Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Lewis, Andrew, 1720-1781

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Of Irish descent, Lewis was a resident of Augusta County, Va., and active in the militia there; served with distinction under Washington and Braddock during the French and Indian War; was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army, 1 March 1776; took command of the forces at Williamsburg and at Gwynn Island, where in July, 1776 he was in charge of the forces that drove Gov. Dunmore out of the Old Dominion; resigned his commission, 15 April 1777 for reasons of health, but remained acti...

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...

Whitley, William, d. 1813.

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Crawford, William, 1732-1782

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Army officer. From the description of William Crawford correspondence, 1761. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450020 ...

Logan, Johnny, 1774-1812

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La Croix, Joseph-Vincent de

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Johnson, Robert Owen, 1926-2013

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Both Robert and Margaret Johnson were active in cooperatives in Michigan in the late 1940s and were members of the Ann Arbor Cooperative. From the description of Robert and Margaret Johnson papers, 1947-1959. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320857 ...

Red Jacket, Seneca chief, approximately 1756-1830

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David Thompson was the postmaster, contractor's agent and commissary at Fort Niagara Garrison, New York, 1797-1804. From the description of Red Jacket's speech : Buffalo Creek manuscript 1802-1804 Sept. 28, 1803. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 262845953 Red Jacket was a Seneca chief who was born ca. 1756 at or near Canoga, Seneca County, New York. He remained faithful to the British during the Revolutionary War. In 1792 he visited P...

Foggy Day, Potawatomi.

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Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

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Born in 1736 in Marblehead, New York, Daniel Brodhead served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779 to 1781. In the years preceding the outbreak of war, Brodhead operated a gristmill and worked as a deputy-surveyor for the colony of Pennsylvania. Disturbed by the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774, Brodhead represented Berks County at a protest congress held in Philadelphia. In 1776, he was commissioned as an office...

Shepherd, David, 1734-1795

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Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856

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Nathan Boone was the youngest child of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of the Kentucky frontier. In 1796, Nathan and his family moved to what is now the state of Missouri. During the War of 1812 he was the Captain of a company of Missouri volunteers. In 1820, Nathan was elected as a delegate to the state constitutional commission. After his service to the state, he accepted a commission as Captain in the 1st Regiment U.S. Dragoons. After entering the Army, he spent much of his...

Cunningham, William.

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Black Partridge, Potawatomi leader.

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Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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Anthony Wayne was a soldier and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1780. From the description of Receipt book, 1785-1792. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540852 Wayne was one of the great generals in the Revolutionary War. Here he was an Indian fighter. From the description of DS, 1795 November 16 : Greenville. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283513 U.S. representative from Geor...

Mitchell, Alexander.

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Clark's Expedition to the Illinois (1778-1779)

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Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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South Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. commissioner negotiating with the southern Indians, 1785-1802. From the description of Journal, 1802. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37999358 Mrs. Alice Noble Waring of Hughes, Arkansas, great-great-great granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, collected photostatic copies of original correspondence, documents, and papers which she used in writing The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817, published in 1962. These ...

Harpe, Wiley.

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Caldwell, Billy, 1780-1841

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Van Bibber family.

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Dickinson family.

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Bledsoe, A. J. (Anthony Jennings), 1858-

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Filson, John, approximately 1747-1788

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Frontiersman and surveyor who made the first map and wrote the first history of Kentucky and was one of the founders of the city of Cincinnati. From the description of Survey : AMsS, Lexington, Ky., 1788 Sept. 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591758 Historian, surveyor, and cartographer. From the description of John Filson : miscellaneous papers, 1788. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49221753 ...

Christian, Gilbert A.

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Renfrew family.

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Washburn, Cornelius, 1774-1836

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Shelby, Evan, 1719-1794

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Evan Shelby, a native of Wales, immigrated to America with his family when he was fourteen or fifteen and settled in Pennsylvania. His family moved to Maryland a few years later. Shelby acquired nearly 24,000 acres of land in that state and engaged in the Indian fur trade as well. He entered the militia in Maryland and fought in the French and Indian War. Following the war, Shelby served as a justice of the peace for a number of years. In 1773, having lost most of his Maryland land to settle deb...

Edgar, John.

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Christian, William, ca. 1743-1786.

