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A voyage to North America, and the West Indies in 1817
"Encounter with a rattlesnake on the banks of the Ohio" pages 75-83. -
Domestic manners of the Americans, 1832
Titlepage of A description of the customs and manners of the Americans.
Full version of this text available at Domestic Manners of the Americans.Tags chapel; cholera; church; Cincinnati; clergy; climate; clothing; customs; domesticity; drawing; Equality; feminism; fever; fine arts; food; gender; health; holidays; hotel; independence day; literature; Louisville; market; museum; Native American; Ohio River; pamphlets; parties; phrenology; picture gallery; pigs; religion; river navigation; school; servants; shakespeare; sickness; social life; society; storms; Theology; travel; Women; working class -
Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of America
A journey of five thousand miles through the eastern and western states of America. Includes description of Louisville, Kentucky, on page 242. -
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark and John Hite Clark, 1 March 1811
William Clark writes to Edmund Clark and John Hite Clark in their capacity as Louisville merchants, listing aticles for the Indian trade he wants for his store. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 14 September 1811
William Clark writes his brother, Jonathan Clark, from St. Louis, Missouri, that William Preston has been there on a visit but doesn't care for the area, and likely will settle near Jonathan in the Louisville area. Reports that Indian affairs are deteriorating and the British are to blame. Julia has delivered another son, a "great rough red headed fellow." -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 3 July 1810
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Kaskaskia, Illinois, relating how they have fared in their trip to St. Louis since leaving Louisville. Low water in the Ohio, high water in the Mississippi, lack of boat hands, and violent storms have all plagued them. Julia and M. Lewis have been tormented by the mosquitos. Soon after reaching the Mississippi, Rachiel (mosy likely an enslaved person) fell between the boats and drowned. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 17 December 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis describing an incident in which John Sullivan overreacted in a meeting with officials and ruined his chances for a lucrative position. Clark returns to the topic of York, stating he had intended to punish him but Meriwether Lewis persuaded him to hire him out in Kentucky instead. Clark hopes he will learn the error of his ways and must "give over that wife of his" in Kentucky. His wife was enslaved by someone else in the Louisville area. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 10 December 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis continuing a discussion of a planned partnership in a store between himself based in St. Louis and Jonathan's son John Hite Clark based in Louisville. He also further discusses estate matters and difficulties stemming from their late brother-in-law Charles M. Thruston. He regrets the falling out between him and York. He does not agree with York that he deserves to be freed. Julia again requests sage from her "Kentucky mother." Clark has been in council all day with a forty-man Winnebago delegation from the Upper Mississippi. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 January 1807
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Washington, D. C., reporting on activities there and his flattering treatment in wake of the successful return of the expedition. He reports he has discussed the Burr Conspiracy with President Jefferson and expresses his own shock at Burr's attempt at such a scheme and misjudgement of the American people. He concludes by intimating that he might return to Louisville engaged as he has an "object in mind." -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 24 September 1806
Clark follows up his letter of 23 September with a personal letter mentioning that they will be traveling east to Louisville via Vincennes with a delegation of Mandan Indians, with which Meriwether Lewis will continue on to Washington, D. C. They will be detained for a time in St. Louis wrapping up expedition business and discharging the men. Clark specifically requests that Jonathan have his 23 September letter published. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 March 1802
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Louisville, reporting the party's arrival but also the unfortunate death of one of Jonathan's horses. He reports on a variety of land business, a school in their neighborhood starting, and beginning work on Jonathan's house. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 13 October 1801
William Clark writes to his brother Jonathan from Louisville, Kentucky, reporting financial arrangements regarding land he has purchased on Jonathan's behalf. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 13 August 1801
William Clark writes to his brother Jonathan from his farm, Mulberry Hill, reporting on legal and land business, the state of his farm and mill, and the Ohio River being very low. -
Letter from Frederick Edwards to William Christian, 7 May 1785
Letter from Frederick Edwards to William Christian reporting on news from Kentucky, especially from the Louisville/Beargrass settlement area and conflict with Native Americans. Discusses plans for the operations at Saltsburg and Nicholas Meriwether taking over as the manager, and driving cattle down to Kentucky. -
Letter from J. Donne to Annie Christian, 1 May 1786
Letter to Annie Henry Christian from J. Donne regarding the moving of salt, use of horses and wagons, and general economics in the Louisville area. -
Plan of the town of Louisville, 1779 April 20
This original plan of the city of Louisville was found in George Rogers Clark's surveyors book in 1881 and traced by R.C. Ballard Thruston in 1910. -
Broadside entitled "Some Notices of Kentucky, Particularly of its chief town, Lexington," 28 August 1828
Broadside written by Mathew Carey of Philadelphia under the pseudonym of Hamilton. He briefly outlines the development of Lexington, commenting on its educational and cultural institutions, its churches, businesses, economy and trade. Louisville and the effect of the canal at the Falls of the Ohio are also discussed. Carey also addresses the prejudices long held against the character of Kentuckians and the issue of homicide in the state. -
Report of the Committee, appointed to inquire into the condition of the Louisville Hospital, circa 1824
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. -
Letter to John C. Bullitt from Ellen Swathmey, October 29th, 1849.
A letter from Ellen Swathmey (Louisville) to John C. Bullitt (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) that mentions Sam, who may been enslaved. Letter dated October 29th, 1849.