Francis Drake in connection with Elizabeth I or other figures of that era, including Mount Sir Francis Drake, Mount Queen Bess, and the Golden Hinde, the highest mountain on Vancouver Island. Drake's will was the focus of a vast confidence scheme which Oscar Hartzell perpetrated in the 1920s and 1930s. He convinced thousands of people, mostly in the American Midwest, that Drake's fortune was being held by the British government, and had compounded to a huge amount. If their last name was Drake they might be eligible for a share if they paid Hartzell to be their agent. The swindle continued until
Francis Samuel Drake (historian) taste for historical work, and was an eager collector long before he wrote anything for publication. He edited Henry Schoolcraft's "History of the Indians", and contributed articles on Brighton, Watertown, and Roxbury to the Justin Winsor's "Memorial History of Boston" (1880–82). His "Dictionary of American Biography", with his latest corrections and all the materials that he had gathered for a new edition, was incorporated in "Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography". Francis Samuel Drake (historian) Francis Samuel Drake (February 22, 1828, Northwood, New Hampshire - February 22, 1885, Washington, D.C.) was a United States historian. His "Dictionary of American Biography" was