Papers, 1905.

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Papers, 1905.

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This collection consists of a typescript of a memoir of Colonel Stephen Jarvis. Accompanying the memoir are notes, comments, genealogical materials, and a brief article on the Loyalists in Canada. Although the notes add a considerable amount of historical information to support the memoir, their pagination shows that only a fraction of the original notes are included with the memoir. The memoir details Jarvis's service in the Queen's Rangers during the Revolutionary War, including descriptions of the hardships of military life. Jarvis also gives accounts of actual combat in which his grandfather was engaged, such as the Battle of Brandywine. The memoir tells of the sale of an African American man and woman to a Staten Island resident, and the subsequent division of the money among all those involved. After the war, Jarvis later moved with his family to Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he became the head of a militia company. They remained there until 1808, when they settled at York to escape hostile neighbors. In 1817, while visiting relatives in New York, he dined with the widow of Alexander Hamilton, and attended some productions featuring the English actress Mrs. Sarah Bartley, of whom he was critical.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Jarvis, Stephen, 1756-1840

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Connecticut loyalist in Queen's Rangers. From the description of [Forage book], 1782 Jul.-1783 Jun. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774866 Connecticut Loyalist in the Queen's Rangers; later a resident of Upper Canada. From the description of Autobiography of Stephen Jarvis : Typescript, [19--]. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58758768 ...

Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850

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Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage. From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 (New York Public Librar...

Jarvis, Stinson, 1854-1926

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Probably the grandson of Colonel Stephen Jarvis (1756-1840). From the description of Papers, 1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41579889 ...

Queen's Rangers, 1776-1781.

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