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1 J (Volume 1)

2 J (Volume 2)

3 J (Volume 3)

4 J (Volume 4)

5 J (Volume 5)

6 J (Volume 6)

7 J (Volume 7)

8 J - 9 J (Volumes 8-9)

10 J (Volume 10)

11 J (Volume 11)

12 J (Volume 12)

13 J (Volume 13)

14 J - 15 J (Volumes 14-15)

16 J (Volume 16)

17 J (Volume 17)

18 J (Volume 18)

19 J (Volume 19)

20 J (Volume 20)

21 J - 22 J (Volumes 21-22)

23 J (Volume 23)

24 J - 25 J (Volumes 24-25)

26 J (Volume 26)

27 J (Volume 27)

28 J (Volume 28)

29 J (Volume 29)

30 J (Volume 30)

31 J (Volume 31)

32 J (Volume 32)

33 J (Volume 33)

34 J (Volume 34)

35 J (Volume 35)

36 J (Volume 36)

37 J (Volume 37)

38 J (Volume 38)

39 J - 42 J (Volumes 39-42)

42A J (Volume 42)

43 J (Volume 43)

44 J (Volume 44)

45 J (Volume 45)

46 J (Volume 46)

47 J (Volume 47)

48 J (Volume 48)

49 J (Volume 49)

50 J (Volume 50)

51 J (Volume 51)

52 J (Volume 52)

53 J (Volume 53)

54 J (Volume 54)

55 J (Volume 55)

56 J (Volume 56)

57 J (Volume 57)

58 J (Volume 58)

59 J (Volume 59)

60 J (Volume 60)

61 J (Volume 61)

62 J (Volume 62)

63 J (Volume 63)

64 J (Volume 64)

Summary Information

Title: Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1756-1891

Creators:
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1851-1891
Call Number: Draper Mss J

Quantity: 15.0 cubic feet (64 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:
Papers of and about George Rogers Clark, the most noted military commander in the western campaigns of the Revolution, gathered by Draper from relatives, descendants, and other historians; by transcripts from archives in Spain, Virginia and other localities for an intended complete biography. Included are papers gathered from Clark's descendants and from others who had proposed biographies, recollections of Clark's role in the early history of Kentucky and the Revolutionary War in the West, notes, copies of documents, and interviews with participants or their descendants. Draper's own voluminous notes and drafts of the first two chapters of Draper's proposed biography are also present.

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 Out of date and offensive language may be present.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, Spanish

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper00j
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