Series: 1 CC (Volume 1)
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Richard Henderson papers, 1768-1782, accompanied by a few legal documents and newspaper clippings of later dates. Filling nearly two volumes (1 CC and 2 CC) are original manuscripts of Henderson (1735-1785), justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, promoter of the Transylvania colony in Kentucky, and founder of a land company which developed other later grants in Kentucky and Tennessee. In this first volume Henderson's original manuscripts include: his notes (1768-1770) on North Carolina legal cases; contemporary copies of deeds showing lands purchased from the Cherokee in March 1775, and of agreements constituting the Louisa Company (1774) and the Transylvania Company (1775); a copy of Dunmore's proclamation to deter Henderson and his associates from settling the lands sold them by the Indians; and his original journal (March-July, 1775) kept during his expedition to Kentucky, with a few miscellaneous financial accounts (1781) and weather notes (1782).

Also included are three letters by Henderson to Joseph Martin (1775, 1777) about affairs involving the Transylvania Company and the settlement in Powell's Valley; contemporary copies of depositions (1777-1778) about the Henderson purchase taken from such men as Arthur Campbell, William Christian, John Floyd, Patrick Henry, Abraham Hite, James Robertson, and Isaac Shelby. There is also a certified copy of a petition (1779) to the Virginia General Assembly asking that the company's lands on the Ohio and Green rivers be exempt from taxation. Copies of Henderson's journal and other documents about the Transylvania Company's Boonesborough settlement as published in 1840 by Mann Butler were clipped from the Louisville News-Letter.

Series: 2 CC (Volume 2)
Scope and Content Note: Richard Henderson papers, 1791-1817, followed by correspondence, 1833-1855, by Draper and others with relatives and descendants of Henderson, James Hogg (whose family surname was changed to Alves), and Nathaniel Hart concerning Henderson's life and his papers. The original manuscripts include: records of a law suit [1799], William Cocke v. Henderson and Company, in which Cocke sought land or its monetary equivalent for his services at Boonesborough in 1775; a survey (1791) of a land grant to Richard Henderson and Company in Powell's Valley and on Powell's and Clinch rivers signed by James Mayberry and Stockley Donelson; records of law suits (1803-1806) in Tennessee by Robert Burton, James Davis, and James Hogg involving Tennessee land grants made in 1795 by North Carolina; an ordinance (1797) governing disposition of lots in Henderson, Kentucky, and lists of lots sold there (1800-1817) by the agent for Henderson and Company. Also found in the volume are a biographical sketch of Richard Henderson and a detailed genealogical history of the family by his son Pleasant Henderson. Other notes and interviews about Richard Henderson and about events in Henderson, Kentucky were gathered by Draper in 1846; among these are a few anecdotes about Samuel Mason and the Harpe brothers. The volume contains one letter (1818) by Henry Clay to Isaac Shelby.

Series: 3 CC (Volume 3)
Scope and Content Note: Draper notes and correspondence, mainly 1887-1891, on one of his late interests, the history of the Chenoweth family. In his research Draper placed his emphasis on Richard Chenoweth (d. circa 1801), an associate of George Rogers Clark and one of the settlers at Corn Island at Louisville in 1780, his wife Margaret McCarty Chenoweth, their son Thomas who was captured by Indians in 1787, and the Shawnee massacre at Chenoweth's Station in 1789. Included are copies or summaries of records of claims, 1787-1841, submitted to the Virginia legislature and to Congress for compensation to Richard Chenoweth or his heirs for his service in building Fort Nelson at the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville).

