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Dartmouth, William Legge. AMERICAN PAPERS OF THE SECOND EARL OF DARTMOUTH IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE RECORD OFFICE.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1993.
British Records Relating to America in Microfilm
16 reel(s)
The papers of the Earl of Dartmouth are an important private source for the American Revolution from a man at the center of the British government who helped in the developing of British policy before and during the Revolutionary War. William Legge, the second Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801), served in the House of Lords from 1765, was the Secretary of State for the American Colonies from 1772-1775, and Lord Privy Seal from 1775 to 1782. The papers, dated 1765 to 1782, focus on Dartmouth's term as American Secretary. Correspondents include Lord North (the Earl's step-brother), King George III, the Duke of Newcastle, William Knox, Generals Howe and Gage, Thomas Hutchinson, and Benjamin Franklin, among others. In addition to correspondence the papers include colonial reports, Cabinet Minutes, and protest addresses from merchants.
Guides:
The American papers of the Second Earl of Dartmouth in the Staffordshire Record Office.
The guide contains an introduction to the collection, a brief biography of the Earl of Dartmouth, a description of the manuscripts, and a bibliography.
Davis, John fl 1755-1783. JOHN DAVIS PAPERS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1966.
5 reel(s)
John Davis was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The correspondence from May 28, 1755, through July 14, 1783, concern his efforts to gather and provide transportation and provisions for the Continental Army. Principal correspondents include Major General Nathanael Greene, the quartermaster general, as well as James Abeel, Clement Biddle, Mark Bird, John Cox, David Grier, Isaac Melcher, Charles Pettit, William Rippey, and Thomas Smith. Several letters dealing with personal business matters are from James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The fifth reel includes financial accounts from 1777 to 1780.
The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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Dickinson family. JAMAICA PLANTATION RECORDS FROM THE DICKINSON PAPERS, 1675-1849: IN THE SOMERSET RECORD OFFICE AND THE WILTSHIRE RECORD OFFICE.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: EP Microform Limited, 1978.
British records relating to America in microform
4 reel(s)
The Crown granted Caleb Dickinson 6,000 acres in Jamaica as a reward for his services to Admiral Penn in the capture of Jamaica in 1655. The property passed to his sons Ezekial, Caleb, and Vickris. This collection primarily represents the activities of Caleb II and his son, William, as they managed their distant plantations from their homes in England. The material includes plantation accounts, ledgers, journals, letter books, slave lists, deeds and settlements, agent's papers, and miscellaneous papers on various subjects. The filmed material dates from 1692 to 1849.
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Guides:
The guide contains the provenance of the Dickinson family papers, a short history of the family, a table of contents for each reel, a short bibliography of related information and a Dickinson family tree.
Dillard University, New Orleans Amistad Research Center. COUNTEE CULLEN PAPERS 1921-69.
New Orleans: Amistad Research Center, 1975.
7 reel(s)
Guides:
Borders, Florence E. Guide to the microfilm edition of the Countee Cullen papers, 1921-1969.
Dromgoole, Edward 1751-1815. EDWARD DROMGOOLE PAPERS IN THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY.
Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1966.
4 reel(s)
Edward Dromgoole (1751-1815) was a merchant, planter, and Methodist preacher in Brunswick County, Virginia. One son, Edward Dromgoole Jr. (1788-1840), was a physician, planter, merchant, and Methodist preacher. The other son, George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847), was a lawyer, planter, and political figure of Brunswick County. The first group of papers, those of Edward Dromgoole, Sr., and his son, Edward, from 1770 to 1830, are valuable for the study of the early Methodist movement in America. Religious problems are discussed, including the controversy among Methodists regarding slavery. The papers also discuss the western movement of settlers, the attitude of those settlers toward slavery, and free Negroes in Ohio. The George Coke Dromgoole papers (1830-1848) were written by a wide circle of political and business friends and reflect their opinions on railroads in the 1830s, Texas annexation, the Mexican War, the political campaigns from 1840 to 1847, and other political activity. Well-known correspondents in these papers include John Wesley, Francis Asbury, Silas Wright, and Thomas Hart Benton.
An uncataloged guide, The Edward Dromgoole Papers in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library, available in the Special Collections Office, provides background, a list of correspondents, and reel notes.
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DuBois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963. PAPERS OF W.E.B. DUBOIS, 1803 (1877-1963) 1965.
