Diary [microform], 1798-1804.

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Diary [microform], 1798-1804.

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Diary containing information concerning planting, gardening, and grafting; other settlers in the area; Hornsby's involvement as trustee of Shelbyville Academy, an early school in Shelbyville, Ky.; activities and health of his family, friends, and slaves; medical treatments and doctors employed; and management of a large plantation including what was planted, other types of work on the plantation, daily management of slaves and their assignments according to any special skills.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Hornsby, Joseph, 1740-1807

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Plantation owner, b. Norfolk County, England; emigrated to Williamsburg, Va.; 1797 moved family to Kentucky. From the description of Diary [microform], 1798-1804. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 61452363 Farmer of Shelby County, Ky. From the description of Diary, 1798-1804. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49243261 ...

Shelbyville Academy (Shelbyville, Ky.)

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Hornsby family.

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