The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 1786-1790: Being an Account of an Early Kentucky Society from the Original Papers Recently FoundJohn P. Morton, 1894 - 166 страница |
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... pioneers so well illustrates their character for intelligence . Professor Shaler , in his History of Kentucky , published in 1885 , says : " The early records of Kentucky are too imperfect to afford any clear insight into the condition ...
... pioneers so well illustrates their character for intelligence . Professor Shaler , in his History of Kentucky , published in 1885 , says : " The early records of Kentucky are too imperfect to afford any clear insight into the condition ...
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... pioneers . Recently , however , there has been disinterred a quantity of papers giving the record of a Political Club that existed at Danville from 1786 to 1790. " . . . " The notes of this club give a very fair idea of the intellectual ...
... pioneers . Recently , however , there has been disinterred a quantity of papers giving the record of a Political Club that existed at Danville from 1786 to 1790. " . . . " The notes of this club give a very fair idea of the intellectual ...
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... Pioneers , The Kentucky Woods , PAGE . 1-8 2 3 4 5 6 7 12-16 Grandeur of the Forest , Descriptions , • 13 14 The ... Pioneer Stations near Danville , . Situation of Danville , . Founding of Danville ( note ) , . Early Settlement in this ...
... Pioneers , The Kentucky Woods , PAGE . 1-8 2 3 4 5 6 7 12-16 Grandeur of the Forest , Descriptions , • 13 14 The ... Pioneer Stations near Danville , . Situation of Danville , . Founding of Danville ( note ) , . Early Settlement in this ...
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... Pioneers , 157 157 Kentucky Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge , Manufacturing , . • 158 158 , 159 Schools and Churches , . Spanish Intrigues , Devotion to the Union , 159 160 161 • Influence of Political Club on First ...
... Pioneers , 157 157 Kentucky Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge , Manufacturing , . • 158 158 , 159 Schools and Churches , . Spanish Intrigues , Devotion to the Union , 159 160 161 • Influence of Political Club on First ...
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... pioneer days with feelings somewhat akin to the memories of their own childhood . They read of Daniel Boone and his times very much as they read old leg- endary romances . In the hazy distance of a hundred years ago men assume heroic ...
... pioneer days with feelings somewhat akin to the memories of their own childhood . They read of Daniel Boone and his times very much as they read old leg- endary romances . In the hazy distance of a hundred years ago men assume heroic ...
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