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Adams, Samuel (1722-1803).
Papers, 1635-1826. 5 reels. Includes papers and correspondence of the
Adams, Dr. Samuel. Diaries, 1758-1819. 2 reels. Diaries, letters,
and anatomy commonplace book of the
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
American Army
(Continental, militia, volunteer). See
American
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
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
Atlee, William See
Force, Peter (1790-1868) Papers,
1683-1789. Series 9
Baldwin, Jeduthan (1732-1788). Journal, 1755-1787. 1 reel.
Journal kept by military engineer Jeduthan
Baldwin of
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
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
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
Bellamy, Joseph (1719-1790).
Papers 1752-1785 (inclusive). 1 reel. Correspondence, sermons and manuscripts
of Bellamy,
theologian and minister of the new parish of
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
Boudinot, Elias (1740-1778). Letterbook, 1777-1778. 1 reel. Letterbook of the Commisary
General of prisoners in the Army of the
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
Bright Autograph Collection. See
Jervis Public Library
(
British Headquarters
Papers. See
British Intelligence,
British Troops. See
Breadalbane Military
Manuscripts.
Great Britain. Admiralty.
Marine Pay Office Records.
Burd Shippen Family Collection (MG
30). 2 reels.
Contains the papers of James Burd (1726-1793)
who began his career as a merchant in
Burgoyne, General
John. See
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
Burnett,
William. See
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]
Carroll, Charles (1737-1832). Papers,
1749-1832.3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, accounts, and journal.
Carroll was a wealthy landowner who served as
Carter Family. Papers, 1659-1797.4
reels. Accompanied by guide. Land documents, personal, political, and business
correspondence, and diaries, chiefly of the prominent
Census. See
Champion, Richard (1743-1791).Letterbooks, 1760-1775. 2 reels. Accompanied by guide.
Manuscript copies of letterbooks of the English
merchant from
Siege of
Church Family, Papers, 1716-1865.1
reel. Chiefly letters received by Angelica Schuyler Church (1756-1815), but
includes a few letters written by her.
Clayton, Captain
Robert, Orderly Book, 1778-1779.1 reel. Orderly Book of the 17th [British]
Regiment of Foot kept at
Clinton, Henry. See
Coates, Edward. Journal. 1 reel.
Journal of the Siege of
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
Congress. See
Constitutional
Convention. See
Continental
Army. See
Continental
Congress. See
Letters of Delegates
to Congress. Letters Written by Delegates to the Continental Congress.
Cornwallis, Charles. See
Coxe, Tench. See
Crysler family fond [Series F4421]. 2 reels.
Fonds consist of records relating to early
Loyalist settlement in the
Dalhousie Muniments, 1748-1759.2 reels. Letters of Governor
James Glen of
Danford, J. Diary.1 reel. Diary
of the siege of
David Library of the
American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection. 6 reels.
Accompanied by guide. Chiefly correspondence of the Revolutionary and early
national eras. The collection includes many letters of
Davis, John. Papers, 1775-1783.5
reels. Orders, receipts, appointments, accounts, military communications, and
private business communications.
Deane, Silas (1737-1789). Papers,
1737-1789. 5 reels. Correspondence of the
Diaries. See
Pre-Revolutionary
Diaries.
Documentary history of the ratification of the
Constitution. 71 microfiche. Includes Constitutional documents and
records, 1766-1788. [FICHE 3]
Documents relating to
the American Revolution, 1775-1783, in the
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
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
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
Feinstone Collection. See
David Library of the
American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection.
Finlay, Hugh. See
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
Floyd, John. Letters,
1775-1786.1 microfiche. Letters written from
Folliot, George. Diary.1 reel. Diary
that covers the period 1765-1766, during which Folliot,
a
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
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
(
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
Foreign Relations of
the
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,
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
French and Indian War
Orderly Books, (1755-1763). 1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Provincial and
British Orderly Books kept in
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. See also
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
Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814). Papers,
1744-1895. 7 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence of the
Gibbs, Giles. Book for the
Gist, Mordecai. See
also
Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792). Papers,
1744-1792. 2 reels. Accompanied by guide. Papers of the Continental officer
from
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
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). 69 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,
24-47) 15 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.
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,
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.
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 42nd
Regiment of Foot, First Battalion, the 17th Light Dragoons, 35th Regiment of Foot,
38th Regiment of Foot, and 84th Regiment of Foot, 1st and 2nd Battalions,
1759-1783 (WO 12/1306, 4949, 5171-5172, 5478-5479, 8741, 8806). 8 reels.
Service records of the famous "Black Watch" unit of the British Army
as well as those of the 17th Light Dragoons, the 35th and 38th Regiments of Foot ,
and the 84th Regiment of Foot, First and Second Battalions, 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
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, Christopher (1732-1781). Papers, 1776-1781. 1 reel.
This collection contains two orderly books, 1776-1779 and miscellaneous
papers of Col. Greene of the First Regiment Rhode Island Infantry during the
American Revolution. Originals are on
deposit at the Rhode Island Historical Society.
[FILM 715]
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]
Greene, William (1743-1826). Papers, 1775-1826. 1 reel.
Correspondence and papers of East Greenwich, Rhode Island merchant. Includes accounts, memos, cargo records, and
correspondence. Originals are in the
Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM
436]
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
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, John. See
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
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]
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
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]
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
Monroe, James (1758-1831).
Papers, 1772-1836. 3 reels. Correspondence and writings of the
soldier, statesman,
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
Morgan, Daniel See
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. 70 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. 364
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:
Canada. Provincial
Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Grants.
Canada. Provincial
Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Petitions: Original Series.
