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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
revised2015-09-18machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-16T18:27:54machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-16T18:27:54humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-19machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonBerol, Alfred C.,presumedactive 1650active 1830African AmericansSouth CarolinaUnited StatesCollectorAdams, John, 1735-1826.Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805.Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.Hancock, John, 1737-1793.Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.Jay, John, 1745-1829.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.Laurens, John, 1754-1782.Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823.Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.Pitt, W. M. (William Morton), 1754 or 5-1836.Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.Washington, George, 1732-1799.Berol, Alfred C.,. Alfred C. Berol papers, 1650-1830.Berol, Alfred C.,Alfred C. Berol papers, 1650-1830.1.5 linear ft. ( 3 boxes)A collection of letters and documents pertaining to the American Revolution, or to personages who figured in it. Among the persons represented in the collection are John Adams, Edmund Burke, Aaron Burr, Lord Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, Nathanael Greene, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Robert Morris, William Pitt, Benjamin Rush, Baron von Steuben, and George Washington. The largest group of manuscripts in the collection is the sixteen letters of Henry Laurens, the South Carolina planter, and his son, John Laurens, among which is a magnificent "manumission letter" written by Henry Laurens to his son on 14 August 1776, barely a month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For the text of this letter see: A LETTER FROM HENRY LAURENS TO HIS SON JOHN LAURENS, AUGUST 14, 1776. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries