A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, EMBRACING GLEANINGS, REMINISCENCES, ANTIQUITIES, NATURAL CURIOSITIES, STATISTICS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, BY WILLIAM B. ALLEN AUTHOR OF THE KENTUCKY OFFICERS' GUIDE. LOUISVILLE, KY. LÍN GIFT OF F 451 A43 18778 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, BY WM. B. ALLEN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ROBERT ROWELL, Electrotype and Stereotype Foundry, LOUISVILLE, KY. ΤΟ DR. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM, M. D., WHO WAS BORN IN THE WILDWOODS OF KENTUCKY FIVE YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A STATE; WHO IS HIMSELF A LIVING HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, AND ONE OF THE FEW LINKS NOW LEFT IN THE LONG CHAIN THAT BINDS THE PRESENT GENERATION TO THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE "DARK AND BLOODY GROUND;" WHO IS THE BEST RIFLE SHOT IN AMERICA, AND UNEQUALED AS A AND WHILE ALREADY NUMBERED AMONG THE MOST MUNIFICENT BENE FACTORS OF THE STATE HAS ONCE MORE EVINCED HIS LIBERALITY BY THE CONTRIBUTION OF HIS EXTENSIVE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY, ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH $25,000-TO THIS MAN SO WORTHY OF OUR HIGHEST ESTEEM IS THIS BOOK DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |