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1776 December-1797 July 28
Manuscripts
A collection of 161 items from 1776 to 1815; it consists of the professional, personal, and political papers and correspondence of James McHenry. The bulk of the collection consists of letters addressed to McHenry during his term as the Secretary of War, from 1796 to 1800. Also included are: petitions to Sir William Howe and report to George Washington concerning the condition of American prisoners of war (1776 to 1777); a regimen and diet prescribed by him to Alexander Hamilton (1778); correspondence and documents relating to the American Revolution accumulated by McHenry during his service as Washington's secretary (1778 to 1780); and Lafayette's aid (1780 to 1781), including a journal that McHenry kept in July 10-15, 1778 en route with Washington's Army to the North River.
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1797 August 10-1815 September 1
Manuscripts
A collection of 161 items from 1776 to 1815; it consists of the professional, personal, and political papers and correspondence of James McHenry. The bulk of the collection consists of letters addressed to McHenry during his term as the Secretary of War, from 1796 to 1800. Also included are: petitions to Sir William Howe and report to George Washington concerning the condition of American prisoners of war (1776 to 1777); a regimen and diet prescribed by him to Alexander Hamilton (1778); correspondence and documents relating to the American Revolution accumulated by McHenry during his service as Washington's secretary (1778 to 1780); and Lafayette's aid (1780 to 1781), including a journal that McHenry kept in July 10-15, 1778 en route with Washington's Army to the North River.
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James McHenry papers
Manuscripts
A collection of 161 items from 1776 to 1815; it consists of the professional, personal, and political papers and correspondence of James McHenry. The bulk of the collection consists of letters addressed to McHenry during his term as the Secretary of War, from 1796 to 1800. Also included are: petitions to Sir William Howe and report to George Washington concerning the condition of American prisoners of war (1776 to 1777); a regimen and diet prescribed by him to Alexander Hamilton (1778); correspondence and documents relating to the American Revolution accumulated by McHenry during his service as Washington's secretary (1778 to 1780); and Lafayette's aid (1780 to 1781), including a journal that McHenry kept in July 10-15, 1778 en route with Washington's Army to the North River. The collection contains five John Adams items: autograph request signed to Secretary of War James McHenry, 1797 March 14 (MH 1); autograph letter signed to James McHenry, 1797 Ocotober 27 (MH 2); contemporary copy of letter to Timothy Pickering, 1798 June 12 (MH 3); autograph letter signed to James McHenry, 1798 July 6; and autograph letter signed to James McHenry, 1798 August 18 (MH 159).
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Military Journal of Ambrose Serle
Manuscripts
Kept while Serle was secretary to General William Howe, May 2, 1776 to July 22, 1778.
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Documents and correspondence
Manuscripts
A collection of 78 items from 1779 to 1835; it contains miscellaneous correspondence and papers, in French and English, dealing with Lafayette's family, property, military and political career, particularly his imprisonment by the Austrians and his visit to the United States in 1824 to 1825. Included are individual letters dealing with his command in the American Revolution and his role in the French Revolution. The collection holds 37 letters written by Lafayette; other correspondents include, among others, Erick Bollman; Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette; Georges Washington Lafayette; and Auguste Adolphe Frederick de Hennings.
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Correspondence and documents
Manuscripts
Included in this series are correspondence, financial documents, printed material, and ephemera belonging to both John Daniell, Sr. and John Daniell, Jr. Much of the correspondence is addressed to John Daniell, Sr. from Alfred S. Bigelow and Thomas Nelson during their perspective roles as Secretary and Treasurer under the Boston investment firm which operated the Osceola Consolidated Mining Company and the Tamarack Mining Company. The remaining material pertains to John Daniell, Jr.'s employment with the Wolverine & Arizona Mining Company along with various personal and financial documents.
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