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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Alex. Brown & Sons Records

Identifier: MSS14019
Abstract

Lettercopy and letterpress books (1802-1880), daybooks (1800-1867), cashbooks (1829-1876), ledgers (1796-1878), and other business records of the firm founded by Alexander Brown in Baltimore, Md., circa 1800 which grew from a mercantile business into an international banking house.

Dates 1796-1908; Majority of material found within ( 1796-1884)
 Collection

Peter Force Papers and Collection

Identifier: MSS20990
Abstract

Antiquarian, historian, and mayor of Washington, D.C. Chiefly Force's personal papers and papers he collected for his nine-volume American Archives. Force's personal papers document his career as a Washington printer, newspaper editor, compiler, and collector. The collection records political, military, scientific, and social aspects of eighteenth and nineteenth century America.

Dates 1492-1977; Majority of material found within 1750-1868
 Collection

C. R. Hughes Embargo Act of 1807 map tracings collection

Identifier: G3701.F9 coll Hughes
Abstract

A collection of eight manuscript map tracings by C.R. Hughes, a printer based in Berryville, Virginia. Six maps illustrate how members of Congress voted on the Embargo Act of 1807. The other maps show the 1816 Massachusetts gubernatorial election and how electors in Georgia voted in the 1816 presidential election.

Dates 1807-1864
 Collection

Louisiana Miscellany

Identifier: MSS30585
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, legal papers, maps, sketches, financial matter, a surveyor’s notebook, and other material relating to the early history of Louisiana under French, Spanish, and American control, including personal and official documents.

Dates 1724-1837
 Collection

Shippen Family Papers

Identifier: MSS39859
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, account books, memorandum books, legal and business records, indentures, and miscellaneous papers of Thomas Lee Shippen, William Shippen Jr., Anne Home Shippen Livingston, Edward Shippen, and other family members. Also included are papers of the Nicholson family.

Dates 1671-1936
 Collection

Stiles, Horr, and Bonney Families Papers

Identifier: MSS86599
Abstract

Families residing in New York, and later, the Upper Midwest. Correspondence received from relatives of Betsey Bonney. Correspondence, deeds, surveys, and ephemera relating to Elizabeth Stiles Horr and family.

Dates 1803-1907; Majority of material found within 1824-1887
 Collection

United States Continental Congress Records

Identifier: MSS82974
Abstract

Original and reproduced records of the United States Continental Congress including letters and extracts from letters, circular letters, orders, resolutions, contracts, oaths of allegiance to the United States, financial documents, extracts from journals and minutes of the congress and its committees, committee reports, lists, and requisitions.

Dates 1765-1825; Majority of material found within ( 1774-1790)