Draper Manuscripts: Life of Boone Manuscript
circa 1856-1893
- Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Draper Mss B
0.8 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
Draper's unfinished manuscript for his “Life of Boone,” a revised draft written before 1856 which covered possibly one-third of his projected and widely publicized biography of Daniel Boone (1734-1820). Although Draper continued to gather Boone materials until his death, he made no further progress in writing the book. The materials also include a copy of Thomas Walker's 1750 journal of his trip through what is now Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia; summaries of western exploration before Boone, and of early Kentucky history; a Boone family genealogy; biographical sketches; maps; and testimonials to Draper's competence to write the biography.
Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present.
This collection is also available as a microfilm publication.
Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information.
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