Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Series: 7 J (Volume 7)
Scope and Content Note: Primarily Draper notes and correspondence referring to Clark's ancestry and boyhood, to the French and Indian War, and to events in the Upper Ohio region prior to 1774. Among the papers are Draper's copies of a letter, 1761, written by Jeffrey Amherst, and of articles from the Pennsylvania Journal, 1756-1759. One original letter concerning the fur trade and other colonial matters was written in 1773 at Pittsburgh by the elder George Croghan.