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Plunkett, Horace Horace Curzon), Sir, 1854-1932. AMERICAN LETTERS OF SIR HORACE PLUNKETT, 1883-1932.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1963.
British records relating to America in microfilm
2 reel(s)
Sir Horace Plunkett was a rancher in Wyoming during the 1880s prior to devoting himself to agricultural cooperatives. In the pursuit of this interest, first in Ireland and later in Great Britain and the United States, Plunkett formed intimate friendships with such prominent Americans as Colonel House, Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and Charles McCarthy. The letters discuss the affairs of the Powder River Cattle Company and the Western Live-Stock and Land Company, agricultural reform, conservation, rural affairs, British and Irish politics, American attitudes during World War I, and Plunkett's work with the Reciprocal News Service in London that aimed to influence American opinion during the war.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears on the first reel.
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Plunkett, Horace Horace Curzon), Sir, 1854-1932. DIARIES OF SIR HORACE PLUNKETT, 1881-1932.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1963.
British records relating to America in microfilm
8 reel(s)
Sir Horace Plunkett ranched in Wyoming in the 1880s before devoting his life to the cause of agricultural cooperatives. In pursuing this cause, Plunkett forged intimate friendships with such prominent Americans as Colonel House, Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and Charles McCarthy. The diaries describe his ranching ventures from 1881 to 1888, the beginnings of his cooperative work in Ireland, Irish politics, his work with the Department of Agriculture and Instruction in Dublin, as well as his impressions of Roosevelt and the Country Life Commission. Later volumes cover his work for an Irish settlement, his return to England, and the subsequent formation of the Plunkett Foundation.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears on the first reel.
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Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849. JAMES K. POLK PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1964.
Presidential papers microfilm
67 reel(s)
James K. Polk, elected 11th President in 1844, had previously served a long career in Tennessee politics as state legislator, Congressman, and governor. During his presidency, the United States acquired Oregon and the Mexican Cession took place. He also led the country into the Mexican War in 1846. This collection contains diaries, correspondence, messages and speeches, notes, account and memoranda books, as well as papers left by his wife Sarah Childress Polk. Principal correspondents include Robert Armstrong, A. V. Brown, S. H. Laughlin, William L. Marcy, Sarah Childress Polk, and J. Knox Walker.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the James K. Polk papers.
The guide contains the provenance, a description of the papers, a reel list and an index.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984.
Black Studies Research Series
10 reel(s)
The President's Committee on Civil Rights (PCCR) was established by Harry S. Truman in 1946 in order to reinforce the commitment of civil rights groups and the the government to civil rights progress by preparing a report with recommendations for the President. The collection brings together the various manuscript materials in the Harry S. Truman Library at Independence, Missouri, relevant to the PCCR, 1946-1948. The Committee's report, "To Secure These Rights", is the first item in the collection. The bulk of the collection is composed of the records of the PCCR. These include some documents illuminating the origin of the PCCR, and the operation and organization of the Committee. In addition, relevant documents from the papers of Attorney General Tom Clark and the George Philleo Nash Papers are included. The material contains both private and official correspondence as well as transcripts of PCCR meetings and testimonies before the Committee. The collection also contains staff background studies, digests of information, agenda minutes, news clippings, interim reports, discussion and decision papers, and drafts of speeches.
Guides:
President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights [guide].
The guide contains an introduction to the documents and a listing of the order in which they appear on the microfilm.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945. PRESS CONFERENCES OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Hyde Park, N.Y.: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1957.
12 reel(s)
The first press conference was held on March 8, 1933, three days prior to the first of Roosevelt's "fireside chats". The subjects discussed over the next twelve years include banking, currency, credit, the budget, the national debt, income tax, inflation, actions of Congress, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Federal Reserve Board, foreign affairs, the Hatch Act, munitions, national defense, the Selective Service System, war production, post war plans, and the United Nations.
The conferences are arranged chronologically, each year preceded by a subject index with scope notes.
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Roscoe, William, 1753-1831. ROSCOE PAPERS, 1793-1831.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1964.
