Papers, 1871-1879.

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Papers, 1871-1879.

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A volume of reminiscences by Clyman of his trip to the Rocky Mountains with General William H. Ashley, 1823; and letters, biographical sketches, and other papers concerning an attempt by Lyman C. Draper to confirm several facts about the life of Clyman, a resident of the Milwaukee area in the early 1830's, especially concerning an episode in which Indians killed a travelling companion of Clyman, Ellsworth Burnett, and wounded Clyman in the arm.

0.1 c.f. (2 folders) and.1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891

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Lyman Copeland Draper (1815-1891), American historian known for his studies of the history of trans-Allegheny West. From 1854 to 1886, he served as director of The State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1854 to 1886. From the description of Letters from Lyman C. Draper to Benson J. Lossing, 1855-1864. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 302021153 Lyman Copeland Draper was born in Lockport, New York on September 4, 1...

Burnett, Ellsworth.

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Clyman, James, 1792-1881

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Virginia-born Clyman first went west with William H. Ashley's fur trading expedition up the Missouri River in 1823. In subsequent years, he lived as a trapper in the Rocky Mountains, served in the Black Hawk War in Illinois in 1832, guided an emigrant party to Oregon in 1844, spent parts of the next two years in Oregon and California, returned to the United States on the eve of the Mexican-American War and relocated permanently to California in 1848, settling in the vicinity of Napa as a farmer....

Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838

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William Smith was a judge, lawyer, and military man in Missouri. From the guide to the William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. From the guide to the William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...