Scott Brown Letter

ID: 882
This file appears in: State Arsenal

This December 1860 letter from Kentucky Adjutant General Scott Brown to militia captain Edward Hobson reguests Hobson to return weapons to the State Arsenal. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: State Arsenal

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1490 in Frankfort notes the location of the State Arsenal building, which now serves as the Kentucky Military History Museum. In 1836, a devastating fire and explosion that heavily…