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A brief practical treatise in the construction and management of plank road
A brief practical treatise on the construction and management of plank road. With an appendix containing the general plank road laws of New York, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois ... Also, the opinion of Judge Gridley of the New York Supreme court in the case of Benedict vs. Goit.Tags Building; Children; Construction; highway; law; pamphlets; plank roads; Roads; Toll gates; Tolls; travel; Women -
A brief sketch of the history of Lexington, Kentucky, and of Transylvania University
A brief sketch of the history of Lexington, Kentucky, and of Transylvania University : delivered as an introductory lecture to the winter course in the Medical Department of Transylvania University, on Monday evening, November 6th, 1854 / by Robert Peter; published at the request of the medical class. -
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Harrodsburg Library Company, 1824
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Harrodsburg Library Company. To which is prefixed the by-laws and regulations. -
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Lexington library company, 1821
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Lexington library company; to which is prefixed, a concise narrative of the origin and progress of the institution; with its charter, laws & regulations. -
A collection of some of the most interesting narratives of Indian warfare in the West, 1821
A collection of some of the most interesting narratives of Indian warfare in the West, containing an account of the adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone, one of the first settlers of Kentucky, comprehending the most important occurrences relative to its early history--also, an account of the manners, and customs of the Indians, their traditions and religious sentiments, their police or civil government, their discipline and method of war: to which is added, an account of the expeditions of Gen'ls. Harmer, Scott, Wilkinson, St. Clair & Wayne. -
A process in the Transilvania Presbytery, 1793
A process in the Transilvania Presbytery, &c. : containing: 1st. The charges, depositions and defence in which the defendent is led occasionally to handle the much debated subject of psalmody. 2d. His reasons for declining, any farther connections with the body to which he belonged. 3d. His present plan of proceeding, with the pastoral charge. 4th. His belief, and that of his people, concerning the articles of faith, contended between the Reformed Associate Sinod; and the Sinod of New York and Philadelphia. 5th. A appendix on a late performance of the Rev. Mr. John Black of Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania. -
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. -
A tour in the United States of America: containing an account of the present situation of that country
A tour in the United States of America: containing an account of the present situation of that country; the population, agriculture, commerce, customs, and manners of the inhabitants ; with a description of the Indian nations, the general face of the country, mountains, forests, rivers, and the most beautiful, grand, and picturesque views throughout that vast continent; likewise improvements in husbandry that may be adopted with great advantage in Europe. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
An expose to the relief system offered by Robert Wickliffe, 1824
An expose of the relief system: by a protest and resolutions offered by Robert Wickliffe, but refused to be printed by a vote of the House of Representatives; to which is added the yeas and nays on the motion to print said protest. -
An index to the laws of Kentucky, 1795
An index of Kentucky laws passed in June and November of 1792, 1793, and 1794. Calculated for the use and convenience of magistrates, attorneys, sheriffs, clerks, coroners, and others, who are necessitated to have frequent recourse to the law. -
Correspondence between George Nicholas the Honorable Robert G. Harper, 1799
Correspondence between George Nicholas, Esq. of Kentucky, and the Hon. Robert G. Harper, member of Congress from the district of 96, state of South Carolina. -
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. -
History of Maria Creek Baptist Church
History of Maria Creek Church: carefully compiled from the records of the church and from the minutes of Wabash and Union Associations. -
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. -
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. -
Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 2.
In 1788, Jefferson wrote to a John Brown of Kentucky urging Americans to wait until Europe was at war before attempting further exploration of the West.