Governor's correspondence, [1848?-1850?].

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Governor's correspondence, [1848?-1850?].

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These are incoming letters to Governor John J. Crittenden which document administrative activities of the chief executive. Included are two letters to the governor from a group of citizens in Nelson County requesting the assistance of the militia in quelling an outbreak of arson and vandalism; and one letter inviting the governor to the opening of a bridge across the Ohio River between Ohio and what was then Virginia, at Wheeling.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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