Summary Information
Draper Manuscripts: Jonathan Clark Papers
1728-1810
- Clark, Jonathan, 1750-1811
Draper Mss L
0.3 c.f. (2 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Jonathan Clark, the elder brother of George Rogers Clark, including deeds and the will (1734) of his grandfather Jonathan Clark; family letters and military papers, including pay and muster rolls for the 8th Virginia Militia Regiment, lists of prisoners, orders from his superior officers, military commissions, and correspondence describing Continental Army operations, including William Clark's experiences as an officer under Anthony Wayne (1794).
Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present. This collection is also available as a microfilm publication. Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information. There is a restriction on use to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction
Information portion of this finding aid for details.
English
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Biography/History
Jonathan Clark, elder brother (1750-1811) of George Rogers Clark, was commissioned as an officer of the Continental Army at the outbreak of the Revolution. He served as captain, major, and colonel in the Eighth Virginia Regiment. After participation in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Paulus Hook, he was captured at Charleston in May 1780, and held prisoner until the following spring. In 1793 he was commissioned major general of Virginia militia. Married to Sarah Hite in 1782, he moved his family to the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky in 1802, and at his death had a substantial fortune in real estate, slaves, and other property.
Administrative/Restriction Information
PHOTOCOPY RESTRICTION: Photocopying originals is not permitted; researchers may copy from the microfilm available in the Library.
Contents List
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Draper Mss L
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Series: 1 L (Volume 1)
: Original papers, 1771-1779, preceded by early deeds (1728, 1730) to family landholdings in Virginia and the will (1734) of Jonathan Clark, grandfather for whom the younger Jonathan was named. Nearly two dozen personal letters were written by the latter's father John and by his brothers George Rogers and John, Jr. Jonathan's military papers include pay and muster rolls for his company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, his commissions as major and colonel signed by John Jay and Samuel Huntington, orders from his superior officers, and letters describing military operations in the East and West. Among his other correspondents were Abraham Bowman, Richard Campbell, William Croghan, William Darke, William Fontaine, Owen Gwathmey, Peter Helphenstine, James Higgin, Robert L. Hooper, Jr., Henry Lee (1756-1818), Thomas Marshall, Daniel Morgan, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, John Page, Richard Peters, John Rogers, John B. Roy, Charles Scott John Steed, Lord Stirling (William Alexander), and William Woodford.
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Series: 2 L (Volume 2)
: Additional original papers, 1780-1810. Family letters (about thirty pieces) written by John Clark and his four sons Jonathan, George Rogers, William, and Edmund compose about half of the volume. Four letters written in 1794 by William Clark give an account of his experiences as an officer under Anthony Wayne's command. Military documents include Jonathan's commission (1785) as major in the Virginia militia signed by Patrick Henry and Edmund's commission (1799), as captain the Seventh Regiment of United States Infantry signed by John Adams. Among other writers of letters and documents were Abraham and John Bowman, Arthur Campbell, William Croghan, William Darke, William Eustis, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Nathaniel Gist, Abraham Hite, Henry Lee, Jr., John Marshall, John Nevill, James O'Fallon, John Rogers, Charles Scott, and William Woodford.
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