Printed, handwritten and signed indenture. This item is dated on March 8, 1797. It is a contract between George Evans and Daniel Russell regarding the transfer of tracts of land in Kentucky. Baker's signature is affixed to this document in witness to the agreement.

Handwritten items relating to Kentucky in the later years of the eighteenth century and the early decades of the nineteenth century. These manuscripts are legal documents mostly created in local courts and governments. Many of the items deal with land grants. Three of the manuscripts relate to attempts in 1829 by Daniel Boone's lawyer to get a suit apparently filed against his client's estate dismissed on the basis of technicalities. Includes 126 items.