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Involuntary, unmerited, perpetual, absolute, hereditary slavery, examined, 1808
Involuntary, unmerited, perpetual, absolute, hereditary slavery examined on the principles of nature, reason, justice, policy, and scripture. -
The confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp, 1826
The confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp, who was hanged at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 7th day of July, 1826, for the murder of Colonel Solomon P. Sharp. Includes, at end of the confession, a postscript, letters, and poetry written by the author and his wife, Ann Cook Beauchamp. -
An excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822-23
Included pages covering backwoodsmen in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Also covers squirrel migration, slavery, caves, salt licks, etc.Tags African Americans; caves; enslavement; migration; pamphlets; salt; salt licks; travelogue; wildlife -
Our Sins Acknowledged, 12 January 1815
Transcript of a sermon preached on 12 January 1815, the day of the national fast, in Lexington, Kentucky. The speech criticizes moral and religious laxness in the United States. -
An address to the public, accompanied by documents, exposing the misrepresentations, calumnies and falsehoods, contained in the pamphlet of Elisha I. Hall, of Frederick County, Virginia.
Mr. Brown speaks of a dispute he is having with Elisha Hall whom he describes as a quack doctor, land jobber, note shaver and Indian agent. -
Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America: from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, city of Cincinnati and falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827. Contains a description of the new and flourishing city of Cincinnati, by Messrs. B. Drake and E.D. Mansfield, and a selection from various authors, on the present condition and future prospects of the settlers, in the fertile and populous state of Ohio, containing information useful to persons desirous of settling in America. -
Report of the committee appointed on the tenth ultimo, of the memorial of the legislature of Kentucky, 19 March 1806
Denies the request of the Kentucky legislature for aid in opening a canal to avoid the rapids of the Ohio river. -
The several acts relative to the stamp duties, 1798
The several acts relative to the stamp duties, passed at the late and present sessions of Congress, and which will become payable from and after the first day of July, 1798. To which is added, a table of the several duties, by which they may be seen at one view.
An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper, with amendment. -
Some information respecting America
Letters from America to a friend in England including information to those who would remove to America. Scanned items include "A map of the Middle States of America drawn from the latest and best authorities by Thos. Conder." -
Spreading Hemp in Kentucky
Image from, "A report on the culture of hemp and jute in the United States: with statements concerning the practice in foreign countries, the preparation of the fiber for market, and remarks on the machine question." -
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity, 1806
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity: being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine. -
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians
William Penn on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians. First published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn. -
The Bank Dinner: an expose on the Court Party of Kentucky, and the curtain drawn from the holy alliance of America
Primarily on banking and the Old Court-New Court controversy on debtors and restitution. -
Report of a committee of the Senate of Kentucky, 1824
Report of a committee of the Senate of Kentucky to which was referred that part of the governor's message relating to the decisions and jurisdiction of the federal court. -
Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of the state of Kentucky, 1792
Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of the state of Kentucky. -
Report on the Transylvania University, and lunatic asylum
Includes a statement of Transylvania University's accounts as well as reports from Rev. Horace Holley, President and Professor of Philosophy of the Mind, Robert Wickliffe, Librarian of the Law Library, Daniel Drake, Professor Meteria Medica and Medical Botany, C.S. Rafinesque, Librarian of the General Library and Keeper of the Museum, and others. -
Report of the Committee, appointed to inquire into the condition of the Louisville Hospital
Report of the committee, appointed to inquire into the condition of the Louisville Hospital, to which is added, the report & petition of the managers of said institution. -
Acts passed at a General Assembly in Richmond, 1 May 1780
Many of the acts pertain to the Revolution, including acts to provision a militia for the relief of South Carolina, to punish desertion, to provide better wages for those guarding the frontier against Native American attacks, to establish the town of Louisville, to authorize the citizens of Georgia and South Carolina to remove their enslaved persons to Virginia for safekeeping, etc. -
Observations on the North-American land company, 1796
Observations on the North-American land-company, contains an illustration of the object of the company's plan, the articles of association, with a succinct account of the states wherein their lands lie: to which are added, remarks on American lands in general, more particularly the pine-lands of the southern and western states, in two letters from Robert G. Harper, to a gentleman in Philadelphia.