Draper Manuscripts: George Rogers Clark Papers, 1756-1891

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Series: 58 J (Volume 58)
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Transcripts of two groups of manuscripts by or about Clark:

1) Copies made by Draper in 1848 of transcripts of correspondence, 1779-1781, between Sir Henry Clinton and General Frederick Haldimand, and copies of Clark's correspondence captured by the British in 1779. The copies from which Draper made his selections had been transcribed by Jared Sparks from the papers of Sir Guy Carleton in London.

2) A copy of Clark's narrative of his Illinois campaign, 1777-1779, written in November 1779, for George Mason. This transcript was made for Draper in 1847 by Mrs. Taliaferro P. Shaffner from the original in possession of Mr. Shaffner and the Kentucky Historical Society.