^^mtmimz " . ' '■ <• ■ ■ untington Library Lists • J\[wwkr 5 American Manuscript Collections UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN . ILLINOIS HISTORICAL SUFMQC UBMARY «. fit- L mmUJMMNM Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/americanmanuscriOOhenr Huntington Library Lists, CNo. 5 American Manuscript Collections IN THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY FOR THE HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Compiled by Norma B. Cuthbert San Marino, California THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY I94I COPYRIGHT, 1 94 1 BY THE HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY Anderson & Ritchie: The Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles, California, US. A. / ' ~J TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION vii ABERCROMBY PAPERS 3 AMERICAN-INDIAN COLLECTION 5 BENEDICT COLLECTION 6 BLATHWAYT PAPERS 8 BROCK COLLECTION I I COOPER PAPERS 1 4 J DESTOUCHES PAPERS 1 5 W EATON PAPERS 1 7 I ELLESMERE PAPERS ( AMERICANA) 20 r ^ NATHAN AEL GREENE COLLECTION 2 2 ^ HASTINGS PAPERS ( AMERICANA) 24 EBENEZER HUNTINGTON PAPERS 27 JEFFERSON COLLECTION 28 JOHN PAUL JONES COLLECTION 3 2 ^ RUFUS KING PAPERS 3 3 r^ 7 LAFAYETTE COLLECTION 3 5 PAGE loudoun papers (section relating to north America) 3 6 maps and plans supplementing the loudoun PAPERS 48 MC HENRY PAPERS 5 I MATHER COLLECTION 52 ROBERT MORRIS COLLECTION 5 3 ANDREW PICKENS PAPERS 5 5 POCOCK PAPERS $6 SPANISH DOCUMENTS CONCERNING FLORIDA AND THE WEST INDIES 59 STOWE COLLECTION (AMERICANA) 60 SUNDERLAND COLLECTION 63 TOWNSHEND COLLECTION 64 WASHINGTON COLLECTION 6$ SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: COLLECTION OF ORDERLY BOOKS FOR THE AMER- ICAN REVOLUTION J I MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES: DIARIES, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, LOG- BOOKS, ESSAYS, REPORTS, ETC. 74 INDEX 83 INTRODUCTION T ^he first number of the Huntington Library Bulletin (May, 193 1 ) gave a comprehensive, but necessarily general, even cursory, resume of the Library's collec- tions of rare books and manuscripts. To supplement the in- formation given about the manuscript collections, the decision was taken to publish summary reports. The first of these, "Summary Report on the Hastings Manuscripts," appeared in the Bulletin (No. 5) in April, 1934. The present report, on American historical manuscripts, is published as No. 5 in the series, "Huntington Library Lists." Mr. Huntington not only acquired collections of manuscripts but also purchased a large number of single, unrelated items. This report excludes all miscellaneous material, regardless of importance, except certain volumes that seemed to be valuable as collateral to the collections that are included. Moreover, certain collections have been omitted— namely, all heterogeneous groups, and homogeneous groups of less than forty pieces (forty being a purely arbitrary figure chosen for technical reasons). The Library's few heterogeneous groups, notably the great collection of miscellanea assembled by Mr. W. K. Bixby, although acquired en bloc, have not been kept intact on the shelves. Such assortments of papers and volumes bear no kinship to one another, are without continuity, have no common origin, and, therefore, no longer exist as collections. The homogeneous groups included in the present report are so termed for various reasons: the private letters of one person, one family, or an allied family group have relationship and con- tinuity; the same thing is true of the office correspondence of individuals, corporations, armies, governments, etc. A collection of papers on a given subject, event, or locality has homogeneity. Still other kinds of material, such as Bibles and orderly books, have identity of form or category. All of these examples differ viii INTRODUCTION in type and contents, but they fall broadly into two main divisions: the natural accumulation and the artificial compila- tion—the "inherited" and the "made." The following outlines, it is hoped, will offer self-evident instances. Attention is called to the following important points: i. No facsimiles have been included in this report. 2. Excluded are all copies of much later date, unless the orig- inal manuscript or contemporary copy has been lost, or its whereabouts is unknown to us. 3. No attempt has been made to cite all instances in which the manuscripts herein listed may have been printed. 4. The form used, in each collection, to describe the con- tents is a subject outline; the manuscripts themselves, how- ever, are not so arranged, but are usually in a strict chrono- logical sequence. AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Abercromby Papers James Abercromby (1706-81), British general, was a native of Banffshire, Scotland. He entered the army as a youth, and rose by degrees to be major general, in 1756. At this time, through the influence of the Earl of Loudoun, Abercromby was appointed his second in command in North America, and, in 1758, when Loudoun was recalled, succeeded him. It soon became apparent that Abercromby was unfitted for the supreme command, and Amherst replaced him within the year. Following his recall, he received the usual military promotion, and finally attained the rank of general, in 1772. Provenance: The collection was purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, New York dealer, in August, 1923. The Library has no record of previous owners. Number of pieces: Approximately 1,000 Period covered: 1674- 1787. With the exception of 27 items, the papers fall into the single year 1758. The distribution of the 27 is: J 757> J 5; r 759> 4; r 779i 2 ; and one piece, each, in 1674, 1752, 1754, 1780, 1782, and 1787. Subject matter: Year 1758 of the Seven Years' War in North America A. Campaign of 1758: orders and instructions B. Embargo on colonial shipping, Mar. 14, 1758 C. Capitulation of Fort William Henry declared void by the English; complications relative to the exchange of prisoners of war D. Surrender of Louisbourg E. Expedition against Ticonderoga 1. Defeat of Major General Abercromby 2. Death of Lord Howe F. Alarms up the Mohawk River; defenses at the Oneida Carry- ing Place 4 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS G. Reduction of Cadaraqui (Fort Frontenac) by Lieutenant Colo- nel John Bradstreet H. Brigadier General John Forbes's march against Fort Duquesne 1 i. Difficulties with the Indian allies 2. Opening of roads and establishing of outposts 3. Capture of Major Grant and party 4. French evacuation of Fort Duquesne I. Indian affairs 1. Efforts to unite the northern and southern Indians to the English cause 2. Gathering of the Cherokee Nation for the expedition to the Ohio, under Brigadier General Forbes 3. Conferences called by Governor Denny, of Pennsylvania J. Returns of troops, arms, provisions, etc. K. Returns of the staff L. Orders, warrants, appointments, etc., issued by the commander in chief M. Recall of Major General Abercromby Some important or interesting items: Abercromby, James. 2 "An Examination Of the Acts of Parliament Relative To the Trade and the Government of our American Colonies. Also The Different Constitutions of Government in the Colonies Considered With Remarks By way of a Bill for Amendment of the Laws of this Kingdom in Relation to the Government and Trade of these Colonies . . ." May, 1752 Howe, George Augustus, 3d Viscount Howe. Two letters to Major General Abercromby, reporting his preparations for the attack on Ticonderoga. May 28 and 30, 1758 Post, Christian Frederick. "Journal of Frederick Post's Journey from Philadelphia to Wioming." June 20, 1758 "Relation de L'affaire du 8 Julliet 1758." (Indorsed: "A French Relation of the Affair of the 8th July, 1758, At Ticonderoga, found in the woods at Gaspe.") Wolfe, James. Letter to Major General Abercromby, relating his 1 Letters written by Gen. Forbes have been printed in Writings of General John Forbes . . . , ed. Alfred P. James (Menasha, Wis., 1938). 2 James Abercromby, a kinsman of the general, served as agent in England for the colonies of Virginia and the Carolinas, 1738-60. ABERCROMBY PAPERS 5 activities, following the surrender of Louisbourg, until his departure for England. Sept. 30, 1758 Persons represented by ten or more pieces: James Abercromby, 446; John Appy, 28; John Bradstreet, 10; James De Lancey, 28; William Denny, 18; John Forbes, 25; Thomas Hancock, 16; Sir William Johnson, 29; Charles Lawrence, 15; William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (2d creation), 10; James Gabriel Montresor, 12; William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 20; Thomas Pownall, 36; John Stanwix, 22; Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, 10 Physical description: Letters, reports, returns, memorials, etc., addressed to Major Gen- eral Abercromby, are originals. Papers emanating from the commander in chief are, almost without exception, office copies written by secretaries. Many of the manuscripts, damaged by damp and mildew, have been repaired. American-Indian Collection Provenance: A series of Indian deeds, negotiations, treaties, and related material comprising the collection of Walter C. Wyman, augmented by sim- ilar miscellaneous purchases. Number of pieces: Approximately 125 Period covered: 1634-18 15 Subject matter: A. Transfers of land in New England, New York, and Michigan B. Treaties, agreements, proclamations, etc., relative to peace and the establishing of boundaries Some important or interesting items: [Bogaert, Harmen Meynsertsen van den.] Memorial of the prin- cipal events that happened during a journey to the "Maquas" 6 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS and "Sinnikins" Indians, 3 1634-35. (Note: This journal has been erroneously attributed to Arent van Curler.) Mayhew, Thomas, and others. Agreement that no further Indian lands in "Takemmy" (Tisbury, Mass.) shall be sold to the English, without the consent of the trustees. 1670 Indians. Mohawk. "The Maquase their answer" to peace overtures proposed by the governments of Maryland and Virginia. Writ- ten and signed by Robert Livingston, secretary. Albany, 1677 Deeds to the following residents of the province of New York: Gardenier, Anderis Jacobse. Albany County, 1705 Hardenbergh, Johannes. 2 pieces. Ulster County, Jan. & Feb., 1706/7 Lansing, Johannes. Albany County, 1734 Indian treaty. "The United States . . . will cause to be expended annually $1500 in purchasing, for the Five Nations, clothing, domestic animals, and implements of husbandry." With ratifi- cation signed by George Washington. Philadelphia, Apr. 23, 1792 Physical description: Originals. A few repairs are needed. Benedict Collection Provenance: Autographs of the New York governors, from Wouter van Twiller to William Tryon, gathered by the Honorable Russell Benedict, at sales of the Danforth, Thatcher, Nelson, Joline, Bern- heim, and Dowling collections, and sold privately to Mr. Hunt- ington in 191 7 Number of pieces: 187 Period covered: 163 8- 1793 Subject matter: Royal governors of New York: miscellaneous official papers, including warrants, licenses, land patents, deeds, addresses and procla- 3 Translated by James Grant Wilson in American Historical Association Annual Report, 1895, ana< m Independent, XLVII, 13 17. In 1909 Mr. S. G. Nissensen revised this translation and published it in Narratives of New Netherlands ed. J. Franklin Jameson. BENEDICT COLLECTION 7 mations, certificates of administration, civil and military appoint- ments, attestations, approvals, authorizations, and orders Persons represented by three or more pieces: Sir Edmund Andros, 4; Anthony Brockholls, 3; William Burnet, 9; George Clarke, 8; George Clinton, ii; Cadwallader Colden, 3; Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, 3; William Cosby, 3; James De Lancey, 9; Abraham De Peyster, 7; Thomas Dongan, 3; Benjamin Fletcher, 4; Sir Charles Hardy, 5; Robert Hunter, 13; Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, 14; Richard Ingoldsby, 4; Jacob Leisler, 3; Francis Lovelace, 6; John Montgomerie, 4; Sir Henry Moore, 5; John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 5; John Nanfan, 3; Sir Francis Nicholson, 3; James Robertson, 3; Peter Schuyler, 3; Henry Sloughter, 3; William Tryon, 9; Rip Van Dam, 4 Some important or interesting items: Nicolls, Richard: Confirmation of a grant of land in New Bedford, Long Island, to Thomas Lamberts, on May 15, 1664, by Peter Stuyvesant. Fort James, Feb. 18, 1666/7 Confirmation of a grant of land in Mespath, Long Island, to Thomas Wandall, Sept. 6, 1661, by Peter Stuyvesant. Fort James, Mar. 21, 1666/7 Lovelace, Francis: Confirmation of a land grant in Esopus to Adriaen Huyberts on Apr. 25, 1663, by Peter Stuyvesant. With Lovelace's seal. Fort James, Oct. 19, 1668 Confirmation to Paulus Janssen of his holdings of land in Schen- ectady. With Lovelace's seal. Fort James, May 24, 1669 Andros, Sir Edmund. "A Pattent for a Peece of Ground In this Citty on the South Side of Stony Streete granted to Mr. Fred- rick Phillips." With seal of the Province of New York. Jan. 4, 1 680/1 Hyde, Edward, Viscount Cornbury. Letter to Joseph Dudley, gov- ernor of Massachusetts, with intelligence of a threatened In- dian uprising, and a reference to a letter received from New Jersey. "Bradford denies the printing of it." New York, Feb. 11, 1706/7 Murray, John, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Letter to Wilson Miles Cary. "I promise you protection ... if you arrive here before to- 8 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS morrow night " The ship "William," off Norfolk, Oct. 24, 1775 Physical Description: Originals throughout. Some of the earlier documents need repair and a few seals are missing. Blathwayt Papers William Blathwayt (1649-17 17), English politician and administrator, was one of the most distinguished civil servants of his time. Through the influence of his uncles, Thomas and Richard Povey, both of whom were prominent in colonial affairs, he secured a position in the Plantation Office, in 1675, as a minor clerk. Advancement came rapidly, and among the offices administered were: clerk of Privy Council, 1675; secretary to the Lords of Trade, 1679; auditor-general of plantation revenues, 1680; Secretary at War, 1683; acting Secretary of State with William III, in Flanders, 1692; mem- ber of the Board of Trade, 1696. In 17 12 Blathwayt, driven from active public life by ill health, withdrew to his seat at Dyrham Park, where the last five years of his life were spent in retirement. Provenance: This series of Blathwayt Papers was acquired by Mr. Huntington in July, 1924, from Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. With the exception of twenty-seven letters addressed to Richard Nicolls, first English governor of the colony of New York, and a few odd pieces written after 17 17, the collection appears to have been a natural accumulation of Blathwayt's office records. Presumably these were transferred from London to Dyrham Park in 17 12. After Blathwayt's death they were carried to King's Weston by his son-in-law, Edward Southwell. Here they remained until purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps of Cheltenham, and thereafter they were known as Phillipps MSS, No. 8550. A portion of the Phillipps library, including these papers, was offered for sale in 1908, and the papers also changed hands at least once more, through the agency of Sotheby's. BLATHWAYT PAPERS 9 Number of pieces: 461 Period covered: 1657-1770. The distribution is: 1657, *5 1660-69, 5^; 1670-79, 13; 1680-89, 76; 1690-99, 95; 1700-1709, 182; 17 10-16, 29; 1730-70, 7 Subject matter: A. Unofficial letters (1664-68) addressed to Richard Nicolls by the following: Sir William Berkeley, Charles and Philip Cal- vert, Thomas Ludwell, Nathaniel Utie, Jerome White 1. Trade, shipping, etc. 2. Runaway slaves 3. Tobacco B. Papers having to do with the British West Indies: Antigua, 7; Bahamas, 4; Barbados, 48; Bermudas, 5; Jamaica, 35; Mont- serrat, 1; Nevis, 4; St. Christopher, 2; Tobago, 1 1. Relations with the crown a. Administration b. Taxation c. Defenses 2. Local conditions a. Orders of governor, council, and assembly b. Management of Negroes c. Piracy d. Trade, shipping, etc. C. Papers having to do with North America: Canada, 14; New- foundland, 4; Rhode Island, 3; Massachusetts, 43; New Hamp- shire, 19; Connecticut, 1; New York, 77; Pennsylvania, 4; Maryland, 26; Virginia, 51; Carolinas, 2; Florida, 3 1. Relations with the crown a. Administration of governments, charter and propri- etary b. Taxation c. Defenses 2. Local conditions a. Orders of governor, council, and assembly b. Political corruption c. Trade, shipping, etc. d. Indian affairs e. French incroachments f. Piracy io AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Persons represented by five or more pieces: Sir William Beeston, 5; Sir William Berkeley, 14; William Blath- wayt,32; Philip Calvert, 7; George Clarke, 8; Edward D'Oyley,6; Joseph Dudley, 9; Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury, 7; William Lowndes, 9; John Nanfan, 16; Samuel Penhallow, 6; John Povey, 8; Edward Randolph, 10 Some important or interesting items: Byrd, William, II. Letter to William Lowndes, asking for appoint- ment to succeed his late father as auditor of the colony of Virginia. Portsmouth, England, May 9, 1705 Heathcote, Caleb. Letter to his brother, protesting against the corrupt administration of the Earl of Bellomont, governor of New York, and commenting on the activities of the Leislerians. 1701 Honan, Daniel. An account of expenses for Lord Cornbury's journey from New York to Albany, and return. June 22- Oct. 13, 1702 Randolph, Edward. Letter to Blathwayt, giving a report of his trip to New England, and news of the American colonies Sheils, . Letter to an unknown addressee, describing an effort of the Scottish East India Company to establish a settlement at Darien. New Caledonia, Dec. 25, 1699 Van Schaick, Lovinus. Report on Indian affairs in North America. May 11, 1696 Physical description: Originals predominate slightly. Copies are all contemporary, and most of them are attested and bear Blathwayt's indorsement. Unfortunately, this collection had been in bindings, probably for a century, with the result that nearly all of the larger pieces, which were folded, are badly worn, and crumbling in the folds. To insure better preservation in the future, the entire collection was removed from bindings and each manuscript placed in an individual folder. Faded ink has made it necessary to have about twenty-five let- ters photographed by a special process devised to bring out the illegible writing. Also, a number of the fragile pieces have been photostated for routine use, in order to preserve the originals. For the most part, however, these papers are in good condition and legible. Brock Collection Robert Alonzo Brock (i 839-1 914), historian, antiquarian, and collector, was born in Richmond, Virginia. He left school at thirteen, and entered his uncles' business; on the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the 21st Virginia Regiment, and later was transferred to a hospital unit, with which he served for the duration of the war. He is best known for his valuable contribution in the editing of source materials for Virginia history, as well as for his activities as corresponding secretary of the Virginia Historical Society (1875-93) an ^ secretary of the Southern Historical Society (1887-19 14). In the field of manuscripts alone, Brock accumulated some 50,000 pieces having to do with Virginia and the South. The collection consists of many groups of family papers, business and legal material, Civil War correspondence and documents, land papers, religious and fraternal-society records, literary manuscripts, scattered county records, and quantities of mis- cellaneous Virginiana, nondescript as well as rare, together with his own voluminous correspondence. For the purposes of this report, a rough outline to indicate the contents and extent of the earlier papers in the collection is given now; it is hoped that the whole body will be sum- marized later in a separate publication. Provenance: The collection was purchased in 1922 from the heirs of Robert A. Brock. Number of pieces before 1800: Approximately 2,000 Period covered: 1639- 1800 Subject matter: 12 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Virginia A. The land i. Northern Neck Proprietary: 1721-76 a. Rent rolls for the following counties: Berkeley, 3; Culpeper, 3; Dunmore, 3; Fairfax, 5; Fauquier, 3; Frederick, 4; King George, 3; Lancaster, 4; Loudoun, 3; Northumberland, 3; Prince William, 11; Richmond, 12; Stafford, 6; Westmoreland, 3 b. Survey warrants, issued by: Robert Carter, 1722-30; William