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FOREWORD
When the American Imprints Inventory was started in the spring of 1957,
two final results were anticipated. The first was to be a file or union
V catalog of title slips which would represent the holdings of American libre-
ries to the limiting dates for each state in the fields of books, pamphlets,
and broedsides printed in the United States. The second was to consist of
published check lists drawn frcm.this material, covering the publications
of the various states and certain cities, within certain periods.
The master file of title slips has been built up until it now contains
more than lé,OO0,000 typed slips, representing possibly 1,500,000 separate
titles printed in the period of American printing to 1877 in all states but
Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and the Dukotes. In these
states the limiting date is l89l, because of the later start that printing
had in them. "Ncrk is continuing in several states in making additions to
this file, has been completed in some states, and has been discontinued in
others.
Under the direction of Hr. Douglas'C. KcYurtrie, Consultant from the
beginning of the Inventory until July 15, 1941, the second phase, that of
publication of check lists, was chiefly confined to the editing and issuance
of them in the nore complex Style A form in the central filing office in
Chicago where the editorial staff is located. The Style A lists, requiring
title page line—endi2gs and printers* devices and bibliographical notes,
require dn almost endless amount of research, both in the libraries where
the books are located and in the hugo filo which complements thcm.in the
central office.
It has become apparent, on the basis of possible publication of Style
A lists by cither the central office or the various states, that if the more
than a million titles so for harvested fron.Americun libraries were to be
made available to the public some swifter method of issuing the check lists
must be found. Two solutions seemed possible: that of abandoning the com-
plex Style A lists and issuing simple Stylc B lists vhich would provide the
user with all pertinent information on the title of thc book and its location,
author and printer and date of publication, or bhc rcturn of the title slips
to thc state themselves for issuance of Style A lists of their own titles.
The former solution would have speeded up publication to a considerable
extent in the central editing office. The latter would have provided twenty
` or thirty Style A lists at the end of m your, some of which might have boon-
of questionable quality because of tho liiitaticns involved in personnel
· and sources for necessary roscarcho
A study of the problem.hus convinced the central office of the Historical
Records Survey Projects in Washington tbmt the answer may lie in conhining
the two solutions, that is, thc issuance by the various states of their own
titles in simplified Style B check lists which can at u later time be refined
by them or by imtcrcsted scholars. To this end, c manual of editing has been
written and furnished the various states. In more than twenty status thc
V staffs have givcn assurance that such simplified editing is possible and
have requested that their materiel bo scnt from thc central filcsu
Donald P. Brown
State Supervisor 4
Pesecrch and Records Section

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PRE FACE
The Kentucky State office of the Historical Records Survey in 1959
published two cheek lists of Kentucky imprints for the years l787—l8lO and
1811-1820, each appearing in mimeographed editions of about a thousand
copies. These were quickly exhausted and are now desirable eol1ectors' items.
This work continued, with some interruptions and with personnel decreasing
due to curtailment of WPA work by re—employment of workers in private industry,
until December 7, 1941. The re-direction of WPA work to the war effort after
this date made it necessary to bring the activity on imprints to an immediate
close.
lt was decided to make another volume of the imprints that had beenw
` discovered since the first two check lists appeared, with new locations for
many of the titles in those bibliographies, and with the first printing of
the No. 1 ledger of Kentucky copyrights in the United States Courthouse at
Frankfort. This was an exceedingly valuable document that was discovered by
the WPA Survey of Federal Archives, and first mentioned in its inventory of
the records in the Federal Courts of Kentucky, done under the supervision of
the undersigned, the editor of this check list.
The first plan regarding this copyright book, in the scripts of Thomas
Tunstall and John H. Hanna, clerks of the court for were than fifty years,
was to include only those titles omitted from the first two check lists, or
from September 15, 1800, the date of the first entry (John Bradford's
The General Instructor), to the end of 1820. But at the last moment it has
been decidédd§;En€ht—fcr the first time, and as an integral part of this
publication, the copyright ledger from.l800 to 1854.