British records relating to America in microfilm
2 reel(s)
William Roscoe was a well-known British reformer who advocated prison reform and the abolition of the slave-trade. This collection contains papers and correspondence that fall into five categories: 1) letters of travelers to the United States, 2) letters on the exploration and natural history of the United States, 3) letters concerning the Orders-in-Council that contributed to the causes of the War of 1812, 4) letters on prison reform, and 5) letters on cultural and personal matters with noted literati in the United States.
An introduction at the beginning of each reel contains the information on the provenance of the papers, a biographical sketch of William Roscoe, a description of the Roscoe papers in the collection, suggestions for further reading, and an annotated list of items on each reel.
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Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865. DIARY OF EDMUND RUFFIN, 1856-1865.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1966.
7 reel(s)
Edmund Ruffin made his reputation from the 1830s to the 1850s as an innovator in southern agriculture. He wrote the important agricultural work An Essay on Calcareous Manures and edited the Farmer's Register beginning in June 1833. As the struggle over states rights evolved, Ruffin became an ardent secessionist. He reportedly fired the first shot against Fort Sumter. With the defeat of the Confederacy, Ruffin committed suicide on June 18, 1865. This collection contains the manuscript diary to the day of his death. It provides considerable information about southern politics before and during the war and repeated observations about conditions on the Confederate domestic front.
The manuscript diary through June of 1863 has been edited and published in two volumes by William Kauffman Scarborough (F230 .R9314). Volume one is titled Toward Independence, October 1856-April, 1861 and volume two is titled The Years of Hope, April 1861-June 1863. Only routine personal affairs were omitted in this edition and it is thoroughly indexed.
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RUSSELL DIARIES, 1731-1801.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1964.
British records relating to America in microfilm
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William Russell (1740-1817) was a prosperous iron-founder, merchant, and manufacturers' agent in Birmingham, England, in partnership with his brother George. He married Martha Twamley (1741-1790). Their three children, Martha (1766-1807), Mary (1768-1839), and Thomas Pougher Russell (1775-1851) are the authors of the diaries. Some writings by James Skey, a kinsman by marriage, are also included. The Russell family emigrated to America, sailing from Falmouth in 1794. Captured by a French frigate, it was not until June 1795 that they were released to continue their voyage to America. The diaries, covering the period July 1794 to September 1801, describe the journey from Matson to Falmouth, the abortive voyage and the captivity by the French, the voyage to America in 1795, some travels in America and observations on the American scene (1795-1801), and the return voyage to England of Mary and Thomas in 1801.
A description of the collection and its arrangement is on the reel.
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Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820. WINTHROP SARGENT PAPERS.
Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1965.
7 reel(s)
Winthrop Sargent of Massachusetts served in the Revolutionary Army, helped found the Ohio Company, and participated in General St. Clair's disastrous expedition against the Indians in 1791. He later served as Governor of the Mississippi Territory. His personal interests ranged from meteorology and geology, to botany, horticulture, and archaeology. His papers include a biography of his life by Benjamin Harrison Pershing, diaries and orderly books of the St. Clair expedition, correspondence of Sargent's survey trips to Ohio and the formation of the Ohio Company, correspondence (1789-1801) covering his activities as secretary of the Northwest Territory and administrator of the Mississippi Territory, his return to Philadelphia and Boston, and his later retirement in Natchez. Principal correspondents include Gilbert and John Aspinwall, Manassah Cutler, Samuel Hodgdon, Richard Platt, and James Wilkinson.
An uncataloged guide, Allis, Frederick S. Jr. (ed.). Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Winthrop Sargent Papers is available in the Special Collections Office.
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SAUMAREZ PAPERS: MATERIAL RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA DERIVING FROM THE MIDDLETON FAMILY IN THE IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK RECORD OFFICE.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: E. P. Microfilm, 1974.
British records relating to America in microfilm
1 reel(s)
These are the papers of the Middleton family of British descent. Edward Middleton bought property in Barbados and South Carolina. His son, Arthur, inherited large estates in England, South Carolina, and Barbados. Like his father, he became active in public affairs. He served in the provincial government and was acting governor of South Carolina from 1725 to 1730. Despite the political and social prominence of the Middletons, the papers are almost completely concerned with the Middleton business and estate affairs. They have relatively little to say about the events and questions of the period. Occasionally they allude to political and social concerns.
