Samuel Gardner Drake was an American antiquarian, author and historian. Wikipedia
Born: October 11, 1798, Pittsfield, NH
Died: June 14, 1875 (age 76 years), Boston, MA
Children: Samuel Adams Drake and Francis Samuel Drake
Books
Biography and History of the Indians of North America: From Its First Discovery
1837
The old Indian chronicle
1836
The History and Antiquities of Boston ...: From Its Settlement in 1630, to the Year 1770 ...
1856
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Early History of Georgia: Embracing the Embassy of Sir Alexander Cuming to the Country of the Cherokees, in the Year 1730. A Paper Read in Substance Before the New-England Historic, Genealogical Society, February, 1872
1872
Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives, Who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians From the Various Frontier Settlements of the United States, From the Earliest to the Present Time. Illustrating the Manners and Customs,