Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes, 1841-1868

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Series: 10 S (Volume 10)
Scope and Content Note: Correspondence and related records, 1779-1794, from the Virginia archives, abstracted, noted, or copied by Draper while in Richmond in September 1860. Most pertain to relations with the Cherokee and other Southern Indian tribes and to frontier warfare on many fronts. Selections were primarily from the correspondence of Governors Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, and Beverley Randolph to and from western military leaders. Campbell's account (January 15, 1781) of the Cherokee expedition of 1780-1781 includes commentary on Nancy Ward. A few additional interviews recorded in Ohio (similar in character to those in 9 S) precede the Virginia archival records.