An uncataloged guide, The Saumarez Papers: Material Relating to South Carolina Deriving from the Middleton Family in the Ipswich and East Suffolk Record Office, is located in the Special Collections Office.
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Sloane, Hans, Sir 1660-1753. PAPERS OF SIR HANS SLOANE, 1660-1753 FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY, LONDON.
London: Adam Matthew Publications, 1991.
Series One of the History of Science and Technology series from the British Library, London
20 reel(s)
Sir Hans Sloane was an Irish physician educated in England and Paris and appointed personal physician to Christopher Monck, 2 nd Duke of Albermarle, newly appointed governor of Jamaica. Sloane took detailed notes of their voyages through Madeira, the Canaries, Barbados, Nevis, Santa Cruz, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola on their way to Jamaica. He immersed himself in the natural history of the region as well as attending to his duties as a physician, which brought him into contact with a number of travelers and reformed pirates who had settled on the island. After the Duke’s death, Sloane sailed for London in 1689 where he later published Voyage to the Islands of Madeira, Barbados, Neves, St. Christopher’s and Jamaica (London, 1707 and 1725). As a collector, Sloane continued to amass a vast library of original manuscripts by other adventurers relating to travel, voyages of discovery, and the sea. The manuscripts in this collection document voyages and travel to Africa, the Americas, China, India, Japan, the East Indies, the West Indies, Russia, and the South Seas, and attempts to circumnavigate the world and find the quickest trade routes to India and China. There is material about North America concerning Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, the Northwest Territories, New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. There is an account of the travels of Marco Polo and two accounts of Columbus’ early voyages.
Ellis Library has parts 2 (reels 18-37) and 3 (reels 38-57) of this collection – 191 manuscripts. This is a reproduction of selected papers from the Hans Sloane collection at the British Library. Part 2 is Voyages of Discovery, 1450-1750. Part 3 is Manuscript Records of Voyages of Discovery, 1450-1750. The guide is available online at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/h.aspx under "History of Science and Technology: Series One."
Smith, Hezekiah, 1737-1835. [JOURNALS, 1762-1805, PAPERS, ADDRESSES TO THE ARMY, ETC.].
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress for the Southern Baptist Conventions, Historical Commission, 1955.
1 reel(s)
Hezekiah Smith, a Baptist clergyman of Haverhill, Massachusetts, is associated with the founding and development of Rhode Island College, later known as Brown University. He acted as a chaplain from 1775 to 1780 in the Continental Army. His journals, arranged chronologically, record the dates and locations of his sermons and details of troop movements during the Revolutionary War. Also included are General Gate's army orders, a list of army chaplains in 1778, and other manuscript addresses and sermons delivered to the army.
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Smith, Hezekiah. PAPERS OF HEZEKIAH SMITH, 1762-1805
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Smith (1737-1805) was a Baptist minister who served as Chaplain of the American army from 1776 to 1780. He became friends with George Washington and gave encouragement and support to the troops. He later established and supported Brown University. There are 12 sets of papers with a number of letters and an additional address to the Army at the end. No. 1: Oct. 29, 1762-April 19, 1764. No. 2: April 19, 1764-Oct. 4, 1764. No. 3: Oct. 6, 1764-Feb. 10, 1767. No. 4: March 16, 1767-Sept. 30, 1769. No. 5: Oct. 1, 1769-Sept. 25, 1773. No. 6: March 18, 1776-Jan. 1, 1777. No. 7: June 17, 1777-April 6, 1779. No. 8: April 16, 1779-Dec. 12, 1779. No. 9: Dec. 1780-Aug. 1788. No. 10: June 17, 1789-Dec., 1798. No. 10: June 17, 1789-Dec. 1798. No. 11: Jan. 1779-Jan. 15, 1805. Also includes Chaplain Smith's list of Major Generals, Brigadiers, Chaplains, etc. in the American Army, Aug. 17, 1778; a sermon composed to deliver in Gallows Hill previous to the execution of eleven criminals Aug. 17, 1778; Chaplain Smith's sermon to the American Army, Oct. 18, 1778; a sermon composed to deliver at the execution of Josiah Edwards on Gallows Hill; Nov. 12, 1779, not delivered for want of time; Chaplain Smith's address to the American Army on swearing, July 31, 1779; address to the American Army, Oct. 17, 1779; a number of letters and another address to the Army, June 1779.
