Browse Items (86 total)
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Letter from James Asturgus to Richard Woolfolk, 27 June 1788
Letter from Asturgus to Woolfolk at Mrs. Christian's in Mercer County. Mentions kettles and furnaces (saltworks). Mentions proposed partnership with Mrs. Christian, hopes Woolfolk will put in a good word for him. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward
Fragment of a letter to David L. Ward discussing the lack of provisions and tools at the saltworks. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 30 January 1815
Letter to David L. Ward discusses the purchase of supplies from John W. Hundley. -
Letter from Francis H. Gaines to David L. Ward, 17 September 1814
Letter to David L. Ward about the need to manufacture copper tubing in Lexington, Kentucky. -
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. -
License for selling merchandise, 2 November 1816
License as a retailer of merchandise other than wine and spirits at George Meriwether's store in Louisville, Kentucky. -
Letter from John Hanna to George Meriwether, 4 September 1812
Letter from John Hanna to George Meriwether in which debates either building a mail factory or a wool manufacturing factory. The latter he believes he will have little competition and not much risk for a fire. -
Letter from B. Thruston to Thomas Bodley, 1 June 1802
Letter from B. Thruston asking Thomas Bodley information about the land his father is to acquire in Kentucky; “When the business will take place, what quantity of land will fall to his share? and where situated?” He also notes the rumors that the French had obtained a portion of Louisiana from the Spanish. -
Agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson, 1 July 1812
Business agreement between Thomas Bodley and Thomas Thompson in which Bodley allows some caves on his property in Greenup County to be mined as long as he receives one-third of the saltpeter excavated. -
Account of sales of the estate of John Lyon, 29 January 1813
Account of sales of the estate of John Lyon and the hiring out of the people he enslaved, including their names. -
Hiring out receipt for an enslaved woman named Hannah, 24 August 1809
Hiring out receipt for an enslaved woman named Hannah. -
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, 29 December 1807
Hiring out agreement for an enslaved woman named Clara, stating which clothes Beatty needed to supply and that she can be given up if proven to be with child. -
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry, 1805
Hiring out between Winslow Parker and Adam Beatty for an enslaved man named Henry. -
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy, 1805
Hiring out agreement between Thomas Marshall and Adam Beatty for an enslaved woman named Patsy. Document mentions the price but also that he is required to supply her with specific items of clothing. -
Letter from James Morrison to Adam Beatty, 12 October 1811
Letter from James Morrison to Adam Beatty discussing a cotton spinning factory and a Mr. Sanders, who carries on the cotton spinning and weaving business. -
Letter from Daniel R. Southard and D. Starr, 1 July 1819
This letter between Daniel R. Southard and his business partner, D. Starr, discusses credit and estate sales among the Panic of 1819. -
Letter from Isaac Hite to Abraham Hite, 26 April 1783
Letter from Isaac Hite to his father relating his business interests in land speculation, salt works, and iron manufacturing. He discusses American Indian hostilities, specifically a raid at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, in which an African American fought off the Natives and saved a white family. Tells of John Floyd's death and its effect on the defense of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mentions his business dealings with James Sodowski, Walker Daniel, George and John May, Gilbert Imlay, Isaac Kellar, Moses Kuykendall, and George Rogers Clark.