DAVID LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Guide to Microfilm Holdings



Adams, Samuel (1722-1803).  Papers, 1635-1826. 5 reels.  Includes papers and correspondence of the Massachusetts patriot, organizer of resistance to British rule, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Revolutionary statesman.  Includes calendar on final reel.  Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 674]

Adams, Dr. Samuel. Diaries, 1758-1819. 2 reels. Diaries, letters, and anatomy commonplace book of the Massachusetts physician who served in the Continental Artillery during the Revolution. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 380]

Alexander, William  (1726-1783).  Selected papers, 1767-1782. 1 reel. William Alexander, also known as “Lord Sterling,” first served as colonel of the 1st NJ Regiment. In 1776 he was appointed brigadier general and took command of the defense of New York City as well as serving as an advisor to General Washington. He was promoted to major-general in 1777. Papers consist of correspondence, military orders and reports, and bulletins to the Continental Congress.  The collection focuses on his activities during the American Revolution. Originals are in the New York Historical Society. [FILM 404]

 

American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer).  See

United StatesNational Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War.

United StatesNational Archives.  General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers.

United StatesNational Archives.  Records of the Adjutant General’s Office.

United StatesNational Archives.  Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files.

United StatesNational Archives.  Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.

American Periodicals Series I. 33 reels. Accompanied by guide. Various early American periodicals, 1741-1800. Originals are in various repositories. [FILM 381]

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (1717-1797). Papers, 1717-1797. 16 reels. Accompanied by guide. Includes papers, journals, and correspondence of the British commander-in-chief in North America. Collection focuses on materials relating to Amherst's experiences in the War of Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, his campaigns in America, 1758-1763, and his activities during the American Revolution. Originals are in the Kent County (U.K.) Archives Offices. See also Great Britain. War Office. Sir Jeffrey Amherst Papers, 1740-1783 (WO 34). [FILM 382]

Andre, John (1751-1780). Journal, 1777-1778.1 reel. Journal of the British Army major and aide-de-camp to Generals Grey and Sir Henry Clinton that covers the Philadelphia campaign. The journal includes Andre's manuscript maps. Andre was subsequently executed as a spy for his role in the Benedict Arnold treason plot. Original is in the Huntington Library. [FILM 383]

Atlee, William  See

Force, Peter (1790-1868) Papers, 1683-1789.  Series 9

Auckland, William Eden, First Baron (1744-1814). 5 reels. Material relating to the American Revolution from the Auckland Papers.5 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence and other official documents. Auckland was an influential minister in the British government who served as Undersecretary for the Northern Department, 1772-1778, and as a member of the Board of Trade, 1776-1780. During the Revolution, he was the official in charge of British espionage and was in contact with Loyalist informants. In 1778, he was appointed a member of the Carlisle Commission that sought conciliation with the Americans. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 48]

Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795). Papers 1743-1795. 7 reels. Accompanied by guide on first reel. Papers, journal, and account books of the physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of New Hampshire. Originals are in the New Hampshire Historical Society and other repositories. [FILM 227]

Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795). Papers, 1774-1794. 1 reel. Correspondence of the New Hampshire Revolutionary patriot. Originals are in the Dartmouth College Library. [FILM 37]

Baynton, Wharton and Morgan. Papers, 1757-1787. 10 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Letters and documents of a well- known Philadelphia mercantile firm that traded in Europe, the West Indies, and with Native Americans. Includes both public and private materials. Mostly account books and letters from the mid-eighteenth century. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 384]

Bedel, Timothy (1740 ?-1787).  Papers, 1763-1787.  1 reel.  Correspondence, accounts, commissions, deeds, and inventory of estate.  Bedel, a colonel of the New Hampshire Rangers, was court-martialed and cashiered after the Battle of Cedars in 1776. He later served as Major-General of New Hampshire militia, and was active in New Hampshire politics during and after the Revolution.  Originals are in the New Hampshire Historical Society.  [FILM 676]

Bellamy, Joseph (1719-1790).  Papers 1752-1785 (inclusive). 1 reel. Correspondence, sermons and manuscripts of Bellamy, theologian and minister of the new parish of Bethlehem, Connecticut, from 1738 until his death. He was a disciple of Jonathan Edwards and a prominent advocate of the New Light theology in the Great Awakening. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 692]

 

Benjamin, Samuel (1754-1823) Papers, 1775-1845 [bulk dates 1775- 1782]. 1 reel. Correspondence, diaries, poems, orders and receipts concerning Samuel Benjamin’s service in the Massachusetts infantry during the Revolutionary War. Included also is a printed version of Benjamin’s diaries (1778-1780) describing maneuvers around West Point, New York and the Yorktown campaign. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 691]

Boudinot, Elias (1740-1778).  Letterbook, 1777-1778.  1 reel.  Letterbook of the Commisary General of prisoners in the Army of the United States of America during the Revolutionary War.  Original is in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.  [FILM 567].

Bounty Land Warrants. See

United States. National Archives. Bounty Land Warrants Used in the Military District of Ohio and Related Papers.

United States. National Archives. Register Of Revolutionary  War Land Warrants.     

 

Brandywine Battlefield Collection (1777-1815). (MG 484).  1 reel.  Includes Levan Family business ledger, ca. 1779-ca. 1815,  Roll of Captain Mauser's Company, August 19, 1777, Pay roll of Captain Mauser's Company of the 6th PA Reg. of Foot, May 1777, and Jacob Levan family death records, 1822-1854.  Originals are at Brandywine Battlefield Park.  [FILM 704]

Breadalbane Military Manuscripts. 1775-1781. 2 reels. Muster rolls of the British 40th Regiment of Foot during the period of the American Revolution. Originals are in the National Archives of Scotland. [FILM 385]

Brickett, James (1737-1818). Orderly book, Aug-Nov. 1776. 1 reel. Orderly book of Brig. Gen. of the 5th Massachusetts Brigade at Ticonderoga.  Consists of courts martial, routines, and defense of Mount Independence, and ends when the troops leave for Fort George.  Entries include brigade orders of Major General Gates. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 666]

British Headquarters Papers. See

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron

British Intelligence, New York.  Memorandum book of the British Army, 1778.  1 reel. Anonymous diary-like record of information taken from deserters and spies on the location, condition, and maneuvers of American troops in New York, July-Nov. 1778.  Probably recorded by a British officer (possibly Colonel Beverley Robinson) stationed near Kings Bridge, Manhattan Island. Original is in the Library of Congress. [FILM 689]

Burgoyne, General John.  See

Great BritainWar Office. Judge Advocate General’s Records, Correspondence.

