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Note adding the amount of issues to Indians for the months of July, August, and September, 1817
Note adding the amount of issues to Native Americans for the months of July, August, and September, 1817 -
Letter from Thomas McKinney to Charles Jouett, 29 December 1817
Letter from Thomas McKinney, agent of Indian Affairs, concerning the plan to establish an Indian school at Great Crossings in Scott County, Kentucky, as set forth by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, and affairs of the Indian Agency at Chicago. -
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, 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, 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. -
Letter from L. Lawes to William Lawes, 21 May 1812
In this letter to her brother, L. Lawes writes that their father sold their enslaved man, Gabe, for $280, stating that "slaves can be bought in New Orleans for cheaper than in Kentucky." Notes that they haven't purchased sugar or coffee because the Native Americans are doing a "great deal of mischief on the river." She states that many people have left their homes on the frontier and moved to Louisville because of the mischief, talks of drafts for volunteers for the militia, updates William on his brother and his marriage, and his hiring a substitute for the draft. She requests that he bring a nice pair of leather shoes and some sugar and coffee because it is cheaper where he is, and blue cloth for a coat for his father.
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Letter from Samuel McDowell, 18 April 1792
In a letter dated 18 April 1792, McDowell mentions that the Kentucky Constitutional Convention has been meeting for the past two weeks framing the constitution for Kentucky and will finish the next day. McDowell thinks it to be "a tolerable good constitution." Kentucky became a state on 1 June 1792. -
Letter from Samuel McDowell, 14 April 1810
In this letter, McDowell criticizes Thomas Jefferson's policies and the direction of the United States under his leadership. He expresses fear that James Madison is following in Jefferson's footsteps. -
Letter from Samuel McDowell, 20 December 1813
McDowell describes the health of Kentucky volunteers under Governor Shelby and conditions on the campaign Harrison led against the British and Indians in Canada. He tells of the sickness and fever that has afflicted many men of the militia, and that several had died from the fever. -
Letter from Samuel McDowell, 22 November 1814
In this letter, McDowell criticizes Thomas Jefferson and James Madison again, calling them atheists and blaming them for ruining the county. -
Letter from David Wood Meriwether to William Meriwether, 14 September 1785
In this letter to his father, Meriwether tells of life in the Beargrass area, some instances of Indian hostilities, mentions a Spanish settlement, and tells of his family. He also mentions the number of available daughters for his brother from "genteel" families, including Clark, Sebastian, Christian, Edmond, Taylor, Hoard, and others. -
Letter from Valentine Meriwether to his father at the Falls of the Ohio, 23 August 1787
In this letter to his father, Meriwether discusses settling estate debts, stating that is they are not settled satisfactorily, the family may have to leave the state (Virginia). He tells of moving the enslaved persons from the kitchen into their own cabin, states the value of enslaved people will go down and "will not sell for more than a third of what they're worth." States he "never wanted to go to Kentuck [sic] till now but I am sure I can't stay here." -
Warrick Miller's commission as Captain, 5 April 1816
Warrick Miller's commission as Captain in the militia, by Governor Isaac Shelby -
Letter from General Joseph Palmer, 24 July 1785
Letter discussing Fort Pit Road, with a detailed description of Kentucky. He also inquires about salt making. -
Manifest for cargo on the ship Neptune, 1818
Manifest for cargo shipped on The Neptune, from Kentucky to New Orleans, 6 February 1818. -
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.