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1980.
89 reel(s)
This collection preserves the writings of W.E.B. DuBois, an historian by profession, and a civil rights pioneer by conviction. He wrote twenty-one books and countless journal articles. DuBois corresponded with Sherwood Anderson, Andrew Carnegie, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Margaret Mead, Albert Schweitzer, Booker T. Washington, Roy Wilkins, and other significant figures. Those interested in African-American studies, American history, and political science have the opportunity to witness the nearly century old development of DuBois' political and social philosophy as they peruse this collection.
The collection is arranged into twenty series, with each listed and described. Copyright regulations pertaining to the use of this collection are explained. The microfilm reels are listed, as are selective items for which there is an index. Four years are mentioned in the title. The years 1877-1963 denote the time period in which there are items written by and to W.E.B. DuBois. The oldest item in the collection is a copy of a land grant made to James DuBois in 1803. Finally, 1979 is the year in which DuBois' stepson, David Graham DuBois, donated additional items.
Guides:
McDonnell, Robert W. The papers of W.E.B. Du Bois, 1803 (1877-1963) 1979 : a guide.
The guide contains a biographical sketch of W.E.B. DuBois, and a description of the scope and content of this collection and of DuBois materials in other repositories.
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959. MINUTES OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS OF JOHN FOSTER DULLES AND OF CHRISTIAN HERTER (1953-1961)
Washington, DC: University Publications of America, 1980.
Presidential Documents Series
11 reel(s)
John Foster Dulles and Christian Herter were successive secretaries of state under the Eisenhower Administration. This collection contains the minutes of nearly all their telephone conversations as secretaries of state including extensive minutes of communications with the president. The telephone calls of Dulles and Herter were routinely monitored by their personal assistants who prepared minutes or memoranda of the conversations. Minutes of telephone conversations with the president were prepared by Dulles and Herter themselves. The telephone conversations of Herter and Dulles form a useful source for the study of foreign policy and international relations during the Cold War. They cover a history of foreign relations in the Eisenhower era from the Korean armistice to Kennedy's inauguration. The McCarthy crisis and congressional relations are discussed at length. Minutes for the following conversations are included in the collection: J. Edgar Hoover on the Bohlen case (1953), Richard Nixon on the 'Eisenhower-Dulles Policy in Asia' (1954), Allen Dulles on the communist threat and Monroe Doctrine (1954), Defense Secretary Wilson on military aid to Vietnam (1954), Henry Cabot Lodge on admission of communist China to the United Nations (1954), Eisenhower on the Quemoy-Matsu crisis (1955), Sherman Adams on stability of the NATO alliance (1955), Eisenhower on the Suez situation (1956), Allen Dulles on Soviet atomic testing (1957), Eisenhower on civil unrest in Jordan (1957), Eisenhower on military intervention in Lebanon (1958), Eisenhower on United States support for Cuba (1959), Lyndon Johnson on defense appropriations (1960) and Allen Dulles on United States relations with Cuba (1960).
Guides:
In the same volume as Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Eisenhower (1953-1961) (described elsewhere). The John Foster Dulles telephone memoranda cover the period December 30, 1952 to May 8, 1959. They are contained on reels 1 through 8 of the collection. The John Foster Dulles telephone conversations with the White House are on the the remainder of reel 10 and cover the period of January 3, 1959 to January 19, 1961. Reel 11 contains the Christian Herter telephone memoranda for the period of January 1, 1959 to January 16, 1961. The records are divided into fifty-five files, each of which has been filmed in reverse chronological order. The guide contains a reel index which indicates the date of each conversation and the identity of the other party. A name index is also provided.
Dunayevskaya, Raya RAYA DUNAYEVSKAYA COLLECTION
Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Archives, 1981.
8 reel(s)
Raya Dunayevskaya, founder of Marxist-Humanism in the United States, was born in Russia and came to the United States as a child. She was the Russian secretary to Leon Trotsky during his Mexican exile from 1937 to 1938. She published books applying her Marxist ideals to the theory of state-capitalism, the philosophy of Marxist-Humanism applied to U.S. labor, Black equality, and women's liberation movements.
Guides:
Wayne State University. Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs. A guide to the Raya Dunayevskaya collection : Marxist-Humanism--1941 to 1975, its origin and development in America ; available on microfilm from the Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs, Walter Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., 48202..
This guide introduces the collection, and describes the contents of reels 1-3.
