Samuel McDowell : papers, 1783-1814 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Letters written by Judge Samuel McDowell from various places in central Ky. to his son-in-law, Andrew Reid of Rockbridge County, Va., concerning family news; Reid's land in Ky.; St. Clair's defeat; Ephraim McDowell's proposed trip to Scotland; fights with Indians; his lawsuit against Benjamin Borden's heirs about land; criticism of Thomas Jefferson; Governor Isaac Shelby's campaign in the War of 1812; and the proposed capture of Canada and exclusion of the British from North America