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The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820

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Original contributions to the American pioneer
Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled the birds of America ..., volume 1
Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled the birds of America ..., volume 2
Ornithological biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled the birds of America ..., volume 3
Our sins acknowledged : being a sermon, preached in Lexington, Jan. 12, 1815, the day of the national fast
An outline of the history of the church in the state of Kentucky, during a period of forty years : containing the memoirs of Rev. David Rice, and sketches of the origin and present state of particular churches, and of the lives and labours of a number of men who were eminent and useful in their day
Page from Abraham Lincoln's sum book
Partial voting list and election return
A pastoral letter from the Presbytery of Miami, to the churches under their care
Patent right issued to Nathaniel Foster
Patrick Henry land grant to William Duvall, John Hawes, and John May
Payroll for the command staff of Anthony Wayne
Peter Jones's plea of non-detinet
Petition from Benjamin Hovey to the United States Congress
Petition from the Louisville Board of Trustees to the Virginia Assembly
Petition presented in the suit United States vs. Benjamin Beekes
Pie safe made by Thomas Lincoln
Piece of hand-hewn log from Mulberry Hill
Pioneer history : being an account of the first examinations of the Ohio valley, and the early settlement of the Northwest territory ; chiefly from original manuscripts .
Plan and contract for the Catholic Chapel of Louisville, Kentucky
The plan of Bards Town as laid off by William Bard in 1782
Plan of the attack and defence of the American lines below New Orleans on the 8th January, 1815 / by Major A. Lacarriere Latour, principal engineer 7th military district, U.S. Army, 1815
Plantation horn
Plat of six surveys lying between the Ohio River and Panther Creek
Plea from the suit Peggy vs. Simon Vannorsdall
Plea from the suit United States vs. Simon Vannorsdall
Plot of Tippecanoe battleground, November 7th, 1811
A poem on profane cursing and swearing
A political address, lately delivered in Kentucky and various other parts
Political transactions in and concerning Kentucky : From the first settlement thereof, until it became an independent state in June, 1792
Powder horn with the name 'N. Gist' etched along with several images
Presbyterianism on the frontiers
The president & directors of the bank of the commonwealth of Kentucky promise to pay ... or bearer, twelve & a half cents, on demand at their ... branch bank. Frankfort, ... 1822.
The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise to pay ... or bearer on demand one dollar, Lexington 16 June 1816
The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise to pay ... or bearer on demand two dollars, Lexington 16 Aug. 1816
The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay ... or bearer, five dollars on demand. Henderson 18 Aug. 1818
The president, directors co. of the Cumberland Bank of Burksville promise to pay ... or bearer on demand five dollars. Burksville 28 Decem. 1818.
Proceedings of the managers of the Ohio Canal Company : at Louisville, on Wednesday, the 11th day of September, 1805
A process in the Transilvania presbytery, &c. : Containing: 1st. The charges, depositions and defence in which the defendent is led occasionally to handle the much debated subject of psalmody. 2d. His reasons for declining, any farther connections with the body to which he belonged. 3d. His present plan of proceeding, with the pastoral charge. 4th. His belief, and that of his people, concerning the articles of faith, contended between the Reformed associate sinod; and the Sinod of New York and Philadelphia. 5th. An appendix on a late performance of the Rev. John Black of Marsh Creek, Pennsylvania
A proclamation
Promissory note from Hananiah Lincoln to Enos Atwater
Proofs of the corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson and of his connection with Aaron Burr : with a full refutation of his slanderous allegations in relation to the character of the principal witness against him
Property agreement made by the heirs of Samuel Beall
R T Durrett
Receipt book for officer and soldier's certificates, Illinois Grant
Receipt for African American slave
Receipt for horse to be used by the Virginia Militia
Receipt from Alatala Hooma to James Wilkinson
Receipt from Andrew Barnett to John Donne with an agreement to locate and survey land
Receipt from James Shelby for funds to purchase cattle
Receipt from William Livers to the Reverends Stephen Badin and Charles Nerinckx
Religious broadside from Lorenzo Dow
Remarks on Cholera, as it appeared in Lexington in June, 1833
Reminiscences of a Virginia physician
Report from George Armstrong, Jefferson County, Kentucky deputy surveyor
Report of a committee of the Senate of Kentucky to which was referred that part of the governor's message relating to the decisions and jurisdiction of the federal courts
A report of the case, Nicholds, &c. against Wells, being that of a treasury warrant, opposed to a county court pre-emption, as argued and adjudged in the Court of Appeals, state of Kentucky.
