Draper correspondence and notes, frequently sparse, on Boone's life in western Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, 1792-1820. Papers refer to the loss of his Kentucky lands, his move from Kentucky to Missouri, his possible journeys east to Kentucky and west to the Yellowstone River region, Indian troubles on the Missouri frontier during the War of 1812, and erroneous reports of his death published in 1818. Small amounts of material relate to the Indian attack on Morgan's Station, Kentucky, in 1793 and to a few of Boone's contemporaries including John Wade and Charles Yancey. Numerous letters and reminiscences pertain to Boone's skill as a hunter and his many hunting expeditions.

Lengthy extracts and summaries of depositions made by Boone and others in Kentucky land suits were copied and sent to Draper by Kentucky historian Richard H. Collins. Deponents other than Boone were: Benjamin Berry, Flanders Callaway, Jesse Coffee (Cofer, Copher), William Cradlebaugh, John Curry, Levi and Septimus Davis, James Guthrie, Henry Hall, Stephen Hancock, Peter Harget, Jesse Hodges, Simon Kenton, Stephen Lowry, John McCausland, Robert Patterson, John Riggs, Peter Scholl, Jacob Sodowsky (Sadowsky), George Stockton, William Triplett, John Waller, Haydon Wells, and Thomas Young. Filed in the volume is one original deposition (1796) signed by Boone, Michael Cassidy, and George Stockton in Mason County, Kentucky. Also found is a tracing of a manuscript signed by Boone as justice of the peace in Missouri in 1804.