A volume containing four small memoranda books, of which only the first pertains to Tecumseh. In this Benjamin Drake recorded statements in 1821 about Tecumseh narrated by Anthony Shane. Topics include the Prophet's talks and their influence on Indian superstition and social behavior; Tecumseh's parentage, wives, and family; his boyhood; early skirmishes; hunting exploits; removal to Tippecanoe in 1808; trip to the South; and the warfare of 1813 in which his life was ended. A few of Drake's other notes about Tecumseh were copied into this notebook by Draper.

Of less significance are three of Draper's own undated pocket notebooks which follow; these contain lists of books and pension statements he intended to consult, a list of pensioners residing in 1840 mainly in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and Ohio and brief notations about pension statements and other manuscripts in the Library of Congress.