Eichmann, Adolf 1906-1962. ADOLF EICHMANN: PAPERS RELATING TO ADOLF EICHMANN COMPILED BY THE WEINER [I.E. WIENER] LIBRARY, LONDON, 1961.
London: Micro Methods, 1961.
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Papers spanning the period from 1934 to 1960 relate to Adolf Eichmann's role as a member of the Gestapo. Wartime papers discuss the evacuation of Jews and Poles from the eastern territories and France, Belgium, and Holland, the deportations to Auschwitz, and attempts to prevent the emigration of Jews to Palestine. Postwar documents reveal Eichmann's role in the extermination of the Jews at Auschwitz and other concentration camps, and the use of forced labor. Arranged chronologically, most of the documents are in German, with a few of the later reports in English. The index provides short English summaries.
An index at the beginning of the reel indicates the contents of each document.
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. RALPH WALDO EMERSON COLLECTION: 1822-1903.
Wakefield, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1999.
British Records Relating to America in Microform
2 reel(s)
Filmed from the Alexander Ireland Collection in the Central Library, Manchester, England. This collection contains extracts from Emerson’s work in newspapers and periodicals, reviews of works by Emerson, reviews of and extracts from the correspondence between Emerson and Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish writer also admired by Alexander Ireland, reviews of Ireland’s book on Emerson, articles about Emerson, correspondence, and obituaries on Emerson’s death in the American and British press.
Guides:
Harding, Brian. The Ralph Waldo Emerson collection, 1822-1903 : a brief introduction to the microfilm edition of the Ralph Waldo Emerson collection.
The guide contains a brief account of the introduction and friendship between Emerson and Alexander Ireland upon Emerson’s visits to England, contents of the two reels, and bibliological notes.
ESTLIN PAPERS, FROM DR. WILLIAM'S LIBRARY, GORDON SQUARE, LONDON.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1961.
British records relating to America in microform
6 reel(s)
Letters of John B. and Mary Estlin, as well as pamphlets from 1840 to 1884, are largely concerned with the anti-slavery movement. The papers illustrate the close connection between British and American abolitionists in the mid-nineteenth century. The Estlins themselves were among the chief supporters of the British anti-slavery movement. Mary Estlin, to whom most of the letters were written, corresponded extensively with abolitionists in the United States. The pamphlets, many from William Lloyd Garrison's strongholds in New England and Philadelphia, illustrate the deep rifts in the American movement, divisions which spread to Great Britain as well.
A table of contents is on the first reel.
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Ettwein, John Bp 1721-1802. PAPERS OF JOHN ETTWEIN FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.
New Haven, Conn.: Research Publications, 1969.
8 reel(s)
John Ettwein was born in 1721 in Wurttemberg (now incorporated into Baden - Wurttemberg, Germany). He joined the Moravian Church in 1740 and in 1754 he and his family embarked for America. They settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Moravians were isolated from Anglo-Saxon America. Their position in American life was complicated by their conscientious objection to bearing arms and their refusal to join in the American Revolution. It was largely through the efforts of John Ettwein that the Moravians were able to maintain a rapport with the American authorities and not suffer the same fate as many Loyalists after the Revolution. His papers consist of some 1,800 items and reflect a practical man, both literate and fluent in English who handled a great deal of the daily business for his religious community.
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Guides:
Hamilton, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Gardiner), 1893- John Ettwein and the Moravian church during the Revolutionary period..
Appendix B in the guide provides a catalog of the Ettwein papers preserved in the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem.
Ewing, Thomas 1789-1871. MICROFILM EDITION OF THE THOMAS EWING PAPERS IN THE EWING FAMILY COLLECTION.
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Archives, 1967.
6 reel(s)
Thomas Ewing, a highly successful lawyer from Lancaster, Ohio, served as United States senator from 1830 to 1836. From March to September 1841, he was secretary of the treasury under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. From 1849 to 1850 he was secretary of the interior under Presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. After retiring from these cabinet positions, he continued to be very active in both state and national politics. He spent each winter for his last twenty years in Washington, D.C. arguing cases before the Supreme Court. As an advisor to President Lincoln, he urged moderation and compromise prior to the Civil War. He later was a trusted advisor to President Andrew Johnson and gave advice on appointments and drafted veto messages for him. The papers include correspondence, legal papers, and financial records, with a major emphasis on Ewing's law practice and his land holdings.