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Kenton family.

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Crockett, Joseph V.

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Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830

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Son of Sir William Johnson, Bart. From the description of Deed to Robert Adams, 1771 September 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346499 Sir John Johnson (1742-1830), a New York loyalist leader. In May 1776, he fled to Canada, and, having reached Montreal was authorized to raise a body of rangers that became known as King's Royal Regiment of New York (also known as Queen's Loyal New Yorkers, Sir Johnson's Regiment or Johnson's Royal Greens). In 1776, Johnson's regiment wa...

Wilson, Samuel McDole.

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Stump, Frederick.

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Wells, Samuel, 1965-

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Farmer, Chittenden County, Vermont. From the description of Manuscript on orchards : letter, [1858] / Samuel Wells. (National Agricultural Library). WorldCat record id: 13458728 ...

Wells, William, 1770-1812

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Holmes, Joseph Lawrence

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Joseph Holmes operated an iron forge in Kingston, Ma., probably near the mouth of Jones River. He was also involved in the establishment of a school in Kingston. By 1814, the iron mill was operated by Hyde, Holmes, & Co. Another early 19th century iron forge operated by the Holmes family specialized in making anchors. From the description of Account books, 1728-1766. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122503671 ...

Scott, Charles, 1739-1813

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Charles Scott was a soldier, politician, and governor of Kentucky, 1808-1812. These journals were kept by officers serving in his command during the Northwest Indian Wars, 1793-1794. From the description of Journals, 1793-1794. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49324760 Governor of Kentucky and army officer. From the description of Charles Scott correspondence, 1803 August 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980421 Gover...

Perrin, Edward B.

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Black Fish, Shawnee chief, d. 1790.

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Blackbird, Potawatomi chief.

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Records, Spencer, b. 1762.

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Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802

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Kentucky frontiersman and legislator. From the description of Statement, 15 May 1786. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251687 Logan was born in Augusta County, Virginia circa 1742. He began military service in Virginia, rising to the rank of lieutenant in Dunmore's War against the Ohio Indians in 1774. In 1775 he accompanied Richard Henderson to settle in Kentucky. Logan established a fort called St. Asaph's where the town of Stanford is now. He took p...

Callaway family.

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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...

Cassidy, Michael, 1755-1829

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Legras, J. M. P.

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McIntire, James L.

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Callaway, Richard

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Martin, William, 1765-1846

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Musick family.

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Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838

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Whitaker, Aquilla.

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White, Jacob

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Hedges family.

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Kirker, Thomas.

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McIntire, John, 1950-

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McDowell, Joseph, 1756-1801.

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Donelson, John.

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Laframboise, Joseph, d. 1809.

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Zane, Jonathan

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Clinkenbeard, John P.

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Boone family.

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Marion, Francis, 1732-1795

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Francis Marion organized his brigade of South Carolina militia late in 1780. From the description of Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560055 General Marion is known as the "Swamp Fox" since he based his guerrilla operations in the South Carolina low country. From the description of ALS, 1781 May 29 : Georgetown, to Major ...

Brooks, William

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Epithet: MD, of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0000eb Epithet: of Add MS 40406 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x0000ed Resident of Marengo Co., Ala. From the description of Letter, 1848 Aug. 29. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39670260 ...

Big Snake, Shawnee.

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Anderson, George Parker, 1957-....

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Detroit, Mich., banker. From the description of George Anderson letters, 1884. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82114164 ...

Poe, Andrew Jackson, 1817-1902

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American pioneer, carpenter and farmer from Iowa who settled in Clark County, Missouri in 1865. From the description of Family Papers, 1847-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145434830 From the description of Diary, 1847-1958 [electronic resource]. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51597314 ...

Foulks, George.

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Campbell, William, 1745-1781

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Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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Epithet: of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00030c American Indian fighter and president of the United States. From the guide to the William Henry Harrison letter, 1795, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) U.S president, Mar.-Apr. 1841; territorial governor of Indiana, 1801-1813; Ohio congressman, 1816-1819, state senator, 1819-1821, senator 1825-1828. From ...

Casey, John (John Peter Anthony), 1939-

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Author and University of Virginia professor of English. From the description of Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1954-2002. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647988955 American author and University of Virginia Professor of English. From the description of Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1977-1994. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647847877 From the description of Papers of John Casey [manuscript], 1969-1993. (University of ...

Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...

Gunsaulus, John.

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Cleveland, Benjamin, 1738-1806

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Wetzel, Lewis, 1763-1808

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Captain Tommy, Shawnee.

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Peyton, Yelverton.

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Lewis family.

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Stephen, Adam

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Physician, soldier and early American political leader. From the guide to the Adam Stephen letters, 1771-1777, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: Captain; of Virginia; Major -General 1776 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0000d3 ...

Perched Eagle, Potawatomi.

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Bryant family.

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Munger family.

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Stuart, John, 1700-1779.

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Shabni, ca. 1775-1859.

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Sevier, Valentine.

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Harpe, Micajah.

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Girty, Simon, 1741-1818

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Ward, Nancy, -1822

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Elliott, Matthew

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Sevier, John, 1745-1815

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Continental Army officer and governor of Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1778-1812. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314043 Army officer, U.S. representative from North Carolina and Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. From the description of John Sevier correspondence, 1797-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980429 ...

Grant, Elizabeth

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Chardonnais, Jean Baptiste.

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Lewis, John, 1678-1762

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Gomo, Potawatomi.

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Rogers, James, Shawnee chief.

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Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811

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Arthur Campbell (1742-1811), Indian fighter and Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Letter to General George Washington, 1781 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476826 ...

Spy-Buck, Shawnee chief.

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Winchester, James, 1752-1826

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Winchester is best known as the commander of forces decisively defeated at the Battle of the River Raisin a few months after this letter was written. From the description of Letter, 1812. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28573378 Army officer. From the description of James Winchester correspondence, 1800-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981396 Brigadier General of the United States Army, 1812-1815. From the description...

Dickerson, Vachel.

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Captain Johnny, Shawnee leader.

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Rutherford, Griffith, 1731?-ca. 1795.

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Trigg, Stephen, d. 1782.

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LeClair, Antoine, Sr.

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Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813

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Tecumseh (born circa 1768, present-day Ohio – died October 5, 1813, Moraviantown, Upper Canada), Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in the War of 1812, he became an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular hi...

Williamson, David, 1752-1814.

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Handley, Samuel.

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Campbell, John, 1758-1828

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Cornstalk, Shawnee chief, 1720?-1777

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Todd family.

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Main Poque, Potawatomi.

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Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820

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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was a pioneer land settler, Indian fighter and he served in military and political positions in Kentucky. At the time this letter was written, he was on the verge of losing his many tracts of land because the titles were improperly entered. From the description of Letter : to Charles Yanc[e]y, Luecy [i.e. Louisa] County, 1785 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602570 Indian fighter and scout. From the description of Daniel Boone pa...

Potter, James, 1729-1789

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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Pilling British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x000351 Army officer and farmer. From the description of Letter of James Potter, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449730 ...

Stone Roller.

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Sevier family.

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Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795

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Grant, William, 1925-

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William Grant was an attorney at law in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was at one time in partnership with J. D. Rouse but later practiced law independently. Grant served as United States Attorney in New Orleans in the 1890s. From the description of William Grant papers, 1868-1918. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 298843070 Epithet: Jacobite British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0002...

Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836

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Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, pioneer, and settler. From the description of Simon Kenton : miscellaneous papers, 1798-1818. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244572 Simon Kenton, a pioneer settler of Kentucky, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, April 3, 1755. In the spring of 1775, Kenton and Thomas Williams explored the area of Mason County, Kentucky, where they set up camp. Kenton moved on to Boonesborough in the fall of that year and became a f...

Jolly family.

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McDowell, Joseph, 1758-1799.

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Chebanse, Potawatomi.

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Rains, Mary.

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Pointe de Sable, Jean Baptiste, 1745?-1818

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Variously described as a "naigre Libre," and a" free mulattoman", or the "first permanent trader on the site of Chicago." During the revolution he operated in the Northwest and stations along. Lake-Michigan. He lived in Peoria prior to 1783, and in 1780 his goods were confiscated by the British on account of his American sympathies. In 1800 he sold his Chicago property for about $1200, including a house, a horsemill, bakehouse, dairy, etc. As late as 1814 he was living in St. Charles, Mo., with ...

Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808.

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Ramsay, Josiah.

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Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818

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Preston, William, 1729-1783

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Letters [manuscript], 1776. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647860488 Capt. William Preston (1729-1783), the son of John Preston (1699-1747), was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and settled with his family in Augusta County, Va., in 1737. He was a surveyor, landowner, member of the House of Burgesses, and captain during the French and Indian War. In 1756, he was a member of the abortive Sandy Creek Expedition aga...

Holmes, Jacob

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Cocke, William, 1747-1828

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Casey, William Van Etten, 1914-

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Jesuit theologian, college administrator and editor. Casey graduated from Boston Latin School in 1931, and entered the Society of Jesus. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1944. He taught theology at Boston College, beginning in 1946. In 1956 he became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and in 1958 he became the school's first Academic Vice President. From 1960-1979 he taught theology at Holy Cross College. From 1969 he edited HOLY CROSS QUARTERLY. Casey is know...

Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814

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Soldier, jurist, and frontiersman. From the description of Papers of John Cleves Symmes, 1788-1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067829 After serving as a New Jersey legislator, judge, and Continental Congressman, Symmes purchased a million acres in Ohio in 1787, where he established several settlements including Cincinnati. From the description of ADS : New York, N.Y., 1786 Apr. 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626085 The...

Dickson, Robert, 1765?-1823

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Logan, James, -1780

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American Indian chief. From the description of Address to Earl Dunmore [manuscript], 1774 ca. Oct. 10-17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809853 ...

Cuppy family.

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Van Braam, Jacob.

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Montgomery, John, 1936-

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Fontaine, James

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Epithet: the younger; of Fontaine's fort, county Cork British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x00024f ...

Wetzel family.

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Zane, Silas.

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Tenskwatawa

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(aka: Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) (January 1775 – November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a younger brother of Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee. In his early years Tenskwatawa was given the name Lalawithika ("He Makes a Loud Noise", "The Noise Maker", or "The Rattle") by the Red Sticks, a faction of the Muscogee.[1]:4 Tenskwatawa was once the town drunk, but about 1805, a...

Girty family.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...

Tipton, John, 1786-1839

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Originally from Tennessee, John Tipton and his family moved to Harrison County, Indiana in 1807. Tipton was active in territorial government, served as a militia officer, politician, Indian agent, and land speculator. In March, 1823, he was appointed Indian agent at Fort Wayne and served as a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the Miami and Pottawatomie in 1826. He served as agent unitl December 1831 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by James Noble's death. I...

Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848

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Non-hereditary chief of the Sauk and Fox Indians who urged his people not to resist white advances. After the Black Hawk War in 1832, the U.S. appointed Keokuk chief of the Sauks and Foxes, gave him responsibility for administering a $20,000 annuity, and awarded his supporters 400 square miles of territory on the Iowa River in Iowa. From the description of Letter : Steamboat Warrior, to Pierre Chouteau, St. Louis, Mo., 1835 June 2. (Newberry Library). WorldCa...

Edwards, George, 1959-

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George Edwards lived in Donnington, Salop (Shropshire), England (in the Telford conurbation to the east in North Shropshire). From the description of George Edwards mathematics notebook, 1822. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676969511 Epithet: of Add MS 28050 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x000006 Epithet: Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians ...

Rains, Cornelius.

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Robertson, James, 1742-1814

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James Robertson (1742-1814), founder of Nashville, is commonly called the "father of Tennessee." From the description of James Robertson (1742-1814) collection, 1796-1849. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 727025750 ...

Civil, Johna

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Dickerson, Kinzie.

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Mason, Samuel, 1750?-1803.

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Ramsay, Jonathan.

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Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827

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Zane, Ebenezer, 1747-1812

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Clark, William, 1770-1838

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Explorer, governor of the Territory of Missouri, army officer, and the U.S. superintendent of Indian Affairs. From the description of William Clark papers, 1816-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452648 Explorer. From the description of [Codicil to will] 1837. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science). WorldCat record id: 29305311 Army officer best known for partnership in the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1794, he was Lieutenant in the 4th sub-legion...

Cornstalk, Peter, Shawnee.

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Doublehead, Cherokee chief.

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