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    Lyman Copeland Draper (September 4, 1815 – August 26, 1891) was a librarian and historian who served as secretary for the State Historical Society of...
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    era, the first to make full use of the immense material collected by Lyman Draper. Brown, Meredith Mason (2008). Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making...
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  • Colonel Evan Shelby of the Washington District Regiment, 1777. From the Lyman Draper Manuscripts, General Joseph Martin papers, Wisconsin Historical Society...
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    (August 1, 1874). "Thomas Sumter Papers, Draper Manuscripts, Statement from Joel Sumter to Lyman Draper". Draper Manuscripts. 8VV344-349 [268-269]: 344–349...
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    officer Col. William Martin, in his accounts of his father's life in the, "Lyman Draper Manuscript Collection," writes that although his father gambled, he was...
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    (1852–54) Hiram A. Wright (1854–55) Alfred Constantine Barry (1855–58) Lyman Draper (1858–60) Josiah Little Pickard (1860–64) John G. McMynn (1864–68) Alexander...
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    than 47 volumes of his personal and business documents are among the Lyman Draper collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society, since they were donated...
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    The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present-day Blacksburg...
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  • Virginia According to family lore, biographer Robert Morgan, and historian Lyman Draper, Boone gave birth in October 1762 to her daughter Jemima, who was conceived...
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    dissatisfied with the final form of the published book. According to Lyman Draper, “He used to say that had he published the volume himself he would have...
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    car driver Francis R. Delano, banker and lawyer Geoffrey Deuel, actor Lyman Draper, secretary for the Wisconsin Historical Society, Superintendent of Public...
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    qualified men such as Felix St. Vrain. In the 19th century, historian Lyman Draper argued that the Black Hawk War could have been avoided had Forsyth remained...
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  • Preston Davie and by Lyman Draper but is often uncritical, sometimes "recording family tradition as fact." Summaries of the Lyman Draper document collection...
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    periods. After years of exchanging advice and notes with fellow historian Lyman Draper, Ramsey published the 700-plus page Annals in 1853. While the book has...
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    society a charter and $500 to finance its mission. The members chose Lyman Draper as corresponding secretary and adopted a new constitution which elaborated...
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    (1852–54) Hiram A. Wright (1854–55) Alfred Constantine Barry (1855–58) Lyman Draper (1858–60) Josiah Little Pickard (1860–64) John G. McMynn (1864–68) Alexander...
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  • : 268  Lyman Draper states that before coming to America, he "had figured in the wars of Scotland," although no details or source is given, and Draper may...
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  • described the naming of the area and river in a letter to historian Lyman Draper, A treaty with the Cherokees was held at Fort Chiswell on New River,...
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    frequently met with him and mentioned him in his journals. Historian Lyman Draper spent more than twenty years collecting documents by and about the Hinde...
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    after having been captured and released by Shawnee Indians. According to Lyman Draper, Boone "examined the wonderful fossil remains of mammoth found there...
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    Girty's daughter Sarah, however, in a 1864 interview, told historian Lyman Draper that when Crawford called out to Girty, he explained that no one was...
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    (1852–54) Hiram A. Wright (1854–55) Alfred Constantine Barry (1855–58) Lyman Draper (1858–60) Josiah Little Pickard (1860–64) John G. McMynn (1864–68) Alexander...
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  • Much of what is known of Tyonajanegan is taken from the manuscripts of Lyman Draper, a 19th-century historian. "Hon Yerry's wife was Sarah Martin – taken...
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    (1852–54) Hiram A. Wright (1854–55) Alfred Constantine Barry (1855–58) Lyman Draper (1858–60) Josiah Little Pickard (1860–64) John G. McMynn (1864–68) Alexander...
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  • sides and battles throughout the war, in surrounding areas. According to Lyman Draper (1815–1891), in Kings Mountain and Its Heroes: James Steen, also of Irish...
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  • (R) Erasmus D. Campbell (D) Gabriel Bouck (D) Samuel D. Hastings (R) Lyman Draper (D) 18R, 12D 49R, 48D 1859 16R, 14D 55R, 42D 2R, 1D 1860 Butler Noble...
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    Representatives. He wrote a "Sketch of the Brothertown Indians" in a letter to Lyman Draper, secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; this has been...
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    (1852–54) Hiram A. Wright (1854–55) Alfred Constantine Barry (1855–58) Lyman Draper (1858–60) Josiah Little Pickard (1860–64) John G. McMynn (1864–68) Alexander...
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  • Justice William Lyon, and Wisconsin Historical Society Superintendent Lyman Draper. Mary Hayes-Chynoweth believed the Divine Spirit had blessed her and...
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    were built at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison by Lyman Draper (1852–1887) and Reuben Gold Thwaites (1887–1913). Their extensive collection...
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