1811
Letter from John Hanna to George Meriwether, 4 September 1812
Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian, 10 November 1785
Letter from Nicholas Meriwether to William Christian, 28 September 1785
Letter from Richard Clough Anderson to Jonathan Clark, 17 October 1801
Letter from Robert Daniel to William Christian, 18 November 1784
Letter from Robert Daniel to William Christian, 7 May 1785
Letter from William Christian to John Hinch, 25 January 1786
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark, 15 April 1809
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark, 3 September 1810
Letter from William Clark to John Hite Clark, 15 and 16 December 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 10 December 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 16 July 1810
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 16 September 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 March 1802
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 21 July 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 and 24 November 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 August 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 July 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 25 February 1804
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 5 October 1808
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1809
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1811
License for selling merchandise, 2 November 1816
Order from Annie Christian to John Bellie, undated
Order from Annie Christian to John Bellie, undated
Order of Annie Christian to Captain Asturgus, 13 November 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain Asturgus, 7 August 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 11 June 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 14 January 1788
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 20 August 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 25 November 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 30 May 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Charles Finley, 18 May 1786
Order of Annie Christian to Colonel Innes, 26 February 1787
Order of Annie Christian to James Asturgus, 18 May 1787
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie with receipt, undated
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 23 January 1787
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 28 February 1786
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 4 February 1786
Order of Annie Christian to Mr. Asturgus, 21 January 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hannah Hinch, 27 July 1786
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 14 August 1786
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 3 April 1787
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, 5 September 1786
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, undated
Order of Frederick Edwards, 3 May 1786
Order of Isaac Shelby to Mrs. Christian, 10 December 1787
Order of Richard Woolfolk to Mrs. Hinch, 1 August 1786
Order of Richard Woolfolk to Mrs. Hinch, 30 July 1786
Patent right issued to Nathaniel Foster, 28 June 1809
Receipt for African American enslaved person, 11 March 1816
Receipt for Annie Christian purchase, 7 April 1786
Receipt of Bland Ballard, 24 August 1787
Receipt of Caleb Wallace for Elizabeth Christian, 15 April 1788
Receipt of Caleb Wallace, 12 February 1788
Rental agreement between Annie Christian and Jacob Myers, 20 August 1787
Two invoices for the accounts of Audubon and Rozier, 1 April 1810
