Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-15
EDITOR'SBOOK TABLE
"THE CENTENARY OF KEN
lucky"
~Lead Me to the Rock" by Rev.
II. w. Hooper, ID. D.---"Th
Course of Progress" &c.

The Centenary of Kentucky. Proceed
mos at the celebration by the Filson
Cl1b, Wednesday, June j, 1892. OF
the Tooth anniversary OF the admis-
sion OF Kentucky as an independent
state into the Federal Union. Louis
Vile. XIV. JOHN p. morton 4 Co.
1899. Quarto, PIP. 200. 81. Filson
Club Publications. No. Z.
The Filson Club was organized IN
Louisville, KY, in 1884, by ten gentle
men for the purpose of collecting and
preserving all material relating to the
history of Kentucky. The names oil
the founders were REUBEN T. DURRErT,
RICHARD H. COLLINS, WILLIAM CHE
SAUIr. JOIN MAsoS BBOwS, BASIL W.
DUKE. GEORGE NJ. DAVE, JAMES ).
PrRrng. THOMAS W. BULLrrr, ALExAN-
DIR p. HUMPHREY, and THOMAS SPEED,
of whom eight still survive.
Mr.. DURRErT has been president and
Mr.. SPEED secretary ever since the
original organization. New members
have been constantly added, and the
membership now exceeds 800. No per-
CONS residing outside Of Kentucky have
vet been elected members nor have any
honorary members been chosen. The
members nov residing outside the State
were elected while in Kentucky and
have since changed their residence. 80
much for the object and policy OF the
club.
The name was selected in honor OF
the ploneer OF historic investigation in
the new territory-JoHS FnsoN-a rare
and noble example of perpetuating the
memory of one who has served State
bv sincere effort. FILsoS was Penn
svlyanIan who came TO Kentucky IN
! 1882. surveying, travelling over the
country, and teaching, and WAS so
/ impressed with the excellence OF these
western lands that in 1854 he wrote
/ his little book entitled 1.-The Discovery,
/ Settlement, and Present State of Ken
tucky." appending to il Il map OF the
4 country, inc bcSl up W 'l''' NN'
| This was the first of the elgh-
teen histories OF which Kentucky
boasts. The work was published also IN
England, and was translated into both
| French and German, thus awakening in
terest in the new-found Paradise and
causing a wonderful tide Of immigration
to pour in, so that III eight years moro
kentucky became full-tledged State IN
/ the Union at time when both Western
/ Pennsylvania and Western New York
were still wildernesses. a contemporary
of DANIEL Boone, it is also due to FIJI
son that We have the story OF BooNEs
life.
Since the organization OF the CLUB 1t
has published seven monographs:
l. The Life aud Times of John Fill
son, the First Historian Of Kentucky.
/ By REUBEN L. DURRErT. 2. The Will
derness Road, or Routes Of Travel by
which Our Forefatbers Reached Ken
( lucky. by THOMAS SPEED. ). The IL
oneer Press Of Kentucky. BY WILLIAM
/ II. Perrin. 4. The Life and Times of
judge Caleb Wallace. BY WILLIAM II.
WHIrssrr. 5. The History Of st. Paul S
/. Church, Louisville, Ky. BY REUBEN L.
I. DURBzTr. 6. The Political Beginnings
of Kentucky. BY JONI Mason BEowN.
The seventh is the work before us.
The volume is a handsome quarsO Of
900 pages, printed on antique paper in
most attractive style and type, the
same as is usually adopted by the club
for It's publications. It's varied contents
give in full the proceedings Of the clubs
celebration in last June of the Tooth
anniversary Of the Statehood ot-Ken-
lucky. These consist oil the introduce
tory prayer by the Rev. X. II. RIvERs,
ID. ID. the remarks of Nice-President
j. SrODDARD JOHNSTON III presenting
the orator and poet of the day the his
toric address by President REUBEN T..
DURRETr on the State Of Kentucky, It's
discovery, settlement, autonomy, and
progress for a hundred years the cen
tennial poem by Major HENRY L. Stan
TON; the ensuing banquet at the Galt
House, with the toaSts and responses
the music and words sung on the occa-
sion. and, to crown all. there is added an
historic sketch Of the club and list OF
membership.
Besides the two sheets Of music, the
volume is further ornamented with like
nesses of the orator, Mr.. DURBETT. and
the poet, Major STANTON.
The responses to the toasts abound in
historic material, as may be judged from
their subjects. /. The First President
! (WAsHINGroN}, by Hon. WILLIAM LIND
SAY. .. Isaac SHELBY-the first Gov
ernor Of Kentucky, by Hon. ALEXANDER
j. HUMPHREY. 3. DANIEL BOONE, by
Major WILLIAM j. DAVIS. 4. Virginia,
by General BASIL w. DUKE. B. The
Mothers of Our Forest Land Sung. 6.
GEORGE RoGERs CLARK, by TEMPLE
BopLEY. 7. The Freedom Of the Mis-
sissippi, by Hon. JAMES ). P1RrLE. 3.
JOHN FmsoN, by Captain THOMAS SPEED.
9. My Old Kentucky Home Sung. 10.
Recollections Of Pioneer Days, 10y Hon.
CHARLES ANDERSON.
With all this wealth Of riches, however,
the gem Of the collection is easily Presl'
dent DUREIr's address on the History
of Kentucky. 1t considers in review
the discovery of Kentucky-the one by
the Virginian, Captain THoMAs BATS,
in 1871, that by the Frenchmsn, L.
SALE, in 1869, and others alleged-tht
French possessions IN North America
tho extent of tue Virginia Colony the
Loyal Company, and the first white set
Element in Kentucky by Nirginian
Dir. THOMAS WALKER, in 100, passing
through Cumberland Gap; the Ohio
company, a second Nirginlan enterprise
under CHmsToPHEB GIsr, in 1851 view
of primeval Kentucky in the middle o
the last century the practical explorer
Of Kentucky-Colonel JAMES SMITH IL
1866, soon after JOHN FINDLEE, JANE:
HARROW, and Michael SToNER, and
III 1863, DANIEL Boone; the early
surveyors and land-owners-JoHS Fry,
Captain Thomas BULLITT OF Fauquiel
county, HANCOCK TAYLOR, and others
Harrodsburg and later settlements tn,
"Transylvania Colony" of RICHARI
HENDERSON It Co. +; the life of tht
pioneers the depredations of the In
/ dams pioneer women the separation
} of Kentucky from Virginia; the min,
different conventions between 1884 anC