Manuscript; 1762-1805
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Stevens, Wallace. WALLACE STEVENS-CUMMINGTON PRESS CORRESPONDENCE, 1941-1951.
Wakefield: Microform Academic Publishers, 1992.
British records relating to America in microfilm
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Reproduced in this collection is the correspondence between American poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) and Katharine Frazier and Harry Duncan of the Cummington Press. This correspondence documents Stevens's compositional methods and the reception of his poems as well as provides a picture of business relations during that time period. Also included in the collection is the original typescript of the first edition of Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction with emendations by Stevens. Stevens, considered one of the major modern American poets, was also a vice-president of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Corporation of Hartford, CT, two lives that he consciously kept separate. His first book of poems, Harmonium, was published in 1923, but he was not widely recognized until his Collected Poems was published in 1954. Much of his poetry, including his long poem "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction," involves his working out the interrelatedness of reality and the imagination and the role of poetry. Located in Cummington, Massachusetts, the Cummington Press was founded in 1939 by Harry Duncan as part of the Cummington School of the Arts. Using a hand printing press, the press became known as one of the finest small presses in the country. Stevens's Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction was published in 1942 and Esthetique du Mal in 1945.
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Guide includes detailed inventory of letters and introduction by Carolyn Masel.
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. ZACHARY TAYLOR PAPERS.
Washington, D.C: Library of Congress, 1958.
Presidential papers microfilm
2 reel(s)
Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, distinguished himself in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican Wars. During his term as president, he presided over the ratification of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and encouraged the admission of New Mexico and California as free states. His papers are organized in five series: 1) an autobiographical account, 2) general correspondence, 3) family papers related to the settlement of Taylor's estate, the life of Richard Taylor, his son, and the plantation in Louisiana, 4) miscellany, and 5) a memorial volume. Letters to Thomas S. Jesup from 1818 to 1840 relate largely to the Seminole Indian campaign in 1837 and 1838. Other correspondents include John M. Clayton, George W. Crawford, Jefferson Davis, James K. Polk, Thomas W. Ringgold, and Winfield Scott.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the Zachary Taylor papers.
The guide provides an index of writers and recipients.
Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767. CHARLES TOWNSHEND PAPERS AT DALKEITH: MATERIAL RELATING TO AMERICA FROM THE CHARLES TOWNSHEND PAPERS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AT DALKEITH HOUSE, MIDLOTHIAN.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1964.
British records relating to America in microfilm
3 reel(s)
Charles Townshend, as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain from 1766 to 1767, angered the American colonists with his firm advocacy of the Stamp Act and his proposals to suspend the New York Colonial Assembly, to remove the Commissioners of Customs from provincial control, and to impose port dues on various commodities. The papers contain materials relating to most of the colonies from Canada to Jamaica. Representative subjects include the establishment of a free port at Dominica in the West Indies, Newfoundland fisheries, the disposition of troops, the settlement of Florida, the economy of Granada, the Cathcart expedition to the West Indies in 1740, and a history of New Hampshire.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears at the beginning of each reel. Also useful is SPEC-R Z1226 .C74 1979 Raimo, John W. (ed.). A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to America in Great Britain and Ireland, page 300.
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The guide briefly describes various collections in this series. Each collection in Ellis Library is listed in the card catalog and/or MERLIN, the online catalog.
TUDWAY OF WELLS ANTIGUAN ESTATE PAPERS, 1689-1907.
East Ardsley, Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1999.
