
Kentucky General Assembly Acts from 1817-1818
Slaughter, Gabriel. Acts Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky … Frankfort: Printed by Kendall and Russells, Printers to the State, 1818. Early American imprints., Second series ;, no. 44506. First Edition. Binding: Disbound. Book Condition: Poor Condition. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). Item Type: Book. Pagination: 1 leaf (title on recto, blank verso), [299]-590; 291 p. Collection of acts (pp. 303-573) and resolutions (pp. 574-580) passed by the Kentucky General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to February 4, 1818. Gabriel Slaughter is listed on the title page as “Lieutenant Governor, and Acting Governor.” One of the most important issues dealt with in this session was the changing of the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. This appears in an act to “repeal all laws passed by this State relative to the Southern Boundary Line” (pp. 437-438) and a series of resolutions “relative to the Boundary Line bet