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| Series VII: Transcripts, 1520s-1880s (continued) | |||||||||||||
| VII E: Other Manuscript Sources, 1560s-1880s (continued) | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:61 REEL 42 | (123) Scottow, Joshua, 1618-1698. Journal, 1677. | ||||||||||||
| 1 item (15 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| "Narrative of ye Voyage to Pemmaquid," 3-28 June 1677. Describes a voyage from Boston to Pemaquid, where Scottow participated in negotiations with the Indians. Includes an abstract of the treaty. An undated letter from [Samuel Drake] to Force precedes the journal entries. | |||||||||||||
| (124) Seymour, William. Journal, 1780-1783. | |||||||||||||
| 1 item (44 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Sergeant major of the Delaware regiment. Describes marches and skirmishes in North and South Carolina during the American Revolution, 16 Apr. 1780-17 Jan. 1783. Includes information on casualties, prisoners of war, Tories, and morale. Printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 7 (1883). Original in the possession of John Janvier, Port Penn, Del. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:61 REEL 42 | (125) Shaw, Nathaniel, 1735-1782. Papers of Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw, 1777-1782. | ||||||||||||
| circa 80 items. | |||||||||||||
| Chiefly correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw, Continental agent for Connecticut, concerning privateering, naval prisoners, and the payment of prize money. Correspondents include John Brown, John Deshon, John Kerr, Christopher Leffingwell, T. Parker, Nathaniel Saltonstall, Isaac Sears, and William Vernon. Includes the petition of Thomas Shaw and others to the commandant of the posts of New Haven and Groton, 22 Apr. 1782. Printed in Ernest E. Rogers, Connecticut Naval Officers at New London during the American Revolution (1933). Originals in the possession of N. Shaw Perkins, New London, Conn. | |||||||||||||
| (126) Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793. Collection, 1777-1789. | |||||||||||||
| 10 items. | |||||||||||||
| Lawyer, merchant, and statesman. Chiefly correspondence relating to the American Revolution, the United States Constitution, and the powers of the executive. Correspondents include John Adams, Eliphalet Dyer, William Sherman, and William Williams. Originals in the possession of Judge Johnson, Stratford, Conn., 1843. | |||||||||||||
| (127) Smedley, James. Orderly book, 1762. | |||||||||||||
| 1 item (43 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Lieutenant colonel in the British Army. Orders issued at Crown Point, 16 Aug.-3 Nov. 1762. Concerns chiefly the construction of fortifications, discipline, courts-martial, and supplies. Original in the possession of Henry Stevens, Jr. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:62 REEL 42 | (128) Smith, Samuel, 1752-1839. Papers, 1777. . | ||||||||||||
| circa 30 items | |||||||||||||
| Lieutenant colonel in the 4th Maryland Continental regiment. Chiefly official letters to General Washington, 23 Sept.-10 Nov. 1777, concerning the defense of Fort Mifflin. Includes a few clothing accounts, and a letter from Washington to Smith, 23 Sept. 1777. Originals in the possession of John Speir Smith, Baltimore, Md. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:62 REEL 42 | (129) South Carolina. Collection, 1780-1782. | ||||||||||||
| circa 100 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letters, reports, addresses, orders, proclamations, and resolutions concerning military affairs in South Carolina during the American Revolution. Includes a list of items in the collection, and miscellaneous lists and tables. Correspondents represented include Nisbet Balfour, Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Nathanael Greene, Stephen Moore, William Moultrie, Henry Pendleton, Lord Rawdon, John Rutledge, Robert Stark, and Patrick Tonyn. | |||||||||||||
| (130) South Carolina. Navy Board. Journal, 1777-1779. | |||||||||||||
| 1 item (293 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Minutes, 2 Jan. 1777-1 Mar. 1779. Concerns the appointment and assignment of officers, recruiting, ship construction and repair, munitions, coastal fortifications, privateers, prize goods and vessels, and the manufacture and purchase of naval supplies. Originals in the New York State Library, 1850. | |||||||||||||
| (131) South Carolina. Provincial Congress. Records, 1770-1776. | |||||||||||||
| 44 items. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous letters, memorials, petitions, reports, and accounts sent to the South Carolina Provincial Congress, chiefly concerning problems with Tories and Indians on the western frontier, trade, patriotism, and business affairs of merchants and planters. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:62-63 REEL 42-43 | (132) Sprague, William Buell, 1795-1876. Collection, 1702-1783. | ||||||||||||