Fairfax, 1739-52; Thomas Bryan Martin, 1760-61 c. Correspondence of the Fairfax family 2. Other counties: grants, deeds of sale, etc. 3. Virginia land office a. Survey warrants issued for bounty lands b. Correspondence of William Price, register of the land office B. Government and civil authority 1. State, county, and U.S. district-court records 2. Board of trade 3. Treasury C. Military affairs 1. Board of war a. Scattered official papers b. Correspondence of William Davies, commissioner of the War Office 2. Virginia regiments: orderly books, returns, lists, accounts, pay rolls, muster rolls, etc. D. Business firms, represented by 20 or more pieces, before 1800: 4 Micajah Crew, 150; William Cuninghame & Company, 100; John Cunliffe, 58; Donald & Burton & James Brown, 20; Freeland & Gillies, 25; Mutual Assurance Society, 44; John Norton & Sons, 225; William Prentiss & Company, 20; Robson & Harford, 30 E. Virginia families, represented by 20 or more pieces, before 1800: Fairfax, iio; Harrison, 41; Lee, 30; Pleasants, 104; Ran- dolph, 27; Scott (Charles and Daniel), 20 4 The correspondence of the Virginia firms and families listed continues into the nineteenth, and in some cases the twentieth, century. BROCK COLLECTION 13 F. Society of Friends: records and correspondence G. Freemasons (Virginia Grand Lodge): records and corre- spondence Some important or interesting items: Virginia. Council. Patent (with seal) to Richard Kempe for 840 acres of land, called "The Meadows." Mar. 4, 1638/9 Byrd, William, II. Notebook containing drafts of addresses, peti- tions, etc., representative of Byrd's activities in London while agent for the colony of Virginia. 1697- 1702 Journal, in shorthand. 1709-12^ Secret history of the Dividing Line. 1728-29. (Fragment) Description of Dismal Swamp, and proposals for draining it. 1729 "Registre Contenant le Baptesme qui se sont fait Dans L'Eglise Des francois Refugiee a Mennekintown," 1721-54. ("Manakin Town Register") Virginia. Proprietor's Office. To George Washington. Warrants to survey certain lands. (27 pieces, mostly signed by George William Fairfax; nearly all indorsed by Washington, and many in his handwriting.) 1749-52 Rose, Robert. Diary of Rev. Robert Rose. 1746-51. (Note: This manuscript is a copy, made ca. 1850; the original was destroyed by fire in Richmond, Va., during the Civil War.) "Dinwiddianae; or, Select Poems Pro Patria." [Anonymous, ca. J 757] St. Ann's Parish, Albemarle County, Va. Vestry Book. 1772-85 Armand, C[harles Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouerie] . Letter to Theod- oric Bland. ". . . As you had showed me great politness and some friendship during my sickness, I Expected that I was authorized to tell you with frankness my trouble and my case in general— and as the resolve from Congress hurted my repu- tation and my hart ... I wished that you could have influenced in the House for not render this resolve publick in inscribing it on the Journal." [Ca. 1779] Laurens, Henry. Letter to James Lovell. ". . . Tomorrow I proceed to Paris having now a prospect that our Negotiations ^Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-12, ed. Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling; transcribed from the shorthand by Marion Tinling (in press, Richmond, Va.). i 4 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS for a solid Peace will be brought to a speedy and I trust happy Issue— but mark what I say prospect, the greatest adepts in Weather and Politics are sometimes mistaken. . . ." London, Apr. 7, 1783 Toulmin, Harry. Journal of a voyage to North America, together with descriptive and statistical information concerning various counties in Virginia and Kentucky. 1793-94. (Note: This manuscript is a copy. If the original is in existence, its where- abouts is unknown to us.) Richmond, Va. City Assessor. "Assessment of Houses and Lotts in the City of Richmond for 1799" Physical description: The contemporary material is largely original, but there are many nineteenth-century copies. The early papers are in a very fragile condition, and almost all the bindings are broken and worn. Repairs are in progress. Cooper Papers Samuel Cooper (1724-84), scholar and Congregational min- ister, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Following in the footsteps of his father, William Cooper, he was educated for the ministry, and was graduated from Harvard in 1743. In the same year, before his ordination took place, he was called to be assistant pastor of the Brattle Street Church in Boston. Four years later he became sole incumbent and re- mained so to the end of his life. For many years Dr. Cooper was a member of the Corpo- ration of Harvard College. He was an ardent patriot, and took an active part in the politics of his day. He numbered among his most intimate friends many famous Americans, and all of the distinguished Frenchmen who visited Boston during the course of the war. Provenance: The Cooper Papers were purchased in March, 1926, from Mr. COOPER PAPERS 15 Marvin C. Taylor, of Worcester, Mass., whose wife was a lineal descendant of Samuel Cooper. Number of pieces: 270 Period covered: 1718-98 Subject matter: A. Congregationalism in New England: sermons by William and Samuel Cooper, 1718-83 (195 pieces) B. International politics in relation to the American colonies, 1769-83 C. French officers in North America, 1778-83 D. The Cooper family, 1759-98 Persons represented by two or more pieces: John Adams, 3; Samuel Cooper, 177; William Cooper, 43; Charles Hector, Comte cTEstaing, 3; Benjamin Franklin, 5; Gideon Haw- ley, 2; Anne Cesar, Chevalier de La Luzerne, 6; Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, 2 Some important or interesting items: Cooper, Samuel. Letter to the Corporation of Harvard College, declining the presidency of the college. [Feb. 10, 1774] Hawley, Gideon. Two letters to Dr. Cooper, describing his life among the Indians. Feb. 25, 177 1, and Jan. 8, 1776 Lee, Arthur. Letter to Dr. Cooper, regarding the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line. Jan. 18, 178 1 Lovell, James. Letter discussing the neutrality of Russia and Den- mark and the possible action of Holland; also, Virginia's relin- quishment of claims to western territory. Feb. 1, 1781 Physical description: Samuel Cooper's letters are autograph drafts, and the inclosures and translations are contemporary copies, mostly in his hand. The rest of the papers are originals. The manuscripts, throughout, are in good condition. Destouches Papers Charles Rene Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches (1727-93), French admiral, distinguished himself during the 1 6 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Revolutionary War. In 1780 he sailed from France with the fleet of the Chevalier de Ternay, carrying General Rochambeau and 6,000 men to the aid of the Americans. On the death of De Ternay in December, 1780, he suc- ceeded to the command of the French squadron at Newport, Rhode Island. The chief event of his career was the inde- cisive engagement with Admiral Arbuthnot, off Cape Henry, on March 16, 1781, to which references are found among his papers. He took part in the siege of Yorktown and the attack on the island of St. Christopher, after which he re- turned to France. Destouches received the rank of rear admiral in 1792, and died a year later. Provenance: This collection, the property of "an English gentleman," was pur- chased by Mr. Huntington from the American Art Association, in Dec, 1926. Number of pieces: 1 1 7 Period covered: 17 54- 1804. The bulk of these papers relates to the period 1780-81. Subject matter: A. French participation in the American Revolution 1. Action of the French fleet, under Destouches, against Admiral Arbuthnot, off Cape Henry, Mar. 16, 178 1 2. Instructions for the French sea and land forces 3. Movements of the French and English fleets off the Amer- ican coast and in the West Indies 4. Maps of strategic points 5. Lists and returns B. French naval administration 1. Orders and regulations 2. Provisioning of the fleet 3. Accounts of salaries, etc. Persons represented by three or more pieces: Jacques Melchior, Comte de Barras, 3; Charles Rene Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches, 9; Comte de Granchain de Semer- DESTOUCHES PAPERS i 7 ville, 3; Jean Charles, Comte de Hector, 5; Anne Cesar, Chevalier de La Luzerne, 14; Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 17; Penevert (French agent at New London, Conn.), 9; Jean Bap- tiste Donatien de Vimeure, Comte de Rochambeau, 3; Antoine Rai- mond Jean Gaulbert Gabriel de Sartine, 8; George Washington, 5 Some important or interesting items: Bouille, F. C. A., Marquis de. Letter informing Destouches of the presence of Admiral Rodney at St. Christopher; also, of the departure of Commodore Walsingham, and convoy, presum- ably for Jamaica. Martinique, Aug. 24, 178 1 Holker, Jean. Two letters, addressed, respectively, to La Luzerne and La Touche-Treville, concerning supplies and ammunition for French vessels. Philadelphia, Feb. 26 and Mar. 5, 1781 La Perouse, . . . Comte de. Letter to Destouches, giving an account of his proposals to the council of Massachusetts for an expe- dition to the Penobscot, references to their dilatoriness, etc. Apr., 1 78 1 Ternay, Charles Henri d'Arsac, Chevalier de. "Journal de Ma campagne Sur le vaisseau le Due de Bourgogne. . . ." Mar. 1- Dec. 9, 1780 Physical description: Mostly originals, in French. The collection, aside from a few mouse-eaten pieces, is in good condition and legible. Eaton Papers William Eaton ( 1 764-1 8 1 1 ) played a conspicuous part in the affairs of the United States and the Barbary States, from 1798 to 1805. After a period of service in the United States army, in Georgia, he was appointed United States consul to Tunis, in 1798, and was instrumental in removing the ob- stacles to ratification of the peace negotiated by a former charge d'affaires. In 1804, appointed "navy agent to the Barbary States," he led an expedition in behalf of the deposed ruler of Tripoli, in an attempt to end the war, between that country and the United States, begun in 1801. When the 1 8 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS success of the venture seemed almost secured with the capture of Derne, Eaton was surprised to be ordered to leave Tripoli, and to learn that negotiations by Tobias Lear for a peace, involving