Resurrecting the First American West

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Resurrecting the First American West
This project has "resurrected" and expanded the Library of Congress American Memory Project, First American West, the Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820 (FAW), which was taken down in 2016. The Filson Historical Society, the University of Chicago, and the Library of Congress contributed material to this pioneering work of digital history. Now, the Filson seeks transcriptions for both the original documents published in FAW as well as new selections that expand the range of diverse voices represented in the vibrant and globally contested Ohio River Valley of the late-18th and early-19th century.
Letter from John Todd to Arthur Campbell, 2 July 1780

Letter from John Todd to Arthur Campbell, 2 July 1780

A 2 July 1780 letter from John Todd to Campbell talks about recruiting 5,000 soldiers for the continental army from Kentucky. He updates Campbell on war news and states that Kentucky had been split into three counties, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Fayette. Todd also states that John Connolly's 1,000...

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Letter from John Williams, Jr. to Isaac Hite, 13 February 1780

Letter from John Williams, Jr. to Isaac Hite, 13 February 1780

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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 15 March 1803

Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 15 March 1803

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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 2 April 1809

Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 2 April 1809

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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 24 May 1800

Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 24 May 1800

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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 5 December 1807

Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 5 December 1807

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Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 9 October 1803

Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 9 October 1803

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Letter from Levi Wells to Isaac Robertson Gwathmey from Fort Winchester, 21 October 1812

Letter from Levi Wells to Isaac Robertson Gwathmey from Fort Winchester, 21 October 1812

Letter to Isaac Gwathmey from Levi Wells at Fort Winchester discusses the preparations being completed to "pursue the tracks of the British and Indians" who he suspects are attacking "innocent inhabitants about the settlement of Detroit." He also writes of people killed in combat and the need...

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Letter from Thomas P. Hart to Isaac Robertson Gwathmey, 4 March 1813

Letter from Thomas P. Hart to Isaac Robertson Gwathmey, 4 March 1813

Letter from Thomas P. Hart discusses some of the soldiers killed at the Battle of River Raisin, Michigan.

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List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822

List of expenses for a trip from Kentucky to the Northeast, 1822

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