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Historical Overview Of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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This footnoted paper provides historical and cultural information about Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tennessee from its beginnings to 2019.

1850 Monroe County, Kentucky Slave Census, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Slaves were listed by owner, not individually. Listed by column number, enumerators recorded the following information:

Name of owner

Number of slave

Each owner's slave was only assigned a number, not a name. Numbering restarted with each new owner Age Sex

Color: "B" if the slave was Black and an "M" if they were Mulatto.

Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of uncaught escaped slaves in the past year Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of slaves freed from bondage in the past year Is the slave "deaf and dumb, blind, insane, …

1860 Monroe County, Kentucky Slave Census, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Slaves were listed by owner, not individually. Listed by column number, enumerators recorded the following information:

Name of owner

Number of slave

Number of slave houses

Each owner's slave was only assigned a number, not a name. Numbering restarted with each new owner Age Sex

Color: "B" if the slave was Black and an "M" if they were Mulatto.

Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of uncaught escaped slaves in the past year Listed in the same row as the owner, the number of slaves freed from bondage in the past year Is the slave "deaf …

Early Railroad History Of Warren County, Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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The Spanish-American War By John Schoenborn (E715 .S34 1945), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"The Spanish-American War" by John Schoenborn is available by clicking of the Download button. F175 .S34 1945

Souvenir Book: Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment And Twelfth Annual Convention Ladies' Auxiliary, Department Of Kentucky, United Spanish War Veterans, June 5,6,7, 1938, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Ephemera W-30), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Souvenir Book: Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment and Twelfth Annual Convention Ladies' Auxiliary, Department of Kentucky, United Spanish War Veterans, June 5,6,7, 1938, Bowling Green, Kentucky." (Ephemera W-30)

Robert Ground Family Tree, Mamie Ground Hays, Pleasant Ground

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Robert Ground and Margaret Cockeral Family Tree. This family tree chart was compiled by Mamie Ground Hays and Pleasant Ground in 1937. It was recopied in January, 1983 by Karla Ground Lowe, daughter of Clifton Ground. The chart was transcribed by Frankie Ground Stone and Sue Lynn Stone McDaniel in March of 2010.

Address Of The Hon. Maurice H. Thatcher, Delivered Before The Alumni Association Of The University Of Alabama, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Item from the Congressional Record with remarks by Maurice H. Thatcher, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district; he was also a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and governor of the Canal Zone from 1909 to 1913 as well as general counsel for the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine, Inc. Thatcher discusses the history and significance of the canal, General Gorgas and General Sibert, the building of the canal, the French Attempt, and completion of the construction.

Tragedy Of Sand Cave, Department Of Library Special Collections

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The Journal Of Negro History: Slavery In Kentucky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Blue Bell: March Song And Chorus By Edward Madden And Theodore F. Morse (Sm03156), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Sheet music: "Blue Bell: March Song and Chorus," words by Edward Madden and music by Theodore F. Morse. SM03156

Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"The Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry" includes a 22-page history of the regiment and lists of officers and soldiers for individual companies. At head of title: "Spanish-American War, 1898." "Published by W. P. Norris, Co. D, Fourth Kentucky Regiment." To see a full-text scan of this booklet, click on the Download button to the right.

Souvenir Sketch And Roster Of The Third Kentucky U.S.V.I. (E726 .K37 R8), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Souvenir Sketch and Roster of the Third Kentucky U.S.V.I." (Savannah, Ga.: The Morning News Print, 1899) edited by J. M. Russell and E. J. Hobdy.

Novelty War Primer, Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Novelty War Primer," (Philadelphia, Pa.: Abram Cox Stove Co., 1898) a small pamphlet summarizing the Spanish-American War by using a short verse for each letter of the alphabet and illustrations.

My Father Was A Sailor On The Maine By Hattie Nevada (Sm00641), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Piece of sheet music titled "My Father was a Sailor on the Maine" with words and music by Hattie Nevada (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Talking Machine Co., 1898) A full-text scan of the piece can be accessed by clicking on the Download button.

Headlight Bowling Green, Ky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Issued as the July 1898 number of the magazine The Headlight, a periodical devoted to the interests of railroads and railroad centers. Related Titles Series: Sights and scenes along the L & N. Publisher Cincinnati, Ohio : Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March By P. Marcel (Sm00575), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Sheet music titled "Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March" by P. Marcel (Boston, Ma.: F. Trifet Publisher, 1898) The cover features an image of Admiral George Dewey and a decorative border.

Break The News To Mother (Sm04397), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Break the News to Mother" by Charles K. Harris, sheet music. Originally published in 1897 and was popular during the Spanish-American War; this edition published unchanged except for title page, during World War I. SM04397

Picturesque Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., Kentucky Library Research Collections

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“Picturesque Bowling Green Warren County Ky.,” a promotional publication issued about 1894 touting the civic, educational, transportation, agricultural and commercial amenities of the city and county. Well illustrated with photos of schools, churches, businesses, residences, streetscapes and prominent citizens. Includes some statistical information and advertisements of local businesses.

Thrilling Narrative Of The Escape Of Gen. John H. Morgan From The Ohio Penitentiary, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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History of the escape of Gen. John H. Morgan from the Ohio Penitentiary by Capt. Thomas H. Hines. With an introductory glimpse of the interior arrangement of the prison

Morgan, John Hunt, -- 1825-1864. Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio) Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America

Scottville Argus (Scottsville, Kentucky), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Copies of the Scott[s]ville Argus: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Apr. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 12 (Jun. 19, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 14 (Jul. 3, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 19 (Aug. 7, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 21 (Aug. 21, 1875); Vol. 1, no. 27 (Oct. 2, 1875)

Speech Of Hon. Green Clay Smith, Of Kentucky, On Reconstruction, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Green Clay Smith speaks against Radical Reconstruction, directly naming Thaddeus Stevens and Samuel Shellabarger in his arguments. Additionally, he speaks against suffrage for African Americans.

Record Of Slaves In Warren County, Ky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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War Eagle, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Microfilm copy only

War Eagle, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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The Great Panic: Being Incidents Connected With Two Weeks Of The War In Tennessee, 1862, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Account of the aftermath of the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee, the first significant Union victory of the Civil War. The abandonment of Nashville by Confederate authorities, and the opening of the Cumberland River as a pathway to invasion of the South. The booklet opens with dispatches received in Nashville from Fort Donelson on February 12, 1862 and the ensuing "great panic" as soldiers fled from Nashville. This episode brought to prominence Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote, "Sir: Yours of this date, proposing an armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. …

Spirit Of The Times, Kentucky Library Research Collection

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