| circa 1,000 items. | |||||||||||||
| Antiquarian, clergyman, and collector. Chiefly correspondence relating to military and civil affairs in New York, 1756-1773. Many letters are to or from Col. John Bradstreet, deputy quartermaster general; Sir William Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs; and Thomas Gage, commander-in-chief of British forces in North America, 1763-1773. Other correspondents include James Abercrombie, Jeffrey Amherst, George Coventry, Horatio Gates, the Earl of Loudoun, Allan McLean, and the Earl of Shelburne. Originals in the possession of William B. Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1845. | |||||||||||||
| 132.1, Sir Jeffrey Amherst: letters to John Bradstreet, 1759-1764 | |||||||||||||
| 132.2, Thomas Gage: letters to John Bradstreet, 1759-1769; letters to Sir William Johnson, 1763-1773. | |||||||||||||
| 132.3, Henry Glen: letters relating to commissary affairs, 1776-1778. Recipients include Elisha Avery, James Clinton, Jacob Cuyler, Jellis Fonda, Udny Hay, Morgan Lewis, Goose Van Schaick, Philip Schuyler, and John Stark. | |||||||||||||
| 132.4, Henry Glen: letters relating to commissary affairs, 1778-1780 | |||||||||||||
| 132.5, Nathanael Greene: letters written as quartermaster general of the Continental Army, 1778-1782. Recipients include Nehemiah Hubbard, Charles Lee, Charles Pettit, Caesar Rodney, and George Washington. | |||||||||||||
| 132.6, Sir William Johnson: correspondence, 1755-1774, mainly letters received by Johnson from Thomas Gage. Other correspondents include John Bradstreet, Thomas Butler, Horatio Gates, and Philip Schuyler. | |||||||||||||
| 132.7, Miscellaneous, 1702-1783: chiefly letters, petitions, certificates, and court proceedings relating to civil and military affairs in New York and Connecticut. | |||||||||||||
| 132.8, Pontiac's War, 1756-1770: letters to John Bradstreet from James Abercrombie, George Coventry, Thomas Gage, Allan McLean, and Richard Maitland. | |||||||||||||
| 132.9, Caesar Rodney, 1774-1782: chiefly letters from Caesar Rodney to his brother, Thomas Rodney, 1774-1782. Includes a few letters from John McKinley, Samuel Patterson, and Philip Schuyler. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:64 REEL 43 | (133) Stark, Caleb, 1807-1864. Papers, 1778-1860. | ||||||||||||
| 30 items. | |||||||||||||
| Author. Correspondence of John Stark, extracts, petitions, and notes probably assembled by Caleb Stark for his Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark (1860), and the "Memoir of Gen. Stark" in his Reminiscences of the French War (1831). Includes a biographical sketch of Maj. Caleb Stark (1759-1838), and Stark's petition to the Continental Congress concerning the settlement of his father's accounts, 1785 or 1786. A note on the outside of the original packet indicated that the copies were "probably made for or belonged to Henry B. Dawson of N.Y." | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:64 REEL 43-44 | (134) Stark, John, 1728-1822. Papers, 1775-1781. | ||||||||||||
| circa 200 items. | |||||||||||||
| General in the Continental Army. Chiefly correspondence relating to military affairs in the American Revolution. Includes a few orders, proceedings of courts-martial, and instructions. Correspondents include the Board of War, Thomas Chittenden, Henry Clinton, the Continental Congress, Horatio Gates, Frederick Haldimand, William Heath, the New Hampshire Provincial Congress and Committee of Safety, Philip Schuyler, Seth Warner, and George Washington. Originals in the New Hampshire Historical Society. | |||||||||||||
| 134.1, 29 May 1775-16 Aug. 1781 | |||||||||||||
| 134.2, 16 Aug.-25 Dec. 1781 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:64 REEL 44 | (135) Stevens, Benjamin, 1754-1838. Journal, 1776. | ||||||||||||
| 1 item (15 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Soldier in Col. Charles Burrall's Connecticut state regiment. Describes the march to the St. Lawrence River during the Canadian Campaign, skirmishes, and the capture of his regiment during the retreat from Canada, 19 Feb.-26 May 1776. Includes details on Indian warfare. Printed in Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine 44 (1914). Transcribed from a copy of the original journal in the possession of William Browne, 1852. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:64 REEL 44 | (136) Stevens, Phineas, 1707-1756. Journals, 1749, 1752. | ||||||||||||
| 2 items. | |||||||||||||
| Journal, 13 Sept.-11 Dec. 1749 (7 pp.), kept by Stevens on an official expedition from Gov. William Shirley of Massachusetts to the governor general of Canada. Journal, 27 Apr.-24 Nov. 1752 (45 pp.), kept by Stevens on an expedition to Canada to negotiate the release ofMassachusetts soldiers and citizens held as prisoners by the French and their Indian allies. Includes observations on roads and fortifications along the route of travel, a description of Montreal, remarks on English captives, and accounts. Printed, respectfully, inNew Hampshire Historical Society Collections5 (1837), and Newton D. Mereness, Travels in the American Colonies (1916). Original journal for 1749 in the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1835. | |||||||||||||
