Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Draper Mss J
Series: 1 J (Volume 1)
Scope and Content Note: Manuscript drafts by Draper for three chapters of his proposed biography of Clark: the first on early Indian tribes of Kentucky (1 J 1-35); the second on Clark's birth in Albemarle County and his education and youthful activities through 1773 (36-59); and the third on the origins of Dunmore's War (60-117). These are followed by appendices on Thomas Bullitt and on the genealogy of the Clark and Rogers families and by a few miscellaneous notes.