 

Burke, Thomas (ca. 1747-1783). Papers, 1763-1852. 6 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, letterbooks, ledger, financial and legal papers. Burke was a physician, attorney, and leading political figure in North Carolina during the Revolution. Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library. [FILM 30]

 

Burnett, William.  See

New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Burr, Aaron (1756-1836). Papers, 1756-1836.27 reels. Accompanied by guide and index. Correspondence, business records, orderly books, journal, legal papers. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 21]

Byles Family. Papers, 1757-1837.2 reels. Correspondence of a Boston Loyalist family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 386]

Canada. Archives of Ontario. Simcoe family papers (Series F47).  5 reels.  Correspondence of John Graves Simcoe, Lt. Col. of the Queens’ Rangers and Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.  Papers include official reports and administrative files, general correspondence. Letterbooks, military appointment files, and two orderly books relating to St. Clair’s expedition to the Ohio.  Originals are in the archives of Ontario.  [FILM 663]

Canada. National Archives. American Loyalist Muster Rolls. 3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Muster rolls of American Loyalist units from the years 1777-1783. Originals are in the Public Archives of Canada. [FILM 273]

Canada. National Archives. Ward Chipman Papers: Muster master general's papers and regimental papers, 1776-1785. 11 reels. Contains muster rolls, official military records, and other materials relating to American Loyalists in the Revolution. Originals are in the Public Archives of Canada. [FILM 272]

Canada. New Brunswick Museum. American Loyalist Muster Rolls (fragmentary). 1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Muster rolls of various Loyalist units in the American Revolution. Originals are in the New Brunswick [Canada] Museum. [FILM 271]

Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and  Records Administration. Crown Land Grants (RG 20, Series C), 1753-1864 [predominant dates 1784-1830]. 6 reels. Series consists of records relating to the granting and, in a few cases sale, of Crown lands, including land grants, plans, surveys, petitions, warrants, and correspondence. The records are arranged by county.  Originals are in the Nova Scotia Archives. [FILM 661]

 

Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Administration.  White Family Papers. 2 reels. Personal papers of Gideon White (1754-1833), merchant at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Correspondence with references to Loyalist regiments, 1780-1782.  Originals are in the Nova Scotia Archives. [FILM 683]

 

Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Grants (RS 686), 1784-1997 [bulk dates 1784-1800]. 5 reels with index. Includes information on individuals  and corporate bodies who acquired  Crown land in New Brunswick between 1784-1800. The documents describe the  distribution of Crown land and the names of the grantees. Includes index on the final reel of the series. Originals are in the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. [FILM 643]

 

Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.  New Brunswick Land Petitions: Original Series (RS 108), 1783-1918 [bulk dates 1783-1800]. 19 reels. Contains earliest petitions for grants  of land in New Brunswick. Includes index on final reel of series. Originals are in Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. [FILM 658]   

 

Canada  See also

Great Britain. Colonial Office. CanadaOriginal correspondence. Quebec.

Carroll, Charles (1737-1832). Papers, 1749-1832.3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, accounts, and journal. Carroll was a wealthy landowner who served as Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence, and was active in Maryland politics. Originals are in the Maryland Historical Society and at other institutions. [FILM 20]

Carter Family. Papers, 1659-1797.4 reels. Accompanied by guide. Land documents, personal, political, and business correspondence, and diaries, chiefly of the prominent Virginia planter and politician, Landon Carter (1710-1778), and of his son, Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1798). Originals are in the Sabine Hall Collection on deposit at the University of Virginia Library and at other institutions. [FILM 41]

Census.  See

New York. United StatesNational Archives. Population Schedules of the First Census of the United States, 1790.

United StatesNational Archives. Population Schedules of the Second Census of the United States, 1800.

United StatesNational Archives. Publications of the Bureau of the Census.

 

Champion, Richard (1743-1791).Letterbooks, 1760-1775. 2 reels. Accompanied by guide. Manuscript copies of letterbooks of the English merchant from Bristol who was a critic of British policies in the American Revolution. Originals are in the Bristol (U.K.) Records Office and the New York Public Library. [FILM 387]

 

CharlestonSee

Siege of Charleston, 1780.

Church Family, Papers, 1716-1865.1 reel. Chiefly letters received by Angelica Schuyler Church (1756-1815), but includes a few letters written by her. Angelica Church was a daughter of General Philip Schuyler and a sister-in-law of both Alexander Hamilton and General Stephen Van Rensselaer. This collection contains several letters written by these men. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 33]

Clayton, Captain Robert, Orderly Book, 1778-1779.1 reel. Orderly Book of the 17th [British] Regiment of Foot kept at Staten Island and headquarters, New York, 1778-1779.Original is in Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 551]

Coates, Edward. Journal. 1 reel. Journal of the Siege of Quebec, 1759. Coates was probably a British officer who accompanied Wolfe during the siege of Quebec in the Seven Years' War. Original is in the Northumberland County Record Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain. [FILM 388]

Cobb, David (1748-1830). Papers, 1708-1833.3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, financial and legal papers, diaries. Cobb was a physician who served as an officer and aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution. In the postwar period, he served as a judge, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of the State Senate, and member of Congress. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 50]

Congress.  See

United States.  National Archives.  Enrolled Original Acts and Resolutions of the U.S. Congress.

Connecticut Historical Society. American Revolution Collection, 1765-1844.7 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, journals, orderly books, commissary and quartermaster accounts, muster rolls, payrolls, exemptions, bounties, prisoner exchanges, sale of confiscated Loyalist estates, disability payments, pension claims, maps. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 29]

Constitutional Convention.  See

United States.  National Archives. Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

United States.  National Archives. Certificates of Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, including Related Correspondence and  Rejections of Proposed Amendments.

 

Continental Army.  See

United States.  Continental Army. Quartermaster’s Department. Letters, Returns, Accounts, and Estimates of the Quartermaster General’s Department.

United States.  Continental Army.  South Carolina, Third Regiment.  Order Book. United States.  National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.

 

Continental Congress.  See

Letters of Delegates to Congress. Letters Written by Delegates to the Continental Congress.

United States.  Continental Congress. Continental Congress Papers.

United States.  Continental Congress. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress.

United States.  Continental Congress. Papers of the Continental Congress.

 

Cornwallis, Charles.  See

Great Britain.  Public Record Office. Cornwallis, Charles, First Marquis and  Second Earl. 

 

Coxe, TenchSee

United States.  National Archives.  Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the  Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of  Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies.

 

Dalhousie Muniments, 1748-1759.2 reels. Letters of Governor James Glen of South Carolina and papers of General John Forbes regarding the Seven Years' War. Originals are on deposit at the National Archives of Scotland. See also Forbes Papers. [FILM 389]

Danford, J. Diary.1 reel. Diary of the siege of Quebec, 1775. A retrospective account by an American who was possibly a soldier. Original in the British Library, London, U.K. [FILM 390]

Dartmouth, William Legge, Second Earl of (1731-1801). The American Papers of the Second Earl of Dartmouth, 1765-1782.16 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, official dispatches, and colonial reports. Dartmouth was George III's American Secretary during the era of the American Revolution. Correspondents include American Loyalists as well as British military and political officials. Originals are in the Straffordshire (U.K.) Record Office and the National Archives of Canada. [FILM 391]

Davenport, William (1725-1797).  Papers, 1745-1797.  3 reels  Accompanied by a guide.  Based in Liverpool, Davenport devoted his adult life to commerce, trading in slaves, beads, general merchandise, and wine.  Papers include trading invoices, accounts, and ledgers.  The bulk of the papers are the detailed financial records of over seventy slaving voyages undertaken between 1761-1784.  [FILM 576].

