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Source:
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY
Judge Charles Kerr, Editor
By William Elsey Connelley
Author of "Eastern Kentucky Papers"
and
E. M. Coulter, Ph.D.
Department of History, University of Georgia
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In Five Volumes
Vol. III
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The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - ORIGIN AND MEANING OF NAMES 1
CHAPTER II. - EARLY INDIAN OCCUPANCY OF THE OHIO VALLEY 15
CHAPTER III. - DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION BY THE ENGLISH OF THE OHIO COMPANY 40
CHAPTER IV. - THE INDIAN TITLE TO KENTUCKY AND ITS EXTINCTION 49
CHAPTER V. - THE EXPLORATION OF DR. THOMAS WALKER 57
CHAPTER VI. - EXPLORATION OF KENTUCKY BY CHRISTOPHER GIST 67
CHAPTER VII. - MRS. MARY INGLES - THE FIRST WHITE WOMAN IN KENTUCKY 75
CHAPTER VIII. - THE SANDY CREEK VOYAGE 94
CHAPTER IX. - SWIFT'S SILVER MINES 110
CHAPTER X. - THE FOUNDING OF HARMAN'S STATION 134
CHAPTER XI. - TRANSYLVANIA AND THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS 160
CHAPTER XII. - KENTUCKY IN THE REVOLLUTION 173
CHAPTER XIII. - AFTER THE REVOLUTION -
INDIAN TROUBLES
BATTLE OF BLUE LICKS
185
CHAPTER XIV. - STATIONS AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN KENTUCKY 200
CHAPTER XV. - INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  LAND SYSTEM, COUNTIES, TOWNS. 212
CHAPTER XVI. - BEGINNINGS IN THE MOVEMENT FOR SEPARATION FROM VIRGINIA 221
CHAPTER XVII. - THE FIRST THREE CONVENTIONS 226
CHAPTER XVIII. - THE FOURTH CONVENTION
THE FIRST AND SECOND ENABLING ACTS
235
CHAPTER XIX. - TRADE RIGHTS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
THE FIFTH CONVENTION
239
CHAPTER XX. - WILKINSON AND THE SPANISH TRADE 245
CHAPTER XXI. - THE SPANISH PLOT
THE SIXTH CONVENTION
252
CHAPTER XXII. - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH CONSPIRACY
THE SEVENTH CONVENTION
260
CHAPTER XXIII. - THE SPANISH COLONIZATION SCHEME
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH CONVENTIONS
269
CHAPTER XXIV. - CONSTITUTION AND UNION 279
CHAPTER XXV. - KENTUCKY, CHARACTER AND SOCIETY AT THE BEGINNING OF STATEHOOD 286
CHAPTER XXVI. - MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS, 1776-1792 297
CHAPTER XXVII. - PUTTING THE GOVERNMENT INTO OPERATION:  EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL CONTROVERSIES 307
CHAPTER XXVIII. - DEMOCRATIC CLUBS AND THE FRENCH SCHEME AGAINST LOUISIANA 318
CHAPTER XXIX. - GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE FRENCH ENTERPRISE 325
CHAPTER XXX. - GOVERNOR SHELBY AND THE FRENCH ENTERPRISE 336
CHAPTER XXXI. - KENTUCKY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE OPENING OF THE MISSISSIPPI 346
CHAPTER XXXII. - SPAIN AND THE GENET EPISODE: FURTHER SPANISH PLOTS 359
CHAPTER XXXIII. - CONQUERING THE NORTHWEST INDIANS:  THE CAMPAIGNS OF HARMAR, ST. CLAIR, AND WAYNE 376
CHAPTER XXXIV. - THE SECOND CONSTITUTION 390
CHAPTER XXXV. - FEDERAL RELATIONS:  THE RESOLUTIONS OF 1798 AND 1799 403
CHAPTER XXXVI. - KENTUCKY AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE 424
CHAPTER XXXVII. - AARON BURR IN KENTUCKY 434