Series: 4 CC (Volume 4)
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A volume containing four sections of manuscripts grouped and labeled by Draper:

1) “McAfee Papers”: copies of McAfee family papers made by Draper during a visit in 1844 to the home of Kentucky historian, Robert B. McAfee (1784-1849), and Draper correspondence with McAfee relatives and associates in the 1840s and 1850s. Manuscripts copied include the journals of Robert (father of Robert B.) and James McAfee during their exploration of Kentucky in the summer (May-August) of 1773 and a journal kept in 1777 by John Cowan at Harrodsburg (two copies). Transcribed from writings of Robert B. McAfee were an eye-witness account of Clark's campaign of 1780 written in 1804, a biographical sketch of Anthony Crockett, a history of the settlements on the Salt River and establishment of New Providence Church (of which another copy by John D. Shane is in Volume 14 CC), and “Sketches of the First Settlement of Kentucky No. 2” published in 1841 in the Frankfort Kentucky Yeoman. Two receipts (1784-1785) signed by John Cowan accompany the transcript of his journal. Within the correspondence is information on Edward Worthington and also autobiographical remininscences-with mention of Black Hawk and Jefferson Davis-by Charles Graham. A clipped newspaper article concerns John Poage (b. 1775), his father George, and other members of the Poage-Pogue family in Kentucky.

2) “Renick Papers”: Draper's correspondence, 1867, 1890-1891, on the history of the Renick (Renwick) family of western Virginia. Letters pertain particularly to the Shawnee capture of Mrs. Robert Renick and her children about 176] and to one son Joshua, who remained with the Indians in Ohio and was the father of Captain Jim Logan, the Indian scout killed in American service in the War of 1812. One letter by Mark L. Spotts contrasted “the wonderful mail facilities” of 1890 with the service experienced in the early decades of the nineteenth century. A tiny photograph of Frank A. Renick is appended to one of his letters.

3) “Hardin Letters”: mainly Draper's correspondence, 1846, 1862-1863, with Mark Hardin, son of John Hardin (1755-1792), who was killed during federal negotiations with the Ohio Indians. From Mark Hardin, Draper obtained one original manuscript in John Hardin's handwriting, an undated (but probably circa 1780) list of distances on the Ohio River from Fort Pitt to “Greate Falls” (Louisville). There are also copies of three letters written by John at Fort Washington (Cincinnati, Ohio) to his wife Jane during his fatal trip.

4) “O'Fallon Papers”: less than a dozen original manuscripts, 1791-1793, by, to, or concerning Dr. James O'Fallon (d. 1793), physician in Louisville and husband of the youngest sister of George Rogers Clark. His papers include several business letters about tobacco transportation and deliveries which he wrote as agent for the South Carolina Yazoo Company, a proposal (1792) that he would serve as physician in Louisville if subscribers could raise a payment of not less than 150 pounds, a list of his patients and accounts (1792) for medical services rendered to the United States garrison at Fort Steuben, and two pages of family genealogy.

Series: 5 CC - 7 CC (Volumes 5-7)
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William W. Worsley Papers, 1794-1801, 1809-1825. These three volumes primarily contain incoming correspondence of Worsley, a Lexington newspaper editor and publisher. In chronological arrangement, papers, 1794-1813, are in 5 CC; 1814-1825 in 6 CC; and undated pieces in 7 CC. Worsley and Thomas Smith formed the firm of Worsley and Smith, which issued the Lexington Reporter from about 1808 through November, 1825, and also printed books, handbills, and broadsides. Worsley was also a militia officer and there is one letter (1810) about his special guard assignment in Lexington “to apprehend and secure all very suspicious blacks who may be found in the streets in doubtful situations.” Communications came to the publishing firm from citizens of many occupations and interests. Some letters concern subscriptions and finance, but more were intended for publication or editorial use. More than one-third were written during the War of 1812. Among the most informative are a series by Smith while he was serving in William Henry Harrison's Northwestern Army in 1812-1813. Numerous other pieces-including some filed with undated materials-deal with arrangements for supplies and for donations of clothing for Harrison's army. Among letters of other dates by Smith are political comments on Andrew Jackson and on Henry Clay's campaigns in 1816 and 1824 and discussion of the firm's publishing business. Several printed prospectuses and advertisements for publications by Worsley and Smith and by other contemporary publishers are scattered among the manuscripts.

