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 DRAKE

DRAPER

Making of New England (1886); The Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs (1886) ; Burgoyne' s In- vasion of 1777 (1889), The Pine Tree Coast (1891) ; The Taking of Louishurg, 1745 (1891); The Battle of Gettysburg (1892); The Making of Virginia and the Middle Colonies, 1578-1701 (1893); Our Colo- nial Homes (1894); The Making of the Ohio Valley States, 1660-1873 (1894) ; The Campaign of Tren- ton, 1776-77 (1895). The Watch Fires of '76 (1895); On Plymouth Bock (1897); The Border Wars of New England (1897)

DRAKE, Samuel Gardner, antiquarian, was born in Pittsfield, N.H., Oct. 11, 1798; son of Simeon and Love Muchmore (Tucke) Drake, and a descendant of Robert Drake, who emigrated from England about 1642 and settled in Exeter, N.H., as a merchant. In 1818 Samuel Gardner became teacher of a school in London, N.H., and in 1819 and 1820 taught in New Jersey. He con- tinued to teach in his native state until 1825, meanwhile taking great pleasure in collecting old books. In 1828 he embarked in the book auction business which pi'oved a failvire and was discontinued in 1830. He then opened an anti- quarian book store on Cornhill, Boston, the first store of the kind in the United States, and it was well patronized by book collectors. Mr. Drake became interested in the aboriginal history of the country and made exhaustive researches for his • ' Book of the Indians " ( 1834 ; 1 1th ed., 1851 ) . In 1845 he took an active part in the formation of the New England historic, genealogical society, was its first corresponding secretary, 1845-56, and its president, 1858-59. In ^November, 1858, he went to England to collect material • for his books and remained abroad two years. He received from Union college the honorary degree of A.M. in 1843. His principal publications are: ^4 Be- print of Church's History of King Philip's MVtr (1825) ; Indian Biography (1832) ; The Book of the Indians (1833) ; The Old Indian Chronicle (1836); Indian Captivities (1844); Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Drake in America (1845) ; Life of the Indian Chief, Brant (1848) ; News from New Eng- land (1850) ; 3Iemoir and Pedigree of Cotton 3Iather (1851); Old Doi'chester (ISol) ; Prince's Chronology (1852) ; History and Antiquities of Boston (1856) ; Bestdt of Some Besearches Among the British Archives for Information Belative to the Founders of New England (1860) ; Memoir of Sir Walter Baleigh (1862) ; Mather's History of Philip's War (1862); Early History of New England (1864); Annals of Witchcraft in the United States (1869); and History of the French and Indian War (1870). He died in Boston. Mass., June 14, 1875.

DRAPER, Andrew Sloan, educator, was born at Westford, Otsego county, N.Y.. June 21, 1848; son of Sylvester Bigelow and Jane (Sloan) Draper. His first ancestors in America were

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James and Miriam (Stansfield) Draper, who emi grated from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Roxbury, Mass., in 1647. He was graduated at the Albany (N.Y.) academy in 1866 and at the Albany law school in 1871. He practised law in Albany, 1871-84; was a member of the Albany school board, 1878-81 and again 1892-94; a member of the New York assembly in 1881 ; of the board of trustees of the New York state normal college, 1882-87; a judge of the United States court of com- missioners to arbi- trate the Alabama claims, 1884-86; state superintendent of public instruction, 1886-92; president of the national associa- tion of school superintendents, 1888-91 ; super- intendent of instruction, Cleveland, Ohio, public schools, 1892-94, and president of the Uni- versity of Illinois from 1894. In March, 18r8, he was elected borouj;li superintendent of i ubUc schools of the city of New York, under tl.e new charter of Greater New York, but declired the position. He was married in 1872 to Abbie Louise Lyon of New Britain, Conn. He received the de- gree of LL.D. from Colgate university in 1890. His publications include: What Ought the Common Schools to Do? Howcanlt be Done? {1886); Horn to Improve the Country/ Schools (1887) ; The Poic- ers and Obligations of Teachers (1887) ; The Legal Status of the Public Schools (1882) ; School Admin- istration in Large Cities (1888) ; The Indian Problem of the State of New York (1888); TJie Origin and Development of the New York Common School Sys- tem (1889) ; The Authority of the State in the Education of Her Children (1890) ; A Teaching ''Pro- fession" (1890); The Limits of State Control in Education (1891); The Besponsibility and Authonty of School Trustees (1891) ; Tlie Spirit of School Ad- ministration (1892) ; Public School Pioneering in Neio York and Massachusetts (1892) ; The Spirit of the Teacher (1893); Science in the Elementary Schools (1894); The Pilgrim and His Share in American Life (1895) ; The Illinois Life and the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1896) ; The Dis- tinguishing Features of the State Universities (1897) ; The Crucial Test of the Public School System (1897) , Functions of a State Touching Education (1898) : The Schools and Citizenship (1898); American Universi- ties and the National Life (1898) ; and The Bes- cue of Cuba ; an Episode in the Growth of Freedom, (1899).