History of Kentucky by the late Lewis Collins ; revised, enlarged four-fold, and brought down to the year 1874 by his son Richard H. Collins

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870.

Contributor:

Collins, Richard H., 1824-1889.

Series:

Genealogy & local history ; LH8338

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kentucky--History.

Kentucky.

Kentucky--Biography.

Kentucky--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

2 v. : ill., map, ports. ; cm.

Other Title:

Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky

Historical sketches of Kentucky

Place of Publication:

Covington, Ky. : Collins & Co., 1874.

Notes:

At head of title: Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky.

"Embracing pre-historic annals for 331 years, outline and by counties, statistics, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical and geological descriptions, sketches of the Court of Appeals, the churches, Freemasonry, Odd Fellowship, and internal improvements, incidents of pioneer life, and nearly five hundred biographical sketches of distinguished pioneers, soldiers, statesmen, jurists, lawyers, surgeons, divines, merchants, historians, editors, artists, etc. etc."

"Illustrated by 84 portraits, a map of Kentucky, and 70 other engravings."

Includes indexes.

Reproduced from 1878 ed. by Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1979.

First ed. Maysville, Ky., 1847.

Includes bibliographical references.