FOOTNOTES:
[65] For a brief account of the origin of Lexington, see A. Michaux’s Travels, volume iii of our series, note 28.—Ed.
[66] The date of this law was December 5, 1705.—Ed.
[67] Flint here refers to the Northwest Ordinance, passed by the Congress of the Confederation, July 13, 1787.—Ed.
[68] For a brief sketch of Transylvania University, see Cuming’s Tour, volume iv of our series, note 126.—Ed.
[69] Augusta, at that time the seat of Bracken County, is eighteen and a half miles below Maysville.—Ed.
[70] New Richmond, twenty miles above Cincinnati, was platted in 1814 by a former resident of Richmond, Virginia, hence its name. It was incorporated in 1828.—Ed.