the ransom of American captives and maintaining the usurping ruler, had been concluded. Upon Eaton's return to America, his complaints and too outspoken denunciations of the peace with Tripoli deprived him of the sympathy that his exploits had aroused. He finally retired to his home in Brimfield, Massachusetts, and died, in 1811, a disappointed man. Provenance: This collection is part of the library purchased from Charles T. Harbeck in 19 17, through the agency of George D. Smith. Number of pieces: 555 Period covered: 1792- 18 29. The main period covered by these papers is that of 1798 to 1805, concerning Barbary affairs. The earlier and later items are for the most part of a personal nature. The chrono- logical distribution may be indicated as follows: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers: 1792-97, 18; 1798-1805, 483; 1806-29, 43 Letter books, journals, commonplace books, etc.: letter book, May 16, 1796-Dec. 27, 1798; letter and record book, Dec. 18, 1798-Dec. 9, 1799; letter and commonplace book, Apr. 8, 1799- Feb. 13, 1802; letter book and journal, Dec. 14, 1799-June 28, 1 801; portion of a commonplace book, 1799- 1802; letter book and journal, July 4, 1800-Oct. 2, 1801; letter book, June 28, 1801- Aug. 23, 1802; letter and record book, Sept. 12, 1802-Mar. 22, 1803; letter book and journal, Jan. 2, 1804-June 17, 1805; com- monplace book, Jan. 2, 1804-Nov., 1805; letter book, June 22, 1804-Feb. 14, 1805 Subject matter: A. Relations of the United States with the Barbary States 1. Algiers: consulship of Richard O'Brien (official and per- sonal correspondence) 2. Tripoli EATON PAPERS 19 a. Consulship of James Leander Cathcart (official and personal correspondence) b. War, 1 80 1 -5 (1) Nicolai C. Nissen, Danish consul and U.S. charge d'affaires (official correspondence) (2) Expedition in behalf of Ahmed II (Hamet Kara- manli), ending in the occupation of Derne (3) U.S. naval operations (4) Treaty of peace 3. Tunis: consulship of William Eaton a. Negotiations with Hammoudah, Bey of Tunis b. Relief of Danish captives B. General naval operations in the Mediterranean 1. European powers 2. The United States C. Eaton's personal affairs 1. Early army service: recruiting, service in Georgia, court- martial, etc. 2. Personal correspondence with family and friends 3. Business transactions 4. Claims against the United States Persons represented by three or more pieces: Ahmed II, Bey of Tripoli, 1 1 ; Samuel Barron, 6; Samuel Briggs and Briggs Bros, (firm), 7; James Leander Cathcart, 108; George G. Coffin, 4; George Davies, 3; William Eaton, 92; Hammoudah, Bey of Tunis, 3; Thomas Jefferson, 3; Rufus King, 6; Ahmed Kor- shid, Viceroy of Egypt, 3; James Madison, 6; Francesco Mendrici, 5; Alexander Murray, 3; Nicolai Christian Nissen, 37; Richard O'Brien, 71; Timothy Pickering, 5; Antonio Porcile, 3; Stephen Pynchon, 4; William Loughton Smith, 3 Some important or interesting items: Pickering, Timothy. Letter to William Eaton. Instructions relative to the Creek Indians. Nov. 26, 1795 Instructions to Richard O'Brien, William Eaton, and James Leander Cathcart. Dec. 18, 1798 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte. Letter to Yussuf, Bey of Tripoli (copied by James L. Cathcart and in- closed in a letter to William Eaton). Apr. 28, 1799 Smith, William Loughton. Letter to William Eaton. A resume of zo AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS the political affairs of the United States at the time. Nov. 2, 1799 King, Rufus. Letter to Richard Dale, concerning the regalia for Tunis. July 10, 1801 Mortimer, H. W., & Son, and T. Mortimer (firm). To Rufus King. Account for arms presented to the Bey of Tunis. Mar. 1 5, 1802. Annexed: Randall & Bridge (firm). Bill for jewels set in gun mountings; also, invoice of jewels for the Bey of Tunis. Feb. 10, 1802 O'Brien, Richard. Letter to William Eaton, telling of the attack on Tripoli. Sept. 5, 1804 Barron, Samuel. Orders of Commodore Barron to Captain Hull of the U.S. ship "Argus." Attested by Isaac Hull and William Eaton. Sept. 15, 1804 Ahmed II, Bey of Tripoli. Letter to William Eaton, thanking him for his efforts in Ahmed's behalf; in Italian, with Ahmed's sig- nature and seal. June 8, 1807 Physical description: Most of the letters are originals, but the official government com- munications are mainly copies. Many of the letters are dupli- cated in the letter books; some are only in the letter books. There are a few press copies. Several of the volumes are badly mutilated, with portions missing. The other papers are in fair condition. Ellesmere Papers (Americana) This body of manuscripts, also known as the Egerton or Bridgwater Papers, was founded as a collection by Sir Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere (1540?-! 6 17), and greatly aug- mented by the accumulations of his descendants, the Earls and Dukes of Bridgwater, as well as by additions acquired from time to time through intermarriage. The papers date from the twelfth century, and extend into the nineteenth; all told, there are about 12,000 pieces, but only a very small group has to do with America. The material outlined below was largely accumulated by ELLESMERE PAPERS 21 John Egerton, 3 d Earl of Bridgwater, while he was a member of the Privy Council and a Commissioner of Trade and Plan- tations. About half of this group consists of letters and docu- ments sent to Lord Bridgwater by Sir Francis Nicholson, then governor of Maryland, and later of Virginia. Provenance: In 19 17 the bulk of the printed books and manuscripts constituting the Bridgwater House Library came up for sale. This collection, except for items reserved by the family, was purchased by Mr. Huntington, through the negotiation of George D. Smith and Sotheby's. Number of pieces comprising the Americana: 285 Period covered: 1608- 1700 Subject matter: British Plantations in America and the West Indies A. Colonial politics B. Piracy and illicit trade in Maryland and Pennsylvania C. Quaker disturbances D. Bermuda and the British West Indies: matters referred to the Board of Trade E. Newfoundland fisheries Persons represented by three or more pieces: Nicholas Bayard, 4; Nathaniel Blakiston, 3 ; William Blathwayt, 5; Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont, 10; John Egerton, 3d Earl of Bridgwater, 160; John Goddard, 4; Francis Jones, 3; Sir Francis Nicholson, 14; Edward Randolph, 5; Robert Snead, 4; Edward Walrond, 7 Some important or interesting items: Wyn, Peter. Letter to Sir John Egerton, giving a description of Virginia— the country, the climate, and the natives. Jamestown, Nov. 26 [1608] Penn, William. Letter to Edward Randolph, at the Custom House of London, stating that Colonel Markham will be ordered to use his authority to right the interest of the crown, and threat- ening that those who have raised smoke against his (Penn's) 22 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS province will be made to lay it. Warminghurst, Oct. 16, 1697 Letter to Francis Nicholson, accusing him of spying out abuses in Pennsylvania, and acquainting the government there- with, instead of Penn. Warminghurst, Nov. 22, 1697 Laurence, Sir Thomas. "Memorandum of severall matters relating to Maryland and Pensilvania, dictated to me by the Governor of Maryland." Patuxent, May 26, 1698 "A Breviat concerning ye Fishing trade at the New-found land." Jan. 18, 1697/8 "Transactions between England and France relating to Hudson's Bay," at a meeting of the commissioners for executing the treaty of neutrality in America. 1687/8 Physical description: Lord Bridgwater's notes and memoranda (160 pieces) are orig- inals, as are also the letters addressed to him. Sir Francis Nichol- son's papers, which were sent to Bridgwater, are contemporary copies, attested by Nicholson. Very few repairs are necessary to put this collection into excel- lent condition. The ink is clear, and all the handwriting, except Lord Bridgwater's almost illegible scrawl, distinct. Nathanael Greene Collection Provenance: Two small lots of Greene's letters, together with letters addressed to him, have been combined in one chronological sequence; odd miscellaneous in- and out-letters have been added. One group consists of letters to and from General Greene and Robert Morris. The Morris letters to Greene are filed with the other Morris items (cf."Robert Morris Collection," below, pp. 53-55), and the Greene-to-Morris letters are in the Nathanael Greene Col- lection. This correspondence was acquired in 19 19, Marsh sale, Anderson Galleries. Another lot, Greene-Henry Lee correspond- ence, was purchased through George D. Smith. Miscellaneous items came from the American Art Association, the Anderson Galleries, Maggs Brothers, and others. Number of pieces: 107 5 5 Unless otherwise indicated, only contemporary material has been included in this series of reports. However, it seems desirable to call attention here to NATHANAEL GREENE COLLECTION 23 Period covered: 1775-86 Subject matter: A. American Revolution: military correspondence 1. Current events, activities of Congress, etc. 2. Southern campaign, 1781-84 a. Operations of General Greene's army b. Subsistence and pay of the army B. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee's resignation from the Conti- nental army Persons represented by three or more pieces: Nathanael Greene, 47; Thaddeus Kosciuszko, 3; Henry Lee, 12; Francis Marion, 3 Some important or interesting items: Greene, Nathanael. Letter to Silas Deane. ". . . You did me the honor to write me by General Arnold upon the subject of his tryal. ... I agree with you in sentiment that it is a very discouraging circumstance to officers in public Service to see that years of hard duty, constant fatigue, and perpetual danger, can be so soon forgotten . . . and that a little error either real or imaginary is sufficient to erase the very remembrance of the most important service." New Windsor, July 4, 1779 Pettit, Charles. Letter to General Greene. ". . . Capt. Paul Jones is at length arrived in 8 Weeks from france. . . . He has prob- ably brought a supply of Arms, but I believe no Cloathing. He had a mutinous crew of british Seamen many of whom he has brought in hoppled, & I am told it required great vigilance & care to bring the ship to this port instead of new York. . . ." [Philadelphia] Feb. 18, 1781 Greene, Nathanael. Letter to Horatio Gates. ". . . Since we parted this country has undergone a variety of changes. We have fought frequently, and bled freely. Fortune has not been our friend. At Camden not far from the ground where you fought Lord Cornwallis we met with a repulse by Lord Raw- don. . . . How cruel fortune, how uncertain Military fame. another Greene collection, in the Huntington Library, consisting of over 2,600 nineteenth-century copies of Greene's correspondence. These were gathered from many sources, public and private, by George Washington Greene, for publication purposes, but were never used. z 4 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS The repulse mingled our misfortunes together and as ours was last it drew a veil over yours. . . ." Oct. 5, 1781 Greene, Nathanael. Letter to Henry Lee. "... I have beheld with extreme anxiety for sometime a growing discontent in your mind. . . . Whatever may be the source of your wounds I wish it was in my power to heal them. ... I am far from agreeing with you in opinion that the public will not do you justice. ... I believe few officers either in America or Europe are held in higher estimation. . . ." [Jan. 28, 1782] Lee, Henry. Letter to General Greene. ". . . The ceremony of parting from you & my friends in the army is so affecting that I wish to decline it personally & I hope you will consider me as you always have experienced me your devoted friend. Whenever you think me necessary to you, I will come at the risk of everything in this world. ... I pray most fervently for your glory & happiness. . . ." Feb. 13, 1782 Greene, Nathanael. Letter in reply to Robert Morris' of Mar. 14, 1783. (See below, p. 54.) ". . . You and everybody else must and will suffer obloquy who serve the public. It is a tax which every one must pay for eminence in public life. Bear it with dignity and despise what is neither just or true." Apr. 20, 1783 Kosciuszko, Thaddeus. Letter to General Greene. ". . . Do write me my dear General of the Situation of your Country because I heard many bad things; however when our King have asked me I gave him the best description I could. ... As to myself am in good health, something riches, and well as I am, so much am attached to your Country, that I would fly this very moment even in the Baloon to embrace you could I obtain honorable rank in your Country's Army. . . ." Warsaw, Jan. 20, 1786 Physical description: Originals. Condition uniformly good. Hastings Papers (Americana) The Hastings Papers, known also as the Huntingdon Papers, constitute one of the most important of the English collec- tions in the Huntington Library. The period covered extends HASTINGS PAPERS 25 over eight centuries, and there are approximately 50,000 manuscripts, representing family muniments of the Earls of Huntingdon, Marquesses of Hastings, and allied families: the Earls of Moira, Pembroke, and Loudoun. A comprehensive outline, covering the entire collection, was published in the Huntington Library Bulletin, No. 5, which should be consulted; however, the following recapit- ulation of the American papers has seemed desirable here. Number of pieces: 114 Period covered: 16 10- 182 3 Subject matter: A. Settlement of the Virginia Plantation, 1610-28. (The 5th Earl of Huntingdon "adventured" ^120, which entitled him to 1,000 acres of ground.) B. Holdings of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira, in East Florida, 1763-68. (Also papers relative to claims on these lands in- stituted by Francis, 1st Marquess of Hastings, in 1823) C. Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 D. American Revolution 1. Military exploits of Francis, Lord Rawdon, afterward 1st Marquess of Hastings 2. Inquiry into the execution of Isaac Hayne, of Charleston, S.C. Persons represented by three or more pieces: James Cuninghame, 7; Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, 23; Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, 3; Sir Charles Hotham, 6th Bart., 3; Sir William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham, 3; Hans Stanley, 10 Some important or interesting items: Virginia Company of London. "The names of such as have un- derwrytten together with the sumes of mony by them set downe to be adventored in 3 yeeres towardes the advancemt. of the Plantacon be goune in Virginia. ..." 1610-n 6 6 Apparently only one other contemporary manuscript of this original sub- scription list survives, and it is in a bad state of decay. The Huntington Library's manuscript is unfaded and legible throughout, and, except for a corner torn off, is in perfect condition. 26 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Three Bills of Adventure, or share certificates, issued to the Earl of Huntingdon. 1 6 10-13 A paper indorsed: "A note what quantity of ground shalbe sett forth for an Adventurer to Virginia that adventures £ 1 20— given my Lord by the Marchants." [161 3] Great Britain. Council of Virginia. Letter to Sir Thomas Beau- mont, describing the Virginia plantation, and asking for sub- scribers. Mar. 10, 1610/11 Macham, Samuel. Letter to Henry, 5th Earl of Huntingdon, giving news of the success of the Virginia Plantation, also of the imprisonment of the Earl of Northumberland. July 18,1611 Hastings, Edward. Surrender of annuity, in exchange for j£68o with which to furnish his voyage to Guiana. Dec. 2, 1616 Parker, Charles. Letter to Atley, giving details of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition to Guiana. Mar. 22, 1617/ 18 Hastings, Henry, 5th Earl of Huntingdon. Correspondence with Sir Edwin Sandys and Captain Nicholas Martiau, his agent in Virginia (6 pieces). 1620-28 Davys, William. A resume of the various proceedings of the Earl of Huntingdon in Virginia. May 25 [ca. 1644] Hayward, John. Letter describing his affairs in Massachusetts and notifying his correspondent that he is sending a Bible in the Indian language. Jan. 15, 1685/6 [Benjamin, Franklin ?] "Speech of Miss Polly Baker before a Court of Iudiacature in Connecticut, on the occasion of the fifth prosecution of her for bastardy— the speech having influenced the court to despense with punishment of her, and induced one of her judges to marry her." [1747] Scheme for the establishment of trade and navigation in America. [Ca. 1763] Charleston, S.C., Loyalists. Letter "To the Right Honourable Lord Rawdon, commanding his Majesty's Forces in . . . South Carolina: the humble Address of divers loyal Inhabitants . . ." (38 signatures). Charlestown [1781] Physical description: Largely originals. In spite of the great age of some of these papers, no repairs are necessary. All of the handwriting is clear and legible. Ebenezer Huntington Papers Ebenezer Huntington (i 754-1 834), Revolutionary soldier, was the son of Jabez and Hannah Williams Huntington, and was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He was a student at Yale when the war broke out, and left college to join the army; he was in active service until peace was declared, and had risen from private to lieutenant colonel. After the close of the war, he retired from the army, but was active as a general of the state militia. He served in the legislature of Connecticut, and twice represented his state in the Congress of the United States. Provenance: These letters were "discovered" by Mr. G. W. F. Blanchfield, of Hartford, Connecticut, who sold them to Charles Frederick Heart- man of New York City. They were purchased by Mr. Huntington, in 19 1 6, from Robert H. Dodd, a New York dealer. Number of pieces: 79 Period covered: 17 74- 18 30 Subject matter: Ebenezer Huntington's experiences in the War of the American Revolution, as narrated to members of his family 7 Persons represented: Virtually all of this correspondence is from the pen of Ebenezer Huntington. Members of his family who received more than four letters are: Andrew Huntington, 38; Jabez Huntington, 22; Jabez Williams Huntington, 4; Joshua Huntington, 6 Some important or interesting items: Huntington, Ebenezer. Letter to Jabez Huntington. ". . .. about four oClock two of our men very Imprudently ran down upon the neck to destroy the house their main guard was kept in, These letters were published by Mr. Heartman, in a limited edition, as Heart- man's Historical Series No. 2: Letters Written by Ebenezer Huntington during the American Revolution (New York, 19 14). 28 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Suspecting they were then out, but they were fired upon by about thirty of the Regulars, who killed them, then went up to the bodies of the Dead and every one to a man thrust his Bayo- net into their Bodies— they might have easily taken them as they were both unarm'd but they rather choose to destroy them than take them Prisoners— (a Disgrace to the name of Britons) . . ." Roxbury Camp, June 25, 1775 Letter to Andrew Huntington. ". . . Congress have given or rather resolved to give each of the Lads who took Andre, 200 Dollars Annually in Specie for Life, & have order'd a Silver Medal to be given each of them, with a Copy of the Resolve in their favor . . ." Wethersfield, Nov. 27, 1780 'A Return for a Suit of Clothing for the Band of Musick belonging to the Officers of Col. Sam B.Webbs Battalion." ". . . It is desir'd that the Uniform may be Yellow if to be had: if not then White, but be it White or Yellow, wish it may be fac'd with Scarlet, Lin'd with white, & White Underdress— White Buttons—" Warren, Dec. 30, 1778 Physical description: Originals throughout. Strong paper, clear ink, and legible writing. Jefferson Collection 8 Provenance: Letters, miscellaneous documents, architectural drawings, maps and surveys, diaries, and account books, from the pen of Thomas Jefferson constitute over half of this collection. To these have been added all of the letters (in the Huntington Library) addressed to him, and the whole, with the exception of bound volumes and draw- ings, has been arranged in one chronological sequence. Two major groups of manuscripts, both acquired through the agency of the late George D. Smith, form the nucleus of the Jeffer- son Collection. Miscellaneous items gathered from sales of the American Art Association, the Anderson Galleries, B. A. Brown, Learmont, Clawson, G. H. Hart, and other sources, have been added. One of the two main purchases was negotiated by Mr. Smith 8 An interesting supplement to the Jeffersoniana is the correspondence between Samuel J. Randall and Hugh Blair Grigsby, consisting of 81 letters written