New Jersey. Adjutant
General’s Office. Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1787. 1
reel with Quartermaster & Commissary General’s Account Books.
Consists of manuscripts collected by Adjutant General William S. Stryker.
Includes correspondence, commissions, muster rolls, and pay accounts of the New
Jersey Volunteers, a Loyalist regiment. Also included is an orderly book
of British 7th Regiment of Foot. Originals are in the New Jersey State
Archives. [FILM 682]
New Jersey. Adjutant
General’s Office. Quartermaster
& Commissary General’s
Account Books, c 1776-1787. 1 reel with Loyalist
Manuscripts. Consists of manuscripts collected by Adjutant General
William S. Stryker. The collection includes account books of certificates
in the Purchasing Commissary General’s Department, July 19 and
New Jersey.
Revolutionary War Miscellaneous Bound Books, 1776-1783. 27
reels. A collection of 80 bound books, containing New Jersey militia and
Continental Line rolls, copies of letters regarding Battles of Trenton and
Princeton, and correspondence of soldiers. Includes index on first two
reels of film. Originals are in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 677]
New Jersey.
Revolutionary War Numbered Manuscripts, 1770’s-1890’s. 30
reels. Consists of over ten thousand manuscripts specific to New Jersey
during the American Revolution. Originals in the New Jersey State
Archives. [FILM 678]
New Jersey.
Revolutionary War Service Record Cards. 9 reels. Service cards of soldiers
who served from the state of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Originals in
the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 438]
New Jersey Historical
Society. New Jersey Civil List, 1664-1800.1 reel. Printed lists of public
office holders in the state of New Jersey. List was compiled from originals in
the New Jersey Historical Society. [FILM 298]
New Jersey. See also
Historical Society of
Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Relating to
New York Historical
Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. 1 reel. A collection
of manuscripts, including Horatio Gates orderly book, when in command of the
Northern Army
United States.
National Archives. Case Papers of the Court of Admiralty of New
York, 1784-1788.
United States.
National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan
Offices, 1777-1790.
Nicholson, John (d.1800). Papers,
1772-1819.21 reels. Accompanied by guide. General correspondence. Nicholson was
a financier, promoter, and land speculator. He served as clerk to the Board of
Treasury of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781; as an auditor for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for settling the accounts of the Pennsylvania
Line; and as Comptroller General of Pennsylvania from 1782 to 1794. Originals
are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 26]
North, Lord Frederick (1732-1792). Papers,
1600-1810 [bulk dates 1770-1790]. 6 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence
and papers, both official and familial, of the British Parliamentarian who held
many important posts, including Prime Minister under George III. Papers of the
Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series Five. Originals are in the British
Library. [FILM 577]
North, William See
New York Historical
Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.
North Carolina. State
Archives. Index of Revolutionary War accounts. 6 microfiche. A list
of people receiving or redeeming credit notes issued by North Carolina during
the Revolutionary War. Each name is listed alphabetically with a citation to
the original account book, page, and folio reference where needed. Originals
are at the North Carolina State Archives. [FICHE 12]
North Carolina. State
Archives. Index to Tennessee land warrants. 4 microfiche. A list
of names appearing on land grants issued by North Carolina to fulfill
a recruiting promise made to soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The land
eventually became part of Tennessee. Originals are at the North Carolina State
Archives. [FICHE 13].
North Carolina. See also
Great Britain.
Colonial Office. North Carolina. Original Correspondence.
Nova Scotia. See
Canada. Nova Scotia
Archives and Record Administration. Crown Land Grants.
Canada. Nova Scotia
Archives and Record Administration. White Family Papers.
The Nova Scotia calender, or, An Almanack for the
year of the Christian era, 1780: and from the creation of the world ... and in
the twentieth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third ...
wherein is contained, the eclipses of the luminaries, ... feasts and fasts of
the Church, sittings of the several courts and sessions in this province,
&c. ... calculated for the meridian of Halifax in Nova Scotia ... but will serve,
without sensible error, for any part of Nova Scotia / by Metonicus.
1 microfiche. Originals are at Dalhousie University. [FICHE 16]
The Nova-Scotia calender, or, An almanack, for
the year of the Christian æra, 1784: and from the
creation of the world ... and in the twenty fourth year of the reign of His
Majesty King George the Third ... wherein is contained, the eclipses of
the luminaries ... feasts and fasts of the Church, sittings of the several
courts and sessions in this province, &c. &c. ... / by Metonicus. 1 microfiche. Originals are at
Dalhousie University. [FICHE 16]
Orderly Books. See
Brickett, James, Orderly
Book.
Clayton, Captain
Robert, Orderly Book.
Early American
Orderly Books.
French and Indian War
Orderly Books.
Massachusetts.
Revolutionary War Orderly Books.
New Jersey. Adjutant
General’s Office. Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1787.
New York Historical
Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.
Palmer, Joseph (1716-1788). Papers, 1770-1786. 1 reel.
Papers of a member of the MA Provincial Congress, the MA Board of War,
and the MA Council during the American Revolution. Includes letters, orders, and correspondence
related to military operations of the Massachusetts Militia (Suffolk Co.
Regiment). Originals are in the
Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM
717]
Pamphlets in American history. 544 microfiche. Accompanied by a guide. Pamphlets include opinions on Colonial and
British rights, accounts of battles, opinions and debates on the Declaration of
Independence, as well as material on every issue surrounding the Revolutionary
era. Also includes biographical accounts
of early American Revolutionary political and military leaders. [FICHE 1 & 2]
Panton, George. George Panton Letters in
Knollenberg Collection. 1 reel. Papers of a New York loyalist, including
letters from other loyalist Anglican ministers who escaped to England during
the Revolution, and others interested in the Church of England in America.
Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 693]
Panton, Leslie & Co. The papers of Panton, Leslie & Co. 26 reels.
Panton, Leslie & Co. was a trading firm established in British East
Florida during the American Revolution.
The collection documents trading activities with the Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek nations and is a key source of information for the
study of the origins and development of the Seminole Indians. It details the activities of Panton, Leslie
& Co. and also the international conflicts affecting the Southeast at the
time. [FILM 710]
Parke, Andrew. 1 reel. An authentic narrative of facts relating to the
exchange of prisoners taken at the Cedars: supported by the
testimonies and depositions of His Majesty’s officers, with several
original letters and papers. Together with remarks upon the report and
resolves of the American Congress on that subject. London: T. Cadell, 1777. An account of the Battle of the
Cedars, a small post near Montreal, in May, 1776, and the exchange of prisoners
that followed. The engagement was an American defeat that hastened their
retreat from Canada. Originals are at Harvard University. [FILM 672].
Parker Family. Papers, 1760-1795.4
reels. Personal, business and family correspondence, memorial, and journal,
chiefly of James Parker (1729-1815), a Virginia merchant, Loyalist, officer in
the British Army, and American prisoner of war. Includes papers of his sons,
James (ca. 1763-1795), who engaged in business in Virginia after the
Revolution, and Charles Stewart (1771-1823). Originals are in the City of
Liverpool (U.K.) Public Libraries. [FILM 45]
Parliament. See
Pattison, James (ca. 1723-1805).
Papers, 1777-1781.1 reel. Official records compiled by General Pattison's
staff. Includes register of brigade orders, register of general orders, day
book of the Commandant's Office (New York), letterbooks
of Pattison's official military correspondence, and material relating to the
military government of British-occupied New York. Pattison was a brigadier
general who commanded the Royal Artillery in America. In 1779, he was appointed
commandant of the city and garrison of New York. Originals are in the Royal
Artillery Institution Library, Woolwich, London. [FILM 47]
Peebles, John. Journal. 1776. (GD
21/492/1-13). 1 reel. Journal kept by Peebles, a British officer, while on the
voyage from Scotland to Boston. Also includes Orderly Book of the 4th Battalion
[British] Grenadiers. Originals in the Scottish Record Office. [FILM 440]
Pennsylvania.
Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Minutes of the Provincial Council.
Colonial Records, 1745-1762. 2 reels. Minutes of the proceedings of
the Provincial Congress of Pennsylvania covering the period of 1745-1762.
Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 642].
Pennsylvania.
Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Miscellaneous manuscripts of the
Revolutionary War Era, 1771-1791.1 reel. Correspondence, petitions,
certifications, receipts, and other documents relating to political, military,
and financial activities in Pennsylvania. Originals are in the Pennsylvania
State Archives. [FILM 25]
Pennsylvania.
Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Papers of the Provincial Council,
Executive Correspondence, 1765-1763. 5 reels. Includes
correspondence, petitions, reports, election returns, Governors’
messages, warrants, and other records relating to the local affairs of
government within the province. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State
Archives. [FILM 641]
Pennsylvania.
Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary
Governments, 1775-1790.54 reels. Accompanied by guide and index. Consists
of the following four record groups: manuscript minutes of the Committee of
Safety, Council of Safety, (Second) Council of Safety, the Supreme Executive
Council of Pennsylvania; the executive correspondence of the above-mentioned
councils; records relating to the executive activities of Pennsylvania's
Revolutionary governments; and the published edition (1853-1860) of the minutes
and executive correspondence of the Revolutionary Councils (Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives 1st Series).
Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 24]
Pennsylvania.
Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Records of the Office of
Comptroller General. The Office of Comptroller General was created in 1782 to
audit, liquidate, and adjust Commonwealth accounts. Includes military accounts,
Continental line, 1775-1809. 6 reels. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State
Archives. [FILM 644]
Pennsylvania. See also
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.
Pensions. See
United States.
National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant
Application Files.
United States.
National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War
Pension Application Files.
Philadelphia. See
United States.
National Archives. Impost Books of the Collector of Customs at
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee. Friendly Association
Papers, Vol. 1 & 2. 2 reels. Originals held by Haverford College Special
Collections. [FILM 719]
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829). Papers,
1756-1829. 69 reels. Accompanied by guide. Private, family, and official
correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and pamphlets. Pickering served as
adjutant general and as quartermaster general of the Continental Army. In the
postwar period, he was appointed Postmaster General, Secretary of War,
Secretary of State, and was elected to Congress. Originals are in the
Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 220]
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Papers, 1775-1817.2
microfiches. Correspondence with notable individuals and family members.
Pinckney was a prominent South Carolina soldier, politician, and diplomat.
Originals are in the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina.
[FICHE 6]
Pitt, William, the
Younger (1759-1806) Papers. 45 reels. Papers and correspondence of
the British Prime Minister (1783-1801) and (1804-1806) during the reign of
George III. Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series One.
Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 582].
Pre-Revolutionary
Diaries (1635-1774).13 reels. Accompanied by guide. Colonial era
diaries and journals of various early Americans. The collection includes
diaries by farmers, businessmen, clergy, soldiers, students, and physicians. Originals are in the Massachusetts
Historical Society. [FILM 563]
Prevost, Augustine (1723-1786).
Journal, 17741 reel. Journal of the British Army officer that records a visit
to Pennsylvania to recruit men for the 60th (Royal American) Regiment. Original
is in the London Library, London, U.K. [FILM 441]
Price, Ezekiel (1727-1802). Papers,
1754-1785. 1 reel. Correspondence, official documents, and financial records.