Files of the Lexington Reporter exist for the years 1808-1817 and are available as a microfilm publication.

Series: 8 CC (Volume 8)
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Original manuscripts, 1773-1838, mingled with Draper correspondence, 1839-1870, and miscellany. Among the early original papers are a list of Kentucky stations with their locations; land surveys (1773) on the Licking River by William Thompson; a letter (1787) on the issue of United States and Spanish navigation rights on the Mississippi River signed by J. Brown, Harry Innes, George Muter, and Benjamin Sebastian; a letter (1789) on a law suit written by John May to Robert Patterson; records (1809-1817) of a Purviance family law suit over land sales in which Henry Clay was one of the attorneys; a letter (1811) by Humphrey Marshall to Samuel McDowell about Marshall's historical research; and a congratulatory letter (1812) by Governor Charles Scott of Kentucky to Governor-elect Isaac Shelby; an autobiography dictated in 1832 by James Galloway (1750-1840) to his grandson, Albert Galloway (See also another copy in Volume 8 J and note in 4 B 61). Also found are extracts copied in Philadelphia from the autobiography of John Fitch describing his trip to Kentucky in 1780, his capture by Indians on the Ohio River in 1782, and his subsequent captivity among the Indians and British; biographical sketches of John Buchanan, of Nathaniel Gist, and of Matthias Denman, with a small photograph of an 1810 portrait of Denman; and James Taylor's manuscript biography of Charles Scott written in 1838 for Daniel Drake.

Letters to Draper touch on many other persons and events, including: Matthew Arbuckle and his son Charles; George D. Blackmore; John Blair; William and Willie Blount; the Indian chief Blue Jacket; Robert Hays and his family; Richard Henderson; Thomas Johnson; James Ore with anecdotes about his courageous wife; the Point Pleasant battle (1774); James Robertson; the elder John C. Symmes; Anthony Wayne's campaign (1794); and James Winchester. Miscellaneous materials include a handbill (1816) calling for formation of the Kentucky Bible Society; several handbills and broadsides issued in 1816 in the contest between John Pope and Henry Clay for a seat as representative in Congress; a leaflet (1847) on the Louisville and Lexington Telegraph Line; a copy of the proposed new constitution of Kentucky (1849) with autograph signatures of the members of the 1849 Kentucky Constitutional Convention; and an undated manuscript by Anthony New on the effect of alcoholic beverages “upon the body and mind of man ... and his condition in society.”

Series: 9 CC (Volume 9)
Scope and Content Note: William Whitley papers. The manuscript narrative by Whitley (d. 1813), pioneer settler near the Crab Orchard and Kentucky Indian fighter, forms the core of this volume. Dictated by Whitley to his son-in-law, Philip Sublette, the undated narrative described events from Whitley's arrival in Kentucky in 1775 to 1791, with emphasis on the many Indian depredations in southern Kentucky and on John Bowman's expedition into the Indian country in 1779. Numerous other Kentuckians are mentioned but especially Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark, and Benjamin Logan. Accompanying the manuscript are Draper's notes on its acquisition and on its use by Humphrey Marshall; interviews with Whitley descendants in 1851; a detailed index, with citations and notes on Whitley's life found in other sources, compiled by Draper in 1852; and a few eighteenth-century newspaper clippings and miscellaneous pieces relating to Indian attacks along the Wilderness Road and to Whitley's life.

Series: 10 CC (Volume 10)
Scope and Content Note: John Filson papers, 1785-1786. Composing this volume are four original journals and narratives by Filson (circa 1753-1788), a surveyor, author, and teacher, who in 1784 published a map of Kentucky and the first book about Kentucky and Daniel Boone. Included are: Filson's diary, May 18-July 25, 1785, covering his trip from Pennsylvania to Post St. Vincent (Vincennes, Indiana) by way of the Ohio and Wabash rivers; an account of his trip by land from Post St. Vincent to the Falls of the Ohio, August 6-15, 1785; an undated narrative about his travels in 1785 entitled “A Journal of two Voyages from the falls of the Ohio to Post St. Vincent ...”; and an account, dated in June 1786, discussing a later trip from Post St. Vincent to the Falls of the Ohio, its interruption by Indian attack, the 1786 expedition against the Wabash Indians, and the dissension among Americans, French, and Indians at Post St. Vincent.

