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Davis, John (Lg 252), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 252. Original land grant, 4 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Davis, assignee of Mark Reaves, who was assignee of Richard Ingram 200 acres in Warren County.

Johnson, Francis (Lg 251), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 251. Original land grant, 27 December 1816, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Francis Johnson, assignee of Elijah M. Covington, who was assignee of John Bright 500 acres in Warren County.

Hill, James (Lg 248), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 248. Original land grant, 28 July 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Hill, assignee of Giles Cooke, who was assignee of William Trowell, 10 acres in Warren County.

Doddy, James (Lg 246), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 246. Original land grant, 29 April 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Doddy, assignee of William Morris, who was assignee of Thomas Wood, 200 acres in Warren County.

Campbell, James (Lg 245), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 245. Original land grant, 19 August 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Campbell 200 acres in Warren County.

Dixon, Haldnesby (Lg 247), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 247. Original land grant, 5 February 1819, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Haldensby Dixon, 200 acres in Warren County.

What If Abraham Lincoln Had Lived?, Allen C. Guelzo

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

The lead .41-calibre bullet with which John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln on the night of April 14, 1865, was the most lethal gunshot in American history. Only five days earlier, the main field army of the Southern Confederacy had surrendered at Appomattox Court House, and the four dreary years of civil war were yielding to a spring of national rebirth. But by then, the man to whom everyone looked for guidance in reconstructing the nation was dead. [excerpt]

Gorden, Jonathan (Lg 249), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below for Manuscripts Land Grant 249. Original land grant, 14 February 1820, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jonathan Gorden, assignee of J. W. Covington, who was assignee of William Bunnell, 151 acres in Warren County.

Philanthropy And The New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854–1900, Courtney Elizabeth Buchkoski

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This project examines the New England Emigrant Aid Company colonization of Kansas in 1854 as a solution to the growing debate over popular sovereignty and slave labor. It uses the Company as a lens to reinterpret the intellectual history of philanthropy, tracing its roots from Puritan ideas of charity to the capitalistic giving of the nineteenth century.

It argues that the Company’s vision was simultaneously capitalistic and moralistic, for it served both as an imposition of “proper” society upon the West and South, but also had the potential to benefit the donors financially and politically. Using a settler colonial framework, …

The Effect Of Religious Opposition On The Mexican-American War (1846-1848), April L. Pickens

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

The Effect of Religious Opposition on the Mexican-American War, 1846-1848

By April Pickens, History Major

James Madison University

The Mexican-American War began in dubious circumstances, and some Americans disagreed with “Polk’s War” from the beginning. But it was the united efforts of three Protestant denominations—the Congregationalists, the Unitarians, and the Quakers—that finally turned a large segment of the populace against the war. They were able to do this with their multiplying publications, which wielded significant influence in the religiously aware society that existed in America after the Second Great Awakening. When sufficient numbers of ordinary citizens and politicians began voicing …

The American Allies: The Impact Of The Oneida Involvement In The American Revolution, Ashlen M. Clark

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

The American Revolution extended its grasp far past the white men who started it, forcing Natives across the colonies to become involved. Soon after the beginning of the Revolution the Iroquois Six Nations of New York were drawn into the conflict and forced to choose between the Americans, the British, or attempts at neutrality. After the war the Iroquois Six Nations emerged divided, broken, and severely less powerful than when they entered the strife. This paper examines the impact of the American Revolution on this Iroquoian division, specifically focusing on the Oneida Indian Tribe and the effects of their alliance …

Take On Appomattox, Brianna E. Kirk

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

On April 9, 1865, Palm Sunday, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s house in the little village of Appomattox Court House to discuss the status of their two armies. After swapping stories of the days of their Mexican War service, the two men finally penned their names on terms of surrender, effectively ending the American Civil War. Grant, magnanimous towards the now defeated Confederates, and Lee, humble in his loss, ushered in the era of reconciliation that would bandage up the past four bloody years and push the reunited country forward …

The Grizzly, April 9, 2015, Rachel Brown, Brian Thomas, Bryce Pinkerton, Kristen Costello, Maddie Mathay, Christine Palazzolo, Steve Valverde, Richard Schulz, Anthony Sierzega, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Hunter Gellman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Students Expose Racism on Yik Yak • English Honor Society Hosting Gatsby Party • Goss, Fulbright Winner, Plans to Travel to Turkey • HEART Lab Offers Unique Research • Annual Edible Book Festival Continues for Eleventh Year • New Minors Created for Fall • Opinion: A Fourth CIE Question That Breaks the Silence; Fourth Question Not True to Liberal Arts • Stick it to 'em • On the Right Track

Neale, James (Lg 228), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 228. Copy of land grant, 29 March 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to James Neale, assignee of Benjamin Hampton, 95 acres in Warren County.

Taylor, Redding (Lg 243), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 243. Original land grant, 29 January 1818, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Redding Taylor 200 acres in Warren County.

Holcomb, Harmond (Lg 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Flies" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 239. Original land grant, 2 January 1817, by which Gabriel Slaughter, Governor of the Commonwealthof Kentucky, granted to Harmond Holcomb 125 acres in Warren County.

Goodman, Jacob (Lg 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 237. Original land grant (partial), 13 December 1821, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jacob Goodman, assignee of Thomas B. Mon--- , 27.75 acres in Monroe County.

Goodman, Jacob, Sr. (Lg 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 236. Original land grant, 4 December 1822, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jacob Goodman, Sr., assignee of William Smith, assignee of Samuel Morris, 71.5 acres in Monroe County.

Holland, Hezekiah (Lg 231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 231. Original land grant, 13 May 1823, by which John Adair, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Hezekiah Holland, assignee of James K. McGoodwin, 60 acres in Simpson County.

Wadkins, John (Lg 227), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 227. Original land grant, 6 September 1852 by which Lazarus W. Powell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky grated to John Wadkins, assignee of T. W. Burton, sixteen and one-half acres, Allen County.