The first volume of the copyright include all books, broiwsheets, broad—
sides, engravings, labels, maps, pamphlets, pictures, prints ind songs cepy~
righted in Kentucky from 1800 to November 27, 185é; the second ledger contains
the entries from December 1, 1855, to July 15, 1864. A third copyright ledger,
which we have not seen, is at DLC and may not be consulted until after the war.
lt is, naturally enough, one of their irreplaceable records. We do not know
why it was removed fron.the Courthouse in Frankfort, but, knowing something
of the history of Kentucky, we are hardly surprised that it was. No are
grateful that the more important of the three ledgers was loft to us.
The numbering of the titles in this third volume of Kentucky imprints is
consecutive with the first two check lists with the first item No. 777. The
appearance of this piece merits an explanation. Ir. Douglas C. Mchurtrie,
who, with Ir. Albert H. Allen, compiled the first two lists of imprints,
found it in Charles Evans' American Uibliography, No. 21185. Tut he did not
mention it in either of the—ehebkTliEtE~because_he could not locate a copy
for collation, nor could he find an advertisement of its publication anywhere.
The editor has searched the files of the hentueky Gazette from August 18, 1787
(the date of the second issue, there beinhrhbfbhrtdydhpibbpy of the first issue,
August ll), to the end of 1830 for advertisorents and prospectuses of Kentucky A
imprints, and he had found no mention of this item. But is it not reasonable
to conjecture that, since John and Fielding Bradford published the Kentucky
Almanack for 1788 in 1787, and the Almanack for l7Q0 in 1789, they Else pfihecs

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the Almanack for 1789 in 17887 Evans either saw a copy of this item or he
found—an~advertisement of it or he made a wild guess that Bradford or someone
else did print such an almanac. But it is desirable to leave the matter open,
·without trying actually to pin the 1788 title on Bradford. It is entirely
possible that the Almanack might have been printed in New Orleans or in the
east. if Bradford were ill or absent from.Kentucky at the time. Certainly it
was not advertised in the Kentucky Gazette for 1788 or 1789, because those
, files have been read again and again for even one line regarding the printing
of this real or imaginary Almanack of 1788. The Gazette may bo found at HyLx--
the most nearly complete file_df*the paper in the world, though it has many
deep and wide gaps.
These were discovered in searching for notice of the publication of our
second item, Ho. 778. Evans’ number is 25439, but we could find no mention
of it because KyLx’s file of the Gazette is missing for September, October,
and November. No attention was paid to its appearance by Bradford in the
Gazette for August. So this item, like our first, we only wish to take in
our stride and pass on to 780, for which we must also take our stand with
Evans alone as we have no new evidence to support his claim.that he held it
in his hand or that he found and advertisement of it in some newspaper or
magazine. Our items numbered 781, 782, 785 and 784 are found only in Evans'
magnificent monument to American bibliography. Items 788-790 are only in
Evans; but 791 may be found in KyLo.
Evans' list of early Kentucky imprints is being given because it is be-
lieved that all or most of them will be unearthed through pointing out in
this publication that they have not hitherto been discovered. That was the
result of the appearance of the first two check lists of Kentucky imprints,
and it is hoped that this book will excite a similar interest and achieve
a similar result.
In the spring of 1940, when Hr. HcHurtrie was satisfied that his list of
early Kentucky imprints was practically complete, he receivcd e letter from
Kr. Otis H. Iather, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, telling him of thirty-six im-
prints never before discovered, unrecordcd in the Union Catalogue of the hii
brary of Congress or anywhere else. Ik. Hclurtric communicated Hr. Ehtherls
discovery to us, and we requested of hr. Father an introduction to the owner
of the imprints, lk. Henry 8. Robinson, of Campbellsville, Kentucky. He
answered us with a carbon eopv of his letter to Ir. Robinson:
Dear Yr. Robinson:
Shortly after my last visit at your office I received copies
of two interesting volumes which have been prepared by the Work
Projects Administration, entitled check lists of Kentucky Imprints,
covering the years 1787 to 1820.
