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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. -
Steamboat broadside
Broadside about steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, including the rates of passage and freight. Broadside also lists the rules of the vessel, such as "no lying down with shoes or boots on the birth or you'll be fined 1.5 dollars." -
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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. -
Triplett and Burnley broadside postponing a land auction near Yellow Banks, 22 September 1826
Broadside postponement for a land auction near Yellow Banks because a large number of the population is sick and would not be able to attend. -
Broadside for Kentucky General Assembly supporting national unity, 7 January 1807
Resolution to the Governor of Vermont, Isaac Tichenor, from the General Assembly of Kentucky, supporting national unity and expressing confidence in the general government. Approved by Kentucky governor Christopher Greenup on 9 December 1806 and signed by John Rowan as secretary. -
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. -
Richard Rudd Estate Sale broadside, 1833
Advertisement by executor James Rudd for an estate sale in Nelson County, Kentucky, on 12 September 1833, for the deceased Richard Rudd's belongings, including furniture, books, livestock, and other items. -
Broadside containing company orders for John F. Jones, 10th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 1827
Company orders to John F. Jones from Captain Caleb Sanders that include a year-long schedule for the second battalion's drills. -
James Greer broadside, April 1789
A printed notice from James Greer, signed in print, voiding an unauthorized conveyance of a certain settlement right in the Lexington area by Robert Paterson to John Cockey Owings, which right Greer had previously sold to Thomas Prather, deceased. -
Broadside listing all of the newspapers and pamphlets received by the Lexington, Kentucky, Post Office, between April and July, 1829
Broadside printed by the Post Office while Joseph Ficklin was Postmaster in Lexington, Ky. The broadside lists all of the newspapers and pamphlets received in the Lexington Post Office between 1 April and 1 July 1829. -
Religious Broadside from Lorenzo Dow, 2 November 1815
Broadside published by Lorenzo Dow, in which he advises people to pray morning and night and to prepare to meet their God. "War- Pestilence- Earthquakes and Famine...the signs are ominous; but it shall be well with those whose God is the Lord!!" -
Drake's Theatre broadside, 1819
Broadside from Drake's Theatre in Louisville advertising an 8 May 1819 performance called "Town and Country. Or Which is Best?" It lists performers as well as a number of songs sung after the show. -
Hunters of Kentucky, ca. 1815
The broadside includes a poem describing the valor of Kentuckians at the Battle of New Orleans. -
Hunters of Kentucky, or Half Horse and Half Alligator, ca. 1815
Printed broadside with a woodcut illustration and a poem describing the valor of Kentuckians at the Battle of New Orleans. The illustration pictures the famous half horse and half alligator as a horse with an alligator tail.