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  • First 4th of July celebration west of the Alleghenies

    07/04/2013 12:10:53 PM PDT · by fulltlt · 6 replies
    letter written by Col. William Price | 5 JUL 1794 | Col. William Price
    Fayette county, Kentucky July the 5th 1794 To His Excellency Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky} My Esteemed Friend, I was greatly disappointed by your not coming to my house on yesterday (the 4th of July) We had a glorious time and a big dinner. Forty men sat down at my tables who had served in the late struggle for American Independence. It was a glorius sight to behold, and I wish King George III and Lord North could have witnessed this scene in the wilds of America. On the return of this glorious anniversary of our freedom from British...