Series: 11 CC (Volume 11)
Scope and Content Note: (Shane I). The first volume of John D. Shane's notebooks incorporated into Series CC. Within are notes recording more than eighty interviews or conversations by Shane with pioneers in Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Shelby, and Woodford counties, Kentucky. Among these are interspersed occasional notes from archival and newspaper sources. Shane dated few of his interviews, but internal evidence indicates that much of the data was gathered circa 1843-circa 1849. The interviews are far-ranging in subject with mention of dozens of individuals. The notes were heavily underlined and annotated by Draper. The published calendar, Kentucky Papers, describes each interview in detail, but a few items, such as the copy of the letter (1804) of Mrs. Eliza Todd on her reaction to marriage and to her occupation as housewife (11 CC 118-119) appear to have been omitted. However, one group of typescript copies of documents concerning William Harrison, his wife Sarah, and his brother Benjamin, and James Reed and Reed's half-brother John Hamilton, was added to this volume in 1909 and included in the calendar.

Series: 12 CC (Volume 12)
Scope and Content Note: (Shane II). Shane's notes on more than fifty interviews in Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, and Nicholas counties, Kentucky. Interspersed are a few land survey notes (1817) made by Robert Morrow in which there is reference to the site of Estill's battleground, and Shane's copies or notes from miscellaneous government documents, newspapers, and periodicals. This volume was also extensively annotated by Draper. The contents are summarized in detail in Kentucky Papers.

Series: 13 CC (Volume 13)
Scope and Content Note: (Shane III). Shane's notes on seventy interviews which he recorded in various areas of Kentucky, accompanied by an index of names of his informants. Although mainly undated, a few of his notes indicate that the conversations were held in 1842. The hundreds of names and topics appearing in the interviews are covered in the published calendar. Only occasional annotations were made by Draper in this volume.

Series: 14 CC (Volume 14)
Scope and Content Note: (Shane IV and V). A volume composed of two of Shane's notebooks. Volume IV contains notes of interviews he gathered in Ohio in Adams, Brown, and Clermont counties and in the city of Cincinnati; notes and pictorial sketches of Indian artifacts he viewed in a Cincinnati museum; and a genealogical record of the family of Joel Williams (d. 1824), a native of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Recollections of a student rebellion at Princeton College were given by Elijah Slack and Charles Cist mentioned a meeting with Draper near Philadelphia. Volume V opens with a manuscript copy of Robert B. McAfee's “History ... of the First Settlements on Salt River and Establishment of New Providence Church” (of which Draper's copy is in 4 CC). Miscellaneous historical, biographical, and bibliographical memoranda fill the remaining pages. Persons and topics mentioned in Shane's notes and interviews are described in detail in the calendar.

Series: 15 CC (Volume 15)
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(Shane VI, VIII, and XII). Two of Shane's original notebooks and Draper's copies from portions of XII bound together. Volume VI contains interviews recorded by Shane in various Kentucky locations in 1858-1859. Among the more than a dozen interviewees were eighteenth-century Kentucky settlers, a commentator on Thomas Jefferson and writer of political articles on Aaron Burr, and an early Lexington silversmith. A description of Daniel Boone, discussion of the artist Matthew H. Jouett and his portraits of Isaac Shelby and others, and assorted poems and rhymes typify the variety of materials scattered through the interviews. Acquisition of Todd family military records by Draper was mentioned by William O. Butler. Most interviews include genealogical references, but especially detailed are those for Alexander, Butler, Lyle, McDowell, and Sayre surnames. Two pages contain Shane's memoranda on travel to and proceedings at a synod meeting in Lebanon, Kentucky, in 1858.

