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| Series VIII: Manuscript Collections, 1492-1873 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| VIII D: Other Collections, 1632-1873 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| (68) Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803. (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (175 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Orderly book (1 Jan.-27 Apr. 1780) of orders from headquarters at Morristown, N.J., for troops in the 2nd Canadian Regiment, Continental Army, under Col. Hazen's command. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:73 REEL 42 | (69) Helfenstein, John P. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (18 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Receipt book (16 Apr. 1822-30 Mar. 1824) kept by Helfenstein of payments made to workmen for road construction near Carlisle, Pa. | |||||||||||||
| (70) Henderson, James L. | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (150 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Journal (7 Sept.-18 Nov. 1831) consisting chiefly of nautical observations, kept by Henderson of the United States Navy on a voyage from Callao, Peru, aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis commanded by John D. Sloat. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:74 REEL 72 | (71) Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837. 3 vols. | ||||||||||||
| Meteorological register (Jan. 1795-Dec. 1829) kept by Holmes, Congregational clergyman, at Cambridge, Mass., during his service as pastor of the First Church. Includes daily notations of variations in temperature, wind, and weather. | |||||||||||||
| 71.1, Jan. 1795-Dec. 1797 | |||||||||||||
| 71.2, Nov. 1798-Aug. 1816 | |||||||||||||
| 71.3, Jan. 1817-Dec. 1829 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:75 REEL 42 | (72) Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816. | ||||||||||||
| 3 vols. | |||||||||||||
| Account books (1757-1774) for medical services rendered to patients in Danvers and Gloucester, Mass. | |||||||||||||
| 72.1, 1757-1763 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:76 REEL 43 | 72.2, 1763-1773 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:77 REEL 43 | 72.3, 1769-1774 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:78 REEL 86 | (73) Honyman, Robert, 1747-1824. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (544 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Diary (2 Jan. 1776-11 Mar. 1782) kept by Honyman, a physician and surgeon from Hanover County, Va., recording political, military, and economic developments throughout the state, gathered chiefly from newspapers. Includes an eyewitness account of the siege of Yorktown. [The portion on the siege of Yorktown has been published in Richard K. MacMaster's News of the Yorktown Campaign: The Journal of Dr. Robert Honyman, 17 Apr.-25 Nov. 1781," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 79, Oct. 1971, pp. 387-426.] Also available on microfilm no. 16,463. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:79 REEL 43 | (74) Hubley, Adam, 1740-1793. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (84 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Orderly book (11 May-10 June 1776) kept by Capt. Hubley of the 1st Pennsylvania Battalion at Fort Chambly and Sorel River for the assault on Montreal during the invasion of Canada. Includes personal accounts, 1 Dec. 1775-25 Oct. 1776. | |||||||||||||
| (75) Hunter, Robert R. | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (circa 230 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Letterbook (3 Aug. 1822-5 July 1827) kept by Hunter, American consul at Cowes. The letters, written from Cowes, London, Paris, and Hartford Conn., concern commerce and politics and are addressed to his brother, John, Philip Schuyler, Martin Van Buren, Stephen Van Rensselaer, and others. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:80 REEL 43 | (76) "Jesuit Relations." | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (146 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Collection, 1632-1847. Includes Jesuit Relations of Discoveries and Other Occurrences in Canada and the Northern and Western States of the Union, 1632-1672 (New York, Press of the Historical Society, 1847. 22 pp.), by E. B. O'Callaghan; memoir of the Lord Bishop of Quebec on the Mississippi missions; account of Detroit (circa 1683); Father Millet's narrative of his captivity and treatment among the Iroquois and Oneida Indians; letter (23 Feb. 1708) from Jacques Gravier in St. Louis on the state of the missions; and extracts of letters from the Apostolic Vicars in England to the Nuncio at Brussels (1714-1717). | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:81 REEL 87 | (77) Johnson, Joshua, 1742-1802. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (circa 600 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Letterbook (20 Aug. 1785-8 Dec. 1788) kept by Johnson as agent in London for Charles Wallace and John Muir of Annapolis, Md. Addressed principally to Wallace and Muir, the letters chiefly concerning the shipments of tobacco, wheat, corn and pig iron. Other American recipients include Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, Francis Charlton, John Jay, Thomas Johnson, Matthew Ridley, John Seawell, John and David Sterett, and Joseph Wilkinson, French recipients include Messrs. Helie and Roy of Nantes and Nicholas Darcel of Paris. Also available on microfilm no. 16,162. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:82 REEL 43 | (78) Johnson, Mrs. Walter Rogers. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (circa 150 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Journal (13 May-Aug. 1851) kept by Mrs. Johnson, of Washington, D.C., as she accompanied her husband, Walter Rogers Johnson (1794-1852), United States commissioner to the World's Fair in London, to London and Europe. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:83 REEL 43 | (79) Johnson, Sir William, 1715-1774. | ||||||||||||
| 250 items. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence (6 Oct. 1755-27 Feb. 1774), chiefly 1763-1774, while Johnson served as superintendent of Indian affairs on the northern frontier. Letters concern Indian education, military movements around Lake George, and the work of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Correspondents include Samuel Auchmuty, Thomas Barton, Cadwallader Colden, Myles Cooper, Charles Inglis, John Ogilvie, Richard Peters, and Eleazar Wheelock. [Published in The Papers of Sir William Johnson (Albany, The University of the State of New York, 1921-1962. 13 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:84 REEL 44 | (80) Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. | ||||||||||||
| 800 items in 10 units. | |||||||||||||
| Papers (1775-1788). Chiefly letters received, holograph drafts of letters sent, and a journal (contemporary fair copy) written for King Louis XVI of France, relating Jones's experiences as naval officer during the American Revolution, with particular emphasis on the happenings in Europe. Correspondents include John Adams, Edward Bancroft, the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin, John G. Frazer, Esek Hopkins, Marquis de Lafayette, Arthur Lee, John Manley, James Moylan, John de Neufville and Son, John Ross, Daniel Tillinghast, Jonathan Williams, and various French officials. A separate, published Calendar of John Paul Jones Manuscripts (Washington, D.C., 1905) is available. Also available on microfilm no. 13,220. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:84 REEL 44 | 80.1 Papers, 13 Oct. 1775-15 July 1777 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII:D85 REEL 44 | 80.2 Papers, 26 July 1777-21 May 1778 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:86 REEL 45 | 80.3 Papers, 23 May-27 Nov. 1778 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:87 REEL 45 | 80.4 Papers, 28 Nov. 1778-20 May 1779 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:88 REEL 46 | 80.5 Papers, 22 May.-23 Oct. 1779 See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:89 REEL 46 | 80.6 Papers, 3 Oct.-7 Dec. 1779 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:90 REEL 46 | 80.7 Papers, 11 Dec. 1779-12 May 1780 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:91 REEL 47 | 80.8, Papers, 13 May-23 Nov. 1780 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:92 REEL 47 | 80.9 Papers, 12 Dec. 1780-2 Aug. 1788 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:93 REEL 47 | 80.10 Journal (in French) Also available on microfilm no. 16,483. | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:93 REEL 48 | (81) Jones, Roger, d. 1852. | ||||||||||||
| 51 items in 2 units. | |||||||||||||
| Letterbook (1816-1818) for the garrison at Fort Washington, Md., kept largely by Lt. Col. Jones as commanding officer. Recipients of letters include Col. George Armistead, Col. George E. Mitchell, Gen. Daniel Parker, and the Secretary of War (John C. Calhoun). Also a journal (1819) kept by Col. Jones during a military inspection tour, under Gen. Jacob Brown, of installations on the Western Lakes including Brownsville, Niagara, Buffalo, Erie, Detroit, Mackinac, and Cleveland, in which he describes towns, their inhabitants, lakes, terrain, and forts. | |||||||||||||
| 81.1, letterbook, 1 Nov. 1816-20 July 1818 | |||||||||||||
| 81.2, journal, 20 May-18 July 1819 | |||||||||||||
| (82) Journal, 19 Sept.-25 Oct. 1793. | |||||||||||||