David Library of the American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection.5 reels. Accompanied by guide. Chiefly correspondence of the Revolutionary and early national eras. The collection includes many letters of Washington and other prominent as well as lesser known individuals. The collection was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1880-1980) and donated to the David Library in 1981. [FILM 1]

Davis, John. Papers, 1775-1783.5 reels. Orders, receipts, appointments, accounts, military communications, and private business communications. Davis served as Assistant and Deputy Quartermaster of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 392]

Deane, Silas (1737-1789). Papers, 1737-1789. 5 reels. Correspondence of the Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress and Revolutionary American diplomat to France. Includes letterbook. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 393]

Diaries.  See

Pre-Revolutionary Diaries.

United States.  National Archives.  Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty- Land Warrant Application Files.

Documents relating to the American Revolution, 1775-1783, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.4 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, journals, logs, memorials, orders, instructions, out-letter books of British naval officers who served on the North American and West Indian stations and escorted convoys across the Atlantic. Some of the records are official, but most are semi-official or kept for personal use. Originals in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K. [FILM 44]

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron (1724-1808). British Headquarters (Sir Guy Carleton) Papers, 1747-1783 (PRO 30/55). 30 reels. Accompanied by guide on first two reels and calendared and indexed in Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 4 vols. (Boston, 1972, reprint).Chiefly official correspondence of Carleton, British commander-in-chief in America, 1782-1783. Includes correspondence to and from Carleton's predecessors, Generals Thomas Gage, William Howe, and Sir Henry Clinton; also includes much material on Loyalists. Originals are in the Public Record Office, London. [FILM 57]

Downman, Francis  See

Harcourt Family. Papers. 

Draper, Lyman Copeland (1815-1891). Draper Manuscripts.123 reels. Accompanied by guide and calendars. Personal and official correspondence, journals, diaries, muster rolls, pay-rolls, surveyor's notes, business and legal records, and maps relating to the history of the trans-Allegheny West, 1740-1815. Also contains voluminous research notes compiled by Draper that include reminiscences and interviews with frontiersmen, military figures, and others. Draper was a historian, collector, and librarian who spent a good deal of his life compiling this collection. Originals are in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. [FILM 60]

Early American Orderly Books, 1748-1817.19 reels. Accompanied by reel guide and subject name index. Manuscript and typed copies of orderly books from the period of the French and Indian War through the War of 1812. Chiefly consists of American orderly books kept during the Revolutionary War, but includes a few British orderly books. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 42]

Emmet Autograph Collection.  See New York Public Library.  Thomas Addis Emmet Collection.

Ettwein, John (1721-1802). Papers, 1721-1802. Accompanied by appendix that catalogues papers in Kenneth Gardinier Hamilton, "John Ettwein and the Moravian Church During the Revolutionary Period" (Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1940). Includes correspondence, financial records, and journals relevant to the Moravian church. Ettwein was a Moravian missionary who migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania. Originals in the Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa. [FILM 394]

Evans, Charles. Early American Imprints, 1639-1820.Microcard. 36,300 items accompanied by Charles Evans, American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of all Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America From the Genesis of Publishing in 1639 Down to and Including the Year 1820. 15 vols. plus index (New York, 1941) and Clifford K. Shipton and James Mooney, eds. National Index of American Imprints Through 1800. 2 vols. (Worcester, Mass., 1969).Collection of all printed material in early America, produced between the years 1639 and 1820. Contains books, almanacs, pamphlets, and broadsides. Originals are in various repositories throughout the United States and Europe.For periodicals, see American Periodical Series.

Feinstone Collection.  See

David Library of the American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection.

 

Finlay, Hugh.  See

United States.  National Archives.  Journal Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of Post Roads and Post Offices.

Fitch, John (1743-1798). Papers, 1743-1798.3 reels. Correspondence, diaries, financial records, surveyor's notes, steamboat sketches, and manuscripts of writings on the steamboat, the Universal Society, and chemicals. Fitch was an inventor who provided the first passenger service on the Delaware river via a steamboat. Also includes small selection of the papers of the architect, William Thornton (1759-1828). Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 395]

Floyd, John. Letters, 1775-1786.1 microfiche. Letters written from Europe during the Revolution by Floyd, a South Carolina planter, to Thomas Farr, Jr., in Charleston. Also includes letters written in the post-war period by Floyd in Charleston to his nephew in England. Originals in the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 4]

Folliot, George. Diary.1 reel. Diary that covers the period 1765-1766, during which Folliot, a New York merchant, visited England. Original in the Wigan Public Library, Wigan, U.K. [FILM 396]

Forbes, General John (1707?-1759). Headquarters Papers, 1729-1758. 3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Papers of the British Army officer. Includes letters written while Forbes was a brigadier general on campaign against Fort Duquesne in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Originals are in the McGregor Library, University of Virginia. See also Dalhousie Muniments. [FILM 434]

Force, Peter. Papers. (1790-1868).Papers, 1683-1789. Series 7E, reel 16. 1 reel. Contains various correspondence and orderly books relating to the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Includes the Peter Horry Collection which relates to the Revolution in the South, Crown Point Expedition Orderly Book, Adam Hubley's Journal of the Sullivan Campaign, the Jared Ingersoll Papers, and the Lancaster (Pa.) County Committee of Safety Records, 1774-1778. Other materials deal chiefly Connecticut Continental units and officers in the Revolution. Originals are in the Library of Congress,[FILM 559]

Force, Peter. Papers. (1790-1868) Papers, 1683-1789.  Series 9, reels 96 (index), 98-109. 13 reels. Includes letters and documents from the period of the Revolution, including political correspondence, military certificates and returns, intelligence reports, paroles, accounts of battles and skirmishes, and minutes and proceedings of various State legislatures. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 664]

Ford, Allyn Kellogg (1878-1964).Collection of Historical Manuscripts, 1472-1970.5 reels. Accompanied by guide and item list.Contains approximately 200 letters relating to the period of the American Revolution. Includes letters received by General George Weedon from Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Steuben, and others. Also includes letters of other prominent figures and private individuals of the period. Originals in the Minnesota Historical Society. [FILM 31]

Foreign Relations of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation 1780-1789.  The Complete Documentary Edition.  39 reels.  Accompanied by a guide.  Includes Part I:  Selected documents and Part II:  Unselected documents.  Documents and letters from the period of early United States diplomacy, 1780-1789.  The collection presents historical documents that trace the efforts of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and others, to establish a credible international presence for the United States.  Originals were microfilmed from the collections of the National Archives and various U. S. libraries and depositories. [FILM 684]

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790). Account Books, 1714/15-1787. 3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Receipt books, memorandum book, cash books, family expenses, wastebooks, ledgers, shop books, post office ledgers and accounts, expense accounts, journal. Originals are in the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia. [FILM 18]

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790). Papers 1726-1841.12 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, journal, and official records. The collection is divided into three series: Series I (1772-1783) contains material relating to Franklin's mission to France; Series II (1726-1818) contains correspondence and miscellaneous papers; Series III (1728-1841) includes original manuscripts of Articles of Beliefs and Acts of Religion, a copy of his ledger as postmaster general, and other materials. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 397]

French and Indian War Orderly Books, (1755-1763). 1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Provincial and British Orderly Books kept in North America during the Seven Years's and Pontiac's Wars. Both regimental and company orderly books are present. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 560]

French, Christopher. Journal, 1776. 1 reel. Journal kept by a British major in the 47th Regiment while a prisoner of the Americans. Original is at the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 398]

Gates, Horatio (1728-1806). Papers, 1726-1828.20 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, orderly books, returns, financial papers, accounts, receipts. Gates was an officer in British Army during the colonial period. During the Revolution, he served as a major general in the American Army in both the northern and southern theaters. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 23] See also New York Historical Society.  Miscellaneous Manuscripts. [FILM 688]

George III.  See

Great Britain.  Home Office.  Admiralty Entry Books, 1779-1783.