Notebook VIII consists of copies of excerpts from papers by and about the Todd and Henderson families which Shane found in the Kentucky Historical Society. Included are portions of Richard Henderson's journal in 1775 (of which Draper later acquired the original in 1 CC).

From notebook XII Draper copied Shane's historical notes, which pertained especially to the Barlow, Gallagher, and McAfee families, to Henry Bedinger and the courtship ruse employed by his second wife, to the younger John Cleves Symmes, and to the early history of Transylvania University. As the other portions of this notebook were religious in content, Draper then sold the original volume to Samuel Agnew for the Presbyterian Historical Society.

Series: 16 CC (Volume 16)
Scope and Content Note: (Shane XI and XIII). Two additional Shane notebooks containing a varied assortment of historical material. Notebook XI includes Shane's manuscript copy of a genealogical pamphlet on the Preston family compiled by John Brown and edited (1842) with additions by his son Orlando; copies of Levi Todd papers made in 1854 from originals then owned by Mrs. Robert S. Todd; notes on several Kentucky ministers and churches; a few interviews; extracts from Presbyterian congregational records for the New Londonderry Congregation and from marriage and birth records of the White Oak and Red Oak congregations (all in Virginia); and an index to articles of interest to Shane in the Frankfort Commonwealth, 1833-1843. In notebook XIII are Shane's copies of articles from a few eighteenth-century newspapers and periodicals; a description of an Indian attack in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1764 and the subsequent captivity of the grandmother of G. Blackburn Kinkead; a biography of Kentucky soldier and governor John Adair (1759-1840) by Thomas B. Monroe; memoranda and Fontaine genealogy abstracted from Ann Maury's Memoirs of a Huguenot Family ... (New York, 1853); records of interviews with Kentucky pioneers mainly in Fayette County; and notes on several additional Presbyterian clergymen and churches. Draper's research is mentioned in the interview with Joseph Ficklin. This volume, 16 CC, contains indexing, tables of contents, and many other annotations by Draper.

Series: 17 CC (Volume 17)
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(Shane XIV and XVI). Two additional Shane notebooks of varied contents. Forming the heart of notebook XIV are notes on John Roche (d. 1849), professor at Transylvania University, and on the Roche family accompanied by a copy of Roche's diaries. Most descriptive is the diary he kept from July into September, 1824, during his trip from Maysville, Kentucky, to Boston, Massachusetts, by way of Baltimore, Philadelphia, eastern New York, and southern New England urban centers; he participated in ceremonies welcoming Lafayette in New York and Boston, spent a day in historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, and made visits to Williams, Amherst, Harvard, Brown, and Yale colleges - in all, a journey which inspired many observations on American religion, medicine, history, literature, and academic life including student unrest and rebellion. A few fragmentary pages contain Roche's diary entries on trips to Frankfort and Bardstown in 1825 and to Paris, Kentucky, in 1829.

Notebook XVI contains several groups of papers copied by Shane: correspondence, 1852--1853, of the Reverend John H. Brown, Lexington clergyman, relating to a religious controversy; then unpublished correspondence, 1779--1783, of John Floyd to William Preston, discussing Kentucky land settlement, trade, and prices; published letters, 1774-1780, by Floyd, Daniel Boone, and Nathaniel Hart Jr. relating particularly to the battle of Point Pleasant, the settlement of Powell's Valley, Richard Henderson's land offers, and the capture of the Boone and Callaway girls, all copied from the Frankfort Commonwealth; an index to persons mentioned in “Ledger A” of Richard Henderson and Company, with biographical notes on each provided by Nathaniel Hart Jr.; and biographical/genealogical memoranda about Robert M. Cunningham, (b. 1760), another Presbyterian minister who had served in Lexington. Originals of the 1774-1783 correspondence, published and unpublished, and of “Ledger A” were owned by William P. Hart and Nathaniel Hart Jr. of Woodford County, Kentucky when Shane made his copies.

