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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The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks.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.)

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Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780. The history of the Province of Massachusetts Bay : [182-].

Title: The history of the Province of Massachusetts Bay : [182-].

Research notes, transcriptions of historical documents, and portions of an edited manuscript draft of the American issue of the third volume of Thomas Hutchinson's "History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay"; principally in the hand of the author's grandson who served as the volume's editor, Rev. John Hutchinson.

ArchivalResource: 2 slipcases (128 p.)

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