Draper Manuscripts (2 results)
More imagesRecollections On Hunting In Kentucky : 1790 To 1791 (Hand Written, With Transcription, Account Of Early History And Settlement Of Kentucky, Early True Accounts)
Bell, Hugh / 1790 ; Lyman Copeland Draper; Draper Manuscripts, American Journeys
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society (1790), Draper Manuscripts, American Journeys Collection, Modern Reprint By L.A.R, Undated. 0 1790
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Soft cover, cloth binding. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Modern reprint, no edition stated. Modern Direct Reprint, Facsimile With Transcriptions Of The Original Text. 22 Pages. Includes A Fold Out Map Of Kentucky From (1795). Firmly Readable. These Interview Notes Were Made During A Trip Lyman Copeland Draper Took To The… South Early In His Career, Sometime Between 1841 And 1844. They Are Now Housed In Volume 30S Of The Draper Manuscripts (Drapers Notes), Part Of The American Journeys Collection. Background: Lyman Copeland Draper (September 4, 1815 - August 26, 1891) Was A Librarian And Historian Who Served As Secretary For The State Historical Society Of Wisconsin At Madison, Wisconsin. Draper Also Served As Superintendent Of Public Instruction Of Wisconsin From 1858 To 1860. Author Note : There Is No Biographical Information About Hugh Bell, Whose Recollections Are Recorded In This Manuscript. ~ Paperback, Soft Cover Edition In Very Good, Like New, Clean Condition, A Typical Used Book With Some Slight Wear To Edges And Spine From Being Moved Around The Bookshop. Overall A Wonderful Full Color Copy, Excellent Resource And Reading Enjoyment. Reprint Circa 2012 ~ We Appreciate Your Consideration Of One Of Our Books, Art Prints Or Novelty Items. We Strive To Offer Fast, Courteous And Professional Service To All Our Patrons. Reading Is One Of Life's Great Pleasures. Please Inquire For Further Details, Our Items Arrive Shrink Wrapped And Well Packed. ~ Thank You For Viewing And Stopping By. Illustrated with reprints of the Original Documents (illustrator). Book.
More imagesRecollections On Encounters With Indians 1786 (Early History, Shows Original Manuscript Pages In Color With Transcriptions Facing, American Settlers Peronal Account)
Filson, John 1747 to 1788; Draper Manuscripts (Filson Papers)
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society 1786, American Journeys Collection, Reprint By L.A.R, Fbre, Ltd. 0, United States 1786
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Soft cover, cloth binding. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Modern reprint, no edition stated. Firmly readable. 48 pages. Showing the full color images of the original manuscript pages with text transcriptions on the facing page. Modern soft cover edition in very good, like new condition. Overall a wonderful copy of this pi…ece of American culture and history. Slight wear at edges from being moved around the bookshop. Excellent resource, informative and enjoyable reading. About Author: John Filson (c. 1747-1788) was born in Pennsylvania about 1747 and sent as a teenager to Maryland for a classical education. During and after the Revolution he tried his hand at farming, teaching, and land surveying. In 1783 the infant U.S. government began to reward veterans of the Revolution with free land. Qualified individuals were given receipts, called warrants, that could be exchanged for acreage in the West. Most veterans never intended to go west, however, and they sold these land warrants to real estate speculators. In this way Filson soon acquired the right to 13,500 acres in Kentucky. He settled in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1784, where he returned to teaching and surveying, and met Daniel Boone and other early white settlers. In 1784, hoping to induce more eastern pioneers to come to the region (and buy his land), Filson wrote the book given here. -- Because at the time there were no printers in Kentucky, he traveled back to Maryland to have it set in type. It was published later that year with a ghost-written autobiography of Daniel Boone. The book successfully extolled the virtues of the west, the appendix established Boone in the popular mind as the quintessential frontiersman, and the map led thousands of settlers through Cumberland Gap into the trans-Appalachian region over the next two decades. While traveling in southern Illinois in 1786 he was attacked by its Indian owners and barely escaped with his life. On a surveying trip further into Ohio later that year his party was attacked again by the Shawnee. Filson fled into the woods and was never heard from again. ~ We appreciate your consideration of one of our books, art prints or novelty items. We strive to offer fast, courteous and professional service to all our patrons. Reading is one of life's great pleasures. Please inquire for further details, our items arrive shrink wrapped and well packed. ~ Thank you for viewing and stopping by. 48 p. Illustrated with reprints of the Original Documents (illustrator). Book.