British records relating to America in microfilm
30 reel(s)
The records included in this collection cover over three centuries of the operation of an Antiguan sugar plantation, providing the most complete surviving private records pertaining to these plantations. The plantation, called Parham and located on the eastern part of the island of Antigua in what was the British Caribbean, was owned by the Tudway family of Wells Somerset and was in operation by 1689, contributing to the sugar boom experienced by the island in the 1680s. The Tudway family, a prosperous middle-class family, acted as absentee owners who rarely visited the plantation; thus, they did not witness the slave-labor source of their wealth. Records in these papers cover the years 1689 to 1920 and consist of a virtually complete set of annual accounts during those years, correspondence dating from 1717 to 1898 written from both Britain and Antigua, paylists, slave registers, and records of sugar cane experiments from 1905 to 1907. The records provide full details on all operating aspects of a sugar plantation as well as attitudes on absentee landlords and legislation affecting the sugar business and are valuable for reconstructing the social and economic history of the British Caribbean.
Guides:
Morgan, Kenneth. The Tudway of Wells Antiguan estate papers, 1689-1907 : a brief introduction to the microfilm edition of the Tudway of Wells estate papers.
Tyler, John, 1790-1862. JOHN TYLER PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1953.
Presidential papers microfilm
3 reel(s)
John Tyler was a congressman, governor of Virginia, United States senator, and vice president. He became the 10th president of the United States after William Henry Harrison died in office. During his administration, he ended the Seminole War, extended the Monroe Doctrine to Hawaii, and opened the first American trade mission to China. The papers are in three series: 1) general correspondence from 1710 to 1861 arranged chronologically, 2) an alphabetically-arranged autograph collection of documents from 1691 to 1916 assembled by his son, Lyon G. Tyler, and 3) additional correspondence of Julia Gardiner Tyler (the second Mrs. Tyler) and other ladies of the Tyler family. Correspondents include George Bancroft, James Barbour, Margaret G. Beeckman, Richard T. Brown, James Buchanan, John S. Cunningham, Henry Curtis, John B. Floyd, Alexander Gardiner, Juliana Gardiner, Thomas W. Gilmer, James Monroe, John Page, Littleton W. Tazewell, St. George Tucker, and Henry A. Wise.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the John Tyler papers.
The guide provides an index to writers and recipients of the correspondence.
United States. President (1953-1961 : Eisenhower). [PRESS RELEASES] 1953-1961
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress,
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Press releases, executive orders, and the text of some cablegrams of Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, are included. Also filmed are the full text of inaugural addresses, State of the Union messages, and other addresses to Congress. Subjects include the war in Korea and its armistice, relations with Cuba and the subsequent termination of consular and diplomatic relations, and disarmament and the Soviet Union. Domestic issues such as conservation, selective service, farm surpluses, and Social Security are treated. The collection concludes with reports of cabinet officers and directors of agencies such as the Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Aviation Agency, and the Small Business Administration. These reports summarize the units' accomplishments during Eisenhower's terms of office.
The releases are arranged chronologically.
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United States. President (1953-1961: Eisenhower). MINUTES AND DOCUMENTS OF THE CABINET MEETINGS OF PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, 1953-1961.
Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980.
Presidential Documents Series.
10 reel(s)
Eisenhower relied on his Cabinet as a vital component of his policy making machinery. To insure the smooth operation of this policy council, Eisenhower instituted a Cabinet secretariat with a wide range of responsibilities: arranging agenda items, working with the executive departments to prepare background papers, and keeping the record of Cabinet business. The cabinet addressed such issues as education, agriculture, social security, health and welfare matters, Congressional relations, civil rights, government organization and administrative procedures, foreign relations and foreign economic policy, emergency defense planning, the budget and the economy, civil rights, immigration, and labor relations. This collection includes minutes of Cabinet meetings, official correspondence and memoranda, copies of discussion papers, department reports, summaries of decisions Eisenhower approved at each meeting, analyses of the implementation of Cabinet decisions, and related papers of the president's staff. Some specific issues reflected in the records are the Rosenberg decision, Korean truce negotiations, Congressional investigations of executive departments, communism in American labor unions, the McCarthy hunt for communists in government, the Geneva Conference on Indochina, steps to strengthen the national economy, federal budget reduction policies, school desegregation, the prospects for disarmament, the Cold War, federal programs in housing, education, public works, the national debt, the Chinese 'Great Leap Forward Program', the Castro Revolution in Cuba, ways to cooperate with the commission on civil rights, and air pollution.
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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.
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. MARTIN VAN BUREN PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1960.