| 1 unit (48 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript kept by a traveler on a trip by water to Norfolk, Va. | |||||||||||||
| (83) Journal of a passage from New York to Boston, 3-13 Dec. 1786. | |||||||||||||
| 1 unit (20 pp.) [Edward Mary?] | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript of a traveler, who records the incidents of his trip by packet to Providence, with a stop at Newport, and then by sleigh through Attleboro and Dedham to Boston. | |||||||||||||
| (84) Journal of a voyage to Halifax, 1757. | |||||||||||||
| 1 unit (11 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript description of a voyage (22 Mar.-30 Aug. 1757) to join the intended expedition under the command of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, and a list of the fleet under Adm. Francis Holbourn, the Army under Loudoun, and the general and other officers in the Army. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:94 REEL 48 | (85) Kennedy, James. | ||||||||||||
| 55 items in 2 units. | |||||||||||||
| Papers (1794-1831), chiefly letters received by Kennedy, an Alexandria, Va., merchant and druggist, from merchants in Baltimore, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond, including Robert Lenox, Charles McKenna, John Read, Jr., Francis Wainwright, and John Wickham. Includes a billbook. | |||||||||||||
| 85.1, letters, 1794-1831, undated | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:95 REEL 48 | 85.2, billbook, 1821-1828 | ||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:96 REEL 48 | (86) Lancaster County, Pa. Committee of Safety. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (190 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Minutes (15 June 1774-28 June 1777), including membership lists, information on issues coming before the committee, and the committee's interaction with other committees. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:97 REEL 49 | (87) Lawrence, John, d. 1796. | ||||||||||||
| 22 items | |||||||||||||
| Casebook (31 Mar. 1765-9 Jan. 1771) kept by Lawrence, lawyer and justice of the peace in Burlington, N.J., in which he lists his legal cases including the name of the defendant and the decision, with the expenses and fees. | |||||||||||||
| (88) Levely, Henry. | |||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (122 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Logbook (July-Nov. 1812) kept on board the private schooner of warNonsuch, commanded by Henry Levely of Baltimore. Includes descriptions of several prize-taking cruises along the eastern seaboard. A photostatic copy of the master's log in the Naval Historical Foundation Collection in the Manuscript Division. | |||||||||||||
| (89) Lincoln, William, 1801-1843. | |||||||||||||
| 150 items. | |||||||||||||
| Collection (1830's) of notes on the history, customs, and languages of New England Indians compiled by Lincoln, an antiquarian and lawyer of Worcester, Mass. | |||||||||||||
| (90) "Loyalist Rhapsodies." | |||||||||||||
| 58 items (120 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Notebook (1775-1786) of songs and verse composed by Jonathan Odell and Joseph Stansbury expressing sympathy for the British cause during the American Revolution. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:98 REEL 49 | (91) Ludewig, Hermann Ernst, 1809/10-1856. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (221 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Manuscript, 1846, of his The Literature of American Local History; a Bibliographical Essay (New York, Printed for the author, by R. Craighead, 1846. 180 pp.), with a letter of presentation to Force dated 30 Mar. 1846. | |||||||||||||
| (92) McFarland, James. | |||||||||||||
| 12 items. | |||||||||||||
| Chiefly letters, receipts, petitions, and commissions relating to McFarland's service in the Pennsylvania militia (1775-1782). | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:98 REEL 49 | (93) McKee, Alexander, d. 1799. | ||||||||||||
| (19 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Contemporary extracts from a journal (1 May-10 June 1774) kept by McKee, Sir William Johnson's resident agent on the Ohio, during negotiations with the Six Nations at Pittsburgh. Includes minutes of negotiations as well as messages and speeches of Indians and whites. | |||||||||||||
| (94) Madison, Dolley (Payne) Todd, 1768-1849. | |||||||||||||
| 36 items. | |||||||||||||
| Invitations and replies (1839-1846), checks, and 2 promissory notes to John Payne Todd. (Gift of Edward Stead, Force's great grandson, 1970.) | |||||||||||||
| (95) Markoe, Francis, d. 1871. | |||||||||||||
| circa 20 items. | |||||||||||||