Series: 18 CC (Volume 18)
Scope and Content Note: Two unnumbered Shane notebooks bound together. In these Shane copied articles, documents, and advertisements relating to Kentucky pioneers, land business, Transylvania University and other schools, and Indian threats and military affairs, all of which he selected from issues of the Kentucky Gazette for 1787-1788. As a file of complete issues for these years has been preserved and microfilmed, these selections seem now to be primarily of importance as examples of Shane's interests and collecting methods.

Series: 19 CC (Volume 19)
Scope and Content Note: A scrapbook in which Shane pasted clippings primarily from many western newspapers. Although most are undated, they appear to be from journals of the 1830s and 1840s. Displaying a wide geographical range, many pertain to Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin as well as to Kentucky and other eastern regions. Topics include Indians, natural resources, scenery, climate, travel conditions, and the history of white settlement. Of biographical and genealogical interest are articles on Marston G. Clark and on the Breckenridge family of Pennsylvania. A table of contents by Shane with annotations by Draper is found at the end of the volume.

Series: 20 CC (Volume 20)
Scope and Content Note: Lexington, Kentucky, assessment book, 1796-1806. Entries contain names of property owners, place of residence, number of tithables, a description of real property and improvements with value, a listing of personal property (including Negroes, horses and other livestock, merchandise, vehicles) with value, and total valuations. As assessors were subject to change annually, entries vary in detail and completeness from year to year. Two undated pages at the end of the volume list some appeals and alterations in the tax assessments.

Series: 21 CC - 22 CC (Volumes 21-22)
Scope and Content Note: James Wier letterbooks, 1805-1816, 1816-1824. A native of Ireland, Wier settled about 1788 in Kentucky, where he prospered as a merchant and business entrepreneur with a general store and factories for hemp yarn and bagging in Lexington and a cotton mill in Woodford County. The letterbook copies of his outgoing business correspondence reveal the scope of his trade from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, Nashville, and Charleston; the problems of river transport on the Ohio and Mississippi; his relations with financial houses in New York and Philadelphia; and the types and quantities of merchandise he ordered for his general store. A few letters were written by business associates, most notably Henry Wier beginning in 1816.

Series: 23 CC (Volume 23)
Scope and Content Note: Spencer Records narrative, 1842. Born in Delaware in 1762, Records was taken as a young boy to western Pennsylvania and migrated to Kentucky in 1783. Late in life at his home near Columbus, Indiana, he recorded for his children his recollections of his boyhood on the Pennsylvania frontier, his later experiences in Kentucky, and more briefly his life in Ohio and Indiana after 1800. Written from the viewpoint of a settler who of necessity was woodsman, hunter, and farmer, the narrative recounts the history of his family, the continuous conflict or tension between Indians and whites, the importance of the Ohio River as a highway, and the constant struggle for food, shelter, and clothing. Also included are detailed descriptions, almost instructions, for constructing a log cabin and a stockaded fort. Aside from a brief statement of his political and religious principles, the memoir contains little reference to political events in the Ohio Valley. The volume was probably acquired by Draper in the 1860s, and it bears occasional corrective annotations by him.

Series: 24 CC (Volume 24)
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Three disparate notebooks bound together:

1) A volume containing a manuscript copy of Thomas Hanson's journal on the Ohio River, April-August, 1774 (of which another copy is in 14 J), with a memorandum of land surveys for William Christian, John Floyd, Patrick Henry, George Washington and others and copies of a few letters of Floyd and Christian in 1774 and 1781 (of which the originals for those in 1774 are in 3 QQ)

2) A small original manuscript account book, 1776-1777, for military supplies, some of which were provided by David Shepherd;

3) A notebook in which Draper entered bibliographical notes on references to Kentucky and Ohio Indian affairs, 1789-1794, found in American State Papers.

