Draper manuscripts: Life of Boone manuscript, circa 1856-1893.

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Draper manuscripts: Life of Boone manuscript, circa 1856-1893.

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Draper's unfinished manuscript for his "Life of Boone," a revised draft written before 1856 which covered possibly one-third of his projected and widely publicized biography of Daniel Boone (1734-1820). Although Draper continued to gather Boone materials until his death, he made no further progress in writing the book. The materials also include a copy of Thomas Walker's 1750 journal of his trip through what is now Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; summaries of western exploration before Boone, and of early Kentucky history; a Boone family genealogy; biographical sketches; maps; and testimonials to Draper's competence to write the biography.

0.8 c.f. (5 volumes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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