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Benjamin Drake

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Name
  
Benjamin Drake


Role
  
Historian

Died
  
April 1, 1841, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Books
  
The great Indian chief of the We, The life and adventur, Black Hawk: The Great Indi, Life of Tecumseh - and of Hi, Great Indian Chief of t

Benjamin Drake (1795 – April 1, 1841) historian, editor, and writer born in May's Lick, Mason County, Kentucky to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell. His elder brother was the physician and author Daniel Drake. Benjamin co-founded and for seven years was the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle.

Contents

Literary work

  • Cincinnati in 1826. 1827
  • The life and adventures of Black Hawk: with sketches of Keokuk, The Sac and Fox Indians, and the late Black Hawk War. 1838
  • Tales and sketches, from the Queen City 1838
  • Sketches of the civil and military services of William Henry Harrison 1840
  • Life of Tecumseh: and of his brother The Prophet; with a historical sketch of the Shawanoe Indians. 1852

    • Family

    Benjamin married Maria Ogden on December 19, 1818 they had seven children: Francis, Elizabeth, Jane, Benjamin, Marie, James Fitch, and George.

    References

    Benjamin Drake Wikipedia
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