Series: 25 CC (Volume 25)
Scope and Content Note: Draper's manuscript copy of John Magill's, The Pioneer to the Kentucky Emigrant: A Brief Topographical and Historical Description of the State of Kentucky (Frankfort, Kentucky, 1832). Preceding the text is Draper's statement about the history and ownership of the original pamphlet which he copied in 1872 and his index to biographical references within Magill's account. Also contained in the pamphlet and copy are Magill's poems and hymns including one entitled “The American Revolution.”

Series: 26 CC - 30 CC (Volumes 26-30)
Scope and Content Note: Five scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by Shane. The majority of these clippings were not calendared or described individually in Kentucky Papers.

Subseries: 26 CC (Volume 26)
Scope and Content Note: (labeled Shane Scrapbook I). Clippings pertaining largely to men and events in Kentucky and Tennessee. Among them are articles on George Rogers Clark and on the battle of King's Mountain by Draper; pieces by Nathaniel Hart Jr. including publication of Richard Henderson's 1775 journal (of which the original is in 1 CC); a Randolph family genealogy by William Randolph of Turkey Island, Virginia; and numerous obituaries and biographical sketches of both Indians and white pioneers. Among the subjects of biographical articles are Leslie Combs (Coombs), Timothy Downing, James Findlay, and a Shawnee chief, Wawillowa. An index by Draper inserted at the front of this volume identifies scattered articles relating to other areas and topics.

Subseries: 27 CC (Volume 27)
Scope and Content Note: Scrapbook of clippings mainly relating to persons and events in the Ohio Valley from Pennsylvania westward. Although principal topics include Samuel Brady, George Rogers Clark, Simon Kenton, and the proceedings of the Cincinnati, Kentucky, and Maryland historical societies in 1846, there are also biographical articles about Samuel Dale, George Washington, Jacob Wetzel, and William Wirt. A series (1839) by James W. Biddle describes his Great Lakes journey from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Detroit and Michilimackinac, Michigan. There is neither table of contents nor index in this volume.

Subseries: 28 CC (Volume 28)
Scope and Content Note: Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings. Included are dozens of book notices and advertisements, poetry, and articles on historical and current events and persons, such as John Fitch; Robert Wickliffe; Cherokee and Choctaw customs; Indian mounds; the government Indian payment at La Pointe, Wisconsin, in 1849; emigration to Oregon; and exploration of Mammoth Cave. A series of articles deals with the life of Daniel Boone, and several other pages are filled with material (1832) about Lane Seminary in Cincinnati. Shane's table of contents is found at the close of the scrapbook.

Subseries: 29 CC (Volume 29)
Scope and Content Note: A scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings selected from newspapers in the 1825-1852 period. The articles illustrate Shane's wide range of interest in archaeology, geology and mineral resources, religion, poetry, education, travel, and United States and Indian history. One of numerous articles on Mammoth Cave includes a woodcut depicting the cave entrance, and an Ohio railway article contains a scene in the Big Miami valley. Biographical-articles pertaining to Charles S. Todd and Nathan Maynard are also found. Shane's table of contents is found at the end of this large volume.

Subseries: 30 CC (Volume 30)
Scope and Content Note: (labeled as Shane Scrapbook IV). Miscellaneous clippings, 1824-1851, similar in scope and topic to preceding scrapbooks. It contains no table of contents by Shane, but at the front of the volume Draper scribbled a rough list of selected articles.

Series: 31 CC (Volume 31)
Scope and Content Note: Miscellaneous papers, 1780-1862, including numerous original manuscripts and contemporary copies prior to 1816. Most were written, signed, or addressed to Kentuckians. Letters, receipts, militia commisssions, legal documents, and fragmentary pieces relate mainly to land sales and surveys, mercantile business, politics, and law suits. Names appearing most frequently as signers or addressees in the papers before 1816 are Adam Beatty, Henry Lee, Peter Lee, Alexander D. Orr, Charles Pelham, and Walker Reid. A Mason County meeting in 1807 recorded its proceedings in protest of British threats and depredations after the attack on the United States frigate “Chesapeake” by the British ship “Leopard”. A group of militia commissions bear signatures of Kentucky governors James Garrard, Christopher Greenup, Charles Scott, and Isaac Shelby, and there is one letter (1813) from Scott to Shelby. Two printed circulars were issued by Charles Savage, Lexington and Louisville commission agent, to advertise the firms of Savage & Prentiss (1817) and Savage & Company (1819). Three letters on research matters were written to historian Lewis Collins in 1847. Documents mounted on pages 209-212 of this volume are printed facsimiles, not original manuscripts.

