A volume composed of three original records kept by officers serving with General Anthony Wayne in 1793-1794. Two are orderly books covering July 1, 1793, to October 21, 1794, which were kept by Robert Todd, brigadier general of the Kentucky volunteers. In addition to Todd's orders, the books contain copies or excerpts of orders and letters by Wayne and Charles Scott and lists of other officers. Each orderly book is prefaced by an index by Draper, and accompanied by his note giving the provenance of the acquisition.

The journal, 1792-1800, of Thomas T. Underwood, lieutenant in the United States Army, composes the third segment. His entries cover not only his participation in Wayne's campaigns in 1793-1794 and the battle of Fallen Timbers, but also his service in Cincinnati as a recruiting officer, life at Fort Massac (Illinois) under Zebulon M. Pike's command (1795-1798), a trip to Detroit, the removal of settlers from Cherokee lands in Tennessee (1797-1798), and his resignation from the army. His notes contain brief but descriptive comments on the social life of an army officer on the frontiers and on Indians, Spanish, and British encountered during his service. Underwood's journal is accompanied by notes on its authorship and its acquisition by Draper.