Great Britain.  Home Office.  Domestic Correspondence, George III, 1782-1783.

Great Britain.  State Papers.  State Papers,  Domestic, George III, 1761-1781.

 

Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814). Papers, 1744-1895. 7 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence of the Massachusetts signer of the Declaration of Independence, Anti-Federalist, and Vice President under James Madison. Includes letterbooks, a journal, and an account book. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 399]

Gibbs, Giles. Book for the Fife. 1 reel. A soldier's manuscript book of music containing music for the fife. Gibbs was killed by Indians in Vermont in 1780. Original is in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 400]

Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792). Papers, 1744-1792. 2 reels. Accompanied by guide. Papers of the Continental officer from Maryland. Includes correspondence, orderly books, accountbooks, regimental muster rolls. Originals in the Maryland Historical Society. [FILM 401]

Grant, James (1720-1806).  Papers, 1740-1819. [1760-1780].  50 reels.  Accompanied by guide.  Correspondence, diaries, maps and plans, military commissions, returns, financial, land, and plantation records of British military officer and colonial governor.  Includes Grant’s activities related to North America and the West Indies, including his governorship in East Florida, his military service in the French and Indian War and the America Revolution, and his participation in military expeditions against Cherokee Indians on South Carolina frontier.  Originals are in the National Archives of Scotland.  [FILM 687]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Marine Pay Office Records (ADM 96/153-154).  3 reels.  Muster rolls and pay records of royal Marines.  Out-letters, 1778-1784, contain some references to marines serving in America.  Also contains muster rolls and returns of the Marine Company which served in Philadelphia and New York, 1772-1780. [FILM 564].

Great Britain. Admiralty. Miscellaneous (ADM 7/299-300, 317-318, 566). 4 reels. Contains Register of Passes, naval instructions, law officers' opinions, Registers of Letters of Marque (America), 1777-1783, lists of transport licenses to go to America, 1776-1780, statements of exports and imports from colonial ports, 1768-1769. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 402]

Great Britain. Admiralty.  Navy Board minutes. (ADM 106/2593-2598).  3 reels.  Contains minutes of Navy Board from July 1776-December 1778.  The Navy Board was responsible for the state of the ships and the navigating parts of the crew.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 651]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Secretary's Department In-Letters, 1763-1783 (ADM 1/240-243, 310-314, 482-491, 951-957, 3819-3820, 3883-3887, 4129-4151, 5307-5323). 66 reels. Includes Admirals' and Captains' dispatches, Letters from Governors of Plantations and from Doctor's Common, intelligence letters and reports of courts-martial. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 403]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Secretary's Department Out-Letters (ADM 2/98-115, 255-259, 549-560, 575-581, 1057-1061, 1332-1341). 38 reels. Orders and instructions from Lords of the Admiralty, letters regarding Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Courts, secret orders, and letters responding to Secretary's Department In-Letters. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 649]

Great Britain. Audit Office. Papers of the American Loyalist Claims Commission, 1780-1835 (AO 13). 154 reels. Accompanied by index. Original loyalist claims. Includes depositions by claimants, certificates, deeds to property, wills, personal correspondence, and other materials relevant to American loyalists' attempts to be compensated for losses during the Revolutionary War. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 264]

Great Britain. Audit Office. Records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission, 1776-1831 (AO 12). 32 reels. Accompanied by index. Contains summaries of original loyalist claims, supporting documents, examinations

witnesses, and other materials. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 263]

 

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  America and West Indies.  Original correspondence.  (CO5/2, 7-8, 65-111, 119-186, 229-231, 233-264, 266).  64 reels.  Records relating to America and the West Indies.  Includes papers of Secretary of State, Military and naval despatches, Orders in Council, and Indian affairs surveys.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 590]

 

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  Bahamas.  Original correspondence.  (CO 23/ 9-10, 15, 23-25).  4 reels.  Includes original correspondence of Secretary of State and Board of Trade related to the Bahamas.  Years covered include 1771-1786.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 698]

 

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  Canada.  Original correspondence. Quebec.  (CO42/14-15, 34-47) 10 reels.   Includes original correspondence related to Quebec, 1776-1778, specifically papers of the Secretary of State.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 681]

 

Great Britain. Colonial Office.  East Florida.  Original correspondence.  (CO 5/ 540-561, 563-569) 11 reels. Records relating to East Florida.  Includes correspondence related to the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State, and entry books of commissions and instructions. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 699]

 

Great Britain. Colonial Office.  Georgia. Original correspondence.  (CO5/ 648-665, 676-680). 10 reels. Includes correspondence relating to Georgia, including the papers of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 701]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Jamaica. Original correspondence. (CO 137/71-84)  8 reels. Records relating to Jamaica, including papers of Secretary of State.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 679]

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  New York.  Original Correspondence. (CO 5/1088-1090, 1097-1110) 14 reels.  Original Secretary of State correspondence related to New York State.  Includes documents related to the evacuation of New York, land grant surveys, British military intelligence, and reports of Congressional activities and fortifications.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [Film 694]

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  North Carolina.  Original Correspondence.  (CO 5/295, 298-308, 310-332).  12 reels.  Records relating to North Carolina.  Includes original correspondence to Board of Trade, Secretary of State, and entry books of letters, instructions, warrants, commissions, and patents.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 550a]

Great Britain.  Colonial Office.  South Carolina.  Original Correspondence.  (CO 5/376-382, 385-386, 389-401, 404-410, 512-519, 527-535).  14 reels.  Records relating to South Carolina.  Includes original correspondence to Board of Trade, Secretary of State, Treasurer’s accounts, oaths of allegiance, and demands against sequestered estates.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 550b]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. West Florida. Original correspondence.  (CO 5/ 574-605, 612-622). 20 reels.  Includes original correspondence of the Secretary of