Report of the committee appointed on the tenth ultimo, of the memorial of the legislature of Kentucky : March 19, 1806. Read, and referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom was committed, in the 5th instant, the report of a select committee, on the petition of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal company
Report of the committee, appointed to inquire into the condition of the Louisville Hospital : to which is added, the report & petition of the managers of said institution
Report of the Lords commissioners for trade and plantations : on the petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, esquires, and their associates ; for a grant of lands on the River Ohio, in North America ; for the purpose of erecting a new government ; with observations and remarks
Report of the Select Committee appointed to investigate certain charges against Humphrey Marshall
The report of the Select committee, to whom was referred the information communicated to the House of representatives, charging Benjamin Sebastian, one of the judges of the Court of appeals of Kentucky, with having received a pension from the Spanish government
Report, on the Transylvania University, and lunatic asylum
Resolution from Kentucky's congress regarding payments to the widows and orphans of War of 1812 soldiers
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Orleans Territory
Reuben T. Durrett in his library
Rifle
The rise of Methodism in the West : being the Journal of the Western conference, 1800-1811
A rosy cheek
Salt kettle
Sandy & Jenny
School exercises of the Lafayette Female Academy : including Trumpets of genius, a poem
Scythe attributed to Thomas Lincoln
Second annual report of the managers of the Lexington and Fayette County Auxiliary Colonization Society : made at the annual meeting, July 8, 1828
The several acts relative to the stamp duties, passed at the late and present sessions of Congress, and which will become payable from and after the first day of July, 1798. To which is added, a table of the several duties, by which they may be seen at one view
Shakertown Journal
A short sketch of the author's life, and adventures from his youth until 1818, in the first part. In part the second, a valuable vegetable, medical prescription, with a table of detergent and corroborant medicines to suit the treatment of different certificates
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
A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the United States of America
A sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison
A sketch of the medical topography of Lexington and its vicinity : being an inaugural dissertation, submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore), the trustees, and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1806 for the degree of Doctor of Medicine
Sketches of America. A narrative of a journey of five thousand miles through the eastern and western states of America; contained in eight reports addressed to the thirty-nine English families by whom the author was deputed, in June 1817, to ascertain whether any, and what part of the United States would be suitable for their residence. With remarks on Mr. Birkbeck's 'Notes' and 'Letters.'
Sketches of Louisville and its environs : including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matter, a Florula louisvillensis or, a catalogue of nearly 400 genera and 600 species of plants that grow in the vicinity of the town, exhibiting their generic, specific, and vulgar English names ; to which is added an appendix, containing an accurate account of the earthquakes experienced here from the 16th December, 1811, to the 7th February, 1812, extracted principally from the papers of the late J. Brookes. Esq.
Sketches of the life and adventures of Jacob Parkhurst : written with his own hand when about three score and ten years of age, not for speculation or honor, but for the benefit of the rising generation, particularly of his own descendants : adding a few facts to the many recorded instances of the sufferings of the early pioneers along the Ohio River
Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy : proved by a speech, delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky
Some account of the epidemic diseases which prevail at Mays-Lick, in Kentucky
Some information respecting America
Some notices of Kentucky, particularly of its chief town, Lexington
The Southern cultivator : and journal of science and general improvement, a semi-monthly publication, devoted in the main to the interests of agriculture
Southern section of the United States, including Florida &c.
The speech of Jesse Bledsoe, Esq. on the resolutions proposed by him, concerning banks : delivered in the Senate of Kentucky, at the annual session of 1818
Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, before the American colonization society : in the hall of the House of representatives, January 20, 1827. With an appendix, containing the documents therein referred to
Spinning wheel
Spreading Hemp in Kentucky
The state of Kentucky with the adjoining territories from the best authorities 1800
State of the British and French colonies in North America : with respect to number of peoples, forces, forts, Indians, trade and other advantages ... in two letters to a friend
Statement by the former Louisville Board of Trustees
Statement concerning the health of George Rogers Clark
Statement from Anthony Wayne to Native American chiefs and warriors
Subscription of settlers pledging a bounty for Indian scalps taken in Jefferson County, Kentucky

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