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Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790. Answers to the queries that were sent by the Right Honorable, the Lords of trade & plantations to the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, [1762].

Title: Answers to the queries that were sent by the Right Honorable, the Lords of trade & plantations to the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, [1762].

Contemporary manuscript copy in unknown hand of a letter written by Sharpe in 1762.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound ms. (8 p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49365314 View

Thomas Gage papers 1754-1807 1759-1775 Gage, Thomas, papers

Title: Thomas Gage papers 1754-1807 1759-1775 Gage, Thomas, papers

The Thomas Gage papers consist of the military and governmental correspondence and headquarter papers of General Thomas Gage, officer in the British Army in America (1754-1763) and commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America between 1763 and 1775. The papers include incoming correspondence and retained copies of letters written by Gage, together with a large quantity of documents related to military administration and manuscript maps of North America. The collection is particularly strong in documenting British administration of North America after the French and Indian War, interactions with Native Americans, and the years preceding the American Revolution. The series is described in a separate finding aid. Thomas Gage warrants

ArchivalResource: 70 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-341gag?rgn=main;view=text View

Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1755-1792, [n.d.], 1755-1792

Title: Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1755-1792, [n.d.] 1755-1792

The first volume includes extracts from the journals of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post (1757), Charles Thomson's "An Enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest" (1759), and a printed version of Judge Bradford's "Statement of facts and observations respecting the penal laws" (1792). The second volume contains selected letters and documents in the Pennsylvania state records on Indian relations, including transcriptions of several treaties between the Province of Pennsylvania and the Delawares and other Indians (1755-1758); the French and Indian War; and Braddock's campaign. Some manuscripts are written by Deborah Norris Logan and Charles Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 Volume(s), 2 volumes, 879 p., copies

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.970.4.M415-ead.xml View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790. Letter signed : Annapolis, to the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office, 1761 May 1.

Title: Letter signed : Annapolis, to the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office, 1761 May 1.

On official business.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270664850 View

Papers of the Whitehall estate, [ca. 1763]-1780, [ca. 1950]-1992.

Title: Papers of the Whitehall estate, [ca. 1763]-1780, [ca. 1950]-1992.

The collection includes eighteenth century architectural drawings, manuscripts and modern notes collected by Scarlett for his research, photographs and slides taken before and after the restoration, and publications relating to Whitehall as well as financial records of the Whitehall plantation during the 1770s.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes : ill. (some col.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580356 View

Braddock Expedition papers, 1754-1755.

Title: Braddock Expedition papers, 1754-1755.

Papers concerning Edward Braddock's expedition and defeat by French and Indian forces near Fort Duquesne including: lists of British army officers present, killed and wounded; diary of proceedings of Commodore Augustus Kepple detachment of seamen with account of Braddock's defeat; anonymous report sent to King George IV; Governor Horatio Sharpe letters, 1754-1755; and maps and plans.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86165587 View

Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790. Horatio Sharpe papers, 1758-1784.

Title: Horatio Sharpe papers, 1758-1784.

Correspondence, financial accounts, and other papers relating to the Stamp Act, tariff, American loyalist sentiment, and politics at the time of the Revolution. Correspondents include Sharpe's brothers, Joshua Sharpe, Philip Sharpe, and William Sharpe, and Frederick Calvert (Lord Baltimore), William Dyall, and Samuel Ridout.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980438 View

American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.200-ead.xml View

Maryland. Governor and Council. Letterbook, 1753-1838.

Title: Letterbook, 1753-1838.

Copies of correspondence to and from the Governor and Council. Volumes for 1753-1769 contain only letters of Governor Horatio Sharpe. Volumes for 1777-1823 contain primarily out-going correspondence. Volume for 1834-1838 bound with the Proceedings series [MSA S1071] and covers pages 515-573. Some correspondence found in the MARYLAND STATE PAPERS Scharf Collection [MSA S1005] and Series A [MSA S1004].

ArchivalResource: 6 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122560688 View

Polk, Josiah. Papers, 1740?-1782.

Title: Papers, 1740?-1782.

