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Journal Of The House Of Representatives Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 6, 1830 - January 15, 1831, Kentucky. General Assembly. House Of Representatives.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Walker’S Appeal, In Four Articles; Together With A Preamble, To The Coloured Citizens Of The World, … (Boston, 1830), David Walker, Paul Royster , Editor & Depositor

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Walker’s Appeal ... is a radical antislavery and antiracist manifesto by a free American of African ancestry. Its bold denunciation of European culture was unprecedented, unrestrained, and startling, viz.:

“The whites have always been an unjust, jealous, unmerciful, avaricious and blood-thirsty set of beings, always seeking after power and authority.”

Walker attacks the slave system and its rampant racism from the viewpoint of America’s allegiance to the idea of freedom; he quotes the Declaration of Independence at length, and strikes a recognizably jeremiad note:

“O Americans! Americans!! I call God—I call angels— I call men, to witness, that your destruction …

Letter From George Sibley To John Henry Eaton, December 26, 1829, Benjamin H. Reeves, George Champlin Sibley, Thomas Mather

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to John Henry Eaton, December 26, 1829. Sibley requests payment for work done on surveying the Santa Fe Trail.

Letter From Benjamin Reeves To George Sibley, December 19, 1829, Benjamin H. Reeves

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Benjamin Reeves to George Sibley, December 19, 1829. Discussion about getting repaid by the government for survey expenses.

Letter From George Sibley To Josiah Johnston, December 15, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to brother-in-law, Josiah Johnston, December 15, 1829. Sibley discusses politics; his debt; paying his debt by selling his land; proposing that the land he owns near Fort Osage, be used as an army garrison.

Letter From George Sibley To Benjamin Reeves, November 29, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Benjamin Reeves, November 29, 1829. Discusses trying to be repaid by the government for expenses incurred during the survey of the Santa Fe road.

George Sibley List Of Goods Owned, For A Mortgage, September 9, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of George Sibley List of Goods Owned, for a Mortgage, September 9, 1829.

Letter From James Aull To George Sibley, September 4, 1829, James Aull

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from James Aull to George Sibley, September 4, 1829. Aull discusses the estate of Ruluff Peck.

Letter From George Sibley To Thomas Mather, September 2, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Thomas Mather, September 2, 1829. Sibley says that the government is trying to charge the commissioners $26,000 for the survey of the Santa Fe Trail; discusses Andrew Jackson supporters in St. Louis.

Letter From Thomas Mckenney To George Sibley, August 31, 1829, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas McKenney to George Sibley, August 31, 1829. McKenney discusses Duff Green opposing him; describes Green in unflattering terms; asks Sibley to gather info about Green for him.

Letter From Thomas Mather To George Sibley, August 31, 1829, Thomas Mckenney

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas Mather to George Sibley, August 31, 1829. McKenney discusses the claims by a man named Duff Green that Native Americans stole his cattle; believes it to be fraud to get the government to pay him.

Letter From George Sibley To Henry Leavenworth, August 30, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to Henry Leavenworth, August 30, 1829.

R.D. Treadwell To Timmons Treadwell, 26 August 1829, R. D. Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1821-1840 (Series 1.1)

No abstract provided.

Letter From Thomas Mather To George Sibley, August 25, 1829, Thomas Mather

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas Mather to George Sibley, August 25, 1829. Mather discusses money matters related to the Santa Fe Trail survey.

Letter From Henry Leavenworth To George Sibley, August 22, 1829, Henry Leavenworth

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Henry Leavenworth to George Sibley, August 22, 1829.

Address To The Landholders And Farmers Of Newport County, Delivered By Hon. Tristam Burges, At The Meeting Of The Friends Of Messrs. Pearce And Burges, Holden At Howland's Ferry Bridge, August 7, 1829, Tristam Burges

Newport Ephemera

No abstract provided.

Letter From George Sibley To W. B. Lewis, July 21, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from George Sibley to W. B. Lewis, July 21, 1829. Discusses expenses related to the Santa Fe Trail survey.

Letter From J.B. Brant To George Sibley, July 14, 1829, J. B. Brant

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from J.B. Brant to George Sibley, July 14, 1829. Brant asks for documentation of expenses.

Charles Carroll Letter In Which He Discusses Business Matters, The Health Of His Daughter, And The Weather. 1829., Charles Carroll Iii, Of Carrollton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to die. This letter was written 3 years before his death at age 95. In it he discusses domestic and farming matters, with specific reference to the health of Mrs. Harper, most likely his daughter, the widow of Robert Goodloe Harper.

Charles Carroll Of Carrollton Writes About Flour Prices, His Daughter And Her Illness, And The Weather, 1829, Charles Carroll

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He was a continental Congress delegate and a US Senator for Maryland. He was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to die. This letter was written 3 years before his death at age 95. The Mrs. Harper he writes about it most likely his daughter, the widow of Robert Goodloe Harper.

Letter From Thomas Mather To George Sibley, June 2, 1829, Thomas Mather

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas Mather to George Sibley, June 2, 1829. Mather discusses the failure of the appropriations bill to pay the Santa Fe Trail commissioners; unable to lend Sibley money.

Letter From Benjamin Reeves To George Sibley, May 2, 1829, Benjamin H. Reeves

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Benjamin Reeves to George Sibley, May 2, 1829, Reeves says that he is unable to raise money.

Letter From George Sibley, To Benjamin Reeves & Thomas Mather, April 20, 1829, George Champlin Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Letter from George Sibley, to Benjamin Reeves & Thomas Mather, April 20, 1829 Reeves and Mather discuss the government delaying payment for Santa Fe work; requesting them to refund payments made to them to Sibley's creditor.

Letter From Thomas Copes To George Sibley, April 10, 1829, Thomas P. Copes

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Thomas Copes to George Sibley, April 10, 1829. Copes discusses the sale of some property.

Letter From Charles Carroll Of Carrollton Concerning Outstanding Debt Owed Him. 1829., Charles Carroll Iii, Of Carrollton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to die. This letter, concerning an outstanding debt owed to him, was written 3 years before his death at age 95.

George & Mary Sibley Deed Of Mortgage To Edward Bates, April 2, 1829, George Champlin Sibley, Mary Easton Sibley

George Champlin Sibley Papers

George & Mary Sibley Deed of Mortgage to Edward Bates, April 2, 1829

Letter From Isaac Rawlings To George Sibley, March 17, 1829, Isaac Rawlings

George Champlin Sibley Papers

Transcript of Letter from Isaac Rawlings to George Sibley, March 17, 1829. Rawlings discusses wanting to marry; becoming mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.

Receipt, 23 February 1829, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1821-1840 (Series 1.1)

No abstract provided.

1829 Deed From John Youel To Gabriel Bishop, John Youel, Gabriel Bishop, Franklin County Recorder

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

A handwritten copy of a deed from John Youel to Gabriel (also spelled Gabrial) Bishop recorded in Book No. 9-1, dated February 10th 1829. In this document John and his wife Nancy of Blendon deed land, specifically "twenty five acres more or less" in Franklin County, to Gabriel Bishop for "the sum of two hundred dollars... to them in hand paid."

Receipt, 500 Acres, 7 February 1829, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1821-1840 (Series 1.1)

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