Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Roger Sherman, delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. senator and representative, and jurist from Connecticut, were obtained by gift of John Franklin Jameson, 1915, and purchases between 1908-1945.
Processing History
The first volume of the Sherman Papers was bound by the Library of Congress in 1943. A second volume was bound in 1961, and additional loose material was processed subsequently. The finding aid was created in 2016.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Roger Sherman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.