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Subject: [KYBELL] excerpt from Lewis Collins' "History of Kentucky", Vol. 1(1806-1811)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:22:34 EST

1806:
June 16 -- Great eclipse of the sun.
First female academy in the West, if not in the United States,
established at Paris, Kentucky, by the Rev. John LYLE -- with from 150 to 200
pupils.
Nov. 3 -- Col. Joe Hamilton DAVEISS, U.S. attorney, appears in open court
before Judge INNES, of the U.S. District Court at Frankfort, and moves for
process to compel Aaron BURR to attend and answer to a charge of high misdemeanor,
in organizing, from within the jurisdiction of the United States, a military
expedition, against Mexico, a friendly power. Immense sensation caused.
Nov. 11 -- BURR is brought before the court, but, for want of testimony, the
grand jury is dismissed.
Dec. 2 -- BURR indicted, but the grand jury return "not a true bill."
Dec. 5 -- Judge SEBASTIAN convicted, by the house of representatives of
Kentucky, of receiving, while on the supreme bench, a Spanish pension of $2,000 a
year; his resignation accepted and further proceedings dropped.
Dec. 26 -- Act to purchase the first fire engine for Frankfort.
BURR's acquittal celebrated in Frankfort by a brilliant ball.
Another ball given in honor of Col. DAVEISS.

1807:

First newspaper, "The Farmer's Library," published at Louisville.

1808:
Aug. -- Gen. Charles SCOTT elected governor, and Gabriel SLAUGHTER
lieutenant-governor; Jesse BLEDSOE is secretary of state.

1809:
Jan. 19 -- Duel, near Louisville, between two members of the legislature,
Henry CLAY and Humphrey MARSHALL. At the third fire, CLAY received a flesh wound
in the thigh, "in no way serious," he himself wrote.
Jan. 31 -- First divorce lay passed.
Feb. 9 -- Act forbidding Ohio attorneys from practicing law in Kentucky
courts, until Ohio repeals her law forbidding Kentucky lawyers practicing in Ohio.
-- The schism of the "Particular Baptists."

1810:

Jan. 15 -- Act to provide for extinguishing the Indian claim to lands below
the Tennessee river.

Jan. 22 -- Legislature approves the conduct of the U.S. government in
refusing to recognize the diplomatic character of the British minister, Mr. JACKSON
-- because of his indecorous and unbecoming correspondence, and his insulting
imputations against the veracity and integrity of our government.

1811:

Jan. 26 -- $1.00 compensation allowed for killing wolves, under six months,
and $1.50 for those over six months old, if the head is shown.
Feb.4 -- Cumberland Presbyterian church established.
-- Population of Kentucky (now the 7th state), 496,511; whites
324,237, free colored 1,713, slaves 80,561. Total increases since 1800, 84 per
cent, and increase of slaves 99 1/2 per cent.

1811:

Mammoth Cave discovered in Kentucky.
Great earthquake in Kentucky, most severe in the western part, and opposite,
at New Madrid, Missouri.

Jan. 31 -- Lands granted, at nominal price of ten cents per acre, to
encourage building iron-works and salt-works, in Pulaski and Wayne counties.

Kentucky assents to an amendment of the United States constitution proposed
by Congress -- depriving of citizenship any one accepting title of nobility or
honor, or receiving presents or office from foreign emperor, king, or prince.
Nov. 7 -- Battle of Tippecanoe, in which Col. Joe Hamilton DAVEISS and other
distinguished Kentuckians fell.

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