Below is a digital image of page 1 of Edward Thomas' letter and petition to Isaac Shelby for stationing men at the mouth of the Salt River for protection against the Indians.
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This image is taken from the Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. It is used here with the kind permission of the University of Chicago Library. All rights to this image and its contents remain with the University.
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