Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Public Library history and genealogy collection, 1785-[198-].

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Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Public Library history and genealogy collection, 1785-[198-].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915501

This collection of local historical and genealogical materials includes the Lee family genealogy; abstracts of military pensions; education, marriage, census, church, and cemetery records from Barren and other Kentucky counties; Barren County wills and order books; a deed signed by Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia, for land now in Barren County (1786); Edmund Rogers' surveyor's book (1785-1788) of land now in Barren County; and the journal of the Committee on the Library (Library of Congress) which includes minutes of meetings and an index (1829-1861).

5 cubic ft.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Public Library (Glasgow, Ky.)

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Rogers, Edmund, approximately 1750-approximately 1830

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Revolutionary War veteran, Ky. pioneer, early settler of Barren and Metcalfe counties. From the description of Edmund Rogers : papers, 1791-1850. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49309407 From the description of Edmund Rogers : papers, 1791-1850. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46606725 ...

Lee family.

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