Hr. Douglas C. Hclurtrie, of Chicago, Illinois, is the National
Editor of the American Imprints Inventory, and Lk. John Wilson Town-
send, of Lexington, is the State Supervisor of Kentucky.
In glancing over the volumes received by me, I noticed that
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had been located so far is the Minutes of the fifteenth meeting,
held in the year 1814, whixh was found in the library of some
institution in Pennsylvania ZTQQ7.
Believing that the file of Minutes which you have would be
of public interest, I wrote Hr. Hcnurtrie on April 17, and this
morning I have a letter from him stating that this is a most in-
teresting "find" of early and unrecorded Kentucky imprints, and
that he would see what could be done about having some one call
on you and get detailed description of the contents of your file.
I am also in receipt of a letter from.lk. Townsend, stating that
it is his intention to call on you and procure descriptions for
the next issue of Kentucky imprints. I think Mr. Townsend will
see you within the next few days, and I hope that you will give
him ample opportunity to examine your complete file of the Green
River Baptist Association Minutes, as well as the later Minutes
which you have.
I am sure that you will be given proper credit when the
` next Check List appears.
Really, I think that you have about the most interesting
- file of Association Minutes that can be found in America. The
Green River Association, as I understand, was composed of
churches which were favorable to the emancipation of slaves--
an interesting fact in the early history of Kentucky. Some
indication of the dissensions among the churches over the
Slavery question is shown by statement on page 149 of my book,
"Six Generations of Lahues and.Al1icd Families", to the effect
that for the years 1501 to 1805 the Sevcrns Valley (Elizabeth-
town) church refused to cooperate with the Salem.Association
and affiliated with the Green River fsnociation, with which it
was in agreement on emancipation.
`Ue went to Campbellsville in early hay to check Tr. Kobinson's unique
copies of the Green River and other associations of Kentucky Baptists from
1800 to 1855. The first twenty years of these are elaborately described in
the body of this book, perhaps too elaborately, but they are the only copies
in America, with one or two exceptions, and this is our reason for devoting
so much attention to them, also, of course, this is the first time they have
been catalogued or commented upon in any publication. His minutes of the
years 1821-1855 are considered more briefly in an appendix.
Mr. Robinson, a keen student of Kentucky Baptist history, pointed out
that the Green River Association was split three ways in 1804: the Green
River, the Russoll's Creek, and the Stockton Valley. The Russoll's Creek
Association was organized on September 8, lC0é, the date of the first Hinutos,
of which Mr. Robinson has a long run. Ee does not have copies of the Green
River Minutes after 100d, nor any of the Stockton Valley Association. Ie
also called attention to the fact that in the Iinutes of the Russell's Creek
Association of 1015, the Rev. Luther Rice, who went out to the foreign field
with Adoniram Judson, was present and preached to the brethren. After his
stirring sermon the first collection for foreign missions to be given by any
Baptist association in Kentucky was taken. Its amount was #114.50. 4

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Hr. R0bihson's items are the backbone, the real reason for the issuance
of this volume. we believe fhoy dosorvo the honor wo have done them and
hope scholars generally will aoquiosoo.
Tho most famous Kentucky imprint bofofc the Stato’s admission to tho
Union is Tho Kentucky Hisoollany, by Thomas Johnson, Jr., 1789, which John
Bradford may   Strcot shop in Loxington. Johmson's
slomdor shcaf of verses, m 56~pago pamphlet, was the first book writton and
printed in tho Most, as wall as tho first literary work of any churactor to
claim u Kontuoky background. Ho was korn about 1760, whoro no one knows, and
was in Kentucky curly, porhnps by 1785. Practically nothing is known of his
lifo or of tho place and time of his death. This writer has huntod for his
grave in many Kentucky oomotoyios, but always without suoooss.
