Notes on Kentucky, 1848 Apr.

ArchivalResource

Notes on Kentucky, 1848 Apr.

Negative photostat, produced after 1937, probably around 1940, of Lyman Draper's transcription, dated April 1848, of sections 23, 29-38 of Notes on Kentucky, a series of notes and anecdotes on the history and settlement of Kentucky which appeared in the Kentucky gazette, edited by John Bradford, and the Ohio state journal and Columbus gazette, during 1826-1827.

[20] leaves ; 16 cm.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7675356

Newberry Library

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Newberry Library

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt7hww (person)

The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65v4bgx (corporateBody)

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jr1qz0 (person)

Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891), American historian known for his studies of the history of trans-Allegheny West. From 1854 to 1886, he served as director of The State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1886. From the description of Letters from Lyman C. Draper to Benson J. Lossing, 1855-1864. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 302021153 Lyman Copeland Draper was born in Lockport, New York on September 4, 1...

Bradford, John, 1747-1830

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j0hfm (person)

Printer, publisher, surveyor. Born in Virginia, John Bradford came to Kentucky in 1779 and settled in Lexington in 1787. In partnership with his brother Fielding, he published the KENTUCKY GAZETTE for a short time, and in 1792 published the acts of the first session of the Kentucky legislature, the first book printed in Kentucky. In 1799 he became the first chairman of the board of Transylvania University, serving until 1811 and again from 1823 to 1828. He played a role ...

State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Division of Archives and Manuscripts

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h46fvq (corporateBody)

Stipp, G. W. (George Washington), active 1825

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63804zq (person)