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Book/Printed Material 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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  • 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

Names

  • Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870.
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Maysville, Ky. : L. Collins ; Cincinnati : J.A. & U.P. James, 1847.

Contents

  • Outline history. --Sketch of the Court of appeals. --Historical sketches of the Baptist, Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches. --Miscellaneous statistics [register of officials, etc.] --Situation, boundaries and extent [etc.] --Geological formation. --Early manners and customs. --[The counties] (p. 164-556) --Appendix. --Science and literature in Kentucky.

Headings

  • -  Kentucky--History
  • -  Kentucky--Biography
  • -  Kentucky--Description and travel

Notes

  • -  Includes indexes.
  • -  Sabin 14446
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC ael 2020-10-01 update (2 cards)

Medium

  • 560 p., [13] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., facsim., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F451 .C71
  • F451 .C71 Copy 3 Toner Coll

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01002617

OCLC Number

  • 2532848

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Collins, Lewis, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. 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. Maysville, Ky.: L. Collins ; Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1847. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01002617/.

APA citation style:

Collins, L. & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1847) 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. Maysville, Ky.: L. Collins ; Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01002617/.

MLA citation style:

Collins, Lewis, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. 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. Maysville, Ky.: L. Collins ; Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1847. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01002617/>.