Mainly interview notes, 1863, recorded in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario. Major topics considered were the lives of Simon Girty, Simon Kenton, and Tecumseh and events of the War of 1812, but these involved research and briefer references on many others, such as the Shawnee Indians Blue Jacket and Captain Johnny; Daniel Boone; Samuel Brady; William Caldwell (d. 1822) and his family, particularly his son Billy; Isadore Chêne, George Rogers Clark; Kinzie and Vachel Dickerson; Peter Drouillard; Peter Navarre and his family; Cornelius Washburn and his family; Anthony Wayne; William Whitley; David Williamson; and James Winchester.

Among persons interviewed was Rachel Reno, a black woman born in Blue Jacket's town after her mother had been captured in Kentucky by the Shawnee. There are also a few entries copied from the registers of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Detroit and from the Catholic Church in Amherstburg, Ontario; a biographical account about James Knaggs; a memorial poem about Simon Kenton; and Kenton family genealogical records. A detailed index by Draper precedes the notes.