Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Series: 30 J (Volume 30)
Scope and Content Note: Notes and correspondence primarily on Clark and frontier troubles in 1781. Major topics discussed are: Clark's intended expedition against Detroit; the defeat at Squire Boone's station; John Floyd's defeat; Jacob Haymaker and the Haymaker family; the location of Ohio River boatyards used by Clark; Archibald Lochry's defeat; and the massacre at Hays's Station, South Carolina, by Tories led by William Cunningham. The few scattered original documents include a statement of losses by the militia of Jefferson County, Kentucky, in Boone's defeat, and single letters written by Clark (1781), William Croghan (1782), and Stephen Trigg (1781).