An uncataloged guide, Microfilm Edition of the Thomas Ewing Papers in the Ewing Family Collection, available in the Special Collections Office, provides background, a detailed list of contents for each reel, and a list of correspondents.
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FAWCETT AND LISTER PAPERS FROM THE SHIBDEN HALL FOLK MUSEUM, HALIFAX.
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1967.
British records relating to America in microfilm
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Letters and papers accumulated by the Lister family, who occupied Shibden Hall from 1614 to 1923, record the business and personal activities of the family. James Lister (1673?-1729) was an apothecary of Halifax and the owner of Shibden Hall. The papers include references to his wife, Mary, and their children and grandchildren. Their eldest child, Martha, married William, the son of Robert Fawcett (or Faucitt), a merchant and minor landowner of Bull Close, Halifax. The papers of their son William, later General Sir William Fawcett, cover various military matters, with references to the War for Independence including an account of the Battle of Lexington. Also included are manuscripts that relate to the trading careers in Virginia in the 1730s of several Lister brothers.
A description of the collection and its arrangement, including a list of correspondents, appears on the first reel.
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Ferrar, Nicholas. FERRAR PAPERS, 1590 TO 1790: IN MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Academic Microform Publishers, 1992.
British Records Relating to America
14 reel(s)
Over 3,000 letters and business papers of the family of Nicholas Ferrar (died 1620) make up this collection, The business archive of the Virginia Company of London and its subordinate, the Somer Islands Company, formed the beginning of the collection. In 1625 the family moved from London to their Huntingdonshire manor, Little Gidding, and family correspondence from Mrs. Ferrar and her two sons, Nicholas and John make up the bulk of the collection. The letters continue with correspondence of various Ferrar descendents, including Susanna Collett and her five eldest daughters. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes prints purchased in Nicholas Ferrar's travels from 1613 to 1617. Correspondence includes the Woodnoth, Brooke, Fielding, Barridge, and Cave families.
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Guides:
The Ferrar papers, 1590-1790, in Magdalene College, Cambridge.
The guide consists of an introduction and finding list by David Ransome, in addition to genealogical charts of the Ferrar family.
Fleming, Henry. PAPERS OF HENRY FLEMING, 1772-1795: IN THE CUMBRIA RECORD OFFICE.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: EP Microform Limited;, 1978.
British Records Relating to America
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This collection consists of a letterbook of Fleming's outgoing letters from Norfolk, Virginia, April 1772 to October 1775, and from Whitehaven, Cumberland, April 1783 to October 1788; and an account book from 1776 to 1795 of debts owed to Fleming in America. In Virginia, Fleming traded tobacco, tar, and other colonial commodities for European goods. The letterbook discusses the impending revolution, and touches on indentured servitude and slavery.
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Guides:
The papers of Henry Fleming, 1772-1795 : in the Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle.
The guide includes a description and bibliography of the collection. The guide is also reproduced at the beginning of the reel.
Fox, George Townsend, 1810-1886. GEORGE TOWNSEND FOX. AMERICAN JOURNALS. 4 VOLS, 1831-1868.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1961.
British records relating to America
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The journals of George Townsend Fox, a merchant of Liverpool, cover four separate visits to the United States, 1831-32, 1834, 1841, and 1868. Fox, a perceptive British liberal, is quite conservative in tone as he discusses American social customs and politics. On his journeys he visited the Northeast, the southern seaboard (including Charlestown and New Orleans), New York, and Columbus, Ohio. He describes rifts between merchants and the aristocracy, a slave sale, the extreme poverty of rural Georgia, the oil well at Oil City, and the wonders of the Great Lakes and Niagara Falls.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears on the reel.
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Gallatin, Albert 1761-1849. PAPERS OF ALBERT GALLATIN.
Philadelphia, Pa.: Historic publications, 1969.
46 reel(s)
Albert Gallatin, an emigrant from Switzerland, served as secretary of the treasury in the administrations of Jefferson and Madison. In later years, Gallatin served as an American envoy to Russia and as Minister to France and England. He served as president of the National Bank of New York City, the New York Historical Society, and the American Ethnological Society. His reports and correspondence contain observations and policy proposals on public land, public finance, the government's debts, roads and canals, and manufactures. This collection also contains detailed information on the Anglo-American economy, the London money market, and the declining stability of the banking structure of New York City before the disaster of 1837. Correspondents include Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams. He also corresponded with Henry Clay, Henry Dearborn, Peter Muhlenburg, Thomas Worthington, Tench Coxe, John Jacob Astor, Baring & Co., and Azariah Flagg.