The first two chock lists have not been able to unearth copies of the
first, second, or third editions of the Miscollany, of l789, 1796, and 1815
respectively. And they located only oné_HE§§T—fE§'s, of tho fourth edition
of 1821. But nineteen years before tho chock lists appeared, a second copy
of tho fourth edition was extant. This was Hr. Charles J. Barnes', which was
sold at Amdorson’s Galleries, New York City, October 13, 1920. It was inac-
ouratoly dosoribod in the auction oatologuo as:
No. 91. Johnson (Thomas, Jr.) Tho Kentucky Iisoollamya Fourth
Edition. 12 mo, polished oalf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, by
Rivioro. Lexington: Printed at the Advertiser Office, 1821.
OF EXCESSIVE RARITY, NO COPY BEING RECORDED AS HAVING OCCURRED AT
AUCTIONU THIS WORK UAS VIGOROUGLY SUPPRESSED on account of ono
of tho ribald poems "Tho Wedding Eight". "Ehilo designated on the
title as tho "Fourth Edition", it is not improbable that this is
THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. `Wo ayo unable to locate this rarity
in any of the bibliographic; consulted, and the only montion found
is in D&vidson's "History of the Yroubyhoriam Church in tho State
of kontuoky", and this Sumo edition is tho ono cited.
Om account of the ophomoral nature of the work, it is not surpris~
img that tho prosont copy should havo boon repaired in some of the
loaves, with A fow words affected. But it is nevertheless in
RENARKABLE UMCUT CLTUITION, and not improbably the only copy which
may appear for many yoaysg
The outaloguor was incorrect in of lrast throw of his statononts. Tho
Miscellany was never "vigoyously suyprossoo on acooumk of ono of the rjbald
poems, TTHG Wedding Night,'" ultkougk it was generously darned from.biro to
time in the Kombuoky and Southern press. The Guzob&o's unnouncoxmnt of its
first olition of 1739 that it could bo purohu§EJ“w5¥~??Z Pcmjamin Po&ll’n in
Loxington umd at Gillospio, Birnoy (not Buxoy, as Choo} List bo. 5, p. 7,
printed it), & Cowpuny, and Gon. Hilkinson’s stores in Danvil1o" make it ob~
vious that o luygo odition was struck off and that it would have boon very
difficulk to suppress it. Tho oatulogmor's second guess ibut tho Buruos copy
was o first and not a fourth edition was olso wide of tho nork, os it is u
` copy of tho genuine fourth edition. ,And his third stuiommnb th.t, .,t. in all of
K©ntucky's historical and literary works, it is montionod only in Hobort
Duvidson's Tiskory of tho Prosbyhorion Church in Yontuoky is inc0rU0cb b¤~
causo CollfE§;MBG¥}饥N7§§TE{?iiIF¥§oéoE"oGHoF”YJH€EEFf°GYLtors muko morn or

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less extended mention of poor Tom‘s once despised and now exceedingly precious
pamphlet. But Collins and Durrett held to the belief that the second edition
- of 1795 was the real first, a belief the undersigned shared for many years.
It is to be conjectured that the author of the Barnes catalogue was more
zealous for a big price than he was for the simple facts in the case.
Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbaoh recently stated that he purchased Ur. Barnes' copy
and believed he sold it to CSmH; but his memory must have erred; for when in-
quiry was made for it there, lr. Lyle H. Wright, the noted bibliographer,
wrote, "l‘m sorry to say that Huntington does not have The Kentucky Iiscellany
(Lexington, lC2l), by Thomas Johnson, Jr." ——**____-_-`————__-
But American Book=Prioes Current, l92l, p. 540 confirms Dr. Rosenbach's
recollectibn of themEE$]E;l§;EE;id?—*Tt was thirty dollars, and at that figure
a great bargain, though the book had been rebound.