Price was a Boston, merchant, selectman, and court official. Originals are in
the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 442]
Priestley, Dr. Joseph (1733-1804).
Letters, 1766-1805. 1 reel. Correspondence of the scientist who emigrated from
Britain to the United States in 1794. Originals are in Dr. Williams' Library,
London, U.K. [FILM 443]
Prize Cases. See
Great Britain.
Foreign Office. Great Britain and General.
Great Britain.
High Court of Admiralty. Sentences in American Prize Cases.
United States.
National Archives. Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of
Appeals in Cases of Capture.
Putnam, Israel (1718-1790). Papers,
1772-1782. 1 reel. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary War general
from Connecticut. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM
444]
Quebec. See Great Britain.
Colonial Office. Canada. Original correspondence. Quebec.
Reed, Joseph (1741-1785). Papers,
1757-1843.4 reels. Correspondence of the aid-de-camp to Washington and
president of Revolutionary Pennsylvania. Originals are in the New-York
Historical Society. [FILM 266]
Revere family.
Papers, 1746-1964. 2 reels. Correspondence, business records and accounts
of the workshop, foundry, and mill of Paul Revere, and other personal papers
kept by members of the Revere family.
Includes journal of Paul Revere, 28-30 Aug, 1777, describing a march
from Watertown to Worcester MA. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical
Society. [FILM 718]
Revolutionary War
Records. See
United States.
National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War
Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.
Roach, Hannah Benner (1907-1976). Card
file re ca. 1718-1795.1 reel. An index of names and places, and alphabetized
abstracts of Philadelphia newspaper items and advertisements, ca. 1718-1795.
Originals are in the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia.
[FILM 28]
Rowe, John (1715-1787). John Rowe diaries, 1764-1779. 2 reels.
Diaries kept by prominent Boston merchant John Rowe. The entries note his opinions on the Stamp
Act and other tariffs, his involvement in merchant, town, and other committees
protesting the treatment of the colonies by the British, his reactions to the
Boston Tea Party, the outbreak and progress of the war, the end of the Siege of
Boston and the evacuation by British troops.
Also noted is his role in Boston society through his extensive
involvement in public and private causes and his social life in the city,
particularly before the Revolution.
Rowe’s diary also makes note of most of the prominent Boston and
Massachusetts personalities of the day.
Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 712]
Russell, Peter (1733-1808).
Peter Russel Fonds,
1720-1811. 2 reels. Chiefly personal and business correspondence of
Peter Russell, first Receiver-General and Auditor-General of Upper
Canada. Also includes account book 1793-1808 and copy book.
Correspondents include Captain Claus, Superintendent of Indians and Indian
Affairs, and Captain Joseph Brant. Originals are in the Archives of
Ontario. [FILM 656]
Rutledge, John (1739-1800).
Letters, 1780-1782.3 microfiches. Letters to South Carolina delegates to
Congress from Rutledge, president of the state. Originals are in the Charleston
Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 9]
St. Clair, Arthur (1734?-1818).
Papers, 1746-1882.8 reels. Accompanied by guide. Chiefly correspondence, but
includes acts, laws, resolutions, addresses, depositions, diary excerpts,
testimonies, financial and land records, and other miscellaneous records. St.
Clair served as an officer in the British Army during the colonial period, and
as a major general in the American Army during the Revolution. In the postwar
period, he was involved in public life in Pennsylvania, was elected to
Congress, and was appointed governor of the Northwest Territory. Originals are
on deposit at the Ohio Historical Society. [FILM 38]
Sargent, Winthrop (1753-1820). Papers,
1785-1865. 5 reels. Accompanied by guide. Papers of the Continental Army
officer from Massachusetts and governor of the Northwest Territory in the
1790s. The bulk of the material deals with the period 1785-1815. Includes
letters about business, government, military matters, and relations with
Indians. Originals are at the Ohio Historical Society and at the Ohio State
Library. [FILM 445]
Schuyler, Philip
John (1733-1804). Philip Schuyler Papers, 1684-1851. 21 reels.
Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, military records, land
records, and other papers documenting the political and business activities and
family affairs of Schuyler. Philip Schuyler was a Revolutionary War
general and statesman, a prominent member of the landed gentry of New York, a
delegate to the second Continental Congress, a member of the New York State
Senate, and later a United States Senator. During the Revolutionary War he
commanded the Continental Army forces of the Northern Dept. Originals are in
the New York Public Library. [FILM 659]
Service Records. See
New Jersey.
Revolutionary War Service Record Cards.
United States.
National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the
American Army During the Revolutionary War.
United States.
National Archives. General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records
of Revolutionary War Soldiers.
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office.
United States.
National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War
Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.
Shaw, Nathaniel (1735-1782).
Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, 1755-1799. 23 reels. Accompanied
by guide. During the American Revolution, Nathaniel Shaw was a leading shipping
merchant of New London, Connecticut; his vessels were engaged regularly in West
Indies trade. He was also appointed as a naval agent for the Continental
Congress in 1776. Papers include ledgers, account books, and correspondence.
Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 685]
Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794). Papers, 1775-1887 [bulk dates
1775-1794]. 1 reel. Correspondence,
journal and letterbook of Samuel Shaw, Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. Consul to
Canton (China), and partner in the merchant firm of Shaw & Randall in
Canton. Letters describe campaigns including the battles of
Siege of Charleston, 1780.1 microfiche.
Journal kept by Lt. John Wilson of the 71st [British] Regiment of Foot Feb. 29-
Simcoe, John Graves See
Canada. Archives of
Ontario. Simcoe Family Papers.
