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Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 1776 March 25, Phila[delphia], to General [Charles] Lee, Williamsburg, [Va.].

Title: Letter, 1776 March 25, Phila[delphia], to General [Charles] Lee, Williamsburg, [Va.].

Contains information about the approval by Congress of a resolution supported by General [Charles] Lee. Relates details of General [George] Washington's entry into Boston after the British retreat. R.H. Lee proposed in Congress that four batallions be attached from General Washington's army and sent to Canada. Also mentions that Gov[ernor] [Samuel] Ward [of Pennsylvania] is ill with smallpox and might die.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 31 cm.

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Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786. ALS, 1777 March 2 : Head Quarters, Morristown, to Robert Morris, Philadelphia.

Title: ALS, 1777 March 2 : Head Quarters, Morristown, to Robert Morris, Philadelphia.

Implores Morris to urge that Congress allow a conference with Howe concerning General Lee's freedom. "I fear an evil will result from the refusal of this Conference ... People who have been long in Captivity, grow dispirited ... they are apt to close with any offers of the Enemy ..."

ArchivalResource: 8 p. ; 33 x 21 cm.

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Gratz, Simon. Miscellaneous personal autographs, 1754-1824.

Title: Miscellaneous personal autographs, 1754-1824.

John Dickinson correspondence, 1775-1798, includes Congressional acts signed by Charles Thomson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock; George Washington letters, 1781-1782; Marquis de Lafayette, 1789; George Latimer, 1788; Robert Morris, 1797-1798; Charles Lee, 1775; Tadeusz Kósciuszko and others; Albert Gallatin correspondence, 1801-1811; Stephen Girard papers, 1794-1811; Charles Thomson correspondence, 1754-1824, includes his memorandum book, 1754-1774, with notes on the Revolutionary Convention; Baron von Steuben, letters and correspondence, 1782-1793.

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Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1777 Apr. 4, New York, N.Y., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia.

Title: ALS, 1777 Apr. 4, New York, N.Y., to Robert Morris, Philadelphia.

Since it is possible that he will be sent to England, Lee asks Morris to send him his servant and some clothes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Hutson, Richard, 1748-1795. Richard Hutson letter to John Hancock, 1778 Nov. 3.

Title: Richard Hutson letter to John Hancock, 1778 Nov. 3.

Letter from Hutson in Philadelphia, Pa., to John Hancock (in Boston, Mass.), president of the Continental Congress, concerning current activities of the Continental Congress. Other topics include the future election of a new president, and the trial of Gen. Charles Lee.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS, 1782 March 14 : Dumfries, to General Horatio Gates.

Title: ALS, 1782 March 14 : Dumfries, to General Horatio Gates.

Lee congratulates Gates on "the honour you have so justly acquired," wishing "may you be personally happy, for I despair ... of your being politically so." Lee bitterly denounces "the present tyrannical anarchy," saying he would "rather marry the Devil's Daughter ... than remain a single instant in this accursed Pandemonium."

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 19.5 x 31 cm.

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White, Edward, of Brookline, Mass. ALsS : Valley Forge, to Benjamin White, Brookline, Mass., 1778.

Title: ALsS : Valley Forge, to Benjamin White, Brookline, Mass., 1778.

Three letters to his father, dated 2 January, 23 February, and 6 April. Principal topics include the building of houses in camp, the arrival of Gen. Charles Lee after his release by the British, requests for clothing, and news of friends and neighbors.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (5 p.) ; 27 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86139011 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

Baldwin, Loammi, 1745-1807. Papers, 1768-1872

Title: Loammi Baldwin papers, 1768-1872

Papers of soldier, civil engineer, and state legislator Loammi Baldwin focusing on his service in the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01081/catalog View

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824. ALS, 1778 December 16 : [s.l.], to Charles Lee.

Title: ALS, 1778 December 16 : [s.l.], to Charles Lee.

Writes Lee he will send "a copy of the proceedings of Congress relative to your trial" for treason, but asks that for additional service Lee "apply to Congress that I may not incur censure."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13944427 View

Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog View

Hunton, Hamilton Morris, 1908-. Autograph collection of Hamilton Morris Hutton [manuscript], 1828-1930.

Title: Autograph collection of Hamilton Morris Hutton [manuscript], 1828-1930.