An uncataloged guide, Prince, Carl E. Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Papers of Albert Gallatin, available in the Special Collections Office, provides a brief sketch of his life with a chronology, a description of the collection, and reel notes. Reel 46 provides a name index to correspondents.
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Gaston, William 1778-1844. WILLIAM GASTON PAPERS IN THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY.
Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Library, 1966.
8 reel(s)
William Gaston (1778-1844) was a North Carolina lawyer, legislator, congressman, and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. William Gaston's personal letters reveal the social history of the period and comment on political affairs. Topics include the national elections between 1800 and 1844, preparations for war with France in 1800, financial affairs, De Witt Clinton's presidential candidacy, education, and legal matters. Significant items concerning the history of the Catholic Church in America are scattered throughout as are items related to banks and banking. Included in the collection are Gaston-related papers of Judge Henry Groves Connor (1852-1924), North Carolina jurist and author.
An uncataloged guide, The William Gaston Papers in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library, available in the Special Collections Office, provides a list of correspondents.
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Gates, Horatio 1728-1806. HORATIO GATES PAPERS, 1726-1828.
Sanford, N.C.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1978.
20 reel(s)
General Horatio Gates remains a paradox in American Revolutionary history. He was a loyal soldier, an excellent army administrator, and a good defensive tactician. In 1777 he superseded General Philip Schuyler in command in northern New York. In the two battles at Saratoga his army forced General John Burgoyne to surrender. Soon after, a letter written by General Thomas Conway caused General George Washington to believe that he had uncovered a conspiracy to make Gates commander-in-chief, a conspiracy known as the Conway Cabal. Forced to resign his position as president of the board of war and disastrously defeated at Camden, South Carolina, General Gates never regained the heroic reputation he enjoyed immediately after Saratoga. His papers provide a unique opportunity for the researcher to make his own judgements about a leading figure of the American Revolution. This collection is arranged in three series: Series I is correspondence from 1726 to 1828, Series II is orderly books and returns from 1756 to 1783, and Series III is financial papers from 1747 to 1799.
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Guides:
The Horatio Gates papers, 1726-1828 : a guide to the microfilm edition.
The guide includes an index to documents by writer or recipient, providing reel and frame numbers.
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885. ULYSSES S. GRANT PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1964.
Presidential papers microfilm
32 reel(s)
Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief of all the federal armies in the Civil War, won the Republican presidential nomination in 1868. He defeated Horatio Seymour to become the eighteenth president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. These papers contain general correspondence, including Grant's letters to Julia B. Dent (later Mrs. Grant). Also included are copies of Grant documents from other collections, such as letterbooks, speeches, reports, messages, and personal memoirs, like "Memoirs of Shiloh". Headquarters records (1861-69) and other military records comprise a substantial part of the collection. Photographs, clippings, drawings, and scrapbooks are also included. Correspondents include W.W. Belknap, A.E. Burnside, B.F. Butler, G.M. Dodge, H. Fish, J.C. Fremont, J.D. Grant, H.W. Halleck, C.S. Hamilton, W.S. Hancock, R.B. Hatch, S.A. Hurlbut, J.C. Kelton, J.A. McClernand, J.B. McPherson, G.G. Meade, E.O.C. Ord, J. Pope, J.M. Schofield, P.H. Sheridan, W.T. Sherman, E.M. Stanton, G.H. Thomas, and L. Thomas.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the Ulysses S. Grant papers.
The guide includes an index of writers and recipients.
Green, Duff 1791 -1875. DUFF GREEN PAPERS IN THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY.
Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1967.
25 reel(s)
Duff Green was a journalist, politician, and industrial promoter. His papers include letters, business papers, clippings, maps, and thirty-four manuscript volumes. The letters (1810-1902) largely concern his business activities. Many were written to Benjamin Edwards Green, Duff Green's eldest son and business partner. The undated papers have been classified by business categories. Topics include the solicitation of subscriptions to Green's publications, the purchase and sale of land, especially Allegheny coal lands, the financing of companies, the construction of railroads, law cases, and claims against the government. The manuscript volumes contain letters, notebooks, correspondence records, account books, survey data, and records of the various companies owned by Green.
