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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
revised2015-03-11machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-13T02:03:01machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-13T02:03:01humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonBenjamin RobertspresumedSparks, Jared, 1789-1866Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, collector. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks.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.LatinItalianDutch; FlemishFrenchSpanish; CastilianEnglishHoughton Library