Series: 20 VV (Volume 20)
Scope and Content Note: Principally Draper's memoranda on the events of Sumter's life, arranged in chronological order with bibliographical references and citations. Some of the notes give Draper's thoughts and conclusions on disputed or controversial points. After the Sumter chronology, there are notes on the following British and Loyalist officers: Montford Brown, John Carder, George Dawkins, John Doyle, James Dunlap, Richard Havenden, Thomas Hewlett, Alexander Jones, Archibald McArthur, Robert McLeroth, Thomas Mecan, John and Patrick Moore, John Skerrett, John Small, and Banastre Tarleton. These are followed by an annotated list of Catawba Indians who served under Sumter. Occasional letters and clippings are interspersed among the memoranda. A few notes and clipped pieces pertain to the use of blacks as soldiers in the Revolution.