Manuscripts

Letterbook: copies of public and other letters

Description: Papers of William Eaton, chiefly thouse accumulated during his service in the Mediterranean. Included are letters, documents (including 9 volumes of contemporary copies), commonplace books, manuscripts, with a few sketches. The papers document the relations between the U.S. and the Barbary states, the Tripolitan War (1801-05), James Leander Cathcart, naval operations of the U.S. and European powers. Also included are items related to Eaton's professional and personal affairs -- his army career, business transactions, claims against the U.S., and relations with his family and friends. Correspondents include Samuel Barron, James Leander Cathcart, Rufus King, James Madison, Richard O'Brien, Timothy Pickering, and others.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1794 May 16-1799 December 9
Call number: EA 198
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[Letterbook]

Manuscripts

Papers of William Eaton, chiefly thouse accumulated during his service in the Mediterranean. Included are letters, documents (including 9 volumes of contemporary copies), commonplace books, manuscripts, with a few sketches. The papers document the relations between the U.S. and the Barbary states, the Tripolitan War (1801-05), James Leander Cathcart, naval operations of the U.S. and European powers. Also included are items related to Eaton's professional and personal affairs -- his army career, business transactions, claims against the U.S., and relations with his family and friends. Correspondents include Samuel Barron, James Leander Cathcart, Rufus King, James Madison, Richard O'Brien, Timothy Pickering, and others.

EA 208

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