dent.
C. W. Alvord, "The Mississippi. Valley in British Politics." 2 vols.
Cleveland, 1917. A profound work of great value to students.
Kentucky
R. G. Thwaites and L. P. Kellogg (editors), "Documentary History of
Dunmore's War," 1774. Compiled from the Draper Manuscripts in the
library of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison, 1905. A collection
of interesting and valuable documents with a suggestive, introduction.
R. G. Thwaites, "Daniel Boone." New York, 1902. A short and accurate
narrative of Boone's life and adventures compiled from the Draper
Manuscripts and from earlier printed biographies.
John P. Hale, "Daniel Boone, Some Facts and Incidents not Hitherto
Published." A pamphlet giving an account of Boone in West Virginia.
Printed at Wheeling, West Virginia. Undated.
Timothy Flint, "The First White Man of the West or the Life and Exploits
of Colonel Dan'l Boone." Cincinnati, 1854. Valuable only as regards
Boone's later years.
John S. C. Abbott, "Daniel Boone, the Pioneer of Kentucky." New York,
1872. Fairly accurate throughout.
J. M. Peck, "Daniel Boone" (in Sparks, "Library of American Biography."
Boston, 1847).
William Henry Bogart. "Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky." New
York, 1856.
William Hayden English, "Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River
Ohio, 1778-1783," and "Life of General George Rogers Clark," 2 vols.
Indianapolis, 1896. An accurate and valuable work for which the author
has made painstaking research among printed and unprinted documents.
Contains Clark's own account of his campaigns, letters he wrote on
public and personal matters, and also letters from contemporaries in
defense of his reputation.
Theodore Roosevelt, "The Winning of the West," 4 vols. New York,
1889-1896. A vigorous and spirited narrative.
Tennessee
J. G. M. Ramsey, "The Annals of Tennessee." Charleston, 1853. John
Haywood, "The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee."
Nashville, 1891.
(Reprint from 1828.) These works, with the North Carolina "Colonial
Records," are the source books of early Tennessee. In statistics, such
as numbers of Indians and other foes defeated by Tennessee heroes, not
reliable. Incorrect as to causes of Indian wars during the Revolution.
On this subject see letters and reports by John and Henry Stuart in
North Carolina "Colonial Records," vol. X; and letters by General
Gage and letters and proclamation by General Ethan Allen in American
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