State related to West Florida as well as entry books of letters, warrants, and grants of land.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 700]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. West Indies.  Original correspondence.  (CO 318/3-7).  3 reels. Records relating to the West Indies, including original correspondence of Secretary of State and military dispatches. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 680]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Francis James Jackson Papers (ca. 1772-1783) (FO 353/2-4, 5-7, 32-34). 3 reels. Materials relating to the hiring of German troops by the British Army for use in the American Revolution. Also includes a letterbook, 1772-1782. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 405]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. General Correspondence, United States of America (FO 4/1-7). 6 reels. Includes correspondence between David Hartley and the Secretary of State, 1782-1784, with other materials relating to peace treaties, copies of American papers, claims by British officers, supplemental loyalist papers, the papers of John Temple, Consul General to America, 1783-1785. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 406]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Great Britain and General (FO 83/1). 1 reel. Materials relating to American prisoners and war prizes, 1776. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 407]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Miscellanea (FO 95/512-514). 2 reels. Includes treaty papers and correspondence, 1794-1801. Originals are in the British National Archives. [FILM 408]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Protocols of Treaties, 1778-1783 (FO 93/1-2). 1 reel. Instruments recording the agreements reached by negotiators. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 409]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Letters of Marque: Declarations, America, 1777-1783 (HCA 26/60-70) [Indexed in ADM 7/317-318 (q.v.)]. 3 reels. Declarations and claims against America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 410]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Papers of the Court of Vice Admiralty, New York, 1775- 1783 (HCA 49).  5 reels.  Papers and summaries of British Vice Admiralty court records regarding the capture of French and American vessels during the American Revolution.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 565]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty.  Sentences in America Prize Cases, 1776-1788.  (HCA 34).  2 reels.  Court records regarding the disposition of captured ships and cargo during the American Revolution.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 566]

Great Britain. Home Office. Admiralty Correspondence, 1782-1784 (HO 28/1-4). 4 reels. Includes letters regarding the exchange of Revolutionary War American prisoners, transport of German troops, recruiting troops in England, and the movements of the French fleet. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 290]

Great Britain. Home Office. Admiralty Entry Books, 1779-1783 (HO 29/1). 1 reel. Warrants, commissions, and instructions from King George III to the Admiralty. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 291]

Great Britain. Home Office. Domestic Correspondence, George III, 1782-1784 (HO 42/1-4). 4 reels. In-letters and petitions to the King regarding America. Also contains correspondence from Richard Oswald to Townshend and a draft of a commercial treaty with America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 292]

Great Britain. Parliament. British Sessions Papers, 1731-1800, House of Commons.4 boxes microcards. Printed bills, reports of committees, accounts, and papers of the House of Commons. Reproduction of British Sessional Papers, 1731-1800: House of Commons (London, 1807).

Great Britain. Parliament. Hansard's Debates and Cobbett's Parliamentary History, 1760-1785.1 box microcards. Printed proceedings and debates in both Houses of Parliament. Reproduction of The Parliamentary History of England, vols. XV-XXV (London, 1813).

Great Britain. Parliament. Journals of the House of Commons, 1757-1785.2 boxes microcards. Printed journals of the House of Commons. Reproduction of Journals of the House of Commons, vols. 28-40 (London, 1803).

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Cornwallis, Charles, First Marquis and Second Earl (1738-1805). Papers (PRO30/11). 55 reels. Accompanied by guides. Papers of Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805). Includes numerous materials relating to Cornwallis' service as a British Army general in the American Revolution, 1780-1781. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 411]

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Customs 16/1, America, 1768-1772. 1 reel. Accounts and records of shipping and trade. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). FILM 412]

Great Britain. Scottish National Archives.  See

Breadalbane Military Manuscripts.

Dalhousie Muniments.

Peebles, John.

Grant, James.

Great Britain. Scottish Record Office. (GD 21/492/1-13). See Peebles, John.

Great Britain. State Papers. State Papers, Domestic, George III, 1761-1781 (SP 37/1-26).20 reels. Letters and papers regarding America. Includes mercantile addresses and minutes of cabinet meetings. Originals in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 413]

Great Britain. State Papers. State Papers, Domestic, Naval, 1774-1782 (SP 42/49-57, 66). 6 reels. Letters and papers received from the Admiralty by the Secretaries of State responding to the latter’s commands from the King, including numerous enclosures regarding North America and the West Indies. Originals in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 579]

Great Britain. Treasury. American Loyalist Claims (T 79). 51 reels. Minute books of the commissioners with reports on claims by American Loyalists who sought compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 265]

Great Britain. Treasury. Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Refugees, 1780-1836 [American Loyalists] (T 50). 9 reels. Accounts of Loyalist units and compensation and pensions for American Loyalists in the Revolution. Originals in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 414]

Great Britain. Treasury.  Various Miscellanea. List of Provincial Officers in America, [1782]. (T 64/23) 1 reel. Consists of list of provincial officers in Canada, America, and the West Indies in 1782. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 669]

Great Britain. Treasury. Weekly Immigration Returns, 1773-1775(T 47). 3 reels. Records of immigrants from Scotland and England to British North America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 294]

Great Britain. War Office. American Rebellion Entry Books, 1773-1783 (WO 36). 2 reels. Extracts of orders given to the British Army in America, returns, general orders, strength reports, notices of courts-martial. The material relates to campaigns in Canada, Saratoga, Yorktown, the West Indies, the occupation of Rhode Island, and other areas. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 19]

Great Britain. War Office. Annual Army Lists (printed), 1754-1784 (WO 65). 10 reels. Gives names of officers and includes marginal notations with some details of their careers. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 289]

Great Britain. War Office. Certificates of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, Loyal American and Canadian Corps, 1776-1783 (WO 42/59-63). 6 reels. Family records regarding American Loyalists. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 415]

Great Britain.  War Office.  Half pay Records.  British-American  Forces, 1783-1789. (WO 24/748). 1 reel. Consists of the establishments for half-pay, including the names of the recipients. Originals are in the British National Archives. [FILM 668]

Great Britain. War Office.  Judge Advocate General’s Office.  Court Martial Proceedings and Board of General Officers’ Minutes.  (WO 71/80-97).  10 reels. Comprised of minutes of the proceedings of the Board of General Officers.  Includes papers of the Judge Advocate General’s Office in courts martial, including warrants, letters, and depositions.  Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 675]

Great Britain. War Office. Judge Advocate General's Records, Correspondence (WO 81/13). 1 reel. Correspondence relating to General John Burgoyne's failed expedition in northern New York, 1778. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 416]

Great Britain. War Office. Miscellanea (Headquarters Records) (WO 28/2-10). 8 reels. American Headquarters records containing garrison and regimental returns, petitions, officers' letters, and order books. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 417]

Great Britain. War Office. Monthly returns to the Adjutant General. Canada, 1758-1786. (WO17/1489-1498). 3 reels. Comprised of returns to the Adjutant General of British troops, primarily in Canada. Includes the distribution of each regiment at home and abroad, its effective strength in all ranks, and the names of the commissioned officers present and absent. Originals are in the British National Archives. [FILM 667]

Great Britain. War Office. Muster Rolls of the 42d Regiment of Foot, First Battalion, 17th Light Dragoons, 38th Regiment of Foot, and 84th Regiment of Foot, 1st and 2nd Battalions, 1759-1783 (WO 12/5478-5479, 8741, 8806). 6 reels. Service records of the famous "Black Watch" unit of the British Army as well as those of the 17th Light Dragoons and 38th Regiment of foot that covers participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 419]