Smith Collection. See
Morristown National
Historical Park Manuscripts Collection: The Lloyd W. Smith Collection and the
Park Collection.
Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, ca. 1700-1800.28
reels. Accompanied by index. Records of the Anglican Church's missionary
activities. Contains letterbooks, series A and B, and
letters, series C. Originals are in the Archives of the U.S.P.G., London, U.K.
[FILM 446]
Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1821.4 reels. Records of the Anglican
Church's missionary activities. Contains sermons and annual reports (printed).
Originals are in the Archives of the U.S.P.G., London, U.K. [FILM 447]
South Carolina. See
Great Britain.
Colonial Office. South Carolina. Original Correspondence.
Stadtarchive Braunschweig. Order books of the
German troops in
State Records. See
United States.
National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War
Department Collections of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.
United States.
Records of the States of the United States.
Sterling, Lord.
See
Alexander, William.
Steuben, Friederich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von (1730-1794). Papers,
1777-1794.7 reels. Papers of the German-born Inspector General of the
Continental Army in the American Revolution. Collection focuses on Steuben's
activities during and after the War for Independence. Originals are in various
libraries and archives. [FILM 229]
Susquehanna Company. Records,
1753-1802.3 reels. Records of the Connecticut group of settlers and investors
who colonized the contested northeastern portion of Pennsylvania in the
eighteenth century. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM
448]
Tennessee. See
North Carolina. State
Archives. Index to
Thaxter family. Thaxter family papers, 1774-1791. 1 reel.
Papers of the Thaxter family of
Thomas, John (1724-1776). Papers,
1693-1839. 3 reels. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary War General
from Massachusetts. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
[FILM 552]
Thompson, Aaron
(1760-1792).Manuscript Book of Music.1 reel. Also contains miscellaneous
accounts, exercises, and notes on regimental activities. Thompson served as a
fifer in the Third New Jersey Regiment, 1777-1782. Originals are in the Yale
University Library. [FILM 32]
Thompson, Edward Shippen. Collection, 1684-1941, (bulk
1746-1904) (MG 125, folders 1-37). 3 reels. Papers related to
generations of the Thompsons, a family which founded Thompsontown,
on the lower reaches of the Juniata River, and for more than a century remained
prominent in the commercial and social life of that community. Important
portions of the papers originated with the marriage which connected the Burd, Patterson, and Shippen
families. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM
703]
Townshend, Charles (1725-1767). Papers
3 reels. Papers relating to America in the Buccleuch
and Queensberry Muniments, 1765-1767. Includes
correspondence of Charles Townshend, British Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Originals are in Dalkieth House, Dalkieth,
Scotland. [FILM 439]
Treasury. See
United States.
National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and
Confederation Governments.
Trumbull, Jonathan,
Jr.
(1740-1809). Papers, 1756-1809. 8 reels. Correspondence of the Continental Army
officer, governor of Connecticut, and member of the U.S. Congress. Originals
are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 449]
Trumbull, Joseph (1737-1778). Papers,
1753-1791.3 reels. Correspondence and accounts of the Connecticut patriot and
commissary-general of the Continental Army. Originals are in the Connecticut
Historical Society. [FILM 450]
United States.
Continental Army. Quartermaster's Department. Letters, Returns, Accounts, and
Estimates of the Quartermaster General's Department, 1776-1783.1 reel.
Accompanied by guide. Includes a register of letters received by the
Superintendent of the Continental Horse Yard, a return of public property
belonging to the Quartermaster General's Department, a ledger of Quartermaster
General Accounts, and miscellaneous letters, returns, payrolls, memoranda, abstracts,
estimates, and lists. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 10]
United States.
Continental Army. South Carolina, Third Regiment. Order Book, 1778.2 microfiches.
Order book kept by an anonymous individual while the regiment was stationed at
Charleston. Records regimental orders issued by Lieutenant Colonel James Mayson and general orders. Originals are in the Charleston
Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 7]
United States.
Continental Congress. Continental Congress Papers, 1775-1789.4 reels.
Accompanied by calendar. Correspondence, resolutions, ordinances, acts,
proceedings, reports, extracts from minutes, claims, expense accounts, and
other documents apparently related to or transmitted by Virginia's delegates to
the Continental Congress. Also contains letters to the governor of Virginia
from the state's delegates and from other officials. These papers were compiled
from the records of Virginia's executive, legislative, and auditor's
departments and from other sources. Originals are in the Virginia State
Library, Archives Division. [FILM 43]
United States.
Continental Congress. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789.9 reels.
Accompanied by guide. Also indexed in John P. Butler, comp., Index: The Papers of the Continental Congress,
1774-1789,5 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1978).Includes papers relating
to foreign, naval, and fiscal affairs; papers relating to specific states; and
papers kept by the Office of the Secretary of Congress. Includes dispatches,
letters, reports and letterbook of the Marine
Committee, bonds, receipts, deeds of cession of Western lands, credentials of
delegates to the Continental Congress; and broadsides issued by Congress. These
papers are chiefly loose records that are not part of the numbered item series
comprising the main body of the Papers of the Continental Congress. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 3]
United States.
Continental Congress. Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 204
reels. Accompanied by guide. Also indexed in John P. Butler, comp., Index: The Papers of the Continental Congress,
5 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1978). Official correspondence, letterbooks,
journals, reports, memorials, claims, petitions, and numerous other records
pertaining to the military, naval, fiscal, and diplomatic affairs of the
American government during the Revolutionary and Confederation periods.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 2]
United States.
