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Harriot Clinton and Elizabeth Carter diaries 1771-1795 Clinton, Harriot and Elizabeth Carter diaries

Title: Harriot Clinton and Elizabeth Carter diaries 1771-1795 Clinton, Harriot and Elizabeth Carter diaries

The collection consists of a brief diary kept in 1771 by Harriot (Carter) Clinton, the wife of Sir Henry Clinton, and a 12-volume journal composed between 1774 and 1795 by her sister Elizabeth Carter, who oversaw the Clinton household during much of this time. Most of Elizabeth’s diary relates to household and farm management, health and medicine, leisure activities, and social life among the English gentry, with occasional references to political or military developments. The Clinton and Carter diaries are part of Series VIII within the larger Henry Clinton papers.

ArchivalResource: 13 volumes

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Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850

Title: Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850

The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782. Although the bulk of the papers cover his tenure as commander-in-chief, with particular attention to engagements in New York and New Jersey and the sieges of Charleston and Yorktown, they also document Clinton's efforts to restore his reputation after the war, and to some extent, his personal life. The are described in a separate finding aid. Harriot Clinton and Elizabeth Carter diaries

ArchivalResource: 304 volumes (90 linear feet)

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Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850

Title: Henry Clinton papers, 1736-1850

The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782. Although the bulk of the papers cover his tenure as commander-in-chief, with particular attention to engagements in New York and New Jersey and the sieges of Charleston and Yorktown, they also document Clinton's efforts to restore his reputation after the war, and to some extent, his personal life. The are described in a separate finding aid. Harriot Clinton and Elizabeth Carter diaries

ArchivalResource: 304 volumes (90 linear feet)

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