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Reel, Casper, 1742-1824. Papers 1769-1835.

Title: Papers 1769-1835.

Papers include day books, account books, farm book and other miscellaneous materials documenting early business transactions at Fort Pitt and in northern Allegheny County.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30430447 View

Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820. Draper manuscripts: Daniel Boone papers, 1760-1911.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Daniel Boone papers, 1760-1911.

Collection of original Daniel Boone manuscripts and correspondence and notes of Lyman C. Draper concerning Daniel Boone, other Kentucky pioneers, Indian-White conflict, and the American Revolution in the West.

ArchivalResource: 5.6 c.f. (33 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145784098 View

Anderson family. Anderson family papers, 1810-1948.

Title: Anderson family papers, 1810-1948.

The bulk of the collection concerns the Anderson family, centering about William Marshall Anderson and his family; mainly for the period 1838-1938.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 775 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122564575 View

Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811. Arthur Campbell Papers, 1752-1811.

Title: Arthur Campbell Papers, 1752-1811.

Collection includes correspondence, statements of account, receipts, promissory notes, land papers, military papers, and legal papers. Papers reflect Campbell's activities as county lieutenant of Washington County, Virginia, from its formation in 1777 through the Revolution and the Indian wars that followed, his service as sheriff of the county, and as a member of the Virginia Assembly. Correspondence, 1774-1811, concerns land, the state militia, frontier defense against Indians, military aid to Kentucky, Indian treaties, the Creek War, the Virginia-North Carolina boundary, the state of Franklin, separation of Kentucky from Virginia, navigation of the Mississippi River, Anglo-American relations, national and state politics, proceedings of Congress in 1790, Anthony Wayne's campaign against the Northwest Indians, the French Revolution, and Jedidiah Morse's Geography. Also includes an account, 1764-1765, against Colonel John Buchanan for "teaching scholars"; papers, 1752-1806, concerning lands in Lee, Russell and Washington counties, Virginia, including a "short narrative of the discovery of Powell's Valley"; petition of inhabitants of Washington and Montgomery counties that Dr. Thomas Walker's grant be buried in oblivion; papers, 1773-1806, concerning lands in Jefferson, Lincoln, and Hardin counties, Kentucky; papers, 1780-1809, concerning lands in Sullivan and Claiborne counties, Tennessee; bonds, 1797-1798, to Arthur Campbell as sheriff; writ in the case of Arthur Campbell v. Andrew Vance, 1799; transcript of record in case of Salathiel Martin v. Arthur Campbell and John Jones, 1804-1811; and miscellaneous military papers, 1773-1797, a certificate signed by Daniel Boone, 1774, and a military journal kept by William Dells on an expedition against the Cherokee, 1776.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46764024 View

Beall, William Kennedy, 1782-1815. Journal, 1812 July 5-1812 Aug. 4.

Title: Journal, 1812 July 5-1812 Aug. 4.

A journal kept by Beall while serving as assistant quartermaster general under General William Hull in the early days of the War of 1812. He records his activities, capture by the British, a description of Tecumseh, his captivity aboard the schooners Thames and Lady Provost, and copies of letters he wrote to his wife Melinda Harris Beall and General James Taylor. Typescript files with original. Published in the American Historical Review, 17 (1911-1912): 783-808.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (93 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46719900 View

Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library). Attack of Bryant's Station : typescript copy, [18--].

Title: Attack of Bryant's Station : typescript copy, [18--].

Typed transcript of an account of the attack on Bryant's Station, Kentucky, August 1782.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (19 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52249188 View

Thomas, Henry T., 1855-1875. Papers 1848-1934.

Title: Papers 1848-1934.

Collection consists of Henry T. Thomas correspondence (1871-1875) discussing courses of study, expenses, and life at a preparatory school and Yale University. Papers also include routine personal correspondence of John T. Thomas and other Thomas family members; and miscellaneous material pertaining to Copeland family genealogy and a typescript copy of Ohioan, Tom Johnson's reminscences regarding the renegade, Simon Girty. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6431619 View

Girty, Simon. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1937, 1962.

Copy of an interview with Thomas E. Harris, (great-great grandson of Simon Girty) by M.M. Quaife, Feb. 26, 1937; and a "Columbus Dispatch Magazine" article, "Simon Girty -- the Making of a Renegade," by R.J. Peyton, Aug. 19, 1962.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10658931 View

Josiah Harmar papers 1681-1937 Harmar, Josiah papers

Title: Josiah Harmar papers 1681-1937 Harmar, Josiah papers

The Josiah Harmar papers contain the official and personal correspondence, military records, and diaries of Harmar, with particular focus on his military leadership during the Northwest Indian War.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-306har?rgn=main;view=text View

Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library). Attack of Bryant's Station : typescript, undated.

Title: Attack of Bryant's Station : typescript, undated.

Typescript copy of an account of the attack on Bryant's Station, Kentucky, August 1782.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (19 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82009245 View

Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899. Papers, 1849-1890 / Consul Willshire Butterfield.

Title: Papers, 1849-1890 / Consul Willshire Butterfield.

Diaries, research materials, and original ms. copies or printed editions (with handwritten revisions) of books and articles by Butterfield. Includes 6 diaries kept on a trip to California (1849), diary kept on a trip to San Francisco (1851), and Butterfield's writings on William Crawford, the Washington-Crawford letters, La Salle and La Durantaye, Simon Girty, and Jean Nicolet.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19916915 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)

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Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia papers, 1768-1854.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia papers, 1768-1854.

Copies and original papers dealing with the military commanders, popular heroes, and events in the Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania region, created by or about leaders Daniel Brodhead, William Irvine, Edward Hand, William Harrod, John McCulloch (Jr. and Sr.), Samuel Brady, Hugh Brady, David Williamson, Benjamin Biggs, John Redd, and Nathan Reid.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 c.f. (10 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787343 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)

http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper00s View

Holman, Joseph George Ephraim. Papers, 1853-1974.

Title: Papers, 1853-1974.

The collection contains the diaries of Joseph George Ephraim Holman, kept while he was working on the construction of the Fort Wayne and Southern Rail Road, 1853-1854; mining gold in Colorado, 1862-1863; and farming in Preble County, Ohio. Other items relate mainly to the Holman family, including Bible records of Joseph G.E. Holman's family and an account of the capture of George Holman, grandfather of Joseph G.E. Holman, by Simon Girty and Indians.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20748390 View