xt7ftt4fnh6q https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7ftt4fnh6q/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7ftt4fnh6q/data/51w8.dao.xml unknown 1774-1946 1.6 Cubic Feet 4 boxes collections English University of Kentucky This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed.  Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.  Physical rights are retained by the owning repository.  Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.  For information about permissions to reproduce or publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center. Samuel M. Wilson Blue Licks Battlefield collection Land tenure -- Kentucky. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Kentucky. Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1775-1783. Land titles -- Kentucky. Blue Licks Monument Commission (Ky.) Blue Licks, Battle of the, Ky, 1782. Samuel M. Wilson Blue Licks Battlefield collection text Samuel M. Wilson Blue Licks Battlefield collection 1774 1774-1946 2016 true xt7ftt4fnh6q collection false 51w8 Wilson, Samuel M., Blue Licks Battlefield collection Guide to the Samuel M. Wilson Blue Licks Battlefield collection, 1774-1946  51W8 Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Research Center Margaret I. King Building, North Lexington 40506-0039 SCLREF@LSV.UKY.EDU URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2016-05-23 15:06:26 -0400 . Description is in English. 
   
     
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       University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center 
     
     Samuel M. Wilson Blue Licks Battlefield collection 
     51W8 
     
       1.6 Cubic Feet 
       4 boxes 
     
     1774-1946 
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     General note 
 None online. Must visit contributing institution.    
   
     Conditions Governing Access note 
 Collection is open for research.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use note 
 Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.    
   
     Preferred Citation note 
 51W8: [Identification of item], Blue Licks Battlefield papers, 1774-1946, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky.    
   
     Biographical/Historical note 
 Battlefield. Blue Licks is the site of a mineral spring which has attracted men and animals from prehistoric times to the present. The battle of Blue Licks took place during the Revolutionary War. It was fought in Kentucky on August 19, 1792, between a group of British-Canadian Indians, and a small group of Kentucky pioneers. The conflict, frequently termed the last battle of the Revolution, resulted in a crushing defeat of the pioneers with great loss of life. It was commemorated with a centennial celebration in 1882. In 1926 a Blue Licks Battlefield Monument Commission was created by the Kentucky General Assembly, appointed by the governor, and chaired by Judge Samuel Wilson.    
   
     Scope and Contents note 
 These papers, which are concerned with the Battle of Blue Licks, detail Judge Samuel Wilson's research on the battle and history of Blue Licks. The collection includes correspondence, programs and accounts of the battlefield celebrations. It also includes copies of speeches, research notes and lists of Indian artifacts, fossils, including bones and footptints of mastodons, found in excavations at the Blue Licks. Among the papers is a holographic transcription of land grants, surveys, deeds, and depositions dating from 1774. It is thought that this transcription was made in connection with litigation involving ownership of the Blue Licks, which was decided in the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1829. These materials provide insight into the Revolutionary War battle of Blue Licks, susequent celebrations of the event, history of legal title to land in the area, and historic and prehistoric patterns of subsistence in which the nearby mineral springs played a part. Information is also provided on the Blue Licks Monument Commission.    
   
     Blue Licks (Ky.) -- Monuments. 
     Land tenure -- Kentucky. 
     United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Kentucky. 
     Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1775-1783. 
     Land titles -- Kentucky. 
     Blue Licks Monument Commission (Ky.) 
     Blue Licks, Battle of the, Ky, 1782. 
     Kentucky. General Assembly 
     Kentucky. Court of Appeals 
     Wilson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mackay), 1871-1946