Draper Manuscripts: Josiah Harmar Papers, 1778-1799
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Summary Information
Title: Draper Manuscripts: Josiah Harmar Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1778-1799

Creator:
  • Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813
Call Number: Draper Mss W

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (2 volumes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Copies and excerpts of correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Josiah Harmar, a Pennsylvania officer during the American Revolution, who also served as Commander of the army on the Ohio frontier (1784-1791), and as adjutant general of Pennsylvania (1793-1799). Harmar led an unsuccessful expedition against the Shawnee and Miami in Ohio and Indiana in 1790.

Note:

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 Out of date and offensive language may be present.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.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper00w
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Scope and Content Note

Harmar's papers includes material on events throughout the trans-Allegheny region--Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee as well as the region north of the Ohio River--and were loaned to Draper for copying in 1849-1850 by Josiah's son, William Harmar. Included are maps of Fort Steuben, Fort Franklin, the French Creek river (Pennsylvania), the area around the Big Beaver Creek (Pennsylvania), and Covalt's Station (Ohio).

Location of Originals

Originals are included in the Joshiah Harmar Papers, 1681-1937 at the William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Use Restrictions

PHOTOCOPY RESTRICTION: Photocopying originals is not permitted; researchers may copy from the microfilm available in the Library.


Contents List
Draper Mss W
Series: 1 W-2 W (Volumes 1-2)
Scope and Content Note: Draper's selections and copies of Harmar's papers: 1778-1788 in Volume 1 W; 1789-1799 in Volume 2 W. Both volumes contain detailed indexes by Draper.