| Scrapbook (1830's) of documents concerning United States consular affairs, compiled by Markoe, State Department clerk and head of the Consular Service. Includes fair copy of the Report of the Secretary of State to the President, 1832, on consular affairs, with appended documents including "List of the Ministers, Consuls, and other Diplomatic and Commercial Agents of the United States in foreign countries," "Tabular View of the Consultants of the United States for the Year 1831 with a Recapitulation for the years 1829, 1830, 1831," and a printed message (1833) from President Jackson regarding the United States consular establishment. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:99 REEL 50 | (96) Maryland Intendant of Revenue. | ||||||||||||
| circa 200 items. | |||||||||||||
| Letterbook used as a scrapbook (1747-1809). Letterbook (31 Mar. 1785-1 May 1787) kept by Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723-1790), as intendant of revenue and financial agent of Maryland. Volume includes several copies of letters received; accounts for the colony of Maryland (circa 1747-1752) for legislative, judicial, and other tasks; land indentures, 1747, 1778, and 1786; payroll (1777) of Captain Morgan Alexander's company, 2d Virginia Battalion; pay requests (1783) to the Continental Army in favor of John Bingham; and indentures to Hugh Lyle. Item on indefinite loan to the Maryland State Archives. Also available on microfilm shelf no. 15,667. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:100 REEL 50 | (97) Maryland Journal B, nos. 1-2. | ||||||||||||
| 2 vols. | |||||||||||||
| Journal used as a scrapbook (1777-1830). Journal (24 Mar. 1778-18 Nov. 1785) of military and general expenses for provisions, equipment, salaries, and loans, with some items relating to damage suits and political expenses. Journal was audited by Robert Denny, auditor general, on 17 June 1791. Includes muster rolls (1777-1780), pay abstracts, newspaper clippings, engravings, and a Revolutionary War claim (4 Jan. 1830) for Samuel Hudson of Baltimore. Items on indefinite loan to the Maryland State Archives. Also available on microfilm shelf no. 15,667. | |||||||||||||
| 97.1, no. 1, 24 Mar. 1778-10 Apr. 1781 | |||||||||||||
| 97.2, no. 2, 10 Apr. 1781-18 Nov. 1785 | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:101 REEL 51 | (98) Maryland journal of military accounts. | ||||||||||||
| 30 items. | |||||||||||||
| Journal of accounts (1 Jan.-3 Sept. 1781) with military officers. Includes pay abstract (Dec. 1777) for the 3d Virginia Regiment, pay requests (1783) of members of the Invalid Regiment for payment to John Bingham, indentures (1784) to Hugh Lyle, Continental money, engravings, and note for $1 on the Planter's Bank of the State of Georgia, Savannah (1 May 1862). | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:102 REEL 51 | (99) Maryland mercantile ledger. | ||||||||||||
| 92 items. | |||||||||||||
| Ledger used as a scrapbook (1710-1863). Ledger (1710-1713) kept by a merchant, probably near or in Annapolis. Includes 18th century newspaper clippings, payrolls (1778) of various companies of the 3d Virginia Regiment, pay requests (1783) of members of the Invalid Regiment for payment to John Bingham, letters, engravings, and Confederate bonds. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:103 REEL 51 | (100) Maryland salt works. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (109 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Account book (1775-1807) for salt works (probably managed by Gillis Polk en the Eastern Shore for Charles Wallace of Annapolis) and for members of the Polk family. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:104 REEL 87 | (101) Maryland Vice-Admiralty Court. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. | |||||||||||||
| Record book used as a scrapbook (1754-1783). Proceedings (Dec. 1754-June 1773) of the court in Annapolis, with Judge George Steuart presiding, and copies of commissions (1775) to Judge Robert Smith and Register George Rankin. Includes pictorial material, newspaper clippings, and pay requests (1783) of members of the Invalid Regiment for payment to John Bingham. Item on indefinite loan to the Maryland State Archives. Also available on microfilm shelf no. 15,667. | |||||||||||||
| BOX VIII D:105 REEL 88 | (102) Maryland Western Shore. | ||||||||||||
| 1 vol. (223 pp.) | |||||||||||||
| Account book used as a scrapbook (1777-1786). Ledger (1781-1783) kept by Thomas Harwood, treasurer of the Western Shore, of accounts with the Continental Congress and various officers and soldiers. Includes pay abstracts and rolls (1777) from companies in the 2d and 3d Virginia Regiments, newspaper clippings, engravings, Continental money, and two notes (1780 and 1786). Item on indefinite loan to the Maryland State Archives. Also available on microfilm shelf no. 15,667. | |||||||||||||
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