Ledger (1763-1771), recording personal and professional business, including list of bad debts due Polk, casebook (1740s-1760s) recording texts of legal cases pleaded by him and by Walter Douglas in the courts of Somerset, Worcester, and Dorchester counties, Md., and Accomack and Northampton counties, Va., and other papers, including a petition (ca. 1760s) to Gov. Horatio Sharpe concerning Stepney Parish, Rev. Alexander Adams (1680-1769), and his son, Rev. Alexander Adams, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20120058 View

New York (State) 18th-century letters and documents 1685-1790 New York (State) 18th-century letters and documents

Title: New York (State) 18th-century letters and documents 1685-1790 New York (State) 18th-century letters and documents

The New York (State) 18th-century letters and documents consist primarily of manuscripts related to life and legal procedures in 18th-century New York.

ArchivalResource: 53 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4933new?rgn=main;view=text View

Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766. John Stanwix correspondence, 1760 April 10.

Title: John Stanwix correspondence, 1760 April 10.

ALS (Philadelphia, Pa.) concerning a military campaign in the French and Indian War addressed to Governor Horatio Sharpe of Maryland.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980523 View

Forbes, John, 1707-1759. Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

Title: Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

The papers from Forbes's campaign against the French at Ft. Duquesne contain correspondence, reports about Indian allies and the colonial governments, military returns and instructions, intelligence reports and some financial papers. They concern strategy, supply, the advance across Pennsylvania, colonial cooperation, provisioning of the troops, Indian negotiations and relations with British and colonial officers. Material is present from other British campaigns in the French and Indian war, particularly the assault at Ft. Ticonderoga, the massacre at Ft. William Henry, the siege of Louisburg, and Braddock's defeat which is described in the letterbook of Sir John St.Clair, the highest ranking officer to survive.

ArchivalResource: 530 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647835114 View

George II King of Great Britain, 1683-1760. Executive portfolio, 1684-1786.

Title: Executive portfolio, 1684-1786.

Executive records. Consists of correspondence, military reports (French and Indian as well as Revolutionary Wars), instructions issued to civil and military officials, and certificates of election. Also contains "historical notes" that summarize Maryland history from 1632 to 1674 with many that concern relations with Indian tribes, King George II's instructions to Lord Baltimore and his subsequent instructions to Governor Horatio Sharpe (1753). Other documents recount colonial military strategy during the French and Indian War and several laws pertaining to the collection of naval duties. Also contains a catalog of 168 North American trees (n.d.). No apparent arrangement. Correspondents include governors, Convention of Maryland, Council of Safety, King George II, Lord Baltimore, and civil and military officials.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122506285 View

Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790. Sharpe papers, 1753-1768.

Title: Sharpe papers, 1753-1768.

Original correspondence to Governor Horatio Sharpe. Transcribed in the GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL Letterbook series [MSA S1075].

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122614056 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787. Thomas Gage papers, 1754-1807, bulk 1759-1775.

Title: Thomas Gage papers, 1754-1807, bulk 1759-1775.

The Thomas Gage papers consist of the military and governmental correspondence and headquarters papers of General Thomas Gage, officer in the British Army in America (1754-1763) and commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America (1763-1775). The papers include incoming correspondence and retained copies of letters written by Gage, together with a large quantity of documents related to military administration and manuscript maps of North America. The collection is particularly strong in documenting British administration of North America after the French and Indian War, interactions with Native Americans, and the years preceding the American Revolution. The collection also includes a the Thomas Gage warrants, a series of financial documents authorizing payments related to British military expenses in North America during Gage's service as commander-in-chief.

ArchivalResource: 70 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/711054960 View

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782. Letter : Frederick, to Horatio Sharpe, 1753 September 24.

Title: Letter : Frederick, to Horatio Sharpe, 1753 September 24.

Fairfax writes to Sharpe that he has a personal interest as to which branch of the Potomac is the dividing line between Maryland and Virginia and therefore wishes Lord Baltimore and Sharpe to deal directly with the Virginia governor.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122482149 View

