Draper manuscripts: Kentucky papers, 1768-1892.

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...

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...

Chenoweth, Richard Edwin

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Chenoweth, Thomas G., 1945-

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Chenoweth, Margaret McCarty.

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Lewis family.

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Worsley, William W., 1780 or 1781-1852

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Selby family.

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Lee, P. A., 1950-

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Alexander family.

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Reid, Walker.

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Maynard, Nathan

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McAfee family.

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Campbell family.

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Orr, Alexander D.

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Henderson, Richard, 1735-1785

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Wier, James.

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Brown, John, 1818-1890

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John H. Brown of Marblehead, Mass., served in the 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. From the description of John H. Brown diary, 1862-1865. WorldCat record id: 25533824 American portrait painter; b. Lancaster, Pa., settled in Philadelphia 1845. Painted only miniatures after 1844. From the description of Journal, 1844-1890. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122610590 Journalist, military hero, politician, and h...

Crockett, Anthony

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Lyles family.

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Pelham, Charles, 1835-1908

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Hogg, James F.

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Preston family.

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Russell family.

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Gallagher family.

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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...

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 ...

Bowman family.

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Hardin, John, 1753-1792

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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...

Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871

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Frankfort, Kentucky lawyer, veteran of the War of 1812, Secretary of State of Kentucky and Minister to Russia, appointed by President Tyler. Rev. D.P. Henderson was from Kentucky, but had lived and served as a judge, in Illinois and knew Lincoln. From the description of Letters, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941346 Charles Stewart Todd was born near Danville, Ky. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary. He studied law under ...

Hart, Nathaniel, 1770-1844

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Farmer from Woodford County, Ky. and member of the pioneer Hart family. From the description of Letter, 1791 Jan. 10. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279725 ...

Louisa Company (Ky.)

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Adair, John, 1757-1840

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Soldier, politician, and governor of Ky. From the description of John Adair : miscellaneous papers, 1797-1824. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46605138 ...

Whitley, William, d. 1813.

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Cunningham, Robert M., 1760-

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Butler family.

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Arbuckle, Matthew.

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Hart family.

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Todd, Levi, 1756-1807.

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Hardin, Mark

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Barlow family.

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Breckinridge family.

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Randolph family.

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O'Fallon, James, 1749-1794

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Army officer. From the description of Letter of James O'Fallon, 1790. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454777 James O'Fallon (1749-1794) was born in Ireland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He arrived in North Carolina in 1774 and served in the Revolution, first as a soldier and later as a senior Surgeon. After the war he moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he practiced medicine and became involved in various state politics. In 1790 he was appointe...

Records, Spencer, b. 1762.

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Roche, John B.

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Sayre family.

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Hanson, Thomas Bradley, 1942-

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Chenoweth family.

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Transylvania Company (Henderson, Ky.)

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Magill, John, 1759-1842

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Worsley and Smith (Lexington, Ky.)

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Shepherd, David, 1734-1795

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Beatty, Adam, 1777-1858

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McDowell family.

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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...

Renwick family.

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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...

McAfee, Robert B. (Robert Breckinridge), 1784-1849

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McAfee was born on Salt River in Mercer County, Kentucky. McAfee's father, also named Robert, was an early settler in that area. The younger McAfee studied at Transylvania Seminary in the 1790s and read law under John Breckinridge. He began his legal practice in his native county and represented the area in the state legislature. McAfee entered the army in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank of captain. In 1807 he married Mary Cardwell. In the 1820s, McAfee entered the state senate before servi...

Hart, Nathaniel, 1734-1782.

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The Shelby and Hart families resided in Kentucky. Prominent family members include Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a Revolutionary officer and the first governor of Kentucky, 1792-1796 and 1812-1816, and Nathaniel Hart (1734-1782), Revolutionary officer and pioneer. Nathaniel Hart's daughter, Susanna, married Isaac Shelby in 1783. From the guide to the Shelby and Hart Family Papers, ., 1775-1814; 1899-1900, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collecti...

Floyd, John, 1794-1871

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Pioneer surveyor; killed by Indians in the winter of 1783. From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83986673 From the description of Letter : Beargrass, Kentucky, regarding Kentucky frontier, 1783 Feb 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150529 ...

Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795

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Henderson family

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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 ...

McAfee, James W.

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Shane, John Dabney, 1812-1864

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John Dabney Shane, Presbyterian minister and collector of material on Presbyterian history and pioneer life in Kentucky and the Mississippi Valley, was born in 1812 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died there on February 7, 1864. He attended Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, graduating in 1834. He also studied theology in the Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Following licensure in 1842, by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., he went to Kentucky where ...

Todd family.

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