Messages to the General Assembly, 1823-1824.

Kentucky State Penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.)

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Legislation establishing a penal system in Kentucky was passed in 1798, and by 1800, the first prison west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Kentucky State Penitentiary, was completed on a one-acre tract of land in Frankfort. As early 1825, the penitentiary and the labor of its inmates were leased to private individuals in return for a percentage of the profits from prison labor, a practice that was not abolished until 1880. Convict labor, however, continued to be contracted out until...

Adair, John, 1757-1840

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Soldier, politician, and governor of Ky. From the description of John Adair : miscellaneous papers, 1797-1824. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46605138 ...

Kentucky. General Assembly

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Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

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The Bank was chartered by the General Assembly in 1820 to offset the financial instability which followed the War of 1812. This instability was characterized by massive land speculation and unsecured borrowing, the multiplication of unsound banks, and the creation of more than a hundred different currencies. The speculative bubble burst in the 1819 panic with many Kentuckians facing bankruptcy and demanding help from the state government. The legislature char...

Kentucky. Governor (1820-1824 : Adair)

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