When TCU purchased the magnificent collection of Hentuckiana assembled
by Col. Reuben T. Durrett, the Louisville historian, founder and first pres»
ident of the Filson Club, his copy of The Kentucky Miscellany, which he had
acquired from Dr. Lyman`W. Seely, oflfhhhif:l§?:;?§§f€7EfEd¤it. Thus the only
copy in Kentucky left us, as so reny other items of our history and literature
have done, never to return.
We have written almost every library in America to ask if they bought
the Barnes copy of The Kentucky Miscellany from Dr. Rosenbach or anyone else
and their replies hERE;l§§ni-identical{THEY Recently advertisements have been
inserted in New York book trade journals asking for information on the where-
abouts of the copy, but no replies have been received. Mr. Philip Brooks is
mentioning it soon in his column on rare books in the Sunday New York Times
Igpgkpheview, and this hey result in its rediscovery. ____—**_____——-
we are indebted to Miss Katherine N. Hall, reference libririan at ICU
for the style A description of the Seely-Durrett copy of The Kentucky
Miscellany: **—__*—_·__——
(The / Kentucky h)iscellany./ Dy Thomas Johnson, Jun./(Eilct)/
Fourth Ddition./{Filet)/ LEXlNCTOI:/ Printed At The Advertiser
Cffice./ (Short row of dots)/l82l.
8% x 15% x·i cn. ( l¥5) 4-56 All numbered pages are set in brackets.
No preface, introdhction, nor dedication. Copy in extremely bad
condition, pages torn and dog»eared~~—in Tho`Wedding Night (the
historic dress rehearsal of Parson Douglass's tragi—comedy), be~
ginning on p. 6, top of p. 7 is so frayed that the first few words
of the first five lines read:
with full intent.
love's engine bent;
try'd again,
’d but all in vain;
u cries, "it will not do,
There arc no annotations by the poet, but "The / Kentucky I" is penciled
in—~-the rest of the word "iscellany“ is in print. The old Colonel’s fine
insight, or Seely’s or some one else's at work. But his or their guess was A

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good; the Barnes copy proves that it was "The Kentucky" not just "Kentucky"
or simply "hiscellany" on the title~page. ICU's blind library stamp has per-
forated the top of the title page.
aside from "The`Wedding Night" many other vital verses are creased out,
making it more important that the Barnes copy be located and reprinted in
facsimile form for the delectation of ourselves and generations yet unborn.
After Johnson's book the most interesting early Kentucky imprint is,
perhaps, the first Kentucky novel, written by a native son and printed in
this State: The/ Prisoners of Niagara,/ or/;Errors of Education. /
A new novel,/ founded on fact./ (Thick»thin rule)/By Jessee (sic) L. Holman,/
a native of Kentucky./(Thin¤thick rule)/(6 lines, quotations)/
(Double rule) / Frankfort./ Printed by /`William.Gerard./ (Pilet)/
1810.
9.5 x 15 cm. 557, (1) p.
This style A description is picked up from our Check List 6, p. 205,
item.554a, but, as that volume is now out of print, we have thought it well
to reproduce its description of the imperfect copy in LNB; but we new loacte
Professor Bartlett's good copy which he bought some years ago for the pre~
verbial song in an antique shop in Charlottesville, Virginia. As Holman is
more important to Indiana, in a legal sense, than he is to Kentucky, Professor
Bartlett has had many offers for his precious little book fron hoosier his—
torians and collectors. There is no copy in Kentucky of this first Kentucky
novel, so far as is known.
