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1. Gouverneur Morris papers, 1771-1834

   75 items. 25 containers plus 1 oversize. 5.8 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, diplomat, and senator from New York. Letterbooks, diaries, legal and financial papers, and miscellany relating to Morris's mission to London, 1790-1791, his service as minister to France, 1792-1794, and in the United States Senate, 1800-1803. Also includes material relating to social life in Paris, the French Revolution, Morris's New York estate, the War of 1812, the Hartford Convention, and other events of the period, and financial memoranda of his wife, Anne Cary Randolph Morris.

2. Horsford-Tryon families papers, 1800-2000

   3,300 items. 10 containers. 3.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Mainly correspondence among family members primarily in central New York. Includes letters written by the chemist and women's education advocate, Eben Horsford, and by Maria Charity Horsford to her adult children from Washington, D.C., 1850-1853, during her husband Jerediah Horsford's service in the U. S. House of Representatives.

3. William J. McAlpine letterbooks, 1837-1861

   6 items. 6 containers. 1.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil engineer. Letterbooks of handwritten correspondence and reports documenting McAlpine's work as chief engineer or consulting engineer on a variety of bridge, aqueduct, dry dock, and canal projects, primarily in New York State and Chicago, Illinois.