| (137) Stewart, Charles, 1729-1800. Correspondence, 1777-1782. | |||||||||||||
| 39 items. | |||||||||||||
| Continental commissary general of issues. Correspondence chiefly with his deputy, Samuel Gray, regarding military supplies. Other correspondents include Ephraim Blaine, David Humphrey, James Milligan, Robert Morris, and George Washington. Originals in the Connecticut Historical Society. | |||||||||||||
| (138) Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796. Papers, 1776-1783. | |||||||||||||
| circa 50 items. | |||||||||||||
| Colonel in the Continental Army and the Pennsylvania State Line. Chiefly military correspondence and returns concerning provisions and supplies, ordnance, and munitions. Correspondents include Samuel Adams, Burgess Ball, Benjamin Bartlett, Jonathan Clark, Jr., Horatio Gates, Marquis de Lafayette, Richard Henry Lee, Philip Schuyler, Jonathan Trumbull, Anthony Wayne, George Weedon, and William Whipple. Originals in the New-York Historical Society. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:64-66 REEL 44-45 | (139) Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795. Collection, 1628/29-1790. | ||||||||||||
| circa 300 items. | |||||||||||||
| Clergyman, scholar, and educator. Diary, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers. The diary, entitled "Occurences and Literary Diary," was kept while Stiles was in Newport, R.I., and contains information of local interest, accounts of battles, excerpts from intercepted letters, sketches of military movements, notes, and comments on public men and events, 1770-1790. The miscellaneous memoranda which Stiles collected on his journeys and called "Itineraries" have been incorporated into the miscellaneous papers file. The correspondence primarily concerns his collecting of historical data relating to New England, Indians, and church matters. Correspondents include Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Hutchinson, Samuel Purviance, Pelatiah Webster, and Thomas Young. The miscellaneous papers, composed of historical materials, contain information on Indians, elections, population statistics, land grants, and the Stamp Act . Printed in Franklin B. Dexter (ed.),Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles (1901), and Franklin B. Dexter (ed.),Extracts from the Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (1916). Originals deposited with the president of Yale College, circa 1843. | |||||||||||||
| Literary diary | |||||||||||||
| 139.1, 1770-1774 | |||||||||||||
| 139.2, 1775 | |||||||||||||
| 139.3, 1776 | |||||||||||||
| 139.4, 1 Jan.-14 June 1777 | |||||||||||||
| 139.5, 16 June-31 Dec. 1777 | |||||||||||||
| 139.6, 1778-19 Dec. 1780 | |||||||||||||
| 139.7, 23 Dec. 1780-29 Dec. 1790 | |||||||||||||
| 139.8, "The Stamp Act" | |||||||||||||
| 139.9, Correspondence, 1712-1773 | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers | |||||||||||||
| 139.10, 1637-1762 | |||||||||||||
| 139.11, 1758-1761 | |||||||||||||
| 139.12, 1628/29-1781 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:66 REEL 45-46 | (140) Sullivan, John, 1740-1795. Collection, 1774-1789. | ||||||||||||
| circa 900 items. | |||||||||||||
| General in the Continental Army, statesman. Chiefly military correspondence, intelligence reports, orders, proceedings of courts of inquiry, and returns, 1775-1781. Includes letters and testimony pertaining to the court of inquiry into Sullivan's expedition against British forces on Staten Island, 1777. Correspondents include the Board of War, Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, Moses Hazen, William Heath, the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, Robert Pigot, Joseph Reed, Alexander Scammell, Philip Schuyler, Edward Sherburne, John Taylor, James Varnum, George Washington, and Meshech Weare. Transcribed in 1860 by Richard Steele for Henry B. Dawson, from originals in the possession of the Hon. Thomas C. Amory, and other members of the family. | |||||||||||||
| 140.1, papers, 1774-1789 | |||||||||||||
| 140.2, papers, 1775-1776 | |||||||||||||
| 140.3, papers, 1776-June 1778 | |||||||||||||
| 140.4, papers, July-Dec. 1778 | |||||||||||||
| 140.5, papers, 1779-1789 | |||||||||||||
| 140.6, Staten Island expedition, 1777 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:67 REEL 46 | (141) Tracy, Jared. Papers, 1777-1778. | ||||||||||||
| circa 60 items. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence with William Aylett, Aaron Riggs, Frederick Tracy, Joseph Trumbull, Jeremy Wadsworth, and others regarding supplies for the Continental Army. Includes returns of flour from Virginia. Originals in the possession of Tracy, Norwich, Conn., circa 1845. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:67 REEL 46 | (142) Trumbull, David. Collection, 1727-1760. | ||||||||||||