Holman was born at Danville, Kentucky, October 2%, l784, and published
The Prisoner of Niagara when he was 25 years old——~not 2l as the writer in
Appleton’s.statedT_l$;“studied law in Henry Clay’s office in Lexington and it
was under the Commoner's sponsorship that he took his manuscript to Gerard at
Frankfort and had it published~——in one volume, not two, to rerert to another
inaccuracy in Appleton, whose writer used the half~title, "Errors of
Education", as the full name of the novel. Obviously Appleton's author never
saw a copy of the little romance.
For many years Holman was a distinguished lawyer and jurist in Indiana.
The last years of his life were spent on the Federal bench, and in educational
and religious activities. He was one of the fourders of Indiana University at
Bloomington, and of Franklin College at Franklin, the leadinp Baptist institu-
tion in the State. He left many manuscripts which have not been published.
Finally, it is interesting to note that Robert Breckinridge Uchfoc, Kentucky's
first native historian, and Holman, the first native novelist, were both born
in that memorable year of l78d. Holman secured P printer for his little ro~
mance, even if he did require Henry Clay's help, while hcAfee's history of
Kentucky is still unpublished in book form. So Holman heads TcAfee——~by two
extant copies, a very narrow margin but still a margin.
John Wilson Townsend
" Kentucky Editor
Lexington, Kentucky American Iaprints Inventory
February, l9é2

 C ONT ENT S
Foreword .¤.¤¤.. . ..°¤.. ..». .¤¤...... . ¤».¤¤...¤°. i
Prefsce¤¤.....¤.. ..¤........ . .°°¤¤¤.. . .....¤ ¤.l iii
Key to Symbols for Libraries ..¤¤.....¤... ...... 5
Kentucky Imprints, 17S8—1820...¤¤..¤........... 5
Index to Kentucky Printing Points.............. 81
Henry S. Robinscn’s Baptist Minutes, 1815-1855. 85
Kentucky Copyrights, 1800~1854.¤......... .... .. 119
New Locations for Titles in Check Lists
Nos. 5 and 6, 1787-1810, 1811-1820.......... 199
Key to Library Symbo1s.°.»¤ ........°¤.. Q ..¤¤¤. . 205
General Index..¤.................. ...¤ »........ 219
Publications of the Kentucky Historical
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 H0. 25. Check List of
Ke;z1tuc>ky Imprints
1788--1820

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KEY TO SYMBOLS FOR LIBRARIES
CSmH l Henry E. Huntington Library, San Farino, California.
DLC l Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
DNA-SD (2) The National Archives (State Department) Washington, D. C.
ICU l (4) University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago.
ICN (l) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
InCW (l) assess College Library, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
KyHbHi (l) Harrodsburg Historical Society, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
KyLo 2 Free Public Library, Louisville, Kentucky.
KyLoF (5) The Pilsen Club Library, Louisville, Kentucky.
KyLxT l (l) Transylvania College Library, Lexington, Kentucky.
’ KyStjH l Mount Saint Joseph College & Academy Library, Nt. Saint
Joseph, Kentucky.
LNH l Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MHi I (2) Massachusetts Historical Society Library, Boston,
Massachusetts.
MiU-C (I) Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
NOK l Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.
RjPT (I) Princeton Theological Seminary Library, Princeton,
new Jersey.
NN l Public Library, New York City, New York.
NNUT l Union Theological Seminary Library, New York City, New York.
OC (l) Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio.
OCLWHi (l) Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.
OFH (l) Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,
y Columbus, Ohio.
OMC (I) Marietta College Library, harietta, Ohio.
PCA (l) American Baptist Historical Society, Chester, Pennsylvania.
PPPrHi (l) Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ravensway l Hr. Charles Ravensway, Zoonevillc, Missouri.
Robinson (EO) Lk. Henry S. Robinson, Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Townsend (5) Nr. John`Uilson Townsend, Lexington, Kentucky.
TxWB l ‘ Baylor University Library,`Wace, Texas.
UHi 2 (4) State Historical Society Library, Madison, Wisconsin.
Wilson l Hr. Samuel K. Nilsen, Lexington, Kentucky.

