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Humphreys, Joshua, 1751-1838. Papers, 1682-1835.

Title: Papers, 1682-1835.

Business records of shipbuilding enterprise: letter books, 1793-1835; account books, 1784-1813, 1792-1806; ledgers, 1766-1777, 1772-1773, 1784-1805; roll call book, 1794-1799; a daybook, 1791-1823; navy yard mast book, 1797-1806; records of the building of the United States, 1798-1801; Wharton and Humphreys notebook with plans for construction of warships, drawings, and details of the building of the Constitution, Franklin, and other ships. In addition to these papers there are Humphrey's correspondence, 1775-1831; miscellaneous papers, accounts, agreements, 1738-1823; deeds and marriage contracts 1682-1758; account book, 1747-1748; notebook of Daniel Humphreys, 1638-1716; ciphering book of Joshua Humphreys, 1800-1802; his "Journal of a Voyage from Philadelphia to Lisbon," 1809; Clement Humphreys journal, 1798; and 2 copies of the American Repository, 1796, 1798.

ArchivalResource: 20 v.

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Humphreys, Clement, 1777-1803. Papers, 1798-1801.

Title: Papers, 1798-1801.

The papers include Humphrey's letter book, 1798, containing material on his official missions, with detailed accounts of events; "list of Staple Articles of Commerce between the United States and Foreign Ports," 1798; official instructions and correspondence, 1798-1801; manuscript maps of ports in the West Indies, 1798. Humphreys was an agent to France during the John Adams administration.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

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Elbridge Gerry Papers, 1772-1901, (bulk 1776-1814)

Title: Elbridge GerryPapers 1772-1901 (bulk 1776-1814)

United States vice president, delegate to the Continental Congress, and United States representative from and governor of Massachusetts. Chiefly correspondence relating to various aspects of Gerry's public career, including his memberships in the Massachusetts General Court and Provincial Congress (where he was active on committees of correspondence, safety, and supply during the Revolution), service in the Continental Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives, governorship of Massachusetts, term as vice president of the United States, and especially his role in the 1797-1798 mission to France, known as the XYZ Affair.

ArchivalResource: 500 items; 4 containers; 1.4 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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