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Henley, David, 1749-1823. Papers, 1791-1800.

Title: Papers, 1791-1800.

Correspondence and papers dealing with treaties, agreements, and relations between the whites and the Choctaw and Creek Indians, including the exchange of prisoners, reparations for murders, inroads by whites and Indians, and compensation for stolen horses; establishment of post roads from Tennessee to the South Carolina border and to Natchez, Miss.; establishment of a trading post at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; and the establishment of the Indian Treaty Line from the Kentucky Trace to the Gaps of the Cumberland and along Campbell's line to the Clinch River, and the difficulties of the commissioners in deciding on this line. Among the correspondents are William Blount, Benjamin Hawkins, William McCleish, James McHenry, Samuel Mitchell, and James Robertson.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19793874 View

Draper Manuscripts: Newspaper Extracts

Title: Draper Manuscripts: Newspaper Extracts

Notebooks containing copies, excerpts, and summaries of articles on Western history compiled by Draper between 1846 and 1848 almost entirely from eighteenth-century newspapers, most of which he found in the Baltimore Library Company and Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also included are extracts and copies from journals and letters of Conrad Weiser and George Croghan.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 c.f. (4 volumes)

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Blount, William, 1749-1800. Draper manuscripts: Tennessee papers, 1771-1883.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Tennessee papers, 1771-1883.

Original papers of early Tennessee settlers, their reminiscences, and Draper's correspondence with surviving pioneers and descendants. Draper gathered most of this material for proposed biographies of Joseph Martin, James Robertson, John Sevier, and their comrades. Included are original correspondence; military records; papers on Indian affairs; land surveys; and Draper's correspondence with noted historian J.G.M. Ramsey and descendants of the settlers.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 c.f. (7 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787374 View

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801. Benedict Arnold papers, 1780.

Title: Benedict Arnold papers, 1780.

Correspondence and documents relating to Major John André's apprehension and execution for spying for the British Army. Includes documents by Arnold giving the defenses and strengths of the garrison at West Point, N.Y., and related correspondence between Arnold, Henry Clinton, James Robertson, and George Washington. Also includes copies of related material from collections in the Library of Congress.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449941 View

Knox County (Tenn.). Land records of Knox and Davidson counties, Tennessee, 1786-1805.

Title: Land records of Knox and Davidson counties, Tennessee, 1786-1805.

Consists of a list of land entries for East Tennessee for Thomas Claybourne, Samuel Woods, and John Adair, ca. 1780s; a bill of complaint between James Robertson and Thomas B. Craighead relative to issuance of land for Craighead's services as pastor, ca. 1796; an affidavit by James Robertson on the condition of properties owned by John Overton, given in Knoxville, Oct. 20, 1794; a bond between William King and William Terrell, Jr., Perry County, N.C., Dec. 28, 1786; and a land indenture between John Brown, executor for Hugh Brown, deceased, and Jesse Hudnell, Knox County, Dec. 26, 1805, signed by Hugh Lawson White.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28599722 View

Henley, David, 1749-1823. David Henley papers, 1794-1808, bulk 1794-1801.

Title: David Henley papers, 1794-1808, bulk 1794-1801.

Papers pertaining to Henley's duties as Indian agent for the U.S. War Dept. Prominent correspondents include John Overton, James Robertson, Seth Lewis, Benjamin Hawkins, Capt. William Rickard, Col. John McKee, Opiamingo, Sampson Williams, W.C.C. Claiborne, Capt. David Campbell, Capt. John Chisholm, Lt. Col. Edward Carrington, and John Bright. Also included are a deposition of Sampson Williams, 1795; a list of people killed by Indians in the Mero District, Nov. 1795; and bills and receipts.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27089472 View

Robertson, James, 1742-1814. James Robertson (1742-1814) collection, 1796-1849.

Title: James Robertson (1742-1814) collection, 1796-1849.

Affidavit of James Robertson respescting the character of William Thompson, a trader on the Mississippi, dated March 17, 1796; and mss transcription of Robertson's tombstone, with mss note on verso: Copied from the tomb in the Nashville Cemetary by Dr. Felix Robertson, son of Gen. James Robertson, March 1849."

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (2 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727025750 View

Preston, William, 1729-1783. Draper manuscripts: William Preston papers, 1731-1791.

Title: Draper manuscripts: William Preston papers, 1731-1791.

Papers of William Preston, a colonial and frontier political figure in Virginia, and a few of his relatives. Business and military records concern Preston's land dealings and his role in Indian negotiations. Also included is correspondence with prominent military and political figures, as well as some papers of James Patton and John Buchanan.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 c.f. (6 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787348 View

Tennessee. Land grant to James Robertson, 1809.

Title: Land grant to James Robertson, 1809.

Grant for one hundred acres of land located in Dickson County, Tenn., signed by Governor John Sevier, April 1809.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29602453 View

Caldwell, Mary Emily French, 1896-1982. Collection, ca. 1930-1940.

Title: Collection, ca. 1930-1940.