Great Britain. War Office. Muster rolls of 60th  Regiment of Foot, Third and Fourth Battalion, 105th Regiment of Foot, Barbados Rangers, Duke of Cumberland Regiment, Royal Garrison Battalion, Kings American Regiment, Captain Murison’s Troops, Newfoundland Fencibles, Queen’s Rangers, Tarleton’s British Legion, 1757-1809.  (WO12/6998-6999, 7033, 9967, 10491, 10684, 10722, 10821, 11015, 11020, 11035, 11099). 4 reels. Service records of British Army units and Provincial army units, covering participation in the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 650]

Great Britain. War Office. Secretary at War, In-Letters to 1783 (WO 1/1-13, 50-53, 680-684). 14 reels. Correspondence to the office of the Secretary at War, the civilian in charge of administering military matters throughout the British Empire. Includes letters from Generals Gage, Howe, Burgoyne, Amherst, and Clinton on military and political matters in America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 420]

Great Britain. War Office. Secretary at War, Out-Letters, 1756-1784 (WO 4/92-123, 273-275, 987-988). 18 reels. Correspondence from the office of the Secretary at War. Includes letters, instructions, and warrants to officers in America. Also contains five volumes of American letterbooks, 1763-1784. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain).  [FILM 418]

Great Britain. War Office. Sir Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1795). Papers, 1740-1783 (WO 34). 148 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence. Amherst was a British general and later field marshal who served as commander-in-chief of America, 1753-1763, Governor of Virginia, 1768, and Commander-in-Chief in Britain, 1778. Most material covers the period 1756-1782. Substantial portions of the papers relate to military affairs in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 421]

Greene, Nathanael (1743-1786). Papers, 1766-1780.4 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence of the Revolutionary War general from Rhode Island. Microfilmed from typescript copies in the collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM 422]

Grenville, George (1712-1770). Papers, 1716-1853 [bulk dates 1760-1770]. 13 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence and papers of the British MP, who served as Secretary of State, Leader of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Navy, and Prime Minister during the first decade of George III’s reign. Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series Six. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 578]

Haldimand, Sir Frederick (1718-1799). Unpublished Papers and Correspondence, 1758-1784.115 reels. Accompanied by guide. Official, military, and personal correspondence of the British commander at Three Rivers, Pensacola, and St. Augustine (1758-1777), acting commander-in-chief in North America (1773-1774), and governor of Quebec (1778-1784). Originals are in the British Library, London, U.K. [FILM 423]

Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape (1738-1828). Naval Papers, 1766-1783.3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, records of letters sent and received and of orders issued and received, memoir, ship journals. Chiefly official documents, but includes Hamond's autobiography and his account of his activities during the Revolution. This collection also includes papers, 1799-1825, of Hamond's son, Admiral Graham Eden Hamond (1779-1825). A.S. Hamond commanded two warships in American waters, 1771-1773 and 1775-1780. He specialized in river warfare and advised the Howes. He was lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, Commissioner of the Navy, and commander-in-chief at Halifax, 1781-1782. Originals are in the University of Virginia Library. [FILM 39]

Hancock Family. Papers, 1728-1815. 2 reels. Accompanied by guide. Letterbooks, receipt books, reports to the Continental Congress, miscellaneous family papers. Chiefly the papers of John Hancock (1736-1793), wealthy Boston merchant, member and president of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, politician, governor of Massachusetts. Also includes the papers of John's uncle, Thomas Hancock (1703-1764), a wealthy Boston merchant, and papers of other members of the Hancock family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 53]

Hand, Edward (1744-1802).  Papers (1777-1778) (MG 66). 1 reel.  Papers of the Lancaster physician who was active in organizing the Lancaster County Associators. Hand participated in engagements at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. In 1778 he assumed command at Albany and in 1779 aided Sullivan's expedition. He was elected adjutant general in 1781, served at General Washington's side at Yorktown, and in 1783 was named a major general. He was a member of congress, 1784-85, and served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1785-86.  Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives.   [FILM 705]

Harcourt Family. Papers. Vols. 9-11, ca. 1750-1800. 1 reel. Printed edition of the papers of a prominent British family. Earl Harcourt discusses military and political matters. Includes correspondence of Lt. Colonel W. Harcourt, who served in the British Army during the American Revolution. Also includes the Journal of Francis Downman. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 424]

Hartley-Russell Papers, 1767-1772.1 reel. Papers of David Hartley, M.P. (1732-1813). Correspondence regarding his attempts as a Member of Parliament to reconcile Britain and America. Originals are in the Berkshire Record Office, Reading, England. [FILM 425]

Hayden, Jabez Haskell (1811-1902) Records of the Connecticut line of the Hayden family. Originally published: Windsor Locks, CT.: The Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company, 1888. 5 microfiche. [FICHE 15].

 

Heath, William.  See also

United States.  National Archives.  General Orders kept by General William Heath.

Heath, William (1737-1814). Papers, 1774-1872.46 reels. Correspondence, orderly books, diaries. Heath was involved in public life in Massachusetts. During the Revolution, he served as major general in the Continental Army. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 62]  See also United States. National Archives.  General Orders kept by General William Heath. [FILM 62]

Hessians  See

Force, Peter. Papers, 1683-1789.  Series 9.

Great Britain.  Foreign Office.  Francis James Jackson Papers.

Morristown National Historical Park. Hessian Documents of the American Revolution, 1776-1783.

Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America. January 1857-March 1874.3 reels. Nineteenth-century periodical that contains articles, various reprints of eighteenth century documents and manuscripts. [FILM 426]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Relating to New Jersey, 1723-1820.1 reel. Contains the Papers [daybooks] of Ebenezer Elmer, 1790-1805. Elmer was a physician, veteran of the Revolutionary War, and resident of Hopewell and Bridgeton, New Jersey. Second Collection is Aron Leaming (1715-1780) Diaries, 1761, 1775, 1777. Entries are concerned with the economic development of Cape May, New Jersey, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution. Also contains two assemblages from the Foster-Clement Collection. First is the Newton Township, New Jersey Minute Book, 1723-1820. Second is the Cash Book, 1781-1783 of Josiah Foster, Deputy Surveyor of New Jersey. Originals are in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 299]

Huntington Autograph Collection.  See

Jervis Public Library (Rome, NY).

 

Indians.  See

Native Americans.

Iroquois Indians: A Documentary History of Diplomacy of the Six Nations & Their League.  50 reels.  Accompanied by a guide.  Records information on Indian participation in important events of early American history.  Materials focus on Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations, comprising the Iroquois Confederacy.  [FILM 648]

Jackson, Henry (1747-1809). Collection, 1777-1782. 1 reel. Massachusetts Revolutionary officer's papers. Also includes muster rolls and returns for Colonel Jackson's Additional Continental, 16th Massachusetts, and 9th Massachusetts Regiments. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 427]

Jackson, William (1759-1828).  Papers. 1 reel. Correspondence, memoranda, and miscellaneous items of William Jackson, a major in the American Revolution and later an active political figure. Also included are memoranda relating to payments for surviving officers of the Continental Army and an account of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 690]

 

Jamaica.  See

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Jamaica. Original correspondence.

