Draper Manuscripts: Simon Kenton Papers, 1755-1836

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Series: 40 Y (Volume 40)
Scope and Content Note: A volume of miscellany including diaries covering July 21 - August 10, 1832, and April 3-11, 1843; scattered correspondence; manuscript articles; and clippings of some published historical and religious pieces. Several articles were written under such pseudonyms as “Theophilus Arminius,” “Western Emigrant,” and “Visiter ( sic ) of the West.” A biography of his first wife, Belinda Bradford Hinde (1791-1827), and an account of the military career of her father James Bradford, Hinde wrote for his daughter Martha Hinde Constable (Mrs. C.H. Constable) in 1845.