Browse Items (102 total)
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Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 3 September 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about salt and other commerce on the Ohio River. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 20 August 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about Ohio river traffic and water levels. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 6 August 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about commerce in sugar. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 2 July 1814
Letter to David L. Ward disucssing the rate of salt production. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 23 June 1814
Letter to David L. Ward continues the detailed discussion of the construction and operation of saltworks begun in letter of 3 June 1814. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 3 June 1814
Letter to David L. Ward with detailed discussion of construction and operation of Kanawah saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 24 February 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about river commerce between Pittsburg and Marietta, Ohio. -
Letter from J. Colquhoun to David L. Ward, 21 February 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about the labor and administration of a saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 15 January 1814
Letter to David L. Ward from Marietta, Ohio, discusses high water levels on the river. -
Letter from Thomas Prince to David L. Ward, 14 January 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about supplying a saltworks. -
Letter from Thomas Scott, 10 January 1814
Scott writes about difficulties in hiring enslaved laborers. -
Letter from F. U. Gatewood to David L. Ward, 4 December 1813
Gatewood writes to Ward about salt making operations on the Little Sandy River. -
Letter from F. U. Gatewood to David L. Ward, 10 October 1813
Gatewood writes to Ward about salt making operations on the Little Sandy River. -
Letter from Charles Caldwell to J. F. Leaming, 9 December 1820
Discusses his experience with influenza, the medical school, and the conditions of living in Lexington, which he states, "all is not right with us...even in paradise was found one serpent..." He mentions some tension happening between his wife and a Miss Cliffords. -
Squire Boone deposition, 25 September 1813
Deposition in the case of John Boling vs. Richard Meriwether, addressed to the Clerk of the Shelby Circuit Court. Involves a dispute over land that Squire Boone surveyed. -
Daniel Banta legal document, 1 March 1813
Legal document where Daniel Banta is making a complaint against Peter Banta, Albert Paris, and David Demarde over the price of some land acquired from Squire Boone. -
John Bryant, deed of emancipation, 5 October 1818
Legally acknowledges Bryant's emancipation of three enslaved persons: Patsey, Adam and Clary. Signed by Bryant and Mercer County, Kentucky Court Clerk, Thomas Allin. -
Alexander Blair, deed of emancipation, 7 July 1828
At a court held for the County of Woodford at the Court House in Versailles, 7 July 1828, an instrument of writing from Alexander Blair by which he manumitted Sam, a man he enslaved, and which was produced and acknowledged by the said Blair to be his hand and seal act and deed. Included is a description of Sam followed by testimony of the Clerk of Woodford County that the foregoing is a true copy of the order of Court and deed of emancipation, dated 1 September 1837 and signed by Herman Bowman. -
Letter from Thomas Moore to James Hemphill, 2 June 1805
Moore congratulates Hemphill on almost completing his studies but scolds him for not visiting or keeping in contact. Moore discusses how he gave up his studies to read the Greek New Testament (made by Lucian of Antioch), Homer, and other Latin authors. He mentions Mr. Collins' academy in "Indian Land," but says he isn't familiar with the type of science that is taught there. He mentions looking into studying Hebrew grammar.