An uncataloged guide, Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Duff Green Papers, is available in the Special Collections Office. It provides a list of reel contents and a list of correspondents.
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Greene, Nathanael. NATHANAEL GREENE PAPERS
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1966.
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After the military disaster at Camden in August 1780, General George Washington sent his trusted lieutenant, General Nathanael Greene, to take command of patriot forces in the South. Greene's immediate problem was to contest the British advance under Lord Cornwallis through the Carolinas and into Virginia. The papers center on correspondence between Greene and various other patriot leaders from 1780 to 1782. They include casualty reports from the battles at Guilford Court House and Cowpens, and from skirmishes around Charleston. They also include lists of militia, reports on negotiations with Indian tribes, and a copy of Cornwallis's plan for creating a Loyalist militia in South Carolina. The letter books cover the periods October-December 1780, January-February 1781, and January-April 1782. The general correspondence runs from 1775 to 1785. One additional volume contains the report of the commission appointed by Greene to negotiate with the Cherokees.
This collection contains three letter books, three volumes of general correspondence arranged chronologically, and one volume of commission reports.
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Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804. PAPERS
Washington, D.C.: 1955.
46 reel(s)
Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, placed the new nation on a firm financial footing. His advocacy of a strong national government brought him into bitter conflict with Thomas Jefferson. However his political philosophy was ultimately adopted in the development of the governmental structures. He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. The papers are arranged in two series in chronological order (1760-1830 and 1749-1804) and also include reports to Congress (1790-1792), papers of the New York Artillery Company, and cash books.
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Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825. ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 431 IN THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Baltimore, Md.: Maryland Historical Society, 1970.
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Robert Goodloe Harper was a congressman and Baltimore lawyer. He served briefly in the North Carolina state legislature and soon was elected to the United States Congress. He served as chair of the Ways and Means Committee from 1747 to 1801. In 1799 he moved to Baltimore and was chosen to represent Maryland in the Senate in 1816. While in the Senate he ran for vice-president as a Federalist. Much of the correspondence concerns political topics. However, a significant amount deals with Harper's role in efforts to establish colonies for blacks in Ohio and Africa. He was an influential member of the Maryland State Colonization Society and proposed the name "Liberia" for the settlement in Africa.
An uncataloged guide, Marks, Bayly Ellen. Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Robert Goodloe Harper Papers, is in the Special Collections Office provide a description of the contents for each reel, a biographical sketch, a bibliography of Harper's published works, and information in the provenance of the collection.
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Harrison, Benjamin 1833-1901. BENJAMIN HARRISON PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1960.
Presidential papers microfilm
151 reel(s)
This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, financial records, notebooks, memorials, printed materials, and memorabilia of the life of President Benjamin Harrison. The material covers Harrison's experiences in the Civil War as a brigadier general of Indiana volunteers, his career as an Indiana lawyer and politician, his term as president from 1889 to 1893, and important documents relating to the Venezuelan boundary dispute with British Guiana.
http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/record=b4000535~S1
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the Benjamin Harrison papers.
This index describes the contents of each of the twenty series in the set.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1958.
Presidential papers microfilm
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William Henry Harrison made his military and political reputation as conqueror of Tecumseh's Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe Creek in 1811 and subsequently, as the governor of Indiana Territory. He was elected president in the "log cabin" campaign of 1840 with the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too!" He died shortly after his inauguration in 1841. Correspondence and military papers (largely for the period 1796-1841) emphasize Indian campaigns and affairs. A letter book describes events of the War of 1812 in the West during 1812 to 1813. Other correspondence concerns Harrison's unsuccessful campaign for president in 1836. There are few papers covering the 1840 campaign or his short period in office. Some posthumous papers and a chronology of Harrison's life are included.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the William H. Harrison papers.
This index describes the contents of each of the twenty series in the set.
Hartley, David, 1732-1813. PAPERS OF AMERICAN INTEREST AMONG THE HARTLEY RUSSELL ARCHIVES IN THE BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE, SHIRE HALL, READING.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1966.
British records relating to America in microform
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David Hartley entered Parliament in 1774. His career in the House of Commons lasted until 1784. Hartley advocated conciliation with the American colonists before and during the Revolution. He accepted American independence and believed the political separation need not involve complete commercial and spiritual separation. The papers contain much material on Hartley's activities before and during the war and at the peace conferences. Topics include notes on the conflict between Britain and France in North America (1749-1756) and subsequent peace negotiations. The papers also focus on American prisoners-of-war since Hartley acted as Great Britain's agent in negotiations with Benjamin Franklin for the exchange of prisoners.
