Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions : with anecdotes of pioneer life, and more than one hundred biographical sketches of distinguished pioneers, soldiers, statesmen, jurists, lawyers, divines, etc. : illustrated by forty engravings

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Index To The Outline History

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Adair, Gen., at the battle of New Orleans- -SO, 84 Adams, John, second President, very odious

in Keniucky 54

Adams and Jackson, presidential contest between P3

Alien and sedition laws condemned 55

Allen, Col., killed 71

Annexation, first step in territorial 57

• of" Texas, and its effects 97

Bank, first cliartered in Kentucky 56

ol" Kentucky chartered 65

, Ibrty independent, chartered 83

, Commonwealth's, chartered 88

, Branch of U. S., in Kentucky 95

of Kentucky 95

, Northern, of Kentucky ^- 95

of l/ouis villa 95

Bird. Col., expedition against Kentucky 24

Blaiinerhasset, the victim of Burr 59

Blue Licks, Upper, defeat of Capt. Holder's

party at 25

Blue Licks, liOwer, disastrous battle at 25

Board of War, in Kentucky 43

Boone, Mrs., and daughters, first white women on Kentucky river 19

Boonsborough. founded, and fort built 19

, attacked by the Indians 19

Bowman. Col., expedition against Chillicothe, 23

Boyle, John, chief justice of the old court- - - 90 Bradford, John, establishes first newspaper

in Kentucky 36

Breckinridge, Ilobert, first speaker of the H.

of R. 45

Brown, James, first secretary of state 45

, John, first delegate to Congress 36

, , letters of, on the independence

oi Kentucky 37

Brown, John, first senator to Congress 45

, , implicated in the Spanish intrigue 60

Brown, John, President Madison's letter in

defence of 99

Bryant's station, attack on 25

Bullitt, Capt. Thomas, surveying at the Falls, 18

, Alexander, first speaker of the senate, 45

Burr, Aaron, arrives in Kentucky 57

, defeated for the governorship of New

York 57

Burr, kills Hamilton in a duel 58

, conceives a plan of an empire 58

, his character and intrigues 59

, his project developed. &c. 60

, Daveiss' motion against, overruled- •• • 60

, offers Daveiss opportunity to prove his

charge 61

Burr, his trial postponed 61

, his public defence 61

, his trial again postponed 62

, acquitted by the grand jury 63

, disavows to Mr. Clay any improper design 63

Burr, his real attitude at this time 64

, his project unfolded 64

, his letters to Wilkinson and Eaton 64

, his project denounced and broken up-- 64

Calloway, Col. Richard, moves to Boonsborough 19

Canada, union with Kentucky suggested- - - • 41 (vi)

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Cannon, first employed in Keniucky 24

Caroline, schooner, at the battle of New Orleans 80

Chesapeake, attacked by the Leopard 65

Clark, Gen. George Rogers, first appearance

in Kentucky 19

Clark, expedition against Kaskaskia and Vin-

cennes 21

Clark, expedition against the Ohio Indians- • 24

, expedition from the mouth of Licking, 27

expedition to the Wabash 33

, appointed generalissimo of French legions 47

Clarke, Judge, decides the relief law unconstitutional 89

Clarke, Judge, his trial before the legislature- 90

, , elected governor 97

Clay, Henry, and Daveiss, intellectual combat between 62

Clay, requires of Burr a^di«ajuiwal of treasonable designs -* 63

Clay and Jackson, presidential contest between 94

Clay and Polk, presidential contest between, 97

Combs, Capt. Leslie, gallantry of 73

Congress, old, refers the admission of Kentucky to the new 37

Constitution, federal, unpopular in Kentucky, 33

, first. Its features 44

, new, formed and adopted 56

Convention, first, on the proposed separation

from Virginia 30

Convention, second 31

-, ,third 31

, fifth 36

, sixth 38

, seventh 39

, eighth 41, 43

, ninth, and last 44

■■ , to revise the constitution 54, 55

Corn, first raised in Kentucky 19

Counties, Kentucky divided into three 24

Courts, first established 20

, of common law and chancery 24

, U. S., for the district of Kentucky, established 28

Courts, jurisdiction under the first constitution 45

Courts, changes in the system of- 51

, district, abolished 56

, circuit, established 56

, contest between the Old and New- 91

, New, organized 92

Crockett, Col., remonstrance of •' - • 40

Croghan, Col., defence of Fort Stephenson 75

Crows, required to be killed 51

Danville, the seat of the Conventions- - - - 30, 36 Daveiss, Col. Jo. Hamilton, moves against

Burr 60

Daveiss, intellectual combat with Henry Clay 62

Democratic societies, their spirit and object- 47

Depeau, Charles, a French emissary, letter of, 43

Desha, Gen. Joseph, elected governor 91

DuQuesne invades Kentucky 20

F.dwards, John, senator in Congress 45

England and France, before the war of 1812, 68

English spy in Kentucky 41

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Erie, Lake, decisive victory upon 76

Estill, Capt., defeat of 24

Excise law, odious in Kentucky 46, 47

Fayette county, competes for the seat of government 45

Federal government, disaffection towards- -46, 47

Finley, John, visits Kentucky 18

Fort, look for the proper name of each —

France and England, their last great struggle, 68 Frankfort, how chosen as the seat of government 45

