Browse Items (10 total)
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Letter from Valentine Meriwether to Arthur Campbell, 24 March 1802
Discusses purchasing land at the Falls of the Ohio and payments made for it using money or enslaved persons. -
Letter from Arthur Campbell, 28 March 1792
Discusses dealings with a Cherokee Chief and the current state of the militia, including number of soldiers for each captains unit. -
Letter from Arthur Campbell to John Brown, 29 December 1787
In this letter, Campbell tells Brown of a "vast multitude of immigrants" passing through the wilderness to Kentucky and Cumberland without any trouble from the Native Americans. Goes on to say that there is a probability peace will be broken from the war against the Creek Indians. -
Letter from William Graham to Arthur Campbell, 24 September 1786
This letter mentions freedom and free government. He states, "Could I forget that I was a free man or that I knew anything of the nature of a free government I should be happy but the remembrance of these adds to the horrors of slavery." -
Letter from John Sevier to Arthur Campbell, 16 February 1782
Sevier relates his opinion of the western country to Arthur Campbell, and discusses Congress wanting to send for representatives from the western country. -
Letter from Richmond, 2 July 1780
Letter from Richmond in which the author updates Arthur Campbell on news in Kentucky and describes the three sections the country is divided into. -
MIlitary survey around Louisville
Plot of original military survey around Louisville. -
Falls of the Ohio survey, 1773
Original survey around the Falls of the Ohio. -
Letter discussing an elephant tooth found at the Falls of the Ohio, ca. 1780s
Letter discussing an elephant tooth that was found at the Falls of the Ohio. -
Letter from Dan Smith to Arthur Campbell, 9 August 1778
Daniel Smith writes to Campbell discussing Smith's necessary trip to Kentucky, his attempts to raise soldiers and officers, and his belief that "assistance ought to be given to Kentuckie at this critical time."