Draper Manuscripts: Border Forays Manuscript, 1875-1876

Container Title
Volume   4
Reel   10
Series: Border Forays Manuscript: 4 D
Scope and Content Note

Chapters 19-26. Topics are:

19) the death of Jane McCrea in July 1777; 20) battle of Oriskany, August 1777; 21) ambuscade at Fort Henry at Wheeling, September 1777; 22) William Foreman's defeat, September 1777; 23) battle and massacre of Wyoming, July 1778; 24) George Rogers Clark's conquest of the Illinois, July 1778; 25) Indian attack at Boonesborough, September 1778; and 26) captivity of Simon Kenton, September 1778-June 1779. Chapters 19-23 were drafted by Butterfield, chapters 24-26 by Draper.