Presidential papers microfilm
35 reel(s)
Martin Van Buren was a United States senator, governor of New York, secretary of state, vice president, and 8th president of the United States. This collection includes the manuscript of Van Buren's autobiography, a fragment of a manuscript history of the United States Bank, correspondence, messages, legal records, and estate record books. The correspondence relates to such issues as annexation of Texas, the slavery question, tariffs, banking, the Free-Soil Movement, and political campaigns. There are numerous letters pertaining to John Calhoun, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Calendar of the papers of Martin Van Buren : prepared from the original manuscripts in the Library of Congress.
Vassall, William. VASSALL LETTER-BOOKS, 1769-1800.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods for the British Association for American Studies, 1963.
British records relating to America in microform
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William Vassall's letter books are primarily concerned with the operation of his family's sugar plantation in Jamaica. He administered the plantation from his home in the United States and later from England, where he lived after his Jamaican income was cut off by the American Revolution. The chief correspondents were Long, Drake, and Long of London (one of the oldest firms in the Jamaican trade) and James and John Wedderburn, managers of his Jamaican plantations. Also included are letters concerning Vassall's numerous legal disputes, notably his suit against the state of Maine over the confiscation and sale of his property during the war. The first letter book covers the period from November 1769 to July 1786, and January 1798 to March 1800. The second book covers the period from June 1786 to January 1791.
A description of the collection is on the first reel.
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Vernon, James, 1646-1727. LETTERS FROM JAMES VERNON TO THE DUKE OF SHREWSBURY, 1696-1708: FROM THE SHREWSBURY PAPERS IN BOUGHTON HOUSE, NORTH HAMPTONSHIRE.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: E.P. Microform Limited, 1980.
British records relating to America in microform
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James Vernon served as private secretary and then as under-secretary to Charles Talbot, 12th Earl and Duke of Shrewsbury (1660-1718). Though he had served under both Charles II and James II, Shrewsbury had contributed money to William of Orang and was a major catalyst in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Shrewbury was twice secretary of state, in 1689 and 1694. In 1700 he withdrew from public affairs and went to Rome. Vernon's letters kept his patron well-informed of state affairs, such as parliamentary proceedings and the activities of the increasingly important Secretariate. His incisive discussion of events preceding the Treaty of Ryswick and extending into the War of Spanish Succession makes his letters indispensable to both domestic and early modern European historians. Topics discussed include treason cases, Admiralty affairs, finance, Irish affairs, disbandment, the visits of the French ambassadors, trade, taxes, the East India Company, and military affairs. In 1710 Shrewsbury helped bring about the fall of the Whigs and was made Lord Chamberlain. In 1712 he was ambassador to France and then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. At the crisis of the death of Queen Anne, Shrewsbury was treasurer and Lord Justice.
An index of letters is on the first reel.
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Rubini, Dennis. Letters from James Vernon to the Duke of Shrewsbury 1696-1708 : from the Shrewsbury papers in Boughton House, Northamptonshire.
The guide provides a calendar of correspondence with an indication of contents.
WALT WHITMAN COLLECTION.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 2001.
British records relating to America in microform
12 reel(s)
The Walt Whitman Collection (1880-1948) consists primarily of correspondence between members of the Bolton Whitman Fellowship and with other English and North American Whitmanites, correspondence with Whitman himself, addresses and lectures composed by various members of the group, journal and newspapers articles, and photographs. Whitman (1819-1892), noted American journalist, essayist, and poet, garnered a loyal following in Britain, especially in Bolton, Lancashire where James William Wallace (1853-1926) and a group of educated working class and lower middle class admirers met as the "Eagle Street College" (later known as Bolton Whitman Fellowship) to discuss literary works, especially Whitman's poetry, and social and political issues. The group was drawn to Whitman by the revolutionary, democratic ideas in his essays and poetry. Other figures prominent in the collection include John Johnston, Charles Frederick Sixsmith, and Edward Carpenter. This collection will be of interest to scholars studying Whitman, the reception of Whitman's poetry, early British socialism, and utopian visionaries in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The original material is held at the John Rylands University Library Manchester, England.
Guides:
Masel, Carolyn. The Walt Whitman collection : introduction to the microfilm edition.