 

Jenkinson, Charles and Robert.  See

Liverpool Papers, 1727-1828.

Jervis Public Library (Rome, NY). Thomas C. Bright Autograph Collection, 1702-1872 and the Huntington Autograph Collection, 1689-1897.1 reel. Correspondence, printed material, indentures, leases, deeds, and proclamations. Includes letters of signers of the Declaration of Independence and of other prominent and lesser known Revolutionary figures. Originals are on deposit at the Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY. [FILM 59]

Jessup Family.  Fonds, 1771-1916.  1 reel.  Chiefly records of Major Edward Jessup, 1735-1816, a Loyalist serving in the King’s Loyal Americans (later the Royal Rangers).  Fonds consist of personal, business, and military records, including a receipt and account book for Captain Jessup’s Corps of Royal Rangers.  Originals are in the Archives of Ontario.  [FILM 657]

Jones, John Paul (1747-1792). Papers, 1762-1792.10 reels. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary naval commander. Microfilmed from various libraries and archives in Britain and the U.S. [FILM 295]

Jones, John Paul (1747-1792), Papers, 1776-1777.1 microfiche. Correspondence, list of U.S. Navy captains, plan for the regulation and equipment of the navy. Jones served as a captain in the Continental Navy. Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FICHE 8]

Journals of the Ship, Lloyd. 1767-1772.1 reel. Records journeys between Bristol, England and South Carolina see also Champion, Richard. Originals are in the National Maritime Museum and are privately owned. [FILM 428]

Knox, Henry (1750-1806). Bookseller Papers, 1771-1775. 1  reel.  Volumes kept by Henry Knox as owner of his "London bookstore" in Boston include his wastebook (1771) and his letterbook (1774-75). Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society.  [FILM 697]

 

Knox, Henry (1750-1806).  Diary.   1 reel.  Diary kept Nov. 20, 1775-Jan. 13, 1776.  Includes description of journey from Ft. Ticonderoga (N.Y.) with cannons obtained for the fortification of Dorchester Heights during the Siege of Boston.  Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society.  [FILM 696]

Knox, Henry (1750-1806). Papers, 1719-1825.55 reels. Accompanied by guide. Personal, business, official correspondence, and ledgers. Also includes papers of Knox's wife, Lucy Flucker, and members of her family. Knox was a brigadier general in the Continental Army. As commander of artillery, he participated in many important engagements. In 1785, Congress appointed him Secretary of War. Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 65]  

Lacey, JohnSee 

New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Lamb, John (1735-1800). Papers, 1762-1789.3 reels. Correspondence of the Continental Army officer and noted Anti-Federalist from New York. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 429]

Laurens, Henry (1724-1792). Papers, 1747-1882.19 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, letter books, copy books, journals, and other official business and personal papers chiefly of Henry Laurens (1724-1792), a wealthy South Carolina merchant and planter, Revolutionary leader, member and president of Congress, British prisoner of war, peace commissioner, and elder statesman. Also includes papers of his son, John Laurens (1754-1782), an officer in the Continental Army, aide-de-camp to Washington, and special envoy to France. Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FILM 58]

Lee Family. Papers, 1742-1795.8 reels. Accompanied by guide. Personal, political, commercial, and diplomatic correspondence, pamphlets, and various other documents relating to this wealthy and prominent Virginia family. Chiefly the papers of Arthur Lee (1740-1792), physician, lawyer, diplomat; of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, and President of Congress; and of William Lee (1739-1795), merchant, diplomat. Also includes papers of other members of the Lee family. Originals are in the University of Virginia Library and other institutions. [FILM 40]

Legge, William.  See

Dartmouth, William Legge, Second Earl of

Letters Written by Delegates to the Continental Congress, 1774-1788. 1 reel. Includes only correspondence written by delegates while Congress was in session. The documents were extracted from several manuscript collections at Yale University. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 35]

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810). Papers, 1635-1964.13 reels. Personal, financial, legal, and official correspondence, letterbooks, and diaries. Lincoln was involved in public life in Massachusetts, served as a major general in the Continental Army in both the northern and southern theaters, and was the first Secretary of War appointed by Congress. Included in the collection is material relating to other Lincoln family members. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 61]

Liverpool Papers, 1727-1828.3 reels. Materials relating to America extracted from the papers of Charles Jenkinson, First Earl of Liverpool (1727-1828) and Robert Bowles Jenkinson, Second Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828). Originals are in the British Library, London, U.K. [FILM 430]

Livingston, William (1723-1790). Papers, 1772-1790.23 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence and official papers of the governor of Revolutionary New Jersey. Originals are at the Massachusetts Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 293]

Loan Office.  See

United States.  National Archives.  Records of Delaware and Maryland Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790.

United States.  National Archives.  Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790.

United States.  National Archives.  Records of the Bureau of Public Debt.  Delaware Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790.

United States.  National Archives.  Records of the Bureau of Public Debt.  New Jersey Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790.

United States.  National Archives.  Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Pennsylvania Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790.

United States.  National Archives.  Records of the Pennsylvania Continental Loan Office, 1776-1778.

 

Lochry, Archibald (d. 1781) Letters (1779-1780). (MG 276).  1 reel.  Military correspondence from Col. Daniel Brodhead, Commissioner of the Western District in Pittsburgh (Fort Pitt) to Col. Archibald Lochry, Lieutenant of Westmoreland County. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 702]

 

London Gazette, 1764-1786. 4 reels. Published in London, the Gazette was the official newspaper of record of the British government; during the Revolution, it provided the main source of information for the national news. [FILM 665]

 

Louisbourg Papers, 1744-1758.1 reel. Four volumes of manuscripts focusing on the 1745 British and Provincial expedition against the French fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton, Canada. Includes Correspondence of William Shirley, William Pitt, the Massachusetts government, and the expedition's commander, William Pepperrell. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 561]

 

Loyalists.  See

Canada. Archives of Ontario.  Simcoe Family Papers.

Canada.  National Archives.  American Loyalist Muster Rolls.

Canada.  National Archives.  Ward Chipman Papers: Muster Master General’s papers and Regimental Papers.

Canada.  New Brunswick Museum. American Loyalist Muster Rolls

Canada.  Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.  Crown Land Grants

Canada.  Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.  White Family Papers.

Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.  New Brunswick Land Grants.

Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Petitions.

Great Britain. Audit Office. Papers of the American Loyalist Claims Commission.

Great Britain.  Audit Office.  Records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission.

Great Britain.  Treasury.  American Loyalist Claims.

Great Britain.  Treasury.  Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Refugees.

Great Britain.  War Office.  Certificates of  Birth, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, Loyal American and Canadian Corps.

Jessup Family Fonds, 1771-1916.

