An image of the first Kentuck...

An image of the first Kentuck...

Two Constitutions

An image of the first Kentucky State House. After two brief 1792 sessions in Lexington, the Legislature met in the Wilkinson House on Wapping Street, in Frankfort, for a year until the first official capitol building was completed. A note on the slide credits the original image to the July 1796 edition of New York Magazine.

Lancaster, Clay - Contributor

Clay Lancaster Slide Collection

1794-1795 (Date of Work)

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Core Content Standards

Worksheets:

Written Document Analysis (Source: NARA)
Photograph Analysis (Source: NARA)
Poster/Visual Analysis (Source: Bringing History Home)

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KUK-SLIDE-2371

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