Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . elves of the store of in-formation that he had collected. Mr. Drake wasone of the founders of the New England historicgenealogical society in 1847, its president in 1858,and for many years edited its quarterly Regis-ter, contributing many articles to its pages. In1858-60 he resided in London, England. He pub-lished Churchs Entertaining History of KingPhilips War, with additions (Boston. 1825): - In-dian Biography (1832); Book of the Indians. astandard authority (1833 ; 11th enlarged, 1851); Old Indian Chronicle (1836: new series. 1867):Indian
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . elves of the store of in-formation that he had collected. Mr. Drake wasone of the founders of the New England historicgenealogical society in 1847, its president in 1858,and for many years edited its quarterly Regis-ter, contributing many articles to its pages. In1858-60 he resided in London, England. He pub-lished Churchs Entertaining History of KingPhilips War, with additions (Boston. 1825): - In-dian Biography (1832); Book of the Indians. astandard authority (1833 ; 11th enlarged, 1851); Old Indian Chronicle (1836: new series. 1867):Indian Captivities (1839): -Account of theFamily of Drake (1845): Review of SavagesEdition of Winthrops Journal (1854): - Historyand Antiquities of Boston (1856): Result ofSearches among the British Archives (1860): Memoir of Sir Walter Raleigh (1862): editions,with introduction and notes, of Mathers IndianWar of 1675-6 (1862): Early History of NewEngland (1864): and Hubbards -Indian Wars(1865); The Witchcraft Delusion in New Eng- 226 DRAPER DRAPER. sT^^fcs land,*1 being reprints of Mathers Wonders of the Invisible World. and Robert Calefs More Won-ders of the Invisible World, with introductionand • - Svols^ 1866); Annals of Witchcraftin the United States (1869); and History of theFrench and Indian War (1870).—His son, FrancisSamuel, b. in Northwood, N. EL, 22 Feb., L828;d. in Washington, P. C, 00 Feb., L885, was edu-cated in the public schools of Boston. After aid-ing his father in hisBoston book-storehe entered a count-ing-house in thatcity, but went toLeavenworth, Kan.,in I860, and engagedin bookselling theretill 1807, when hereturned to Drake inheritedhis fathers taste forhistorical work, andwas an eager collect-or long before hewrote anything forpublication. He pre-pared without aida Dictionary ofAmerican Biogra-phy. the materials for which he wras twenty yearsin collecting (Boston, 1872). He also published a•• Memorial of the Massachusetts Society of the Cin-
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