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Map or Atlas

Map of Calf Pasture on the Great or West River

Date: 1744
Description: A map of a plan of 16,500 acres of land.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battle of Point Pleasant

Date: 1876
Description: A map of the site of the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Drawing

Plan of Ohio River

Date: 1780
Description: Drawn plan of Ohio River and area to the West.
Drawing

Clark's Illinois Grant

Date: 1780
Description: Plan for layout of 150,00 acres which make up Clark's Illinois Grant.
Manuscript

Letter of Gilbert Imlay

Date: 03 15 1783
Description: Letter written by Gilbert Imlay regarding Daniel Boone.
Manuscript

Letter to Daniel Boone

Date: 1786
Description: Body of a letter written by Gilbert Imlay to Colonel Daniel Boone.
Manuscript

Part Two of Letter to Daniel Boone

Date: 1786
Description: Letter written by Gilbert Imlay to Daniel Boone.
Drawing

Mammoth Cave Plat Map

Date: 
Description: Plat map of Mammoth Cave. A note on the map reads: "Mrs. Campbell conjectures that this is a saltpeter cave in Green River, Kentucky. The mummy found in it...
Manuscript

Additions to SHSW Library

Date: 1856
Description: May-June 1856 page from the Historical Society accession register, in which Corresponding Secretary Lyman Draper listed the books received that month.
Map or Atlas

Map of Battle of Black's Fort

Date: 07 04 1776
Description: Hand-drawn map of the area where the Battle of Black's Fort took place.
Manuscript

Back of Black's Fort Map

Date: 07 04 1776
Description: Notes written in red ink on the back of the map of the Battle of Black's Fort.
Manuscript

Governor Blacksnake Manuscript Page

Date: 
Description: Page from the Lyman Draper manuscript regarding Governor Blacksnake.
Manuscript

Clinch River and Mountain Range

Date: 
Description: Hand-drawn map including the Clinch River and Clinch mountain range. The Clinch River rises in Southwest Virginia near Tazewell, VA and flows southwest thr...
Manuscript

Thomas Jefferson Letter

Date: 1783
Description: Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark suggesting a transcontinental expedition.
Manuscript

Fort Dearborn Evacuation Order

Date: 07 29 1812
Description: A handwritten order to evacuate Ft. Dearborn.
Manuscript

Interview with Major John Gibson

Date: 
Description: Lyman Draper's handwritten interview with Major John Gibson.
Manuscript

Register of Dead, Wounded, and Prisoners

Date: 
Description: "A register of persons who have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County, as also of such as have made their escape."
Manuscript

Letter from William Christian, Front Page

Date: 06 22 1774
Description: A letter from New Dublin written by William Christian to Col. William Preston.
Manuscript

Letter from William Christian, Back Page

Date: 06 22 1774
Description: The back of a one page letter written from New Dublin by William Christian to Col. William Preston.

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