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Kentucky History, Early Republic/Statehood Era, 1790-1811: Primary Sources in Special Collections: Digital Books (Published Before 1924)

This guide will help you find primary sources pertaining to the Early Republic Era in Kentucky's history.

Digital Books (Works Published Before 1924) from the Special Collections Library: Electronic Reproduction Made Possible by the Beyond the Shelf Digitization Project. Click On Links To Access E-Books.

Annals of the West : embracing a concise account of principal events which have occurred in the western states and territories, from the discovery of the Mississippi valley to the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
Author: Perkins, James H. (James Handasyd), 1810-1849.
Pittsburgh, Pa. : W. S. Haven, 1857.
Autobiography of a pioneer : or, The Nativity, experience, travels, and ministerial labors of Rev. Jacob Young ; with incidents, observations, and reflections.
Author: Young, Jacob, 1776-1859, Cincinnati: Cranston and Curts, 1857.
Autobiography of Elder Samuel Rogers / edited by his son, John I. Rogers.
Author: Rogers, Samuel, 1789-ca.1880. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co., 1880.
Life and travels of William B. Landrum
Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1878.
Methodists Kentucky.
The Aaron Burr conspiracy; a history largely from original and hitherto unused sources by Walter Flavius McCaleb
New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903.
The Lexington Collection, being a selection of hymns and spiritual songs, from the best authors , together, with a number never before printed, 1805.