Draper Manuscripts: Simon Kenton Papers, 1755-1836

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Series: 3 BB (Volume 3)
Scope and Content Note: Mainly Draper notes and correspondence on Kenton's life from 1780 to 1790. The material pertains particularly to Benjamin Logan's expedition into Ohio in 1786 and to persons associated with Kenton in the 1780s: the Shawnee chief Blue Jacket, Michael Cassidy, John Edwards, Thomas Kelsey, James Livingston, John McIntyre, David Tygart, Michael Tygart, Cornelius Washburn, and Nicholas Washburn. Original documents include an authorization for a land survey in 1785 signed by Kenton and an agreement (1831) for the lease of Livingston's black slaves in Kentucky.