George Rogers Clark : miscellaneous papers, 1780-1802.

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George Rogers Clark : miscellaneous papers, 1780-1802.

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Clark's correspondence, original and photocopied, discusses Indian activities; business and financial affairs; raising troops in Virginia; and the location of Fort Jefferson. Other papers include land warrants and grants; and a 1794 commission made by Clark as "Maj-Gen. in the armies of France and Commander of the French Revolutionary Legion of the Mississippi." Also included in the collection is Clark's famous "Mason Letter." This seventy-five page report to George Mason, dated 19 November 1779 at Louisville, is the definitive account of his successful Illinois campaign. It was dictated to his secretary, Angus Cameron, and is signed by Clark. Published in Henry Pirtle's Col. George Rogers Clark's Sketch of his Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-9 (1869) and George Rogers Clark Papers, 1771-1781 (Coll. Illinois State Historical Library, vol. VIII).

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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 ...

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

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