National Archives. Bounty Land
Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Related papers, Acts of 1788, 1803,
1806 (M829). 16 reels. Accompanied by four finding aids at the
beginning of reel 1. The warrants and
related papers are arranged by date of act and thereunder
in numerical sequence. A bounty land
warrant was a right to free land on the public domain. During the Revolutionary War the Continental
Congress promised bounty land as an inducement to military service. The warrants in this record series were
issued by the U.S. government, and therefore do not include bounty land
warrants granted by some of the states.
A warrant shows the date of issuance, the name and rank of the veteran,
the state from which he enlisted, and when applicable the name of the heir or
assignee. A notation on the reverse of
the warrant indicates subsequent transfers of ownership. Please note that most of the warrants from 1
to 6912 issued under the act of
United States.
National Archives. Case Papers of the Court of Admiralty of
United States.
National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and
Confederation Governments, 1775-1789 (M1014).23 reels. Financial
records pertaining to the Continental and Confederation governments. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 451]
United States.
National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and
Confederation Governments, 1775-1787 (M1004).3 reels. Financial records
pertaining to the Continental and Confederation governments. Originals are in
the National Archives. [FILM 452]
United States.
National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and
Confederation Governments relating to military affairs, 1775-1789 (M1015).7
reels. Financial records of the Continental and Confederation governments
pertaining to expenses and the allocation of funds to the military. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 453]
United States.
National Archives. Certificates of Ratification of the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights, including related correspondence and rejections of proposed
amendments, 1787-1792 (M338).1 reel. Originals are in the National
Archives. [FILM 454]
United States.
National Archives. Copybooks of George Washington's Correspondence with
Secretaries of State, 1789-1796 (M570).1 reel. Letterbooks
of John Jay and Thomas Jefferson relating to their tenures as Secretary of
State. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 456]
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.4 reels. Accompanied
by guide. Also indexed in Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval
Personnel Who Served During the Revolutionary War (see below).Card abstracts of entries relating to soldiers,
sailors, and civilians as found in the original muster rolls, pay-rolls,
receipts for pay, assignments of pay, and lists of men and supplies. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 7]
United States.
National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the
American Army during the Revolutionary War.1096 reels. Accompanied
by guide. Also indexed in General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of
Revolutionary War Soldiers (see below) and transcribed in Virgil D. White, Index to Revolutionary War Service Records,
4 vols. (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1995).Card abstracts of military service records of
soldiers who served in the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer) that
were extracted from the original records (muster rolls, payrolls, rank rolls,
returns, receipts, accounts, correspondence) and from numbered record books in
the War Department. The service records are arranged under the designation
"Continental Troops" or a state name, thereafter by organization, and
then by the individual's surname. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM
16]
United States. National
Archives. Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs,
Military Pensions, and Fortifications, 1791-1797 (M1062).1 reel. Letters to
and from the War Department regarding the frontier, forts, and Revolutionary
War pensions. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 455]
United States.
National Archives. Enrolled Original Acts and Resolutions of the U.S. Congress, 1789-1801 (M337).6
reels. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 457]
United States.
National Archives. General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records of
Revolutionary War Soldiers.58 reels. Accompanied by guide. An
alphabetical index to the Compiled Service Records of soldiers who served in
the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer). Also contains entries for
small series of compiled service records of sailors, members of army staff
departments, and others associated with the American Army and navy. Entries
give the name and unit of the soldiers or civilians and sometimes his rank,
profession, or office. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 15]
United States.
National Archives. General Orders kept by General William Heath,
United States.
National Archives. Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval
Personnel who Served during the Revolutionary War.1 reel. Accompanied
by guide. An index that lists the names and sometimes the occupations of
approximately 1000 sailors and civilian employees. Originals are in the
National Archives. [FILM 6]
United States.
National Archives. Journal of Charles Mason, kept during the survey of the
Mason and Dixon Line, 1763-1768 (M86).1 reel. Journal of the British
surveyor who helped draw the final boundary line on the disputed Pennsylvania-
United States.
National Archives. Journal of Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of Post Roads and Post
Offices, 1773-1774 (T268).1 reel. Finlay's journal and accounts of the
General Post Office in Philadelphia and of various deputy postmasters; also
includes "The Ledger of Benjamin Franklin," January 1775-January
1780.1 reel. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 464]
United States.
National Archives. Letters, Orders for Pay, Accounts, Receipts, and Other
Supply Records Concerning Weapons and Military Stores, 1776-1801.1 reel.
Accompanied by guide. Primarily records of the Commissary General of Military
Stores Department and its successor agencies, which furnished weapons and
military stores to the army. Includes orders for pay of the Commissary General
of Military Stores Department, 1780-1781; letters sent by the Superintendent of
Military Stores, 1799-1801; ledger of military stores for the Main Army in the
Field, 1780-83; ledger of military stores received and delivered, 1780-1795;
receipt book of Samuel Hodgdon, Assistant Commissary
General and Commissary General of Military Stores, 1781; and miscellaneous
returns, memoranda, accounts, estimates and lists regarding procurement,
production, issuing and control of arms, munitions, and military stores,
1776-1783. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 11]
United States.
National Archives. Letters Sent by the War Department Relating to Naval Matters,
United States.
National Archives. Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the
Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, 1794-1796 (M74).1
reel. Military and diplomatic correspondence relating to the army, navy, and
the frontier. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 461]
United States.
National Archives. Miscellaneous Numbered Records (The Manuscript File) in the
War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1790s.125
reels. Accompanied by guide. Also indexed in Special Index to Number Records in
the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783 (see
below). Numerous and varied records pertaining to Revolutionary War military
operations, service of individuals, pay, settlement of accounts, and supplies.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 14]
United States.
