Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Series: 2 G (Volume 2)
Scope and Content Note: Newspaper clippings and a few pamphlets and periodical articles, 1837-1886, pertaining mainly to Brant's career, to the battle and massacre at Wyoming (1778), and to the centennial commemoration of that event (1878). One article (2 G, 108) contains an abridged Joseph Brant family genealogy. Scattered through the volume are illustrations: portraits of Brant and of Steuben Jenkins; scenes in Brantford, Ontario, including the Brant memorial monument and the Mohawk church; a bird's-eye view of Oriskany battlefield; and a large woodcut fancifully depicting the massacre at Wyoming. Commemorating the centennial of this battle are numerous poems and several songs with musical scores.