Sir Thomas Phillipps collection, circa 1400-1857

Collection Summary

Title	Sir Thomas Phillipps collection, circa 1400-1857
Span Dates	1400-1857
ID No.	MSS76737
Creator	Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Extent	1,100 items
Extent	63 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	13.3 linear feet
Extent	10 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78076737
Summary	Manuscript materials relating chiefly to various aspects of the colonial history of British North America and the West Indies. Formerly a part of Bibliotheca Phillippica, a library of manuscripts and printed books compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Of particular note are papers relating to the Board of Trade and Sir William Blathwayt; letterbooks of George Macartney while governor of the Caribbean Islands; English and Italian genealogical material; papers of Jean Louis Berlandier relating to his surveys of the United States-Mexican border and to his various explorations in Mexico, Lower California, and Texas; English court records and reports; and miscellaneous papers of various colonies in British North America.