Series: 32 CC - 34 CC (Volumes 32-34)
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Three volumes of miscellaneous Draper correspondence, 1838-1891, mainly incoming letters concerning his many Kentucky research interests. The letters are arranged chronologically: 32 CC, 1838-1876; 33 CC, 1877-1887, February; 34 CC, 1887, March-1891. A few--less than half a dozen-early letters were addressed to persons other than Draper. His correspondents included officers and staff of the Kentucky Historical Society, the Filson Club, Kentucky University, and the Public Library of Kentucky in Louisville; and other historians, editors, congressmen, and descendants of Virginia and Kentucky families. Bowman, Campbell, Hart, Lewis, McDowell, Russell, and Shelby are surnames scattered frequently throughout the volumes. Others discussed in one or more letters of more specific years include: James Gray (1883), Willoughby Griffith's family (1873, 1887-1888), Gabriel Jones (1885), the Kincaid family (1884), John Hancock Lee (1886), the Renick family (1890-1891), James and Joseph Simrall (1868), and Aquilla Whitaker (1891).

In 1858 John D. Shane advised Draper on the duty of the historian to write as well as to collect and a few months later (1859) offered a copy of a Simon Kenton portrait. Samuel Agnew's letter in 1869 sheds light on Draper's acquisition and disposition of Shane's papers. Numerous letters in the 1880s came from readers and recipients of King's Mountain and Its Heroes, a volume which stimulated many to make genealogical inquiries to Draper. A long poem entitled “Night Scene at Drennon Springs, Kentucky” was sent (February, 1887) by its author, Reuben T. Durrett. Beginning in 1865 and continuing through the next two decades, writers commented on the Civil War and its leaders such as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, on Reconstruction, and on Democratic politics. A printed circular titled “The Centenary of Kentucky” announced plans by the Filson Club for a centennial exhibition and celebration on June 1, 1892.

Series: 35 CC (Volume 35)
Scope and Content Note: Draper's copy of the publication compiled by George W. Stipp entitled The Western Miscellany (Xenia, Ohio, 1827), which included much of John Bradford's “Notes on Kentucky” published serially first in the Kentucky Gazette and reprinted (1826-1827) in the Ohio State Journal and Columbus Gazette. Stipp's volume was annotated by Draper in 1848. With it Draper also filed copies or summaries of additional “Notes” by Bradford from the Ohio State Journal series which Stipp had not included in his publication.

Series: 36 CC - 37 CC (Volumes 36-37)
Scope and Content Note: Two of Shane's notebooks (entitled by Shane as “Recipes,” volumes I and II). Of particular interest is the latter half of Volume 36 CC (pp. 45-91) devoted to the principles, techniques, and formulas for making daguerreotypes, with bibliographical references on these and other forms of mid-nineteenth century photography. Several newspaper clippings and one illustrated handbill advertising daguerreotype studios are mounted in the manuscript text. The first half of 36 CC and all of 37 CC are indeed filled with “Recipes”: some for cooking and preserving food; many for medicines and for other health and dental remedies not only for human use but also for animals; and others embracing a variety of household and garden hints. Notes by Draper in Volume 37 CC indicate that he had copied many of the entries; without doubt these copies were considered for use in the one volume home-and-farm encyclopedia which he and William A. Croffut edited and published in 1869, entitled A Helping Hand for Town and Country.