Draper manuscripts: George Rogers Clark papers, 1756-1891.

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795

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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791

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Frederick Haldimand was a British Army officer in Quebec and Governor-General of Canada. Son of Francois Louis and Marie (de Trytorreus) Haldimand, he was born in Neufchatel, Switzerland, Aug. 11, 1713. A soldier of fortune, he served in various European armies, and in 1756, came to America as lt. col. in the Royal American. He served in the Seven Years' War; was lt. gov. of Three Rivers District, 1762-64; in 1767 was in command of the Southern district of N.A. with headqua...

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...

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...

Girault, John, 1755-1813

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Johnson, Cave, 1760-1850

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Born in 1760, Orange County, Virginia. Son of William Johnson and Elizabeth Cave. Died in 1850, Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of Obituary and autobiography of Col. Cave Johnson : manuscript copy, [1850]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249360 From the description of Obituary and autobiography of Col. Cave Johnson : manuscript, [1850]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 84468983 ...

Daviess, J. H. (Joseph Hamilton), 1774-1811.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Donelson, John.

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Bowman, Joseph, 1752-1782

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Soldier. From the description of Letter, 1779 June 14. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46729030 ...

Whitaker, Aquilla.

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Montgomery, John, 1936-

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Gibson, John, 1740-1822

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Revolutionary War officer and Secretary of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From the description of John Gibson papers, 1770-1812. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 429901716 Soldier and Indian trader on the Pennsylvania frontier, 1758-1782; post-Revolutionary War Alleghany County, Pa., judge and militia officer; and secretary of the Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From 1781-1782, Gibson was commanding officer at Fort Pitt. From th...

Edgar, John.

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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...

Williams, John Guilfoyle

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Union soldier, member of the 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; from Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Diary, 1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271041 From the description of Diary, 1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504656 John Williams was a storekeeper in Middletown (Pa.). From the description of Daybook and ledger, 1773-1774. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298281...

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...

Menard, Pierre, 1797-1871.

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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...

Trabue, Daniel, 1760-1840

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Gratiot, Charles, 1752-1817.

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Green, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1952-

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Mormon handcart pioneer. From the description of Promissory note, 1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622450 Union soldier. From the description of Letter, 1863 Sept 30. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 33033283 Thomas Green was a storekeeper and local school board member in Chelsea, Mass., from 1866 to 1868. From the description of Thomas Green diaries, 1866-1868. (Millersville University Library). WorldCat record id: 222...

Clark, Jonathan, 1750-1811

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Jonathan Clark, son of John and Ann (Rogers) Clark, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, 12 August 1750, and died in Jefferson County, Kentucky, 25 November 1811. During the Revolutionary War, Clark commanded a company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment. In 1779, he was promoted to Lt. Colonel in the Continental Army. He married Sarah Hite on 13 February 1782. Following the war, Clark resided in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was commissioned major general of the Virginia Militia forces in 17...

Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818

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Todd, Levi, 1756-1807.

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Rogers 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...

Pogue, William, d. 1778.

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Lindsay, Joseph, d. 1782.

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Bird, Henry, d. 1800.

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Captain in the British army. From the description of Henry Bird papers, 1784-1796 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 312453636 From the description of Henry Bird papers, 1772-1800. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422710 ...

Todd, Robert H., 1942-

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Dodge, John, 1751-1800

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Bowman, John, 1738-1784.

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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...

Patton, James, 1692-1755

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English emigrant to Augusta County, Va. From the description of Papers of James Patton [manuscript], 1738-1753. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647869784 ...

Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789

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Epithet: of Add MS 12496 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x000086 William Nelson Fenton is an anthropologist and ethnologist specializing in Iroquoian studies. From the guide to the George Chalmers papers relating to Indian affairs, 1750-1775, 1750-1775, (American Philosophical Society) Military engineer; colonial military officer in British service until 1780; appointed geographer o...

Lochry, Archibald, -1781

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Revolutionary War officer who was later (Aug., 1781) killed by a party of Indians led by Joseph Brant on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Big Miami River while leading a company of Pennsylvania volunteers to join Clark's Kaskaskia expedition. From the description of Letter : [Pa.], to Gen. Edward Hand, Fort Pitt, Pa., [1777 May]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38278800 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Archibald Lochry, 1781. (Unknown). W...

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 ...

Crockett, Anthony

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Pollock, Oliver, 1737-1823

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Oliver Pollock was an Irish-born trader, planter, and financier at Havana, Cuba, and New Orleans, La. He was appointed commercial agent of the United States in New Orleans in 1777 from where he supplied ammunition, provisions, and information to the Americans during the Revolution. He was appointed commercial agent of the United States in Havana, Cuba in 1783, where he was imprisoned for debt for eighteen months. Pollock was a merchant in Philadelphia, Pa., roughly between 1788 and 1791 before m...

McKim, Robert.

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Clark family

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Harrod, William, 1737-1801.

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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...

Chapline, Abraham, 1754-1824

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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 ...

Hamilton, Henry, -1796

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Hamilton (1734?-1796) was a British army officer in the American Revolutionary War. He was also Lieutenant-Governor and Governor of Detroit, Quebec, Bermuda, and Dominica. From the description of Henry Hamilton papers, 1768-1933. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612696380 Henry Hamilton (1734?-1796) was a British army officer in the American Revolutionary War. He was also Lieutenant-Governor and Governor of Detroit, Quebec, Bermuda, and Dominica. From th...

Legras, J. M. P.

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Todd, John, 1750-1782

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Lawyer, soldier. John Todd, an early Kentucky settler had been admitted to the bar in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1771. He participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant as an aide to General Andrew Lewis and was at Boonesborough, Kentucky for the "Elm Tree" Assembly in 1775. Todd served as a member of the first court organized at Harrodsburg, as a delegate to the Virginia Assembly from Kentucky, and as one of the first Trustees in the town of Lexington, Kentucky. Chosen...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Leyba, Teresa de.

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Robertson, Donald, 1717-1783.

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Rocheblave, Philippe François de Rastel, Chevalier de, -1802

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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...

Butler, Mann, 1784-1852

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Lawyer, educator, and historian. From the description of Letter, 1834 Feb. 9. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46763933 Butler wrote on the early history of Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. From the description of Papers, [1816]-1855. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246220 ...

Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827

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Croghan, William, 1752-1823

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Croghan was a Revolutionary War veteran, surveyor, and farmer from Jefferson County, Kentucky. From the description of Account book : manuscript, 1788-1822. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249260 From the description of Account book : manuscript, 1784-1788. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248592 From the description of Account book : manuscript, 1788-1822. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 80444098 ...

Clark, Benjamin S.

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Benjamin Clarke was a clock maker in Philadelphia, Penn. from 1791-1848. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1795. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668257507 Resident of Malone, N.Y. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1807-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486954 Epithet: son of S Clark, annotator of the Bible British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...