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Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 25 February 1804
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis reporting on his health, the land business back home, preparations for the Upper Louisiana Territory to be officially turned over to the United States, and interactions with Captain Amos Stoaddard, who is representing the U. S. in the ceremonies. -
Map of the State of Kentucky, from actual survey, facsimile, 1795
Shows cities, towns, forts and stations, rivers, roads, etc. Includes notations on the fertility of the land and the quality of the salt licks.
The Filson has another original of this map which was removed from the 3rd London edition of Imlay's Topographical description of the western territory of North America, 1797. -
Observations on the North-American land company, 1796
Observations on the North-American land-company, contains an illustration of the object of the company's plan, the articles of association, with a succinct account of the states wherein their lands lie: to which are added, remarks on American lands in general, more particularly the pine-lands of the southern and western states, in two letters from Robert G. Harper, to a gentleman in Philadelphia. -
Rental agreement between Annie Christian and Jacob Myers, 20 August 1787
Handwritten copy of agreement between Jacob Myers and Annie Christian (per Richard Woolfolk) for rent of the house and part of the land of his plantation for one year in exchange for one hundred and fifty bushels of salt at Bullitt's Lick. -
Richard Terrell and Alexander S. Bullitt land bond, 28 September 1785
Bond from Bullitt to Richard Terrell for the purchase of land in the Illinois Grant in present Clark County, Indiana. -
William Christian land grant, 2 June 1780
Grant to William Christian signed by Thomas Jefferson as governor of Virginia for land on Elkhorn Creek in Kentucky.