 

Manuscript Maps Relating to North America and the West Indies: Part 1, the Revolutionary Era (1760-1783).4 reels. Accompanied by guide. Ranges from maps on a continental scale down to maps of small areas. Includes small-scale topographical mapping of large areas, route and river maps, intercolonial boundaries, Indian boundaries and purchases, explorations traversing the frontier, plotting of land grants and layouts for new settlements, survey of Loyalist estates, town plans, marine coastal charts and detailed harbor plans, and military maps used in reconnaissance and fortification or to record battles, sieges, or the movement of troops in the Revolution. Many of the maps carry annotations regarding population, quality of land, timber resources, fishing, trade, navigation, and Indians. The maps represent the work of almost 140 different cartographers, and were compiled from the records of the British Colonial, War, and Foreign Offices, and from the Treasury, Admiralty, and other government departments. Originals are in the Public Record Office, London. [FILM 46]

Martin, George. Diary, 1779-18001 reel. Claims by Samuel and his son, George Martin for compensation for losses in America during the Revolution. Both were descendants of John Martin, a Virginia planter. They returned to England but maintained their American estate, which was sold during the war. Originals are privately held. [film 296]

Maryland.  See

United States.  National Archives.  Records Of Delaware and Maryland Continental  Loan Offices, 1777-1790.

 

Mascarene Family. Papers, 1687-1839.1 reel. Chiefly personal and family letters to Margaret Holyoke Mascarene of a Massachusetts Loyalist family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 49]

 

Mason, Charles.  See

United States.  National Archives.  Journal of Charles Mason, kept during the survey of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Massachusetts Papers, 1749-1777.1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, petitions, committee reports, resolutions, and official messages relating to public events in Massachusetts. Includes proceedings of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, minutes of various merchant groups, records of the selectmen of Boston. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 55]

Massachusetts. Muster Rolls, 1755- 1774. 6 reels. Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops who served during the Crown Point expedition of 1755, and at Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, and Lake George; also rolls of Massachusetts  troops serving in the French and Indian War and in various frontier garrisons. Originals are at Massachusetts State Archives. [FILM 660]

Massachusetts. Revolutionary War Orderly Books, 1775-1783. 6 reels. Accompanied by guide. British and American orderly books. Includes orderly books of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Continental Artillery, British Army, and British Marine Regiments. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 431]

Massachusetts.  See also

United States.  National Archives.  Personnel Returns of the Sixth Massachusetts Battalion, 1779-1780.

 

Mazzei, Filippo (1730-1816).  Papers, 1730-1816. 9 reels.  Accompanied by guide and index. Correspondence, letterbook, accounts, memoirs, pamphlets, and newspaper articles.  Mazzei was an Italian surgeon, merchant, traveler, friend

and neighbor of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, pro-American propagandist, and diplomat. Originals are in the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and other institutions. [FILM 64] 

McDougall, Alexander (1732-1790). Papers, 1757-1795. 4 reels. Correspondence of the Revolutionary War general from New York. Originals are at the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 432]

McLane, Allan (1746-1829. Papers, 1775-1821. 1 reel. Correspondence, memoirs, military orders, accounts, and miscellaneous documents.  McLane was an officer during the American Revolution, and later a judge, U.S. Marshall, and

collector for the state of Delaware. Originals are at the New-York Historical Society.  [FILM 655]

Middleton, Arthur (1742-1787). Papers, 1767-1783.10 microfiches. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, letters, and notes in cipher (some decoded), memoranda and notes on congressional proceedings. Middleton was a South Carolina patriot and delegate to the Continental Congress. Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FICHE 10]

Monroe, James (1758-1831).  Papers, 1772-1836.  3 reels.  Correspondence and writings of the soldier, statesman, Virginia governor and legislator, and fifth president of the United States.  Includes autobiography on final reel.  Originals are in the New York Public Library.  [FILM 673]

Montresor Family. Papers.  4 reels.  Correspondence, journals, and papers of the Montresor family.  Includes correspondence of British military engineers James Gabriel Montresor (1702-1776) and his son John Montresor (1736-1799).  John Montresor was appointed chief engineer in America in December, 1775, served in that capacity at the Battle of Brandywine, and was also the designer of the fort at Mud Island.  Originals are privately held.  [FILM 695]

Morgan, Daniel  See

New York Public Library.  Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection.

Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816). Papers, 1771-1834.6 reels. Diary, letterbooks, legal and financial papers, correspondence, and miscellany. Morris was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress, United States Senator, and Minister to France. The diary in the collection covers Morris' tenure as a diplomat in France and describes the Reign of Terror. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 433]

Morris, Robert (1734-1806). Collection, 1776-1829.12 reels. Diary in the Office of Finance, 1781-1784; official letterbook, 1781-1784; private letterbooks, 1794-1798; Congressional proceedings, 1782-1784; miscellaneous papers, 1776-1829. Morris was a Philadelphia merchant, Superintendent of Finance for the Continental Congress, and U.S. Senator. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 435]

Morris, Robert (1905- ).1 reel. Papers relating to Betsy Ross. Some original eighteenth-century documents and various secondary and genealogical information on Betsy Ross. [FILM 230]

Morristown National Historical Park Manuscripts Collection: The Lloyd W. Smith Collection and the Park Collection.69 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, journals, account books, letterbooks, orderly books, and printed material, chiefly pertaining to the Revolutionary War period. Originals are at the Morristown National Historical Park. [FILM 22]

Morristown National Historical Park Manuscripts Collection Supplement. 1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Miscellaneous letters and documents from the manuscript collections of the Morristown National Historical Park. [FILM 436]

Morristown National Historical Park. Hessian Documents of the American Revolution, 1776-1783.Microfiche. Accompanied by guide. Transcripts and translations of official German documents dealing with the American Revolution. Original Lidgerwood Collection of Hessian Transcripts is at the Morristown National Historical Park.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. Washington Family Papers, 1674-1853. 10 reels. Various Correspondence of George Washington's family. Originals are at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va. [FILM 228]

Myers Autograph Collection.  See

New York Public Library.  Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection.

 

Native Americans.  See

Iroquois Indians: a Documentary History of  Diplomacy of the Six Nations & Their League              

New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

United States.  National Archives. Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions, and Fortifications.

United States.  National Archives.  Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies.

United States.  National Archives.  Ratified Indian Treaties.

 

Naval Records.  See

Documents Relating to the American Revolution, 1775-1783, in the National Maritime Museum.

Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape.  Naval Papers.

Jones, John Paul.  Papers.

United States.  National Archives. Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores Who Served During the Revolutionary War.

United States.  National Archives.  Index  to Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel Who Served During the Revolutionary War.

United States.  National Archives.  Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies.

United States.  National Archives.  Letters Sent by the War Department Relating to Naval Matters.

United States.  Office of Naval Records and Library. Area File of the Naval Records Collection.

 

Neill, Edward D. 3 microfiche. The Fairfaxes of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: including letters from and to Hon. William Fairfax, president of Council of Virginia, and his sons Col.

George William Fairfax and Rev. Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax, the neighbors and friends of George Washington.Originally published: Albany, N.Y.: J.