Source:
COLLINS' HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF KENTUCKY.
HISTORY
of
KENTUCKY:
By the Late Lewis Collins,
Judge of the Mason County Court.
REVISED, ENLARGED FOUR-FOLD, AND BROUGHT
DOWN TO THE YEAR 1874,
BY HIS SON.
RICHARD H. COLLINS, A. M., LL. B.
Embracing
Pre-Historic, Annals for 331 years, Outline, and by Counties, Statistics,
Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Geographical and Geological
Descriptions, Sketches of the Court of Appeals, The Churches,
Freemasonry, Odd Fellowship, and Internal Improvements,
Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Nearly Five Hundred
Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Pioneers,
Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Sur-
geons, Devines, Merchants, Historians,
Editors, Artists, Etc., Etc.
VOL I.
Illustrated by 84 Portraits, a Map of Kentucky, and 70 other Engravings.
Covington, Ky.:
Published by Collins & Co.
1882
ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Kentucky History |
Frontispiece |
2. Portrait of Humphrey
Marshall |
" |
3. Portrait of Mann Butler |
" |
4. Portrait of John A.
McClung |
" |
5. Portrait of Lewis
Collins |
" |
6. Portrait of Richard H.
Collins |
" |
7. Seal of Kentucky |
Title pg. |
8. Fac-Simile
Signatures |
16 |
9. Signature of Dr. Thomas
Walker |
16 |
10. Signature of
Christopher Gist |
16 |
11. Signature of Daniel
Boone |
16 |
12. Signature of George
Washington |
16 |
13. Signature of Simon
Kenton |
16 |
14. Signature of Patrick
Henry |
16 |
15. Signature of George
Rogers Clark |
16 |
16. Signature of Alexander
D. Orr |
16 |
17. Kentucky Lawyers |
179 |
18. Portrait of Jos.
Hamilton Daviess |
179 |
19. Portrait of Robert
Wickliffe |
179 |
20. Portrait of of Ben.
Hardin |
19 |
21. Portrait of Gen.
Humphrey Marshall |
179 |
22. Portrait of Madison C.
Johnson |
179 |
23. Kentucky Editors and
Publishers |
200 |
24. Portrait of John
Bradford |
200 |
25. Portrait of Thomas T.
Skillman |
200 |
26. Portrait of Joel Reid
Lyle |
200 |
27. Portrait of Amos
Kendall |
200 |
28. Portrait of George D.
Prentice |
200 |
29. Portrait of Albert G.
Hodges |
200 |
30. Portrait of Walter N.
Haldeman |
200 |
31. Chicago Fire |
219 |
32. Kentucky Physicians and
Surgeons |
220 |
33. Portrait of Ephraim
McDowell |
220 |
34. Portrait of Daniel
Drake |
220 |
35. Portrait of Benjamin W.
Dudley |
220 |
36. Portrait of Joshua T.
Bradford |
220 |
37. Portrait of Robert
Peter |
220 |
38. Kentucky Pioneers |
247 |
39. Portrait of Daniel
Boone |
247 |
40. Portrait of Simon
Kenton |
247 |
41. Portrait of Gen. Geo.
Rogers Clark |
247 |
42. Portrait of Gov. Isaac
Shelby |
247 |
43. Portrait of William
Stewart |
247 |
44. Cabin of a Pioneer |
329 |
45. Kentucky Statesmen |
351 |
46. Portrait of Henry Clay |
351 |
47. Portrait of John Rowan |
351 |
48. Portrait of John J.
Crittenden |
351 |
49. Portrait of James
Guthrie |
351 |
50. Portrait of of Richard
H. Menefee |
351 |
51. Kentuckians who were
President or Vice-President |
357 |
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52. Portrait of Zachary
Taylor |
357 |
53. Portrait of Abraham
Lincoln |
357 |
54. Portrait of Richard M.
