Post by Cliff Krainik on Dec 11, 2004 22:32:05 GMT -5
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Son of a French trader-blaksmith and a Potawatomi woman. LeClaire was an interpreter at Rock Island, Illinois, a prominent citizen of Davenport, Iowa and is best remembered as the interpreter who recorded Black Hawk's autobiography.
Steel engraving with facsimile signature drawn by Alfred Jones, N.Y. - based on a photograph by Adams. Print published in DAVENPORT: PAST AND PRESENT ... by Franc B. Wilkie, Davenport, Iowa, 1858.
Overall dimensions, 8.5 by 5.25 inches.
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Original engraving of Antoine LeClaire held in the KRAINIK - BLACK HAWK WAR COLLECTION
Cliff Krainik[/b]
Antoine LeClaire, 1797-1861
Son of a French trader-blaksmith and a Potawatomi woman. LeClaire was an interpreter at Rock Island, Illinois, a prominent citizen of Davenport, Iowa and is best remembered as the interpreter who recorded Black Hawk's autobiography.
Steel engraving with facsimile signature drawn by Alfred Jones, N.Y. - based on a photograph by Adams. Print published in DAVENPORT: PAST AND PRESENT ... by Franc B. Wilkie, Davenport, Iowa, 1858.
Overall dimensions, 8.5 by 5.25 inches.
This information posted simultaneously on the Black Hawk War Society Discussion Board
bhwsociety.proboards5.com/index.cgi
and the Black Hawk War Message Board
blackhawkwar.proboards9.com/index.cgi
Original engraving of Antoine LeClaire held in the KRAINIK - BLACK HAWK WAR COLLECTION
Cliff Krainik[/b]