National Archives. Numbered Record Books Concerning Military Operations and
Service, Pay, and Settlement of Accounts, and Supplies, in the War Department
Collection of Revolutionary War Records.41 reels. Accompanied by guide. Also
indexed in Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection
of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.Consists of 199 numbered record books
and one unnumbered record book, with related separate indexes, chiefly for the
period 1775-1783. Includes orderly books, oaths of allegiance and oaths of
office, commissions and resignations, lists of Continental and State troops and
militia, records of pay and settlement of accounts, and numerous other records.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 13]
United States.
National Archives. Orders, Returns, Morning Reports, and Accounts of British
Troops, 1776-1781.1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Includes an orderly
book apparently kept in British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777; returns, morning
reports, and list of officers and men of a detachment of the Brigade of Foot
Guards, 1776-1781; and a ledger of accounts of the Brigade of Foot Guards,
1777-1779. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 9]
United States.
National Archives. Personnel Returns of the Sixth Massachusetts Battalion, 1779-1780, and
Returns and Accounts of Military Stores for the Eighth and Ninth Massachusetts
Regiments, 1779-1782.1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Weekly and monthly returns,
inspection returns, field returns, descriptive returns, list of officers and
men, accounts. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 8]
United States.
National Archives. Population Schedules of the First Census of the United
States, 1790 (M637). 12 reels. Original 1790 census records. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 462]
United States.
National Archives. Population Schedules of the Second Census of the United
States, 1800 (M32). 52 reels. Original 1800 census records. Originals
are in the National Archives. [FILM 463]
United States.
National Archives. Publications of the Bureau of the Census.3 reels. Population
Schedules of the First Census of the United States, 1790 (T498). Microfilm
edition of Heads of Families at the First
Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 (Philadelphia,
Pa., 1793). Lists by county the names of heads of households and other
information given in the original schedules (see National Archives M637).
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 465]
United States.
National Archives. Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1801 (M668).2
reels. Records of frontier diplomacy and treaties with Native Americans.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 466]
United States.
National Archives. Records of
United States.
National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790 (M1006).
2 reels (NJ--reel 1 & NY--reel 2). Accompanied by a list of contents at the
beginning of reel 1. Registers of Loan Office certificates, register of
interest certificates for Loan Office certificates, registers of liquidated
debt certificates, registers of liquidated debt certificates for the Marine
Department, and a ledger. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 572]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General's Office (M905).32 reels.
Accompanied by guide. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served
from 1784-1811. Card abstracts of muster and pay roll information on soldiers.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 468]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General's Office. (M694) 9 reels.
Accompanied by guide. Index to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer
Soldiers Who Served from 1784-1811. Alphabetical card index to the compiled
service records. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 469]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Delaware Loan
Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790 (T784). 1 reel.
Ledgers and stock records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of
Delaware. Register of unclaimed interest payments receipts. Originals are
in the National Archives. [FILM 575]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. New Jersey Loan Office
Records Relating to the Loan of 1790 (T698).2 reels. Ledgers and stock
records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of New Jersey. Originals are
in the National Archives. [FILM 297]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Pennsylvania Loan
Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790. (T631).8 reels.
Ledgers and stock records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of
Pennsylvania. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 547]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 (M866).1 reel.
Records of the National Convention that met in Philadelphia to deliberate on
new frame of national government. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM
467]
United States.
National Archives. Records of the Pennsylvania Continental Loan Office, 1776-1778. (M1007)3
reels. Registers of Loan Office certificates, liquidated debt certificates, interest certificates, and
accounts of interest certificates issued. Originals are in the National
Archives. [FILM 549]
United States.
National Archives. Register of
United States.
National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant
Application Files.2670 reels. Accompanied by guide and Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in
the National Archives (Washington, D.C., 1976). Abstracted in
Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts
of Revolutionary War Pension Files 4 vols. (Waynesboro, Tenn.,
1990).Contains an estimated 80,000 applications to the Federal government for
survivor's disability and service pensions, widow's pensions, and
bounty-land-warrants. Also includes rejected applications. In addition to the
application, the file may contain supporting documentation: affidavits,
marriage and family records, property schedules, correspondence, commissions,
discharge papers, muster rolls, diaries, journals, orderly books, and account books.
Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 27]
United States.
National Archives. Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of
Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787.15 reels. Accompanied by guide.
Record of prize cases heard on appeal from colonial and state courts by
committees of the Continental Congress, 1776-1780, and by the Court of Appeals
in Cases of Capture, 1780-1786. Case papers may contain documents found on
board prize vessels such as crew lists, bills of lading, invoices, log books,
account books, journals, correspondence belonging to ship's officers, crews,
and passengers. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 5]
United States.
National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.138
reels. Accompanied by guide. Muster rolls and payrolls for companies and
regiments, strength returns, personnel records, supply rolls, and financial
rolls for the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer). The rolls
provide basic information about the identities, numbers, condition, equipment,
and pay of the men and units in the army. Originals are in the National
Archives. [FILM 4]
United States.
National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department
Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783. 39 reels. Accompanied by
guide. An alphabetical card index of names that appear in the following three
series: miscellaneous numbered records (the Manuscript File) that were not
abstracted in the Compiled Service Records; photographic copies of state
records of Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia; and 199 bound and
numbered War Department record books. The records that are indexed pertain to
military operations, service of individuals, procurement and distribution of
supplies, and pay and settlement of accounts of officers and men. Card entries
include names of U.S. military personnel, government officials, and private
persons, and some names of U.S. naval personnel, French and German officers,
and British prisoners of war. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 12]
United States.