Scrapbooks, notes and memorabilia of Mary French Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee, local historian and author.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27118742 View

Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes

Title: Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes

Lyman Draper's notes, primarily of interviews (1841-1868), with maps and transcriptions from state and county archives, newspapers, and personal manuscripts, concerning the trans-Appalachian West from about 1750 to 1815, with emphasis on Indian-White conflict, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Includes material on Indian wars, including Dunmore's War, 1774; expeditions against the Cherokee in 1776, 1788, and 1793; Crawford's campaign, 1782; John Logan's Shawnee expedition, 1787; the Great Miami treaty, 1786; the Nickajack campaign, 1794; a battle between the Potawatomi and Stephen Cole's party, 1810; Henry Dodge's expeditions of 1812 and 1814; and Indian attacks and captivities in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Also includes material on the Revolutionary War in Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and the Mohawk Valley, and the battles of Point Pleasant, Monmouth, King's Mountain, and Blue Licks, activities of spies, St. Clair's defeat, and Clark's Illinois campaign. Material on the War of 1812 includes descriptions of the Chicago massacre and battles of Frenchtown, Raisin River, and Thames. Also includes information on early settlement in Missouri and Kentucky, the state of Franklin, Shays' Rebellion, the upper Mississippi River, Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin), the Rock River valley (Illinois and Wisconsin), Indian traders at Milwaukee (circa 1800), and Hugh F. Bell's recollections of game hunting and cooking in Kentucky (circa 1795), with instructions for making a bearskin coat. Persons interviewed include Seneca Indians at the Cattaraugus Reservation (New York); Nathan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, and his wife, Olive Van Bibber Boone; Simon Girty's daughter, Sarah Munger; and Simon Kenton's son, William M. Kenton. Includes excerpts from Benjamin Van Cleve's manuscript biography, from Nathaniel Hart's journal of Anthony Wayne's 1794 campaign, and copies of Wayne papers for 1792-1795. Individuals noted as subject terms below are discussed in the interviews. Also includes information on the Lewis family of Virginia, and on the Musick, Renfroe, Todd, and Wetzel families, and genealogical information for the Boone, Bryan, Callaway, Girty, Kenton, Munger, Sevier, and Van Bibber families, and for the families of John Cuppy, Thomas Dickerson, Silas Hedges, Henry Jolly, and Spencer Records. Maps include Kaskaskia (Illinois), portions of Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and the Tippecanoe battleground.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 cubic feet (33 volumes)

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Armstrong, Martin, fl. 1739-1808. Collection, 1784-1806.

Title: Collection, 1784-1806.

Consists of correspondence and reports of Martin Armstrong, entry taker for the government of North Carolina, before and after statehood for Tennessee. Contains land grant information for Middle Tennessee.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28204626 View

Haywood, John, 1762-1826. John Haywood papers, 1768-1796.

Title: John Haywood papers, 1768-1796.

Haywood's notes used to write the Civil and political history of the state of Tennessee, published in 1823.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27259256 View

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: frontier wars papers, 1754-1885.

Title: Draper manuscripts: frontier wars papers, 1754-1885.

Papers collected and arranged by Lyman Draper preparatory to writing a series of sketches on border warfare. Though the earlier Indian wars are briefly considered, the larger portion of the material deals with wars waged in the Northwest (1788-1795) and with Western operations during the War of 1812. The papers include several significant series of original documents and journals of participants in the campaigns. Present is the manuscript original of General Dearborn's defense against the charges of General Hull in relation to the Detroit surrender; papers of Richard Butler, Josiah Harmar, Absolom Baird, James Winchester, Charles S. Todd, Benjamin Whiteman, Nathan Heald, Joseph Martin, Daniel Smith, and others; and much information on Indian treaties and their negotiation.

ArchivalResource: 5.6 c.f. (24 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145789340 View

Blount, William, 1749-1800. William Blount papers, 1783-1823.

Title: William Blount papers, 1783-1823.

Correspondence and documents relating to Blount's activities as a speculator in the Old Southwest from the 1780s to the period following the Blount conspiracy of 1797 and to his career as governor of the Tennessee territory and superintendent of the U.S. Southern Indian Dept. (1790-1796) and as U.S. senator from Tennessee (1796-1797). Includes papers (1803-1823) of Thomas and Willie Blount and Pleasant Moorman Miller. Correspondents include David Allison, Thomas Hart, Benjamin Hawkins, Robert Hays, John Haywood, James S. Holland, Andrew Jackson, Wyly Martin, Andrew Pickens, James Robertson, John Sevier, John Steele, and Hugh Williamson.

ArchivalResource: 80 items.1 container.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70979840 View

Blount, William, 1749-1800. ALS, 1795, January 23, Knoxville [Tennessee], to David Henley, agent of the Department of War.

Title: ALS, 1795, January 23, Knoxville [Tennessee], to David Henley, agent of the Department of War.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 30 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13181174 View

Morgan, Sam. Collection, 1813-1861.

Title: Collection, 1813-1861.

Consists of the following three letters: James Robertson describing the Indian situation in the Nashville, Tennessee area, 1813; letter dated 1861 from Dr. J.G. Robertson to Governor Isham G. Harris; and a note from Felicia Grundy Porter dated 1861.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28227446 View

Robertson, James, 1742-1814. [Letter] 1793 July 7, Nash Ville Southwestern Territory [to Gen. Anthony Wayne].

Title: [Letter] 1793 July 7, Nash Ville Southwestern Territory [to Gen. Anthony Wayne].

Robertson reports on the Cherokee and Creek Indian attacks on Americans and their Chickasaw allies, and discusses the Spanish involvement with the Indians. Warns that some Cherokee and Creek are joining the Indian army that is moving against Wayne.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10302820 View