Mainly interview notes recorded in 1860 in Ohio. Discussed were frontier events from about 1764 to 1794, in most of which Samuel Brady or Lewis Wetzel was involved. Among the varied topics are Dunmore's War (1774); the battle of Monmouth (1778); Indian captivities of Mrs. Glass, John Grist, Richard Tilton, Jacob and Joseph Van Bibber, and Mrs. Lawrence Van Buskirk; Thomas Edgington's illness from rattlesnake bite; the Beaver Block House campaign (1791); and the dress, customs, and activities of spies.

In addition to genealogical data pertaining to the families of John Cuppy, Thomas Dickerson, Silas Hedges, and Henry Jolly, there are biographical references and allusions, often brief, to several dozen other scouts and pioneers associated or contemporary with Brady and Wetzel. Also found are excerpts and notes from a manuscript autobiography by Benjamin Van Cleve, data from a scrapbook kept by John W. Van Cleve, portions of songs commemorating William Crawford's campaign (1782) and an exploit by Samuel Brady. A few copies of other newspaper and manuscript articles are interspersed among the interviews.