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Found in 4 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Sylvanus Cadwallader Papers

Identifier: MSS14712
Abstract

Journalist and public official. Correspondence, writings, and newspaper articles, and other papers relating primarily to Cadwallader’s activities as a journalist reporting on the operations of the Union Army and Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.

Dates 1818-1904; Majority of material found within ( 1862-1898)
 Collection

James McHenry Papers

Identifier: MSS32177
Abstract

United States secretary of war, member of the Continental Congress from Maryland, Continental Army officer, and physician. Correspondence, financial records, diary, and other papers relating to McHenry's service as United States secretary of war in the administrations of George Washington and John Adams; and as a Continental Army officer, particularly as secretary to George Washington and on the staff of the Marquis de Lafayette.

Dates 1775-1862; Majority of material found within 1775-1816
 Collection

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)
 Collection

Shippen Family Papers

Identifier: MSS39859
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, account books, memorandum books, legal and business records, indentures, and miscellaneous papers of Thomas Lee Shippen, William Shippen Jr., Anne Home Shippen Livingston, Edward Shippen, and other family members. Also included are papers of the Nicholson family.

Dates 1671-1936