Samuel Gardner Drake

Samuel Gardner Drake

Infobox Person
name = Samuel Gardner Drake


caption = Engraving by Stephen Alonzo Schoff.
birth_date = birth date|1798|10|11
birth_place = Pittsfield, New Hampshire
death_date = death date and age|1875|6|14|1798|10|11
death_place = Boston, Massachusetts
death_cause = Pneumonia
children = Samuel Adams Drake Francis Samuel Drake

Samuel Gardner Drake (October 11 1798June 14 1875) was an eminent American antiquarian.

Drake was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire. His father, Simeon Drake, was initially a farmer like his four brothers, [Sheppard (1863): 8–9.] but sold his homestead in 1805 to open a store in neighboring Northwood. [Sheppard (1863): 12.] His mother, Love Muchmore Drake ("née" Tucke) was the daughter of a minister. [Sheppard (1863): 11.] Drake was named Samuel after his mother's eldest brother, Samuel J. Tucke, and the middle name Gardner derives from Samuel J. Tucke's wife's maiden name. [Sheppard (1863): 11–12.]

Drake was educated in the common schools, and from 1818 to 1825 taught in a district school. In 1828 he went to Boston, where he established an antiquarian bookstore — the first of its kind in the United States — and devoted himself to the study of early Massachusetts history. He was one of the founders (1847) of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, was its president in 1858, and for many years was the editor of its quarterly "Register".

Drake died of pneumonia on June 14 1875, aged 76. [Drake (1876): ix.]

Works

*Thomas Church's "The History of King Philip's War" (1825) as editor
*"Indian Biography" (1832)
*"The Book of the Indians" (1833)
*"The Old Indian Chronicle" (1836)
*"Indian Captivities" (1839)
*"Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America" (1845)
*"The History and Antiquities of Boston" (1856)
*"Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England" (1860)
*"A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh" (1862)
*Increase Mather's "The History of King Philip's War" (1862) as editor
*Increase Mather's "Early History of New England" (1864) as editor
*William Hubbard's "The History of the Indian Wars in New England" (1865) as editor
*"Annals of Witchcraft in New England" (1869)
*"A Particular History of the Five Years French and Indian War" (1870)

Notes

References

*cite book |author=Drake, Samuel Adams |year=1876 |chapter=Samuel Gardner Drake: His Life-Work and His Library |title=Catalogue of the Private Library of Samuel Gardner Drake, A.M. |pages=iii–x |location=Boston |publisher=Alfred Mudge & Son
*cite book |author=Sheppard, John Hannibal |year=1863 |title=Memoir of Samuel G. Drake |location=Albany |publisher=J. Munsell


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