Washington, George, 1732-1799. GEORGE WASHINGTON PAPERS.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1961.
Presidential papers microfilm
124 reel(s)
The Washington papers, numbering 64,786 pages, were arranged in eight series: 1) Exercise books and diaries (1741-99), 2) Letterbooks (1754-99), 3) Varick transcripts (1775-83), 4) General correspondence (1697-1799), 5) Financial papers (1750-96), 6) Military papers (1755-98), 7) Applications (1789-96), and 8) Miscellaneous papers (1775-99). The material deals with Washington's relations with the Continental Congress, his command of the Continental Army, his presidency, and other aspects of his career. Principal correspondents include Benedict Arnold, Clement Biddle, George and James Clinton, Bartholomew Dandridge, Horatio Gates, Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Harrison, William Heath, Robert Howe, David Humphreys, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, Lafayette, Tobias Lear, Henry Lee Jr., Benjamin Lincoln, William Livingston, Alexander McDougall, James McHenry, William Maxwell, Robert Morris, Stephen Moylan, Samuel Parsons, Timothy Pickering, Israel Putman, Edmund Randolph, Joseph Reed, Rochambeau, Philip Schuyler, Charles Scott, John Sullivan, Benjamin Tallmadge, and Jonathan Trumbull.
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Guides:
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Index to the George Washington papers.
This name index lists names of writers and recipients of letters. Diaries, general orders, and survey records are indexed under President Washington's name.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. MICROFILM EDITION OF THE PAPERS OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1971.
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Documents relating to Daniel Webster in the Dartmouth College Library include correspondence about Webster's triumphs before the Supreme Court and his lengthy correspondence with Edward Everett, Millard Fillmore, and John Tyler. Also included are family and business papers, speeches, drafts of editorials anonymously published in the National Intelligencer, legal papers (notably those of the Dartmouth College and Charles River Bridge cases), congressional documents, and diplomatic papers not included in the official State Department files. Reel one also contains an index to letters available in other repositories.
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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Microfilm edition of the papers of Daniel Webster : Guide and index to the microfilm.
The guide provides a general chronology, a description of the contents of each reel, and an index of correspondents. This guide is also reproduced on reel one.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. PAPERS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, 1800-1895.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1967.
8 reel(s)
The collection includes 2500 letters, speeches, and press clippings of Daniel Webster in the Library of Congress as well as transcripts of letters from 1800 to 1860 in the New Hampshire Historical Society. Topics covered include legal matters, the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, boundaries of the United States, Latin American relations, the tariff question, Webster's early life, the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, the anti-Masonic movement, and Webster's role in the Tyler cabinet. The letters dated after Webster's death are responses to George Ticknor's requests to Webster contemporaries for letters and other Webster-related items. Ticknor was one of Webster's literary executors. Reel eight reproduces the alphabetical card file of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
A description of the collection is in the Handbook of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress (1918), p. 518-520, which is not in the Ellis Library collection.
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WELD PAPERS, 1839-1889, LETTERS AND OTHER PAPERS OF THE WELD FAMILY OF LULWORTH CASTLE, EAST LULWORTH, WAREHAM, DORSET.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods and British Association for American Studies, 1963.
British records relating to America
1 reel(s)
Owned by the Weld family, the Maryland and New York Iron Company, Mount Savage, Maryland, and its successor, Mount Savage Ironworks, are early examples of direct English investment in a United States company. The company initiated the exploitation of the rich coal reserves of the Cumberland region for the manufacturing of rails. About 160 letters and business documents are filmed.
A description of the collection appears at the beginning of the reel.
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Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815. WHITBREAD PAPERS, 1807-1815.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods in conjunction with the British Association for American Studies,
British Records Relating to America in Microform
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Whitbread was a member of the English Parliament from 1790-1815 and was a spokesman for causes connected to civil and religious liberties. He denounced slavery and urged negotiations with France. He was a friend to the U.S. and opposed the War of 1812. Most of this collection is political papers in the form of letters, some with reports.
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William Davenport and Company. PAPERS OF WILLIAM DAVENPORT & CO. (1745-1797).
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1998.
