Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky Vol. 1 & 2 By the Late Lewis Collins, 1848 Revised, Enlarged Four-Fold, and Brought Down to the Year 1874 By His Son, Richard H. Collins, 1874 Embracing Historic, Annals for 331 Years, Outline, and By Counties, Statistics, Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Geographical and Geological Descriptions, Sketches of the Court of Appeals, The Churches, Freemasonry, Odd Fellowship, and Internal Improvements, Incidents of Pioneer Life, And Nealy Five Hundred Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Pioneers, Soldiers, Statesmen, Jurists, Lawyers, Sur- Geons, Divines, Merchants, Historians, Editors, Artists, etc., etc. 730 + 870 pages, indexed, searchable, illustrated with 102 portraits ****************************************************************************** Digital Book Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View ***************************************************************************** $13.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200331658633 The subtitle of this monumental work includes "A General History of Kentucky; A History of Each of the 116 Counties in the State. . .” Comprehensive classic reference text presents an in-depth chronology of the history of the Bluegrass State dating back to the mid-sixteenth century, including detailed information of Kentucky counties. Also includes biographical information and portraits onthe county's founder(s) and other distinguished citizens. The original publication in 1848 was 550 pages. Thirty six years later the author's son republished after enlarging to over 1,600 pages in two volumes. First editions sell for up to $245