French revolution, how regarded 46

emissaries in Kentucky 48

Frenchtown, battle of- 70

Garrard, James, governor of the State 55

Genet, citizen, his projects and conduct 47

, recalled, and his acts disavowed 50

Governor, how chosen under the old constitution 45

Greenup, Christopher, elected governor 57

Hardin, Col. John, murdered by the Indians- 45

Uarmar, Gen., disastrous expedition of 43

Harrodsburg, founded 18

Harrison, Gen., marches against Canada- - - • 70

, defence of Fort Meigs 73

, defeats Proctor at the Thames 73

Henderson's purchase from the Cherokees-- 18

Holder, Capt., defeat of 25

Hopkins, Gen., expedition against the Illinois

Indians 69

Hull, Gen., surrender of 68

Impressment of American seamen 67

Independence of Kentucky agitated- - - -37, 50, 53 Innis, judge, connected with the Spanish intrigue 53

lunis, overrules the motion against Butt 60

, tried and acquitted • 65

Insurance company at Lexington chartered- 56

Jackson, Gen. Andrew, at New Orleans 81

and Adams, contest between 93

and Clay, contest between 94

Jay, John, odium against, in Kentucky 36

, his treaty with England, how regarded- 51

Jefferson, Thomas, elected President 56, 57

Johnson, Col. Richard M., at the battle of the

Thames 78

Kaskaskia, surrenders to Gen. Clark 22

Kenton, Simon, settles in Mason county 19

Kentuckians. drafted 43, 50

Kentucky, explored by the Anglo-Saxons- - - 17 , traces of the earlier occupants of- 17

river, ascended by the McAfees- - 18

, first log cabin erected in 18

"Gazette," printed at Lexington- • 30

— '■ . admitted into the Union 42

Knox, Col. James, leads the " Long Hunters "

to Kentucky 18

Land law, unfortunate operation of- 23

Letcher, Robert P., elected g'overnor 97

Lewis, Col., taken prisoner 71

Lexington, first blockhouse built 23

Limitation in actions of ejectment, changed- 65

Logan's fort, erected and settled 19

Louisiana, ceded to France 56

, purchased by the general government 57

Louisville settled 22

Madison, George, elected governor 87

, President, letter vindicating Hon.

James Brown -. 98

Marshall, Col. Thomas 39

, Humphrey, elected U. S. senator- • 51

Martin's station destroyed 24

Maysville. blockhouse erected 28

Meigs, fort, attacked 73,75

Mercer county, competes for the seat of government 45

Metcalfe, Gen. Thomas, elected governor- • • 93

Michigan, effect of the loss of 68

Mills, Jfudge Benjamin, and the old court- - • • 90 Mississippi, proposed to cede the navigation of .34, 40

Mississippi, circular of Muter, Innis, and

others 34

Mississippi, negotiations upon the subject- •• 35

Mississippi, its navigation secured by treaty, 52 Murray, William, opposes the states' rights

movement 56

Muter, Judge George, attempt to remove 51

, his letter against an independent government 39

New Orleans, right of deposit at, conceded- 52

, this right suspended 56

, preparations for itsdetence-- 79

, engagement of the 24th December 80

New Orleans, brilliant victory of the 8th of

January 84

New Orleans, numbers engaged 86

Nicholas, George, in the ninth convention- • • 44 , first attorney general 45

- , connected with the Spanish intrigue 53

Nullification, in the legislature 55

Owsley, Judge William, and the old court- • 90

, , elected governor- •- 97

Perry, lieutenant, brilliant victory of 76

Polk, James K., and Henry Clay, contest between 97

Power, Thomas, a Spanish messenger 53

Relief and anti-relief excitement 89

laws decided unconstitutional 90

excitement in 1842 96

Replevin, extended conditionally 89

Revolution, French, how reg'arded 46

, the age of startling, not passed- ■ 58

Ruddell's station destroyed 24

Scott, Gen. Charles, Indian expedition 43

, joins Wayne with 1,500 men -- 50

, elected governor 65

Sebastian, Judge Benj., attempt to remove-- 51

, interview with the Spanish agent- 52

, pensioned by Spain 53

, implicated with Burr 60

, inquiry into his conduct 65

Senators, how chosen under the old constitution 45

Separation from Virginia and the Union, agitated 37

Shelby, Isaac, first governor 45

, reply to Depeau 49

Slaughter, Gabriel, first lieutenant and acting

governor 87

Spain, resents the purchase of Louisiana- - - 57

Spanish intrigues in Kentucky 52

Specie payments suspended 95, 96

Squirrels, law requiring to be killed 51

St. Clair. Gen., campaign of- 43

Stephenson, fort, gallant defence of- 75

Stuart, James, killed by the Indians 18

Taxes, upon what imposed 45

Tecumseh, his generous conduct at Fort

Meigs 74

Tecumseh, killed at the Thames 78

Thames, river, victory at the 78

Treaty of 1783, imperteclly observed 28

with the Indians 51

Trimble, Lieutenant David 73

Vincennes, surrenders to Gen. Clark 22

Virginia, action upon the proposed separation by Kentucky 41

Walker, Dr., visits Kentucky 18

War of 1812, causes of GH

feeling in Kentucky and New England, 68

Washington, Gen., elected President of the

United States 41

Wayne, Gen., defeats the Indians at the Rapids 50

"Western World," newspaper at Frankfort- CO

. develops Burr's project. Sec. 60

Wilkinson, Gen. James, settles in Lexington, 29

, his voyage to New Orleans 30

, his tobacco privileges 38

, accompanies St. Clair 43

, commissioned under Wayne 45

, how he regarded the Spanish intrigue 53

Wilkinson, commands the U. S. troops in

Louisiana 57

Wilkinson, co-operates with Burr 59,60

Winchester, Gen., at the river Raisin 71