British Records Relating to America in Microform
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These papers provide a remarkably full account of the eighteenth-century British slave trade. Born in London in 1725, William Davenport was apprenticed to a Liverpool merchant and later set up his own overseas trading company there. His business involved commerce in the Mediterranean area, especially trade in beads in Venice, and to Virginia, Grenada, and Dominica, as well as Cameroon, the Bight of Biafra in the Niger Delta, and Calaba in Africa. An important figure in the British slave trade, Davenport died in 1797.
Included in the collection are trading invoices and accounts of ships owned by Davenport and his associate William Whaley from 1761 to 1784. Also contained in the collection are letter and bill books, waste books, ledgers, and other account books. The more detailed of the accounts include data on voyage costs, supplies of trade goods, demographics, markets, and proceeds. From these records, the financial history of well over half of Davenport's slaving voyages may be reconstructed. The collection offers insights into the impact of geographical change in the pattern of slaving in Africa on profits in the British slave trade.
Guides:
Richardson, David The papers of William Davenport & Co., (1745-1797) : a brief introduction to the microfilm edition of the William Davenport papers.
The guide contains a brief biography of Davenport, contents of the three reels, and bibliological references. (Filmed from the collection owned by Keele University Library, Special Collections and Archives, Staffordshire, England)
Wirt, William. WILLIAM WIRT PAPERS.
Baltimore, MD: 1971.
24 reel(s)
The William Wirt Papers provide insight into the cultural, political, and legal history of three decades of American history. William Wirt was most famous as an orator and lawyer, but was also successful as an author, essayist, and historian. He served as Attorney General of the United States from 1817 to 1829, and as a lawyer in litigation in cases from the Callender Trial in 1800 to the Cherokee cases of 1831-32. In 1832 he was the presidential candidate on the anti-masonic ticket. His voluminous correspondence with his wife Elizabeth makes up the bulk of the correspondence, but he had many famous correspondents as well. These included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Webster, St. George Tucker, Dabney Carr, James Madison, James Monroe, and Albert Gallatin.
Guides:
Boles, John B. A guide to the microfilm edition of the William Wirt papers [by] John B. Boles..
The guide contains a biography and bibliography of William Wirt, and a brief description of the subjects covered on the reels.
Wodrow, James, 1730-1810. WODROW-KENRICK CORRESPONDENCE, 1750-1810.
Wakefield, England: Microform Limited, 1982.
British records relating to America in microform
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This collection consists of correspondence between James Wodrow (1730-1810), a Scottish Presbyterian Minister, and Samuel Kenrick (1728-1811), a Dissenting English banker. Up to 1774, the correspondence concentrates on personal matters. From 1774 to 1782, it focuses on the American War of Independence. From 1789, the two men discuss the phenomenon of the French Revolution and its impact on the domestic British scene. The letters also touch upon such topics as Presbyterianism in Scotland, dissent in England, banking in the industrializing West Midlands, and the affairs of the University of Glasgow.
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Guides:
Bonwick, Colin, 1935- Wodrow-Kenrick correspondence c 1750-1810 : in Dr. Williams's Library, London (DWL MSS 24:157).
The guide provides a calendar of the correspondence listing all letters and summarizing their content.
WYKEHAM MARTIN PAPERS: MATERIAL RELATING TO THE PROBLEMS OF SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England: Micro Methods, 1969.
British records relating to America in microform
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In 1649, along with other cavaliers, John Culpeper was granted the Northern Neck in Virginia by Charles II. At the Restoration in 1660 he returned to England. When he died the same year, the estates passed to the related Fairfax, Martin, and Wykeham families. Papers of these families illustrate the difficulties inherent in owning American property after the American Revolution. The focus of this series is the large property in Virginia, which finally escheated (reverted to the government) after the war. The papers include family correspondence dealing mostly with the finances of the estate (rents, debts, revenues) and with the attempts to regain the property after the War of Independence. Some of the letters describe current events like the wars with the French in the 1740's and 1750's, the unrest in America after the Stamp Act, Indian incursions, the Jacobite rebellion in Scotland in 1745/46.
A description of the collection and its arrangement appears at the beginning of the reel.
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