Draper Manuscripts: Daniel and Benjamin Drake Papers
1787-1853
- Drake, Daniel, 1785-1852
- Drake, Benjamin, 1794-1841
Draper Mss O
0.5 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Papers of two brothers, Daniel Drake (1785-1852), physician, scientist, educator, and historian; and Benjamin Drake (1795-1841), attorney, author, and biographer; prominent residents of Cincinnati, Ohio, primarily concerning the history of Cincinnati and the Miami River area of Ohio. Included are notes and essays on the geography, minerals, and plants of the Old Northwest and on Indian antiquities in Ohio (including maps); correspondence (1808-1853), including Cincinnati anniversary materials (1838); a certified copy of the 1804 Sauk and Fox treaty; business and legal documents (1787-1816); a biography of Presbyterian minister John P. Campbell; obituaries; interview notes; and clippings.
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 Out of date and offensive language may be present.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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