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Gatewood, Fullington (Lg 110), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Findind aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 110. Original land grant, 23 May 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Fullington Gatewood, assignee of John Bobbett, assignee of William Shackleford, assignee of Ephraim Hubbard, Jr., 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky. Land grant reinforced by a Bowling Green newspaper.

Porter, Nathaniel, 1797-1871 (Lg 113), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 113. Original land grant, 16 November 1866, by which Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Nathaniel Porter 25 acres in Butler County.

Lucas, Robert Wilkins, 1786-1845 (Lg 112), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 112. Original land grant, 8 April 1816, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert W. Lucas, assignee of James Dunlap, 200 acres in Warren County.

Skiles, Jacob, 1765-1816 (Lg 111), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 111. Original land grant, 9 January 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Jacob Skiles, assignee of Samuel Elridge, 115 acres in Warren County.

Meriwether, Charles (Lg 145), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 145. Typescript copy of a land grant, 14, August 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Dr. Charles Meriwether, assignee of John W. Baker, assignee of Charles Meriwether, assignee of Azariah Davis, assignee of John Gibson, 400 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

Meriwether, Charles (Lg 144), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 144. Typescript copy of a land grant, 14 August 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Meriwether, assignee of Azariah Davis, assignee of Hugh McWilliams, 32 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

Preston, John (Lg 150), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 150. Original land grant, 26 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to John Preston and Balard Smith, assignees of Granville Smith, 490 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

Atchison, John (Lg 151), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 151. Original land grant, 30 September 1813, by which Richard Hickman, Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Atchison, assignee of Killion Kreek, 100 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Lee, Edmund F. (Lg 157), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 157. Copy of a land grant, 21 March 1808, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Edmund F. Lee, assignee of Henry Lee, 1500 acres on Big Barren River, Kentucky.

Jones, Robert (Lg 155), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 155. Copy of land grant, 23 January 1805, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Jones 450 acres on Green River, Kentucky.

Tiller, Thomas (Lg 158), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 158. Copy of a land grant, 13 December 1804, by which Christopher Greenup, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas Tiller 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Myers, Jacob (Lg 149), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 149. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia granted to Jacob Myers 1000 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia.

Rawlins, Charles (Lg 109), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 109. Original land grant, 2 February 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Rawlins 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Anderson, Charles (Lg 142), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 142. Typescript copy of a land grant, 8 June 1809, by which Charles Scott, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Anderson 200 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

Prince, Thomas, Sr. (Lg 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 154. Original land grant, 22 August 1861,by which Beriah Magoffin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Thomas Prince, Sr., assignee of John Prince, 20 acres in Lawrence County, Kentucky.

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 (Lg 146), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 146. Photocopy (negative) of a land grant, 4 April 1786, by which Beverly Randolph, Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Patrick Henry, assignee of Peter Sanders, 500 acres in Lincoln County, Virginia.

Reynolds, George (Lg 130), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 130. Original land grant, 20 April 1784, by which Benjamin Harrison, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to George Reynolds, assignee of Bartholomew Fenton, 1000 acres in Lincoln County, Virginia.

Reyburn, John (Lg 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 179. Original land grant, 11 May 1799, by which James Garrard, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to John Reyburn, assignee of William Robinson, 125 acres on Drakes Creek.

Harrald, Robert (Lg 102), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 102. Original land grant, 10 January 1815, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Robert Harrald, assignee of Henry Gorin, who was assignee of John Burris, 113 acres in Warren County.

Sharp, Absalom M. (Lg 108), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 108. Original land grant, 23 July 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Absalom Sharp, assignee of John Monroe and William T. Bush who were assignees of James Tedball, 400 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Hynes, Andrew (Lg 115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 115. Copy of a land grant, 1 June 1782, by which Benjamin Harrison, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to Andew Hynes 400 acres in Jefferson County, Virginia for the sum of 160 pounds.

Johnson, Peter R. (Lg 136), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 136. Typescript copy of a land grant, 10 July 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to Peter R. Johnson 80 acres of Crittenden County, Arkansas.

Payne, William (Lg 148), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 148. Original land grant, 2 December 1785, by which Patrick Henry, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, granted to William Payne 500 acres in Lincoln County, Virginia.

Davis, Azariah (Lg 143), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 143. Typescript copy of a land grant, 15 July 1814, by which Isaac Shelby, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Azariah Davis, assignee of General Azariah Davis, 400 acres in Christian County, Kentucky.

Cates, Ezekiel (Lg 153), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 153. Original land grant, 17 October 1859, by which Beriah Magoffin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Ezekiel Cates, assignee of William H. S. Buntin, 16 acres in Hopkins County, Kentucky.

Bumpas, Nathan W. (Lg 152), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Land Grant 152. Original land grant, 17 November 1859, by which Beriah Magoffin, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Nathan W. Bumpas, 24 acres in Warren County, Kentucky.

Goodman, Julian, 1922-2012 (Mss 489), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 489. Correspondence, press releases and speeches of Julian Goodman related to his work as a news journalist and later as president of television network NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation). A number of the speeches relate to, or comment on, Goodman’s negative opinion of the “Fairness Doctrine.”

Broken Record. Broken Record. Broken Record., John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I've been helping a friend workshop some posts for an upcoming anniversary (surprisingly for me, not a Civil War event but a deviation into the land of the Revolutionary War). And again and again, I find myself repeating some variation on a single nugget of interpretive wisdom. This is no fault of my colleague. I am often a broken record. [excerpt]

Meriwether, Charles (Lg 135), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grants LG 135. Typescript copy of a land grant, 8 June 1830, by which Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Charles Meriwether, 600 acres in Todd County, Kentucky.

The Political War, Allen C. Guelzo

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

Pity Abraham Lincoln. Everything that should have gone right for the Union cause in the spring of 1864 had, in just a few weeks, gone defiantly and disastrously wrong.

For two years, the 16th president had toiled uphill against the secession of the Confederate states, against the incompetence of his luckless generals and against his howling critics from both sides of the congressional aisle. Finally, in the summer and fall of 1863, the course of the war had begun to turn his way. Two great victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg staggered the Confederates, and those were followed by a knockdown …