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Plan of the Town of Clarksville
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Hand-drawn plan for the layout of the town of Clarksville, bordering Mayfield Creek and Liberty Creek. Fort Jefferson is shown between the townsite and the Mississippi River. The fort was built in April 1780 by Gen. George Rogers Clark on the east side of the Mississippi River just south of the mouth of the Ohio River, as part of impressive plan of settlement, conceived by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, to protect the US claim to its western border and to be a key trading post. It was abandoned in July 1781 after attacks by the Chickasaw, but was resettled after the Jackson Purchase in 1818 and became an important Union post during the Civil War. The location (then part of Virginia, now in Ballard County, western Kentucky), about 1 mile south of Wickliffe, is designated by a historic marker.
1780
Publication Information
| Contributor | Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891 |
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| Date Created | 1780 |
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 21 x 16 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Draper manuscripts: William Clark papers, 1780-1804 |
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| Call Number | Draper MSS M, Vol. 1, page 11 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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