from 1856 to 1 86 1. JEFFERSON COLLECTION 29 directly with Jefferson's great-granddaughter, Cornelia Jefferson Taylor, in 19 16. This section of the papers consists entirely of pri- vate letters, account books, and architectural papers. The drawings dovetail with those in the well-known Coolidge collection, which have been so ably reproduced and described by Fiske Kimball, in Thomas Jefferson, Architect (1916). The other group of the papers formerly belonged to William K. Bixby, who secured them in 191 2 from George P. Coleman, of Richmond, Virginia. These were published by Mr. Bixby, in a lim- ited edition, in 191 6, with notes by Worthington C. Ford. Number of pieces: Approximately 800 Period covered: 1764- 1826 Subject matter: Thomas Jefferson's Private Life A. Attorney at law, 1767-74 B. Administrator of the estates of Peter Jefferson and others C. Farmer and businessman: letters addressed by Jefferson to his agents, John Barnes (31), Edmund Bacon (21), and others; also, estimates, bills, and accounts 1. Tobacco— planting and selling 2. Lands and slaves; estate management 3. Horticultural interests and experiments 4. Financial transactions a. Attorney's fees b. Plantation expenditures c. Household maintenance (1) Monticello (2) The White House d. Traveling expenses e. Personal accounts D. Surveyor, architect, and landscape gardener 1 . Surveys of Jefferson lands in Albemarle and Bedford coun- ties, Virginia, and of neighbors' estates 2. Architectural drawings and specifications a. Domestic: floor plans, details, estimates, calculations, etc., for Monticello and other residences 3 o AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS b. Public buildings: floor plans, etc., for the capitol and governor's house, Richmond; the "President's house," Washington; William and Mary College, Williams- burg; Hotel Langeac, Paris; University of Virginia 3. Laying out the gardens at Monticello E. Paterfamilias: intimate letters written by Jefferson from Paris, Philadelphia, and Washington, to members of his family: Martha (Jefferson) Carr, 6; Francis Eppes, 13; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Eppes, Sr., 19; John Wayles Eppes, 34; Maria (Jeffer- son) Eppes, 11; Ann Cary Randolph, 4; Martha (Jefferson) Randolph, 14; Thomas Mann Randolph, 32 F. Educator 1. Jefferson's views on education, as expressed in his letters having to do with the education of his grandson, Francis Eppes 2. "Father of the University of Virginia" a. Origin of the university b. Promotion of financial support c. Campus and buildings (1) Design, and supervision of construction (2) Employment of workmen (3) Estimates of costs, letting of contracts, con- trol of funds d. Selection of faculty; direction of curriculum; regu- lation of the library e. Arbiter and final authority in all matters of precedent f. Correspondence with subscribers, parents, students, and well-wishers Persons represented by four or more pieces: James Breckinridge, 4; Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 6; John Hart- well Cocke, 27; Cummings, Hilliard & Company (firm), 14; Robley Dunglison, 6; John Patten Emmet, 4; Alexander Garrett, 7 ; Thomas Jefferson, 461; John V. Kean, 12; James Oldham, 5; John Pat- terson, 5; John M. Perry, 8; James Pleasants, 1 2 ; George Tucker, 4 Some important or interesting items: [Jefferson, Peter.] Accounts for Colonel William Randolph's estate, Thomas Chamberlayne & Co., Peter Johnson, George Taylor, Martin Dawson, Joshua Fry's estate, John Harmer, John Biswell, and others. 1745-56 JEFFERSON COLLECTION 31 [Jefferson, Peter (Estate).] Accounts, including family and house- hold expenses, kept by John Harvie. 1757-65 Jefferson, Thomas. "Calculation of interest on the Acct. of Dr. Walker against the estate of P. Jefferson"; also accounts with Dabney Carr, John Wayles Eppes, and John Boiling. 1761-93. (Letter-press copy) Accounts with Richard Sorrel, William Beck, George Dudley, Bartholomew Ford, Julius Shard, the estate of Peter Jefferson, Mrs. Jane Jefferson, and numerous relatives; there are entries for lands and slaves, bought and sold, in another part of the volume. 1764-79 'Fee book," 1767-74; also contains "Statement of my debts when I went to Europe, How & by whom paid"; "Balance account," 1791-94; "Personal estate in account with Real estate," 1764-79; miscellaneous accounts, 1765-94. 1764-94 Daily accounts and memoranda, including the story of Logan, written in an interleaved almanac entitled, The Virginia Almanac for the year 1775. Williamsburg. Printed by John Dixon and William Hunter at the Post Office. 1775 Equipment accounts for farm and plantation, mostly for purchases of hardware, kept by Manoch Clarkson. 1792-93. (Additions and corrections, also the index, are in Jefferson's handwriting. ) Collection of miscellaneous bills, chiefly for supplies during Jefferson's residence in the White House. 1800-18 18 Collection of notes, estimates, etc., comprising Jefferson's accounts with the Bank of the United States and the Columbia Bank. 1801-24 'The President of the United States in account with John Barnes." 1801- Household-account book kept by E. Lemaire, Jefferson's chef at the White House. 1805-9. (Monthly balances are in Jefferson's handwriting.) "Case book" (a daily record giving the particulars of 939 lawsuits in which Jefferson was retained as an attorney). 1767-74 Rough notes on points under consideration in the formulat- ing of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and acts supplementary thereto. [Ca. 1801] Letter to John Wayles Eppes, anathematizing the Fed- 3 z AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS eralists. ". . . Bitterer Enemies to their Country do not exist in France, England, or Spain . . ." Monticello, Mar. 24, 181 1 "... We are endeavoring to establish a college near Charlottesville called the central college . . . we have pur- chased the land, and shall immediately build the pavilion for one professorship, that of languages, to be ready to receive pupils early in the spring . . ." Monticello, May 1, [18] 17 Physical description: Many of the earlier papers in this collection are press copies on tissue paper. These have been photostated for circulation, and the delicate originals removed from the active file. The great majority of Jefferson's own writings are "office copies," either original drafts, or duplicates from the polygraph. 9 The letters addressed to Jefferson are originals. All of the volumes in the collection are originals. Except for the faded and fragile press copies, the manuscripts are in uniformly good condition. John Paul Jones Collection Provenance: A small group of letters and documents by and to John Paul Jones, gathered from several sources Number of pieces: 41 Period covered: 1776-92 Subject matter: A. Disposition of prisoners of war taken by Jones B. Refitting American ships of war; use of copper sheathing Persons represented by three or more pieces: John Paul Jones, 23; Paul Francois de Quelen, Due de La Vauguyon, 10; Antoine Raimond Jean . . . de Sartine, 3 incomplete parts of one of these copying machines came to the Library in 1916, together with Jefferson's working drawings of the invention. Minute notes, in his handwriting, on narrow strips of paper are wrapped with the individual pieces of the polygraph. JOHN PAUL JONES COLLECTION 33 Some important or interesting items: Certificate of the ship's officers of the "Alliance," defending its actions in the engagement between the "Bonhomme Richard" and the "Serapis." Texel, Oct. 21, 1779 Jones, John Paul. Letter to Arthur St. Clair, containing references to Jones's rank, to his efforts to "solicit Justice to the Officers & Men I had the honor to command in Europe," and to his wish to be elected to the Society of the Cincinnati. On board the "Washington Packet," Delaware Bay, Nov. 10, 1783 Washington, George. Commission appointing John Paul Jones a "Commissioner of the United States to confer, treat and nego- ciate with the Dey & Government of Algiers . . . and to con- clude and sign a treaty . . ." June 1, 1792 Physical description: Originals, and copies docketed by Jones. Condition good through- out. Rufus King Papers Rufus King (1755-1827), American statesman and diplo- matist, was born at Scarborough, Massachusetts (now Maine). He attended Harvard College, graduating in 1777; after a short interval of military service, he devoted himself to the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1780. Entering public life in 1783, as a delegate from Newbury- port in the Massachusetts General Court, King rose rapidly to a position of prominence in the Federalist party. He was a member of the Federal Convention, and later United States Senator from New York. In 1796 Rufus King was called to succeed Thomas Pinck- ney as minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain, where he remained for eight years. Again, in 1825, just as he was about to retire from public life, King was called once more to the court of St. James, but illness forced him to return a year later, and his death occurred on April 29, 1827. 