Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Series: 11 J (Volume 11)
Scope and Content Note: Papers concerning Clark's career from 1782 to 1794. Included are Draper's correspondence, notes, and transcripts from the Kentucky Gazette (1793), Maryland Journal (1786-1787), and Pennsylvania Packet (1786-1787), and many original manuscripts, 1785-1794, from the papers of William Croghan, Charles De Pauw, Robert Patterson, and members of the Clark family. In addition to letters (1793) by Clark and De Pauw to the French envoy, Edmond Charles Genet, there are original or contemporary copies of letters of scattered dates by Robert Breckinridge, John Brown (1757-1837), Richard Butler, Arthur Campbell, Walter Finney, Robert Patterson, Jesse Robards, and Isaac Shelby. Documents in 1786 include accounts for military supplies for Clark, an address (August 16, 1786) on United States foreign policy by Charles Pinckney, and speeches delivered by Clark and Wabash Indian leaders in October.