Browse Items (102 total)
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"A Word to Farmers on the Weevils," broadside, ca. 1800
Broadside explaining how to keep weevils from infesting harvested wheat crops. -
66th Kentucky Derby Official Program, 1940
Cover of the 1940 Kentucky Derby Program. Jockey Carroll Bierman won the 66th Kentucky Derby on Gallahadion in an upset over heavily favored Bimelech. -
Account for enslaved people under mortgage in Louisiana, 4 May 1790
A document regarding enslaved people under mortgage in Louisiana, and the amount of money they were worth. -
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. -
Bill of sale for an enslaved boy named John to Charles Thruston, by Algernon S. Thruston, 30 October 1823
Bill of sale for an enslaved boy named John, aged 14, to Charles Thruston, by Algernon S. Thruston, 30 October 1823 -
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Barrett to Charles Thruston, 19 December 1828.
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Barrett to Charles Thruston, 19 December 1828. -
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Louis to Charles Thruston, 22 March 1827
Bill of sale for an enslaved man named Louis to Charles Thruston, 22 March 1827 -
Bill of sale for an enslaved man to General James Taylor, 13 November 1819
Bill of sale for an enslaved man, Stephen, to General James Taylor by Robert Wickliffe. -
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Abby, aged 22, to Charles W. Thruston, 23 March 1823 -
Charles Scott's account on the Indian wars
Charles Scott's descriptions of the conflicts with Native Americans. -
Compagnie de Colonisation Americaine, stock certificate, 1 July 1820
French stock certificate for one share in the Compagnie de Colonisation Americaine (American Colonization Company). Share is for 100 acres of land in Virginia and Kentucky for an investment of 1300 francs. Yields six percent annual interest. Dividends paid annually over thirty years using the attached coupons. -
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. -
Invoice of the clothing of William Turner, 11 May 1813
Invoice of William Turner, showing the clothing allotted for soldiers in the militia. -
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. -
John Shaw letters from prison, ca. late 1700s
John Shaw was a Presbyterian preacher who settled in Kentucky in the late 1700s. His letters are from prison, where he claims he had been wrongly and unjustly held for seven years. -
Letter from Alexander Edmiston to Margaret Edmiston, 28 February 1807
Letter from Alexander Edmiston to his sister, Margaret, describes the health of the people in Yarrow Green, an outbreak of the mumps, a wedding, playing card and talking at the wedding, a dancing party, and promises to attend his sister's quilting. He also refers to the number of unmarried ladies and moving them to the frontier if they are over twenty-five. -
Letter from Amos Kendall to F. G. Flugel, 10 March 1815
In this letter, Kendall discusses social customs, quoting "Are you rich? You are courted and carressed. Are you poor? You are despised or neglected." He mentions a man murdering his wife. Included is another poem, this one dscussing the bright future of Germany and Flugel's family. -
Letter from Amos Kendall to F. G. Flugel, 14 May 1814
In this letter, Kendall discusses his harrowing journey to meet with someone in town, his tutoring of Henry Clay's children, and a description of the beautiful land, "poetry cannot paint groves more beautiful or fields more luxuriant." He also discusses the ladies in town and his hopes to be in love soon. -
Letter from Amos Kendall to F. G. Flugel, 16 August 1815
Kendall expresses his desire to meet Flugel's sister and perhaps marry her. He lists all of the attributes he thinks are necessary in a good wife.