The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Date |
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Page 45
... thousand dollars on the purchase of the seventeen millions of acres . Colonel Henderson , soon after his arrival in the spring of 1775 , opened a land office at Boonesborough , and began the issuance of warrants , or orders of survey ...
... thousand dollars on the purchase of the seventeen millions of acres . Colonel Henderson , soon after his arrival in the spring of 1775 , opened a land office at Boonesborough , and began the issuance of warrants , or orders of survey ...
Page 53
... thousand acres at the mouth of Green river , and on both sides of same . " 2 In the like spirit of justice , the Assembly of North Carolina granted to the company two hundred thousand acres more , lying within its jurisdiction . Thus ...
... thousand acres at the mouth of Green river , and on both sides of same . " 2 In the like spirit of justice , the Assembly of North Carolina granted to the company two hundred thousand acres more , lying within its jurisdiction . Thus ...
Page 133
... thousand times , sitting in the starlight , by the guns in the garden . The fugitives directed their steps toward the prairies of Indiana and the Wabash tributaries , and after thirty days of dangers and hardships , reached Louisville ...
... thousand times , sitting in the starlight , by the guns in the garden . The fugitives directed their steps toward the prairies of Indiana and the Wabash tributaries , and after thirty days of dangers and hardships , reached Louisville ...
Page 148
... thousand acres ad- joining his settlement . For this he was to pay the State price , at the rate of forty dollars per hundred acres . 1 The question of land titles having now been settled , and every influ- • ence being auspicious , the ...
... thousand acres ad- joining his settlement . For this he was to pay the State price , at the rate of forty dollars per hundred acres . 1 The question of land titles having now been settled , and every influ- • ence being auspicious , the ...
Page 158
... thousand acres each , the upper and lower thousands belonging to Connolly , and the middle two thousand to Campbell . An episode , which is a part of our history , in connection with Dr. Con- nolly's title here , is most interesting ...
... thousand acres each , the upper and lower thousands belonging to Connolly , and the middle two thousand to Campbell . An episode , which is a part of our history , in connection with Dr. Con- nolly's title here , is most interesting ...
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