Hi Bette, Thanks so much for the information. I am going to file it with my Renick stuff so if someone wants it again, I will have it. Have forwarded it to Stephanie incase she did not see it on the list. Do not know for sure which list if any, that she is on. Happy hunting, Joyce in Ca. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3231/">Our Extended Family </A> In a message dated 6/24/99 11:51:18 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [email protected] writes: << X-Message: #6 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:16:09 -0700 From: Bette Butcher Topp <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WVGREENB-L] Re: Hamilton Papers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Because I have the Guide to the Draper Papers - I will give you all the info - Lyman Draper gathered all the resources he could find in historical and biographical research prior to 1830. In 1980 the papers were microfilms AGAIN (1949) and in 1981 a microfiche edition of the related calendars, documentary selectios and Wm. Hesseltine's bio of Draper and now finally this Guide is available. It is all owned by the Wisconsin State Historical Society because Draper was the corresponding secretary of the society (in 1854). In 1857 he again had time to do personal research in addition to collect more material. He worked on it until he died in Madison, WI 26 Aug 1891. He was most interested in the History of the trans-Allegheny West - ie - western area of Carolinas & VA, protions of GA and AL, entire OH River valley and part of the upper MS valley from frontier conflicts in 1740's and 1750's to the American Rev and the War of 1812. Draper willed his personal collection of mms to the society and it was 150 bound vols. and many bundles of loose sheets. Reuben Thwaits, his successor then supervised the preparation of the collection for public use. THE DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS: Series A. George M. Bedinger Papers Series B. Draper's Life of Boone (he wanted to write bio of Boone - Chapters 2B - covered 1742-1770 Chapter 3B - 1772-1775 Chapter 4B - 1775-1778 Chapter 5B - 1744-1795 Series C Daniel Boones Papers - 5 Volumes, 33 Chapters Series D - Border Forays 5 volumes Series E - Samuel Brady & Lewis Wetzel Papers 16 Vols. Series F - Joseph Brant Papers - 22 Volumes Series G - Joseph Brant Miscellanies - 3 volumes Series H - Daniel Brodhead Papers - 3 volumes Series J - George Rogers Clark Papers - 65 volumes Series K - " " " Miscellaneous - 6 volumes Series L - Jonathan Clark Papers - 2 vols. elder brother of George. Series M - William Clark Papers - 6 vols. Series N - William Croghan Papers - 3 vols. Series O - Daniel & Benjamin Drake Papers - 2 vols. Series P = Draper's Biographical Sketches - 3 vols. Series Q - Draper's Historical miscellaneous - 8 vols. Series R - Draper's Memoranda Books - 3 vols. Series S - Draper's Notes - 33 vols. Series T - Thomas Forsyth Papers - 9 vols. Series U - Frontier Wars Papers - 24 vols. Series V - Georgia,Alabama & South Carolina Papers - 1 vol. Series W - Joshiah Harmar Papers - 2 vols. Series X - Wm. Henry Harrison Papers - 5 vols. Series Y - Thomas Spottswood Hinde Papers - 41 vols. Series AA - Wm. Irvine Papers - 2 vols. Series BB - Simon Kenton Papers - 13 vols. Series CC - Kentucky Papers - 37 vols. Series DD - King's Mountain Papers - 19 vols. Series EE - London Documents at ALbany - 1 vol. Series FF - The Mecklenburg Declaration - 3 vols. Series GG - Mecklenburg Declaration Papers - 3 vols. Series II - " " Misc. - 2 vols. Series JJ - Newspaper Extracts - 4 vols. Series KK - North Carolina Papers - 1 vol. Series LL - Paris Documents at Albany - 1 vol. Series MM - Robert Patterson Papers - 3 vols. Series NN - Pittsburgh & Northwest Virginia Papers - 10 vols. Series OO - Pension Statements - 1 vol. Series PP - Potter Family Papers - 1 vol. Series QQ - William Preton Papers - 6 vols. Series RR - Rudolph - Ney Papers - 10 vols. Series SS - David Shepherd Papers - 5 vols. Series TT - South Carolina Papers - 1 vol. Series UU - South Carolina in the Revolution Miscellanies - 2 vols. Series VV - Thomas Sumter Papers - 24 vols. Series WW - John Cleves Symmes Papers - 4 vols. Series XX - Tennessee Papers - 7 vols. Our NE Washington Gene. Society is interested in having this collection and it is going to cost about $12,000. Only about 70 complete sets of the 1949 film edition had been sold to libraries all over the US. Hope this will give you some idea of what the Drapers is all about. I could not go into the details that tells about each series - would take me weeks. Bette >>