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Found in 11 Collections and/or records:

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Francis Baylies Papers

Identifier: MSS12096
Abstract

Scholar, diplomat, politician, and historian. Primarily writings by Baylies relating to the American Revolution, the Confederation and the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton, and the administrations of George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

Dates 1814-1843
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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts

Identifier: MSS84367
Abstract

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

Dates 1656-1995; Majority of material found within 1700-1876
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Worthington Chauncey Ford Papers

Identifier: MSS21055
Abstract

Librarian and historian. An untitled writing by Ford, indexes of historical papers, and notes on China, Cuba, Netherlands East Indies, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, and other countries and topics compiled by Ford while chief of the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. Also includes correspondence, notes, and notebooks from later in his career.

Dates 1900-1926
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Elbridge Gerry Papers

Identifier: MSS22657
Abstract United States vice president, delegate to the Continental Congress, and United States representative from and governor of Massachusetts. Chiefly correspondence relating to various aspects of Gerry's public career, including his memberships in the Massachusetts General Court and Provincial Congress (where he was active on committees of correspondence, safety, and supply during the Revolution), service in the Continental Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives, governorship of...
Dates 1772-1901; Majority of material found within 1776-1814
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Alexander Hamilton Papers

Identifier: MSS24612
Abstract Delegate from New York to the United States Continental Congress, United States secretary of the treasury, United States army officer, statesman, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, printed matter, and other papers relating to Hamilton's personal life and public career, especially his service as an aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, his participation in the United States Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention,...
Dates 1708-1917; Majority of material found within 1777-1804
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Harwood Family Papers

Identifier: MSS25213
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, autographs, maps, and signed photographs relating to the naval career of A. A. Harwood (1802-1884), his collection of historical material, and papers of other members of the Harwood family.

Dates 1767-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1767-1890)
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James Kent Papers

Identifier: MSS28498
Abstract

Jurist and legal commentator. Correspondence, including family letters, journals of official and personal travels, diplomas, and commissions pertaining primarily to Kent's service as judge of the New York supreme court and as chancellor of the New York court of chancery.

Dates 1779-1854; Majority of material found within ( 1798-1847)
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William Maclay Journals and Note

Identifier: MSS93948
Abstract

United States senator from Pennsylvania, lawyer, and jurist. Three volumes (later published) of a journal kept by MacLay as a senator in the first United States Congress and one note to John Nicholson.

Dates 1789-1791
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Joseph Hopper Nicholson Papers

Identifier: MSS34728
Abstract

Jurist and U.S. representative from Maryland. Correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to Nicholson's service as U.S. representative and judge of the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. Court of Appeals.

Dates 1789-1827; Majority of material found within ( 1789-1817)
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Sarah Stone Autograph Collection

Identifier: MSS41590
Abstract

Resident of Salem, Massachusetts. Letters, clipped signatures, and other autograph items of prominent American and a few British figures, chiefly of the nineteenth century.

Dates 1720-1962
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United States War Department Records

Identifier: MSS76072
Abstract

Correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers, account books, legal records, lists, and other material relating primarily to the United States Arsenal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later know as the Frankford Arsenal, and to superintendents of military stores William Irvine and his son Callender Irvine.

Dates 1794-1848