Clayton, John, 1665-1737. Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

Title: Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

The collection contains the letterpress copybook of Edmund Jenings, kept in London and Richmond, England, concerning Horatio Sharpe, Richard Lee, Edward Braddock's campaign in 1755, horse racing in Virginia, Frederick Lord Baltimore, John Randolph, the Ohio Company, Peyton Randolph, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, William Byrd III, and William Pitt. Other subjects include the Board of Trade of Great Britain, Jewish immigration to Great Britain, Maryland Land Office, slaves, paper currency in Virginia and Maryland, pistole fee, plantations in Virginia and Maryland, salt, Seven Years' War, tobacco, and the Virginia and Maryland boundary. Also discussed are copper mines, the East India company, pamphlets of Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) and Dr. John Mitchell, the Stamp Act of 1765, taxation, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the College of William and Mary. There are also letters (1789-1818) written to Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) concerning land in Anne Arundel County, Md.; a letter (1783) concerning American property rights in England; a copy of a 1795 act of the Maryland General Assembly concerning land of Edmund Jenings in Anne Arundel County, Md.; the wills (1737) of John Clayton (1665-1737) and (1774) of John Clayton (1694-1773); affidavits (1790) concerning John Clayton (1694- 1773) and William Clayton. Also includes Jenings family genealogical notes and letters.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29489755 View

Historical manuscripts, 1636-1935.

Title: Historical manuscripts, 1636-1935.

Historical documents collected by Roosevelt and related to political, social, mercantile, and military life in the United States. Only three items are from the 17th century, two legal documents and a receipt. Other documents include business correspondence, personal letters, bills, receipts, bonds, contracts, notes, wills and testaments, deeds and land grants, apprenticeship papers, licenses, military papers and certificates, customs declarations, and public office appointments. Subjects include the Mayor's Court of New York City, ships and shipping, sale of slaves, Revolutionary War service, privateering, smuggling, defense of the United States, and military conditions in the field during the Civil War. Persons represented include John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, Major General Charles Lee, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Governor Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, Ben Stoddert, George Washington, George Bancroft, Aaron Burr, John C. Calhoun, Simon Cameron, Lewis Cass, Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Lord Cornwallis, William H. Crawford, Oliver Cromwell, Jefferson Davis, James Guthrie, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Samuel Houston, General Robert E. Lee, James Russell Lowell, James K. Paulding, William Pitt, Dr. Benjamin Rush, William H. Seward, General William T. Sherman, Daniel Webster, and Emile Zola.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (415 items)

https://www.fdrlibrary.org/documents/356632/390886/findingaid_roos_histmanuscripts.pdf/0441b005-9026-4849-811a-dc3b2a68f42d View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775, 1737-1775

Title: Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775 1737-1775

Reports on conferences and treaties with the Indians and miscellaneous Indian affairs in Pennsylvania, with emphasis upon the French and Indian War. Correspondents include: John Armstrong Thomas Barton Edward Braddock Daniel Claus George Croghan James Hamilton James Logan Hugh Mercer Andrew Montour Robert Hunter Morris Robert Orme Ferdinand J. Paris Thomas Penn Horatio Sharpe Joseph Shippen William Shirley John Stanwix Robert Stobo William Trent Conrad Weiser

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 822 pages

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.974.8.P19-ead.xml View

Linde, Janet. An annotated edition of correspondence between General John Forbes and Governor Horatio Sharpe during the Forbes campaign to Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1980 May 28.

Title: An annotated edition of correspondence between General John Forbes and Governor Horatio Sharpe during the Forbes campaign to Fort Duquesne in 1758, 1980 May 28.

Linde's edition was done for a University of Virginia class in documentary editing taught by George Reese. The paper has extensive pencilled comments by Reese.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49050502 View

Bradford, William, 1755-1795. Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1737-1775, [n.d.].

Title: Manuscripts on Indian affairs, 1737-1775, [n.d.].

The first volume includes extracts from the journals of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post, Charles Thomson's "An Enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest" (1759), and a printed version of Judge Bradford's "Statement of facts and observations respecting the penal laws" (1792). The second volume contains selected letters and documents in the Pennsylvania state records on Indian relations, French and Indian War, and Braddock's campaign. Some manuscripts are written by Deborah Norris Logan and Charles Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (879 p.) : copies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122364935 View

Sharpe, Gregory, 1713-1771. Letter, 1758 March 18, to Horatio Sharpe.

Title: Letter, 1758 March 18, to Horatio Sharpe.

Gregory Sharpe writes to his brother Horatio, governor of Maryland, in regard to the unsettled political conditions there. Refers to earlier letters to brother William, containing Horatio's account of the problem. Advises Horatio to burn the present correspondence as a safeguard. Notes that the letter is borne by Francis Fauquier, "a gentleman possess'd of many amiable qualities" to whose family Sharpe is indebted.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10241186 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866

Title: Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 .

Documents copied or collected by American historian and president of Harvard Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00303/catalog View