National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War
Pension Application Files. 18 reels. Accompanied by guide. Also, most
individuals are indexed in Index of
Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives
(Washington, D.C., 1976).Contains 279 pension application files, mostly
pertaining to half-pay pensions of Virginia soldiers and sailors. These files
are often closely related in content to the main series of Revolutionary War
Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Applications. Like the latter series, the
Virginia half-pay files may contain originals and copies of military records
and supporting documentation. They also contain cards with typed summaries of
major genealogical information in the records. The files are organized in two
series: one for soldiers and one for sailors, and thereafter alphabetically by
the individual's surname. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 17]
United States. Office
of Naval Records and Library. Area File of the Naval Records Collection, 1775-1910.19 reels.
Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, official and semi-official documents.
Collection consists of unbound records assembled by the Office of Naval Records
and Library, and includes photocopies of selected naval records of
Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina. Areas 4, 7 and 8 correspond to the
Atlantic Ocean, and Area 11 covers documentation relating to the Navy
Department and other executive agencies in Washington, D.C. The David Library
has all reels pertaining to the period of the American Revolution, viz., 1-3,
61-74, 199, and 404. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 63]
United States.
Records of the States of the
[FILM 274: Supplement and Index
FILM 275: Connecticut
FILM 276: Delaware
FILM 277: Georgia
FILM 278:
FILM 279: Massachusetts
FILM 280: New Hampshire
FILM 281: New Jersey
FILM 282: New York
FILM 283: North Carolina
FILM 284: Pennsylvania
FILM 285: Rhode Island
FILM 286: South Carolina
FILM 287: Vermont
FILM 288: Virginia
FILM 553: East Florida
FILM 554: West Florida
FILM 555: Kentucky
FILM 556: Maine
FILM 557: Ohio
FILM 558: Tennessee]
Upper Canada. See
Canada. Archives of
Virginia Gazette Daybooks, 1750-1752,
1764-1766.1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Records of daily business transactions
in the printing office of the Virginia
Gazette. Originals in the McGregor Library,
Virginia. See
United States.
National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War
Pension Application Files.
Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804). Papers,
1782-1789.5 reels. Correspondence. Wadsworth was a resident of Connecticut who
served as Deputy Commissary-General of Purchases for the Continental Congress,
commissary to French troops in America during the Revolution, and U.S.
Congressman. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 471]
Ward, Artemus (1727-1800). Papers, 1721-1953.5 reels.
Correspondence, business papers, diary, orderly book, and material relating to
local government in Massachusetts. Ward was involved in public life in
Massachusetts, was an officer in the colonial militia, a patriot, major general
in the Continental Army, delegate to the Continental Congress. Included in the
collection is material relating to Ward's father, Nahum, and other Ward family
members. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 56]
Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814). Papers,
1709-1841.3 reels. Letterbook, correspondence, poems,
and fragments of dramatic writings. Mercy Warren was a historian, poet,
dramatist, and apologist for the Revolutionary cause. She was the sister of
James Otis and wife of James Warren, and was acquainted with and corresponded
with many prominent patriots. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical
Society. [FILM 51]
Warren, Mercy Otis
See also Winthrop, Hannah Fayerwaether. Correspondence with Mercy Otis Warren, 1752-1791 [bulk dates
1752-1782].
Washington, George (1732-1799). Papers,
1697-1799.124 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, letterbooks,
transcripts of correspondence, diaries, surveys, financial papers, and
applications for office during
Washington, George (1732-1799). Papers,
1775-1799.1 reel. Correspondence of Washington and other documents relating to
him extracted from several manuscript collections at Yale. Originals are in
Yale University Library. [FILM 34]
Washington, George. See also
United States.
National Archives. Copybooks of George Washington’s Correspondence
with Secretaries of State, 1789-1796.
Mount Vernon
Ladies’ Association of the Union.
Weare, Meshech (1713-1786). Papers,
1776-1785.1 reel. Correspondence and letterbooks. Weare was active in colonial politics in New Hampshire and
was an influential patriot during the Revolution. Originals are in the
Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 54]
Whipple, Abraham (1733-1819). Letterbook,
Wild, Ebenezer (1758-1794). Diaries 1776-1792 [bulk dates
1776-1781]. 1 reel. Diaries kept by Ebenezer Wild of Braintree,
Mass. As a member of Jonathan Brewer’s (
William and
Williams,
Winslow Family. Papers.
1695-1866.18 reels in two parts. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence of a
Massachusetts Loyalist family. Principally the papers of Edward Winslow
(1747-1815), a Loyalist officer and Muster Master General of the Provincial
Troops. Includes wartime correspondence and postwar letters written when the
Winslow family settled in exile in
Winthrop, Hannah Fayerweather, d. 1790. Correspondence
with Mercy Otis Warren, 1752-1791 [bulk dates 1752-1782]. 1 reel. Thirty
years of correspondence between Hannah Winthrop, of
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. (1760-1833). Papers,
1769-1803. 17 reels. Correspondence of the
Wolcott, Oliver, Sr. (1726-1797). Papers,
1765-1797. 1 reel. Correspondence of the signer of the Declaration of
Independence, member of the Continental Congress, and governor of
Yeates, Jasper (1745-1817).
Family Papers 1726-1830 (bulk 1761-1812) (MG 137). 3 reels.
Correspondence, accounts, and legal papers of Jasper Yeates,
Lancaster attorney, Chairman of the Lancaster County Committee of
Correspondence, 1775, captain of the Lancaster County Associators,
1776, a commissioner for Indian affairs, 1776, and associate justice of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817, and of his father, John Yeates, Philadelphia merchant engaged in foreign
trade. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 706]
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