Browse Items (68 total)
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The history of Kentucky, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1869
A history of Kentucky. -
A History of the State of Ohio: Natural and Civil, 1838
History of Ohio. -
Involuntary, unmerited, perpetual, absolute, hereditary slavery, examined, 1808
Title page of Involuntary, unmerited, perpetual, absolute, hereditary slavery examined on the principles of nature, reason, justice, policy, and scripture. -
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Letters from Illinois
Title page of Letters from Illinois. Includes comments on expenditures, crops, the character of Americans, and more. -
An Outline of the History of the Church in the State of Kentucky, During a Period of Forty Years
Title page. Contains memoirs of Rev. David Rice, and sketches of the origin and present state of particular churches, and of the lives and labors of a number of men who were eminent and useful in their day. Of special interests by David Rice are, "An Apistle to the citizens of Kentucky, professing Christianity" (1805), "a second epistle to the citizens of Kentucky, professing the Christian religion" (1808), and "Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy" (1792). First published in 1824. -
An excursion through the United States and Canada during the years 1822-23
Included pages covering backwoodsmen in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Also covers squirrel migration, slavery, caves, salt licks, etc.Tags African Americans; caves; enslavement; migration; pamphlets; salt; salt licks; travelogue; wildlife -
An address to the public, accompanied by documents, exposing the misrepresentations, calumnies and falsehoods, contained in the pamphlet of Elisha I. Hall, of Frederick County, Virginia.
Title page. In the book, James Brown speaks of a dispute he is having with Elisha I. Hall whom he describes as a quack doctor, land jobber, note shaver and Indian agent. -
Views of the campaigns of the North-Western army, 1815
Comprising of sketches of the campaigns of Generals Hull and Harrison, a minute and interesting account of the naval conflict on Lake Erie, military anecdotes, abuses in the army, a plan of a military settlement, a view of the lake coast from Sandusky to Detroit, etc. -
Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America, 1827
Sketch of a journey through the western states of North America: from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, city of Cincinnati and falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827. Contains a description of the new and flourishing city of Cincinnati, by Messrs. B. Drake and E.D. Mansfield, and a selection from various authors, on the present condition and future prospects of the settlers, in the fertile and populous state of Ohio, containing information useful to persons desirous of settling in America. -
A treatise on the prevention of diseases incidental to horses, from bad management in regard to stables, food, water, air, and exercise. To which are subjoined, observations on some of the surgical and medical branches of farriery.
Treatment of horses and the prevention of diseases, with medical branches of farriery. -
Some information respecting America
Letters from America to a friend in England including information to those who would remove to America. Scanned items include "A map of the Middle States of America drawn from the latest and best authorities by Thos. Conder." -
The Navigator
Title page of The navigator, containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter, and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c., with accurate maps of the Ohio and Mississippi, to which is added, an appendix, containing an account of Louisiana, and of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, as discovered by the voyage under Captains Lewis and Clark. -
A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars, 1854
Title page of A journal, containing an accurate and interesting account of the hardships, sufferings, battles, defeat, and captivity of those heroic Kentucky volunteers and regulars : commanded by General Winchester, in the years 1812-13. Also, two narratives by men that were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Indians. Includes two narratives by Timothy Mallary and John Davenport, who were wounded in the battles on the River Raisin and taken captive by the Native Americans. -
Life of Tecumseh, and of his brother the prophet: with a historical sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
Title page of the History of the life of Tecumseh and the Shawanoe [Shawnee] Indians. -
Cincinnati in 1826
Full version of this text available at Cincinnati in 1826.Tags African Americans; banking; boarding school; bridge; buildings; Canal; Christianity; church; climate; college; Colonization; court house; courts; episcopal; exports; female school; finances; fine arts; fuel; government; Hospital; humane society; imports; institutions; insurance; intelligence; jail; jewish; jews; journals; Kidd Fund; land office; Library; literary institution; louisville and portland canal; manufactures; markets; masonic hall; medical; minerals; money; museum; newspapers; pamphlets; population; post-office; prison; public health; real estate; religion; scientific institution; steam-boats; theatre; Women -
Tales and sketches, from the Queen City, 1838
Includes information on a Kentucky election and on how the Ohio River came to be named. -
Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians
William Penn on the present crisis in the condition of the American Indians. First published in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn. -
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. -
The Bank Dinner: an expose on the Court Party of Kentucky, and the curtain drawn from the holy alliance of America
Primarily on banking and the Old Court-New Court controversy on debtors and restitution.