Johnson |
357 |
55. Portrait of John C.
Breckinridge |
357 |
56. Portrait of David R.
Atchison |
357 |
57. Portrait of Jefferson
Davis |
357 |
58. Kentucky Union Officers |
362 |
59. Portrait of Gen. Robert
Anderson |
362 |
60. Portrait of Gen. Wm.
Nelson |
362 |
61. Portrait of Gen. Lovell
H. Rousseau |
362 |
62. Portrait of Gen. Jere.
T. Boyle |
362 |
63. Portrait of Gen. Thos.
L. Crittenden |
362 |
64. Portrait of Gen. Thomas
J. Wood |
362 |
65. Portrait of Gen. John
W. Finnell |
362 |
66. Kentucky Confederate
officers |
363 |
67. Portrait of Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston |
363 |
68. Portrait of Gen. Lloyd
Tilghman |
363 |
69. Portrait of Gen. John
H. Morgan |
363 |
70. Portrait of Gen. John
B. Hood |
363 |
71. Portrait of Gen. Simon
B. Buckner |
363 |
72. Portrait of Gen.
William Preston |
363 |
73. Portrait of Gen. George
B. Hodge |
363 |
74. Kentucky Clergymen |
416 |
75. Portrait of Bishop
Henry B. Bascom |
416 |
76. Portrait of Bishop
Benj. B. Smith |
416 |
77. Portrait of Archibishop
M. J. Spalding |
416 |
78. Portrait of Elder
Barton W. Stone |
416 |
79. Portrait of Rev. Horace
Holley |
416 |
80. Portrait of Rev. John
C. Young |
416 |
81. Portrait of Rev. John
L. Waller |
416 |
82. Kentucky Judges |
493 |
83. Portrait of Robert
Trimble |
493 |
84. Portrait of George M.
Bibb |
493 |
85. Portrait of William
Owsley |
493 |
86. Portrait of George
Robertson |
493 |
87. Portrait of Aaron K.
Woolley |
493 |
88. Portrait of Elijah C.
Phister |
493 |
89. Portrait of Wm. Henry
Wadsworth |
493 |
90. Kentucky Rail Road
Presidents |
537 |
91. Portrait of John L.
Helm |
537 |
92. Portrait of Richard
Collins |
537 |
93. Portrait of Wm. A.
Dudley |
537 |
94. Portrait of Edward D.
Hobbs |
537 |
95. Portrait of H. D.
Newcomb |
537 |
96. Portrait of Zachary F.
Smith |
537 |
97. Portrait of James Weir |
537 |
98. Kentucky Artists |
619 |
99. Portrait of Matt. H.
Jouett |
619 |
100. Portrait of Joseph H.
Bush |
619 |
101. Portrait of Joel T.
Hart |
619 |
102. Portrait of Thomas S.
Noble |
619 |
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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year
1874, by
RICHARD H. COLLINS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
TO HIS FATHER
JUDGE LEWIS COLLINS
WHOSE LABORS, IN 1846-7, AS A HISTORIAN OF KENTUCKY, WERE MOST
APPRECIATED AFTER HIS DEATH, IN 1870;
TO THE
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE of 1869-71,
WHICH, BY CONTRACTING FOR COPIES OF IT AS A FOUNDATION FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, GENEROUSLY AND CONFIDINGLY
ENCOURAGED ITS PUBLICATION;
TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURES of 1871-73 and 1873-75,
WHOSE JUSTICE AND LIBERALITY SUSTAINED THE ACTION OF THAT OF
1869-71;
AND TO THE
Hon. FRANCIS FORD, of Covington, and other noble Friends,
WHOSE GENEROUS AND HEARTY APPROVAL AND KIND WORDS ENCOURAGED
HIM,
AMID UNWORTHY OPPOSITION AND UNFORSEEN OBSTACLES, DURING
THE FOUR YEASR OF ITS PREPARATION;
THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR.
See the PREFACE, in Vol. II, pp. 4 - 10.
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