Summary Information

Title: Draper Manuscripts: Jonathan Clark Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1728-1810

Creator:

• Clark, Jonathan, 1750-1811

Call Number: Draper Mss L

Quantity: 0.3 c.f. (2 volumes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of Jonathan Clark, the elder brother of George Rogers Clark, including deeds and the will (1734) of his grandfather Jonathan Clark; family letters and military papers, including pay and muster rolls for the 8th Virginia Militia Regiment, lists of prisoners, orders from his superior officers, military commissions, and correspondence describing Continental Army operations, including William Clark's experiences as an officer under Anthony Wayne (1794).

Note:

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 Out of date and offensive language may be present.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.

There is a restriction on use to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper00l

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