A description of the collection is at the beginning of the reel.
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Harvey, Jacob, 1797-1848. HARVEY PAPERS, 1816-1846: THE LETTERS OF JACOB HARVEY, AN IRISH MERCHANT IN NEW YORK, 1816-1846, IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1970.
British records relating to America
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Letters from Jacob Harvey to Mary Leadbeater from 1816 to 1826 describe America and discuss literary matters. Harvey refers to his friendship with John Randolph of Roanoke and to conversations with the United Irish exiles, Thomas Emmet and William MacNeven. On one occasion, he provides an introduction for the Quaker educator, John Griscom. Letters to Thomas Spring-Rice, first Baron Monteagle, brief Monteagle on American affairs. The letters deal with nullification, the Bank of the United States, the 1837 financial crisis, Canada, Texas, and the Maine boundary question. Harvey comments as a Whig, yet with a pragmatic and liberal viewpoint. Letters to Gulian C. Verplanck deal with politics, patronage, and reforms such as educational opportunities for immigrant children.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears at the beginning of the reel.
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Hewitt, William. WILLIAM HEWITT PAPERS, 1756-1790, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LIBRARY.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1985.
British Records Relating to America in Microform
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In 1767, William Hewitt was appointed commissioner for the sale and disposal of lands in the West Indian islands ceded by France to Britain in the Peace of Paris in 1763. He remained in the West Indies from 1767 to 1772. After returning to England, he was again appointed commissioner to deal with land disputes and returned to the islands in 1777 and remained until he died of injuries received in the hurricane of 1781. He traveled throughout the islands and was twice captured by the French. This collection consists of financial records, personal and official correspondence sent and received during the period, and a variety of legal documents, again both personal and official, many of which deal with land transactions in the islands.
Guides:
William Hewitt papers (Ms. 522) 1756-1790 in the University of London Library [guide].
This guide gives information on the provenance of the papers, a table of contents for the collection, an annotated list of reel contents, a bibliography of related works, and an index of persons mentioned in the papers.
Hobhouse (Isaac) and Co., Bristol Eng. HOBHOUSE LETTERS, 1722-1755, LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS OF ISAAC HOBHOUSE & CO., BRISTOL MERCHANTS.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, Eng.: Micro Methods, 1963.
British records relating to America in microform
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The collection consists of about 150 letters written to Isaac Hobhouse, a leading merchant of Bristol, and his partners by ship captains and agents in the American colonies and the West Indies. The letters describe trade between West Africa and the southern colonies and relations between New England and the West Indies from 1722 to 1736. They give details of the commodities carried, methods of payment, and the difficulties of the trade. A few letters relate to the colonial shipbuilding industry in Boston and Philadelphia, including the costs involved during the 1730s.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears at the beginning of the reel.
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Hughes, Charles Evans. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES PAPERS.
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Microfilming Service, 1959.
7 reel(s)
This material covers Hughes’ role as Secretary of State from 1921 to 1925 under President Warren G. Harding. Reels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 contain correspondence, manuscripts, documents, reports, and printed material from the Department of State during his tenure. Reel 5 contains newspaper clippings from New York, Washington, DC, and Springfield, IL, from February 19, 1921 (the formal announcement of Hughes’ designation as Secretary of State) to March 5, 1921 (his assumption of the office of Secretary of State). Reel 7 contains naval correspondence.
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Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845. ANDREW JACKSON PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1961.
Presidential papers microfilm
78 reel(s)
This collection offers a wealth of information on both the military and political careers of Jackson. The documents include his military papers with accounts of the campaigns against the Creeks during the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans. His campaign against the Seminoles in Florida and the transfer of Florida to the United States are also covered. The papers document Jackson's campaigns for the presidency beginning in 1824 and his two terms as president from 1829 to 1837. Specifically included are his Bank of the United States veto and the Maysville Road veto with other documents pertaining to the nullification controversy with South Carolina.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the Andrew Jackson papers.
The guide contains the provenance of the Jackson papers, a description of each of the eleven series in the collection, a reel list indicating the time period covered in each reel, and an index by writer or recipient.