The collection contains letters, documents, portraits, clippings and other papers of public and military men of the mid-19th century. A majority of the letters were written by Hamilton Fish, many to his secretary Robert H. Morris who also served as secretary to Governor Washington Hunt of New York and U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward. Letters, 1849-1861, from Fish to Morris discuss legal matters, New York politics, and appointments in the New York and federal governments. Letters, 1850-1852, from Hunt to Morris discuss military appointment, shipping Hunt's sword, the Washington National Monument Society, and Morris' resignation as Hunt's secretary. The collection also contains a letter, 10 January 1828, from Philander D. Chase, Columbus, Ohio, to John Crafts Wright, Washington, D.C., regarding a land grant for Kenyon College; and a letter, 27 May 1837, from Daniel Webster, Frankfort, Ky., to John Crafts Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio, regarding a visit to Cincinnati. Also a letter, 25 October 1840, from John J. Crittenden, Frankfort, Ky., to John Crafts Wright, regarding the election of 1840; and a letter, 22 January 1841, from Henry Clay, Washington, D.C., to John Crafts Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio, regarding the current session of Congress and a military appointment. Also a letter, 25 August 1841, from Jacob Morris, Butternuts, Otsego County, N.Y., reminiscing about the Revolutionary War. Also a letter, 26 March 1860, from William H. Seward to Robert H. Morris, regarding traveling; and a letter, 7 November 1861, from William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, regarding the presentation of foreign ministers, with an approval on verso by Lincoln. Also an autograph, 16 September 1861, of Winfield Scott; two letters, 1861, from John Tyler, Richmond, Va., regarding the Convention of 1861 and secession; and letters, 1862-1863, from Crafts J. Wright to Robert H. Morris, regarding Wright's military rank, Corinth, Miss., and Civil War camp life. Also a letter, 26 August 1864, from Crafts J. Wright, Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appealing a decision of the Secretary of Treasury regarding the taxation of residents of New Orleans and surrounding areas. and a photograph, 1875, of Wright. Also a letter, 3 June 1870, from William T. Sherman, regarding a dispute over an account of an unidentified Civil War battle; and a letter, 10 January 1878, from Jefferson Davis, Mississippi City, Miss., regarding the monetary policy of the Confederacy and his capture at the end of the Civil War. Also a postcard, 5 May 1879, from Joseph E. Johnston, Washington, D.C., to Crafts J. Wright, Cook County, Ill., regarding G.T. Beauregard's address; and a letter, 12 May 1879, from G.T. Beauregard, New Orleans, La., to Crafts J. Wright, Cook County, Ill., regarding Beauregard's retreat during the Battle of Corinth. Also a letter, 2 November 1879, from Ellen Ewing Sherman, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Morris, regarding William T. Sherman; and a letter, 3 November 1930, from R. Walton Moore, Washington, D.C., regarding Charles Lee, George Washington, and participants in the Revolutionary War from the Morris family. Also a letter, n.d., from Abbott Lawrence, Washington, D.C., to John C. Wright, Ohio, regarding business between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Boston, Mass., and a new tariff bill before Congress; and coat-of-arms, n.d., of the Morris family, with an explanatory note, n.d. Miscellaneous papers, 1851-1865, of Robert H. Morris, include a gun permit, Civil War travel passes, death notices, including one attributed to Thurlow Weed, and letters regarding family matters, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the battle of Chancellorsville, and legal matters. The collection also contains autographs, n.d., of Jefferson Davis, Thomas Ewing, John B. Floyd, John H. Reagan, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas; and photographs, n.d., of William T. Sherman and John Crafts Wright.

ArchivalResource: 111 items.

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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IV, Miscellany, 1756-1807

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IV, Miscellany, 1756-1807

Portraits, prints, letters, and documents tipped into Volume 4 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving (2), John Burgoyne, Nathanael Greene, Earl of Dartmouth, Joseph Reed (2), Horatio Gates, John Sullivan, Elbridge Gerry, Guy Carleton, Richard Montgomery, Aaron Burr (2), William Pitt, David Wooster, John Lamb (2), Benjamin Church, Thomas Graves, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Knox (2), Benedict Arnold, Christopher Greene, Philip Schuyler, Thomas Mifflin, Martha Washington, Charles Lee, John Adams, John Macpherson, Daniel Morgan, Henry Clinton. Prints: View of Boston from the Bay; Washington's Headquarters at Cmabridge; Vue du mont Vernon et la maison du général Washington; Death of Chatham; Quebec in 1775; View of Quebec, the Capital of British America; London; Mount Vernon; A View of Quebec from the Bason; On th Wast River; A Perspective View of the City of Quebec, the Capital of Canada; [Quebec - The Old Citadel]; [Quebec]; Hudson River From Hoboken; The Evacuation of Boston. Letters: ALS, Jonathan Trumbull to Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, and Oliver Wolcott, May 5, 1778; ALS, Joseph Reed to Abbè Raynal, July 14, 1780; ALS, Elbridge Gerry to Mr. Eliot, June 24, 1800; A[aman.]LS, Aaron Burr to Timothy Edwards, March 5, 1789; ALS, Henry Knox to Mrs. Breck, September 21, 1786; ALS, Píerre Van Cortlandt to Philip Schuyler, MArch 8, 1785; ALS, N. Decubaur to Stephen Moylan, November 21, 1807; ALS, Edward Everett to , February 19, 1834. Documents: A[aman.]DS, [authorization of expenditure, sent to Ebenezer Hancock and signed by Artemus and Joseph Ward], July 29, 1776; ADS, [Proclamation by New Hampshire Governor John Sullivan of a fast], February 29, 1788; A[aman.]DS, [Warrant for the arrest of Reuben Payne, issued by Virignia Governor Benjamin Harrison], June 6, 1782; DS, [Commission of Jonathan Gage, signed by John Avery, et al.], July 2, 1778.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

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Whipple, Bella. Bella Whipple orderly book, 5 June- 18 Nov. 1775.

Title: Bella Whipple orderly book, 5 June- 18 Nov. 1775.

Orderly book kept during the siege of Boston by Bella Whipple, 5 June- 18 Nov. 1775. Whipple was the adjutant for Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment of the Continental Army (later the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment) and recorded orders from George Washington regarding troop organization; orders from Gen. Charles Lee regarding discipline; and orders from Gen. Nathanael Greene regarding duty assignments. Also includes orders from Gen. John Thomas and Maj. Israel Angell.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45277553 View

Hancock, John, 1736-1793. LS, 1776 July 22, Philadelphia, to Major General [Charles] Lee.

Title: LS, 1776 July 22, Philadelphia, to Major General [Charles] Lee.

As President of the Continental Congress, Hancock sends their tribute and gratitude for repulsing the British fleet and army at Fort Moultrie, near Charleston, S.C., on June 28. Postcript in hand of Hancock.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. ; 32 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13504196 View

Papers, 1775-1782.

Title: Papers, 1775-1782.

Chiefly incoming correspondence of RhodeIsland governor Nicholas Cooke along with other items pertaining to military and politicalaffairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 box(.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01683/catalog View