Elbridge Gerry papers, 1772-1936, bulk: 1772-1814.

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Elbridge Gerry papers, 1772-1936, bulk: 1772-1814.

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Correspondence of statesman Elbridge Gerry and his family. Gerry's correspondence with Samuel Adams, John Adams, Tristram Dalton, James Warren, Joseph Trumbull, Rev. William Gordon, Francis Dana, James Sullivan, James Lovell, and John Wendell concerns: a smallpox epidemic in Boston (1774), reaction to the British blockade of Boston, campaigns of the Revolutionary War, military supplies and the payment of soldiers, money troubles of the young United States, and the Treaty of Paris. Later correspondence concerns Mass. and national politics, Gerry's diplomatic mission to Paris and the subsequent war with France, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Jefferson and Madison administrations. Gerry's letters to his wife Ann Thompson Gerry and his children Ann, Eliza, and Elbridge Gerry describe Washington and its social life, as well as news about the War of 1812. (Cont) Letters and diary (1832) of James Thompson Gerry describe various places in the Mediterranean and give accounts of his command of the U.S.S. Albany. Unsorted papers of the Townsend family, particularly of Dr. George J. Townsend, are also included.

7 boxes, 3 cased vols, and 1 oversize container.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Dana, Francis, 1743-1811

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Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

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Warren, James, 1726-1808

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Gerry family.

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Gerry, Ann, 1791-ca.1884.

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France. 1783 Sept. 3.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Dalton, Tristram, 1738-1817

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Gordon, William, 1728-1807

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Gerry, James Thompson, 1797-1855

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Townsend, George J., 1824-1894.

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Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

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Wendell, John, 1731-1808

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Townsend family.

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Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

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Continental Congressman, anti-Federalist, governor of Massachusetts, founder of Massachusetts Historical Society. From the description of ALS, 1789 June 28 : Boston, to Elbridge Gerry. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13986996 Attorney general of Massachusetts (1790-1807). From the description of James Sullivan autograph letter signed, 1798. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130492 Continental Congressman, g...

Gerry, Elbridge, 1793-1867.

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