| 5 items. | |||||||||||||
| John Winthrop's petition to the Court of St. James, 28 Mar. 1727, complaining about the administration of the Connecticut colony; the answer of the governor and company to Winthrop's complaint; Gov. William Shirley's journal of the Siege of Louisberg, 24 Mar.-17 June 1745; instructions to the governor and company of Connecticut concerning prayers and litanies, 1760; and a letter from Roger Wolcott to James Hamilton, 13 Mar. 1754, concerning the Susquehanna lands. Originals in the possession of David Trumbull, New Haven, Conn., 1843. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VII E:67-78 REEL 46-54 | (143) Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785. Collection, 1774-1796. | ||||||||||||
| circa 6,600 items. | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut merchant, legislator, and governor. Correspondence, speeches, proclamations, petitions, and other papers. The first group of papers was formerly separated into volumes of letterbooks and papers, and is indexed accordingly. Correspondents include Benedict Arnold, Silas Deane, Horatio Gates, John Hancock, John Jay, Henry Laurens, Gouverneur Morris, Israel Putnam, Philip Schuyler, Roger Sherman, and George Washington. The second group of papers, covering the years 1774-1782, with Force volume notations, "200 and 201," contains correspondence of Trumbull with Horatio Gates, Jedediah Huntington, Henry B. Livingston, Philip Schuyler, and Joseph Trumbull. This group also includes extracts from the proceedings of the committee appointed by the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, meeting at Providence, 25 Dec. 1776. Many papers in the second group for the period 1774-1776 are printer's copy for Force's American Archives. The remaining Trumbull papers contain material assembled from various sources. Printed in part in the Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, Series V, 9-10; Series VII, 2-3 (1885-1902). Originals in the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Historical Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and private hands. | |||||||||||||
| Series I | |||||||||||||
| 143.1, Letterbook B, 1775-1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.2, Letterbook B, 1775-1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.3, Letterbook B, 1775-1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.4, Letterbook No. 1, 1776-1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.5, Letterbook No. 1, 1776-1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.6, Letterbook No. 2, 1778-1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.7, Letterbook No. 2, 1778-1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.8, Original vol. 6, 1 Jan.-15 Apr. 1777, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.9, Original vol. 6, 17 Apr. 1777-17 June 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.10, Original vol. 6, 17 June-1 Aug. 1777, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.11, Original vol. 7, 1 Aug.-30 Sept. 1777, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.12, Original vol. 7, 2-31 Oct. 1777, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.13, Original vol. 7, 2 Nov.-31 Dec. 1777, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.14, Original vol. 8, 23 Jan. 1777-23 Jan. 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.15, Original vol. 8, 26 Jan.-27 Apr. 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.16, Original vol. 8, 27 Apr.-29 July 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.17, Original vol. 8, 1 July-9 Oct. 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.18, Original vol. 8, 10 Oct.-23 Nov. 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.19, Original vol. 8, 24 Nov.-31 Dec. 1778, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.20, Original vol. 9, 1 Jan.-27 Feb. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.21, Original vol. 9, 27 Feb.-20 Mar. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.22, Original vol. 9, 21-31 Mar. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.23, Original vol. 9, 1-30 Apr. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.24, Original vol. 9, 1 May-26 June 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.25, Original vol. 9, 23 June-10 July 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.26, Original vol. 10, 10-29 July 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.27, Original vol. 10, 29 July-20 Aug. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.28, Original vol. 10, 26 Aug.-30 Sept. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.29, Original vol. 10, 2 Oct.-18 Nov. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
| 143.30, Original vol. 10, 19 Nov.-10 Dec. 1779, indexed | |||||||||||||
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