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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. -
Alexander Scott Bullitt essay reagrding politics and government, ca. 1790
Written speech/essay regarding politics and government. -
Alexander Scott Bullitt essay regarding politics, government, and education of the Native Americans, ca. 1790
Speech/essay regarding politics, government, land law, and education in part possibly intended for publication in the Kentucky Gazette. -
Alexander Scott Bullitt essay regarding politics, government, and land laws, ca. 1790
Speech/essay regarding politics, government, land law possibly intended for publication in the Kentucky Gazette. -
An expose to the relief system offered by Robert Wickliffe, 1824
An expose of the relief system: by a protest and resolutions offered by Robert Wickliffe, but refused to be printed by a vote of the House of Representatives; to which is added the yeas and nays on the motion to print said protest. -
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. -
Circular containing questions concerning the Burr Conspiracy, 2 May 1807
Circular from Attorney General Caesar Rodney to Jonathan Clark in Louisville includes an attached list of questions to ask people in the region who might have information about Aaron Burr or the "late conspiracy against the Constitution and law of the United States." -
Considerations, on some of the matters to be acted on, or worth acting on, at the next session of the General Assembly of Kentucky.
First, the sphere of powers of the Judiciary. Second, the ways and means by which the people may extricate themselves from difficulties and raise to happiness. Includes two extracts from the Morning Post. -
Draft of the Constitution of the Kentucky Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, 1817
Draft of the Constitution of the Kentucky Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, 1817. -
Extract of a letter, 3 May 1787
A one page extract dated 3 May 1787 expresses the hope that the recent treaty with Spain will help the trade prospects for the United States. On the back side of the page is a discussion of politics and political maneuvering. -
Journal of the Convention, begun and held at the Capitol in the town of Frankfort, 22 July 1799.
Journal of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1799. -
Journal of the Kentucky Convention, 1799
Journal of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, held in Frankfort, on 22 July 1799. -
Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of the state of Kentucky, 1792
Journal of the Senate at the first session of the General Assembly of the state of Kentucky. -
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 25 May 1789
Tardiveau discusses his activities in Kentucky, including in Danville, events occurring there, the state of agriculture and climate for certain crops, especially as compared to Cumberland (Tennessee), Society for Kentucky Manufacturers, and the economic future of Kentucky and the United State in general. Tardiveau also writes that he has learned that John Brown is held in great esteem by the people of Kentucky. His friends want him to take on a political career and competent people believe he is inferior only to James Madison in his legal ability. He reminds Crevecoeur that living in Kentucky they are "banished to the other end of the earth," and that no dependable news reaches them. He therefore asks Crevecoeur to go into heavy detail about what is happening in Europe, specifically France. -
Letter from Barthelemi Tardiveau to St. John de Crevecoeur, 7 October 1789 [Letter Incomplete]
Tardiveau expresses his upset at not receiving frequent letters from his friends, and wants to know if they want to hear from him less. Talks of troubles regarding politics in his region. States that they're still waiting on Governor St. Clair to arrive. Expresses his anticipation to move somewhere more satisfactory than Danville once he and his brother have wound up their business. -
Letter from George Foote to William Foote, Sr., 2 October 1816
Letter discussing family business, the purchase of Native American land and treaties, politics, "immortal Jackson", and the weather. -
Letter from John Breckinridge to John Coborn, 7 November 1798
Writes that he has some resolutions prepared on the unconstitutional laws of Congress that he will offer in the House tomorrow. Hopes they will go down. Whether passed or not they will be printed due to the "political truths they contain." Returned from Virginia five days ago. These were the famous Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, Breckinridge introduced them in the Kentucky legislature and secured their passage. -
Letter from John May to Samuel Beall, 15 April 1780
John May in his 15 April 1780 letter to Samuel Beall proposes to go down the river to talk to Spanish officials about navigation on the lower Mississippi and also discusses Native American threats. -
Letter from Samuel McDowell, 14 April 1810
In this letter, McDowell criticizes Thomas Jefferson's policies and the direction of the United States under his leadership. He expresses fear that James Madison is following in Jefferson's footsteps.