Papers of Edward Davis Townsend, 1761-1928 (bulk 1837-1879).

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Papers of Edward Davis Townsend, 1761-1928 (bulk 1837-1879).

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Personal and professional papers of Edward Davis Townsend. Included are official and private correspondence, (chiefly letters addressed to him), military records, journals, memoirs, and a few photographs. Two journals cover the 2nd Seminole War in 1837-1838, and his service in California from 1851 to 1856. The latter was incorporated in a memoir entitled "A Trip to California;" both accounts are accompanied by pencil sketches. An unfinished memoir covers Townsend's life and career until the beginning of the Mexican War. The collection also contains a group of personal and political correspondence of Elbridge Gerry, including pieces related to his diplomatic and political career (1772-1814), and the correspondence of Ann Thompson Gerry and Eliza Gerry Townsend.

163 pieces.3 boxes, also 9 bound volumes and 1 envelope.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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