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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

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Political History, 1755-1988 (continued)
Letters and documents, 1755, 1763-1765
Penn, Thomas, illustrations, undated
1784-1809, post-revolution and constitutional period
Background and reference material, 1957, undated
Asylum Co. and North American Land Co., 1795-1802 See also Oversize
(83.3)
Legislation, 1799
Letters and documents, 1793-1801, undated
(83.3; 83.4)
Society of the Cincinnati, 1792
(83.3)
"Test Law" book, oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania, and indentures, 1786, 1795-1796
(82.1.a)
1820-1860, national period
Bennett, Edward, 1837, 1854
(83.5)
Great Britain, 1821, 1838
Letters and documents, 1831-1832
(83.3; 83.5)
War
(82)
1755-1763, French and Indian War, Pennsylvania legislation providing bills of credit, 1761
1775-1783, Revolutionary War
(82.1)
Letters and documents, 1775-1780
(82.1.b; 83.3)
Lists of British casualties, 1775-1776
1812-1814, War of 1812
Letters and documents, 1813-1814
Philadelphia, Pa., defenses of 1814, historical account, 1861
(83.5.a)
1861-1865, Civil War
(82.2)
Cards and tickets, 1862-1866, 1889, undated
Confederate States of America
Army paper, 1861-1863
Lee, Robert E., facsimile of farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865
Letters and documents, 1842-1845, 1855-1865, 1872-1873
(82.2.b)
Muster rolls, vouchers, and other forms, 1862-1864 See also Oversize
Envelopes and illustrated covers, 1861-1864, 1899, undated
(82.2.b)
Family and personal papers
Bennett family
(82.2.b.4)
Bennett, Edward
Correspondence
Family, 1862-1863
General, 1862
Germantown Home Guard, Germantown, Pa., 1861
Other family members, 1855, undated
Clayton family
(82.2.b)
Background and reference material, undated
Clayton, Enos, correspondence
Family
Clayton, A. H. (cousin), 1863
Clayton, Jonathan (brother), 1861-1863
Clayton, Mary E. (wife), 1863
Clayton, Simon B. (brother), 1862
General, 1864, undated
Clayton, Mary E., 1862
Clayton, Simon B., 1862
BOX 53 Hoffman, J. William, 1842, 1861-1865, 1872-1878, undated See also Oversize
(82.2.i)
Riggs, Robert, 1861-1862, undated
(82.2.b.3)
Smith, Boyd M., 1910-1914, 1924
Stacey family
(82.2.b.1)
Other family members, 1861-1862, undated
Stacey, Davis Bevan
Correspondence
Family, 1863, undated
General, 1823, 1861
Letters of introduction and recommendation, 1820-1822, 1841
Miscellany, 1830-1832, 1868
Stacey, May H., 1860-1865, undated
Unidentified correspondents, 1860-1863
Stewart, Robert
(82.2.b)
Correspondence
Family, letters exchanged with James Stewart (brother), 1861-1864, undated
General, 1864-1866
Medical certificate, 1863
General passes and vouchers, 1863-1864
Instructions, orders, and regulations, 1861-1865
Letters and documents, 1822, 1834, 1841, 1848-1872, 1878-1892, 1898-1903, undated
(2 folders)
(82.2.b)
Medical papers
Letters and documents, 1861-1866
Miscellany, 1862-1865, undated
U. S. Sanitary Commission, 1861-1864, undated See also Container 49, Great Central Fair
(82.2.a)
Miscellany, 1861-1870, undated
BOX 53-55 Historical Letters and Manuscripts, 1747-1934
Historically important letters and manuscripts of significant interest and rarity.
Organized by type of material. Letters and related documents are further arranged alphabetically by name of writer and broadsides and other manuscripts chronologically.
BOX 53 Autograph letters and documents
Indexes, undated
Abbot, Joel, to Andrew H. Foote, 1853
Abbott, Jacob, 1874
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1883
Ashmead, John, to Robert Morris, includes John Hancock autograph note, 1777
Bartlett, Josiah, 1777-1782
Bingham, William, 1791
Bonaparte, Joseph, 1824
Buchanan, James, 1847, 1858, 1868
Breckinridge, 1815
Cabot, George, 1793
Carroll, Charles, 1801
Carson, Joseph, 1778
Chaloner, John, 1778, undated
Chase, Samuel, 1811
Cleveland, Grover, 1885
BOX 54 Darlington, William, 1846
Dickinson, John, 1782-1784
Duane, James, 1793
Edison, Thomas A., 1899, undated
Erikson, John, 1853
Eustis, William, 1823
Evans, Oliver, 1803
Ewing, James, 1790
Fitzsimons, Thomas, 1794
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