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KEY TO SYNBOLS FOR LIBRARIES
CSmH l Henry E. Huntington Library, San Narino, California.
DLC l Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
DNA—SD (2) The National Archives (State Department) Washington, D. C.
ICU l (4) University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago.
ICN (l) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
InCW (I) Wabash College Library, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
KyHbHi (l) Harrodsburg Historical Society, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
KyLo 2 Free Public Library, Louisville, Kentucky.
KyLoF (5) The Filson Club Library, Louisville, Kentucky.
KyLxT l (l) Transylvania College Library, Lexington, Kentucky.
‘ KyStjM l lou t Saint Joseph College & Academy Library, Ut. Saint
Joseph, Kentucky.
LNH l Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana.
MHi l (2) Massachusetts Historical Society Library, Boston,
Massachusetts.
MiU-C (l) Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
NoK l Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.
NjPT (l) Princeton Theological Seminary Library, Princeton,
New Jersey.
NN l Public Library, New York City, New York.
NHUT l Union Theological Seminary Library, New York City, New York.
OC (l) Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio.
OCLWHi (l) Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.
OFH (l) Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society,
_ Columbus, Ohio.
OMC (l) Marietta College Library, Eariotta, Ohio.
PCA (l) American Baptist Historical Society, Chester, Pennsylvania.
PPPrHi (l) Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ravonsway l Mr. Charles Ravensway, Dooneville, Missouri.
Robinson (20) Ir. Henry S. Robinson, Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Townsend (5) Hr. ~.~ John Wilson Townsend, Lexington, Kentucky.
TXWB l ” Baylor University Library, Waco, Texas.
UHi 2 (4) State Historical Society Library, Madison, Wisconsin.
Wilson l Eh. Samuel I. Nilsen, Lexington, Kentucky.

 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 5
OF
KENTUCKY INPRINTS
1788-1820
Note: lf more than one location symbol follows the title, the description
has been taken, as a rule, from the copy in the first location listed.
Other location symbols follow in alphabetical order, except that foreign
libraries and private collections are at the end.
11%.
Almanacs. Kentucky
The Kentucke Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1789. Lexington:
Printed and sold by John and Fielding Bradford. 1788. (777)
No copy known. Not advertised in the Kentucky Gazette for 1788-1789.
Evans 21185. Not located not collated.
1790
Baptists. Kentucky. Elkhorn Association.
Minutes of the Elk-Horn Association convened at Lexington, August 27,
1790. Lexington: Printed by John Bradford. 1790. (778)
Evans 25459: Not located nor collated.
Kentucky Gazette missing for September, October, November, 1790, from
KyLx.
Baptists. Kentucky. South Kentucky District Association.
Minutes of the South Kentucky District lssociation, held Hay 21, 1790,
at Brother James Roger’s, Nelson County. Lexington: Printed by John
Bradford. 1790. (779)
Evans 26187: Not located. Hot advertised in Kentucky Gazette for 1790.
1791
. Baptists. Kentucky. Elkhorn Association.
Minutes of the Elk~Horn Association, met at Cooper’s Run, August 26,
1791. (Yeo)
Lexington: Printed by John Bradford. 1791.
Evans 25440: Tot located.
Baptists. Kentucky. Sa1cm.Association.
Minutes of the Salem Association, met at Cox's·Creek, September 50,
1791. Lexington: Printed by John Bradford. 1791. (781)
Evans 26122: Not located; Not collated.

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Baptists. Kentucky. South Kentucky District Association.
Minutes of the South Kentucky Association, met at Brother James
Roger's May 20, 1791. Lexington: Printed by John Bradford. 1791. (782)
Evans 26188: Not located: Not collated.
Baptists. Kentucky. South Kentucky District Association.
Minutes of the South Kentucky Association, met at Boon’s-Creek,
o August l2, 1791. Lexington: Printed by John Bradford. 1791 (785)
Evans 26189: