A. H. Dunlevy

Story of A.H. Dunlevy
Remained at Washington 1788, and fall of 1789. Then removed to Columbia, where Judge Symmes 1st stopped with his 1st colony. After his death from consumption, (rolling logs, ruptured a blood vessel,) she declined remaining in the noisy fort and went out and occupied the little cabin her husband had built, lifting up a [illeg]  and fixing a bed where she kept her children, and stayed there alone day and night, while the Indians prowled around. This she continued to do for several months.

from the Draper Papers, 13CC42

Lyman C. Draper (1815-1891) collected information on America’s first frontier and its notable figures and events, such as Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clarke, and The Battle of King’s Mountain. Draper’s papers include a treasure trove of information on the frontier settlers of the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.

The original papers are held at the Wisconsin Historical Society. They include thousands of handwritten letters of correspondence comprising nearly 500 volumes of information not available anywhere else about the pioneer settlers of the trans-Allegheny West.