CHAPTER XXXVIII. - THE SEQUEL TO THE BURR CONSPIRACY:  kENTUCKY LOYALTY TO THE UNION 457
CHAPTER XXXIX. - EARLY PARTIES AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT 469
CHAPTER XL. - MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTAROUND 1800 485
CHAPTER XLI - AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT AROUND 1800 499
CHAPTER XLII. - BANKS AND BANKING AROUND 1800 511
CHAPTER XLIII. - EARLY BOUNDARY DISPUTES 516
CHAPTER XLIV. - SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS, 1792 - 1810 524
CHAPTER XLV. - KENTUCKY IN THE WAR OF 1812 545
CHAPTER XLVI. - THE KENTUCKY CHARACTER AND THE WAR 569
CHAPTER XLVII. - SLAUGHTER AND THE DISPUTED GUBERNATORIAL SUCCESSION 580
CHAPTER XLVIII. - SPECULATION
BANK MANIA AND HARD TIMES
592
CHAPTER XLIX. - REPLEVIN LAWS AND RELIEF:  THE BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH 607
CHAPTER L. - THE STRUGGLES AGAINST THE JUDICIARY
OLD COURT AND NEW COURT
623
CHAPTER LI. - STATE RIGHTS VERSUS THE UNITED STATES BANK AND COURTS:  THE OCCUPYING CLAIMAN LAWS 674
CHAPTER LII. - DEMOCRATS AND WHIGS 692
CHAPTER LIV. - THE ERA OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BEGINNING OF RAILROADS 721
CHAPTER LV. - ECONOMIC PROGRESS DURING THE MIDDLE PERIOD 739
CHAPBER LVI. - EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT DURING THE MIDDLE PERIOD 753
CHAPTER LVII. - SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE MIDDLE PERIOD 769
CHAPTER LVIII. - SLAVERY 796
CHAPTER LIX. - NATIONAL PROBLEMS AND THE THIRD CONSTITUTION 821
CHAPTER LX. - BREAKING THE BONDS OF THE UNION 842
CHAPTER LXI. - NEUTRALITY AND THE UNIOIN 853
CHAPTER LXII. - COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS IN WAR TIMES 868
CHAPTER LXIII. - CIVIL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS DURING THE WAR 885
CHAPTER LXIV. - EFFECTS OF THE WAR 906
CHAPTER LXV. - COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE SOUTH - 1865-1872 922
CHAPTER LXVI. - RECENT STATE HISTORY 987
CHAPTER LXVII. - GEOLOGY OF KENTUCKY 1016
CHAPTER LXVIII. - AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (1838-1922) 1031
CHAPTER LXIX. - THE ADVENTURES OF COLONEL DANIEL BOONE. 1035
CHAPTER LXX. - TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY 1049
CHAPTER LXXI. - THE INFLUENCE OF HENRY CLAY ON POLITICAL OPINION IN KENTUCKY 1061
CHAPTER LXXII. - GOVERNORS OF KENTUCKY 1071
CHAPTER LXXIII. - UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM KENTUCKY 1082
CHAPTER LXXIV. - THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY 1099
CHAPTER LXXV. - OFFICERS FROM KENTUCKY IN THE CIVIL WAR 1114
CHAPTER LXXVI. - ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES IN KENTUCKY IN THE CIVIL WAR 1155
CHAPTER    LXXVII. - THE ROMANCE OF TOBACCO AND ITS EARLY INTRODUCTION IN KENTYCKY 1162
CHAPTER LXXVIII. - THE GROWTH AND CULTURE OF TOBACCO IN KENTUCKY 1177
CHAPTER LXXIX. - EARLY TAVERNS AND TRAVELERS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY 1188
CHAPTER LXXX. - THE CUMBERLAND GAP REGION 1197
BIBLIOGRAPHY - LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
GENEAL WORKS
1212


 

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