34 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Provenance: The Huntington Library has no record of the provenance of these papers, other than the immediate source: the George D. Smith Book Company (1927). This collection is not to be confused with the published correspondence of Rufus King, edited by Charles R. King (1894- 1 900). Number of pieces: 599 Period covered: 1782-1830. The distribution is: 1782-96, 66; 1797, 64; 1798, 171; 1799, 128; 1800, 58; 1801, 87; 1802-30, 25 Subject matter: United States Foreign Relations, as Shown in Letters and Dispatches Addressed to Rufus King While American Minister in London A. Communications from the U.S. Department of State 1. Negotiations with Great Britain a. Claims and protests having to do with violations of the sovereignty of the United States (e.g., con- fiscation of ships and cargoes; unlawful use of Amer- ican waters, impressment of American seamen) b. Claim of the state of Maryland to sequestered bank stock c. The execution of the 6th and 7th articles of the treaty of 1794 2. Intelligence bearing upon the friction between the United States and France a. Complaints of the Directory in connection with the commercial treaties of the United States b. Failure of the American commission (Pinckney, Mar- shall, and Gerry) to France c. Hostilities in the West Indies: overtures of Toussaint L'Ouverture 3. Financial transactions with English and Dutch banking houses, in connection with expenditures for diplomatic purposes, claims, salaries, etc. B. Confidential letters written from The Hague, Berlin, Lisbon, and Paris, by American diplomatic representatives 1. War intelligence 2. American foreign policy 3. Politics, at home and abroad RUFUS KING PAPERS 35 4. The Gerry-Talleyrand fiasco 5. Private and personal matters Persons represented by five or more pieces: John Quincy Adams, 52; John Dawson, 9; Oliver Ellsworth, 6; Elb ridge Gerry, 20; George Hammond, 5; James Madison, 6; James C. Mountflorence, 39; William Vans Murray, 156; Timothy Pickering, 94; Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 21; Edmund Ran- dolph, 16; William Loughton Smith, 47; Charles Maurice de Tal- LEYRAND-Perigord, 10; Oliver Wolcott, 7 Some important or interesting items: (Note: The following groups of letters have more significance in this collection than single pieces.) Murray, William Vans. Letters to Rufus King, written from 1797 to 1 80 1, in Murray's characteristic conversational style, giving news of the shifting rulers and governments in France and the Batavian Republic Adams, John Quincy. Letters to Rufus King, giving intelligence regarding the German states, and general conditions in the north of Europe, 1 796-1 801 Smith, William Loughton. Letters to Rufus King, giving reports of disturbances along the Mediterranean, 1797- 1802 Physical description: In this collection there are more than a hundred contemporary copies, consisting of inclosures from the State Department, the Gerry-Talleyrand correspondence, and business and naval papers. The large bodies of letters are originals, and are un- published. The manuscripts are in good condition throughout: no repairs needed, ink clear, handwriting legible. Lafayette Collection Provenance: This collection is composed of letters and papers by and to the Marquis de Lafayette, members of his family, and friends. The nucleus of the collection came from a dealer in France, and there have been added smaller lots from George D. Smith, Bixby, and the Anderson Galleries. Miscellaneous odd acquisitions have been inserted, and the whole arranged chronologically in one file. 3 6 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Number of pieces: About ioo Period covered: 1779- 1835 Subject matter: A. Efforts of U.S. citizens and others to liberate Lafayette from his imprisonment in Austria B. The Louisiana estates of Lafayette C. Grand tour of the United States in 1824-25 Persons represented by three or more pieces: . . . Adrienne (de Noailles), Marquise de Lafayette, 8; . . . Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, 37; Marie Charles Cesar Fay, Comte de Latour Maubourg, 5 Some important or interesting items: Nine letters and papers relative to Erick Bollmann's scheme. Olmutz, Austria, 1793-97 Lafayette, . . . Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de. Autobiographical letter to Auguste Adolphe Frederic de Hennings. ". . . Et j'allais dans la campagne qui m'avait vu naitre a cent-vingt lieues de la Capitale, jouir en repos au sein de ma famille de la purete de mes souvenirs et de la philanthropic de mes esperances . . ." Wittmold, Jan. 15, 1799 "Answer to the President of the University of Kentucky [Horace Holley]." (Draft of an acknowledgment, in the handwriting of George Washington Lafayette.) May 16, 1825 Quincy, Josiah. Letter to George Washington Lafayette. ". . . For where in all history is there a name concentrating on itself such an universal and overflowing honor and affection as that of Lafayette?" Cambridge, Jan. 24, 1835 Physical description: Largely originals; copies contemporary. Condition of the manu- scripts good throughout. Loudoun Papers The collection known as the Loudoun Papers represents an accumulation of manuscript materials through six generations of the Campbells, Earls of Loudoun, beginning with the year LOUDOUN PAPERS 37 1 5 1 o and extending into the nineteenth century. The papers fall into two main divisions: those relating to North America and those relating to Scotland. 10 The group relating to North America is divided into two sections: English colonial manuscripts (personal and official papers of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun) and French colonial manuscripts (personal and official papers of Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil Cavagnal). 11 Provenance: These manuscripts had never been out of the possession of the family until they were placed on the market in 1923, by Sotheby's of London. The collection was to have been sold at auction, but was purchased privately, prior to the date of sale, by Mr. Hunt- ington, through the agency of Sir Joseph Duveen. English Colonial Manuscripts John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-82), military commander, entered the British army shortly before his accession to the earldom in 1732. He rose rapidly in rank: captain in the Queen's own regiment of dragoons, 1734; captain and governor of the Stirling Castle garrison, 1741; lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to the King, with the allied army in Germany, 1743. Lord Loudoun played an active part in the second Jacobite Rebellion, having raised his own regiment of Loyal Highlanders. In the summer of 1 747 he returned to the Continent to serve, in Holland, under the Duke of Cumberland. He left home again in 1756, as major general and com- mander in chief of British forces in North America, suc- ceeding General Braddock. At the same time he was appointed titular governor of Virginia. Recalled in 1758, Loudoun 10 Since this report is one of a series on manuscripts relating to American history, the Scottish papers are not included. 1:L Cf. Huntington Library Bulletin, No. 3, pp. 97-107. 3 8 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS returned to England, and received, as compensation, his commission as lieutenant general. Upon the outbreak of war in Portugal, in 1762, Loudoun was once more ordered overseas, and served in that country for a year, first as second in command under Lord Tyrawley, and then as commander in chief. Upon his return to England he was made governor of Edinburgh Castle, and in 1770 attained the rank of general. Lord Loudoun's declining years were devoted to his hobby, botanical experimentation, and to the beautification of the grounds of Loudoun Castle, the family seat, in Ayr- shire, Scotland. Number of pieces: Approximately 8,000 Period covered: 168 2- 17 80. The distribution is, roughly: 1682 and 1694, 2; 1702-55, 400; 1756, 2,500; 1757, 3,500; 1758, 800; 1759- 69, 400; 1770-80, 250 Subject matter: I. Seven Years' War in North America A. Preliminaries 1. French encroachments on western and northern fron- tiers 2. Resolution of George II and ministry to send to North America a commander in chief, with British regiments, for the defense of the colonies H55 B. The command of Edward Braddock 1. Plans for military operations: Crown Point, Niagara, Fort Frontenac, Nova Scotia 2. The immediate design against Fort Duquesne a. Expedition to the Ohio b. Defeat and death of General Braddock c. Investigation into the behavior of the British regulars C. The command of William Shirley (pro tern) 1. Crown Point and Niagara expeditions LOUDOUN PAPERS 39 a. Victorious action near Lake George b. Postponement of further operations c. Efforts to strengthen Oswego 2. Indian affairs: Sir William Johnson's appointment as superintendent 3. British army— establishment, maintenance, subsistence, etc., as shown by returns of troops, ordnance, stores; paymasters' accounts (general and regimental); orders, warrants, appointments, and commissions issued by the commander in chief W6 Events in England 4. Selection of Lord Loudoun as commander in chief in North America: petitions for preferment addressed to him 5. Selection of Daniel Webb and James Abercromby as temporary commanders in chief, until Loudoun's arrival in America 6. Regulations on army establishment a. Rules for settling rank and precedence in America b. Plans for paying, victualing, and equipping an aug- mented expeditionary force 7. Preparations for shipments of provisions, ordnance, stores, arms, hospital supplies, and Indian presents 8. Recruiting in England, and on the Continent, for the American service: formation of the Royal American Regiment (the 6 2d, later 60th) Events in America 9. Recruiting difficulties in the colonies: enlistment of hired and indentured servants 10. Crown Point expedition a. Support given by New York and New England colonies b. Appointment of John Winslow as commander of the expedition 4 o AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 1 1 . Shirley's extravagance in respect to contracts for army supplies 12. Deplorable condition of the garrison at Oswego 13. Indian affairs a. Establishment of two departments, northern and southern, under Sir William Johnson and Edmond Atkin, respectively b. Defenses in the country of the Six Nations c. Treaties and alliances 14. Arrival in America of the new command: Daniel Webb (June 7) superseded by James Abercromby (June 16), who, in turn, was superseded by the Earl of Loudoun (July 23) D. The command of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun 1. Fall of Oswego: reduction of the 50th and 51st regiments 2. Retrenchments a. Abandonment of the Crown Point expedition b. Strengthening of the several forts and frontier posts 3. Friction between Shirley and Loudoun 4. Reluctance of colonial assemblies to co-operate with the new commander in chief 5. Money troubles incidental to the paying of the troops: variations in colonial coinage rates and values 6. Indian affairs a. Alarm in the southern colonies because of the treaty of peace between the French and Cherokee b. Atkin's scheme for the regulation of the Indian trade 7. Plans and preparations for the forthcoming campaign 8. British army establishment, etc., as shown by returns, lists, accounts, orders, warrants, issued in 1756 H51 Events in England 9. Investigation into the conduct of William Shirley, while commander in chief in North America 10. Adoption of a vigorous offensive war policy by a new ministry under William Pitt a. Obstructions due to Pitt's temporary eclipse LOUDOUN PAPERS 41 b. Preparations for a spring campaign against Louis- bourg c. Sailing delays 1 1 . Recall of Lord Loudoun a. Dissatisfaction with Loudoun's decision to abandon the attack on Louisbourg b. Resignation of the Duke of Cumberland, Lou- doun's most powerful supporter Events in America 12. Loudoun's conferences with the colonial governors rel- ative to quotas of men and arms, and frontier defenses 13. Frontier defenses a. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bouquet, with detach- ment, ordered to South Carolina b. Fort No. 4 strengthened for the protection of the Connecticut River settlers c. Middle colonies defended by a detachment under Colonel John Stanwix d. Major General Webb, with detachment, ordered to the New York frontiers 14. Offensive expedition against Louisbourg, commanded by Lord Loudoun a. Embargo on all shipping b. Concentration of troops, arms, and provisions at New York, preparatory to sailing c. Council of war, at Halifax, in which it was decided to abandon the campaign 15. Fall of Fort William Henry a. Subsequent investigation b. Negotiations with the French contesting the va- lidity of the capitulation 16. Insubordination of Lord Charles Hay at Halifax; his arrest and return to England for trial 17. Indian affairs a. Troubles relative to Indian trade in Pennsylvania b. Defection of the Six Nations, following the capitu- lation of Fort William Henry c. Threatened massacres and widespread alarms 42 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 1 8. British army establishment, as shown in an increasing volume of returns, accounts, orders, warrants, etc., for the year 1757 i 15 8 19. Loudoun's preparations (in ignorance of his recall) for operations in 1758 20. News received in America of Loudoun's recall, and the appointment of his successor, Major General Aber- cromby 21. Public sale of Lord Loudoun's effects E. The command of James Abercromby : 12 current events in America as reported in letters addressed to the Earl of Loudoun in England F. The command of Jeffrey Amherst: current events in America as reported in letters addressed to the Earl of Loudoun in England II. American Revolution A. British army establishment as shown in returns of troops, ordnance, stores, and clothing; lists of officers; expense accounts; and lists of transports taken up for the expedition to America B. Progress of the war as reported in letters addressed to Lord Loudoun from American loyalists and British officers on the American service C. Inquiry into the causes of the failure of the expedition from Canada, under the command of Major General Burgoyne Persons represented by ten or more pieces: James Abercrombie (aide-de-camp to Major General Abercromby ), 67; James Abercromby (major general and commander in chief in 1758), 96; James Abercromby (agent for Virginia in England), 32; William Alexander, later styled Lord Stirling, 12; John Appy, 18; Edmond Atkin, 20; William Wildman Barrington, 2d Viscount 12 The papers of Major General James Abercromby for the period of his com- mand in North America are also in the Huntington Library. Cf. "Aber- cromby Papers," above, p. LOUDOUN PAPERS 43 Barrington, 83; George Bartman, 19; Jonathan Belcher, 29; Henry Bouquet, 35; Edward Braddock, 12; John Bradstreet, 36; John Brown, 13; Ralph Burton, 22; Thomas Butler, 10; John Calcraft, 80; John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, 1,218; Gabriel Christie, 32; William Cotterell, 15; Charles Craven, 26; William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 10; James Cuninghame, 17; Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse, 15; James De Lancey, 29; Oliver De Lan- cey, 16; William Denny, 29; Robert Dinwiddie, 55; Arthur Dobbs, 12; George Montagu Dunk, 2d Earl of Halifax, 14; William Eyre, 12; Thomas Fitch, 28; John Forbes, 52; Henry Fox, 40; Simon Fraser, 10; Thomas Gage, 18; George II, King of Great Britain, 36; Sir Charles Gould (afterward Morgan), 12; Thomas Hancock, 22; Sir Charles Hardy, 51; Francis Holburne, 25; Stephen Hopkins, 12; Peregrine Thomas Hopson, 40; Richard Huck-Saunders, 29; Thomas Hutchinson, 18; Sir William Johnson, 82; Christopher Kilby, 16; Charles Lawrence, 41; Robert Leake, 42; William Henry Lyttelton, 1 st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley, 25; Gilbert McAdam, 15; Samuel Mackay, 10; James F. Mercer, 14; Nathaniel Meserve, 14; Robert Monckton, 24; George Monro, 15; James Gabriel Mon- tresor, 31; Abraham Mortier, 17; Alexander Murray, 13; James Napier, ii; Thomas Ord, 25; Sir William Pepperrell, 14; Spencer Phips, 17; James Pitcher, 12; William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 18; Thomas Pownall, 93; James Prevost, 60; James Robertson, 39; Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, 39; Robert Rogers, 31; John Rous, 10; John Rutherfurd, 22; Sir John St. Clair, 25; Thomas Saul, 10; Horatio Sharpe, 31; William Shirley, 105; John Stanwix, 52; George Washington, 10; Daniel Webb, 53; Benning Wentworth, 27; Nathan Whiting, 15; Daniel Wier, 10; William Williams, 21; George Williamson, 28; John Winslow, 44; John Young, 31 Some important or interesting items: Albany. Proceedings of the congress held at Albany, June and July, 1754 Atkin, Edmond. To the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. A report on ". . . Regulation and Managment of the Indian Trade and Commerce; An account of the Situation, Character, and Disposition of the Several Indian Nations that have Inter- course or Connection with South Carolina; A Plan of a general Direction and Managment of Indian Affairs throughout North America." May 30, 1755 44 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Pownall, Thomas. To John Pownall. "Considerations on ye Means, Method & Nature of Settling a Colony on ye Lands South of Lake Erie." [Ca. 1755] "Chart [showing] . . . the several English Colonies & the British Territories up to the River St. Lawrence & the Great Lakes." 1755 Washington, George. To the Earl of Loudoun. "An account of Affairs on this Quarter." Fort Cumberland, Jan. 10, 1757 Council of war called by Lord Loudoun at Halifax, to decide on the advisability of attacking Louisbourg or Quebec. Signed by Generals Loudoun, Abercromby, and Hopson, Lord Charles Hay, Admirals Holburne and Sir Charles Hardy, Commodore Holmes, and Captain Fowke. July 23, 1757. Also papers, read and referred to in council, from Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, John Henry Bastide, George Scott, and others "Transactions at Fort William Henry during its siege" in Aug., 1757. [Author unknown] Montcalm, Louis Joseph . . ., Marquis de. "Articles de la Capitula- tion accordee au Lt. Colonel Monro pour la Garnison de sa majeste britannique du fort Guillaume Henri . . . le 9 aoust, '757." Franklin, Benjamin. "List of Servants belonging to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania and taken into His Majesty's Service for whom satisfaction has not been made by the officers according to an Act of Parliament." Philadelphia, Aug. 21, 1757 Colden, Cadwallader. Four letters reporting Indian attacks, and the urgent need of frontier defenses; also a map of the threat- ened district in Orange and Ulster counties, New York. Oct., J 757 Abercrombie, James. To the Earl of Loudoun. Letter containing an account of the "Skirmish which happened the 19th" of April at Concord, Mass. Boston, May 4, 1775 Letter containing an account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, in which engagement Lieutenant Colonel Abercrombie received the wound which caused his death a few days later. Boston, June 20, 1775 Horvie, William. Declaration concerning fifteen English ships captured by a small American squadron, commanded by Captain Lambert Wickes. Irvine [Scotland], July 1, 1777 LOUDOUN PAPERS 45 Physical description: The great mass of papers in this collection consists of letters, re- ports, returns, etc.— all originals— addressed to the several com- manders in chief. Inclosures and papers emanating from the commanders in chief are mostly contemporary copies, though nearly all of Loudoun's autograph drafts of official dispatches are here. The condition of the manuscripts is uniformly good throughout: ink clear, paper strong, and writing (except Loudoun's) legible. French Colonial Manuscripts The Vaudreuil Papers 13 Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal (1698- 1 764) , Canadian born, belonged to a family notably identified with the founding and developing of New France. Trained to military service, Vaudreuil entered the marine corps, and rose to the rank of major. His first civil commission came in 1733, with an appointment as governor of Trois Rivieres. Nine years later he was sent to Louisiana to succeed Bienville, and was governor of that colony until 1753. After a two-year sojourn in France, Vaudreuil returned to his native land as governor and lieutenant-general of New France — the second of his name to hold that dignity. His administration, the last under French rule, was brought to a close by the English conquest, in 1760, and he retired to France, where four years later he died. Provenance: The provenance of the Vaudreuil Papers (383 pieces) before the year 1756, when they came into the possession of Lord Loudoun, was not known at the Huntington Library until 1937. The sup- position is that Loudoun himself did not know. In a letter of his addressed to the Earl of Holdernesse (Aug. 16, 1757), he says in 13 Selections from these papers, translated and edited by Theodore C. Pease and Ernestine Jenison, are in Illinois Historical Collections, XXIX (Springfield, 1940). 46 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS part: ". . . before I left London, I received from Mor. Pichon, com- monly called Mor. Tyrell (who was Mor. VaudremTs secretary whilst Governor of Louisiana, and was taken Prisoner in Beause- jour), the Office Copies of Mor. Vaudreuil's Letters, and the French Minister's Original Letters to him. ..." Presumably this story was trumped up by Pichon, who never had seen Louisiana, to facilitate a little private business on his own account. Thanks to Dr. J. C. Webster, 14 we are at last able to piece together the missing parts of this puzzle, and the following is probably as accurate an account of what actually happened as can be recon- structed. The capture of the French ship "L'Alcide," which occurred in June, 1755, made a prisoner of Francois Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil, brother of the Marquis de Vaudreuil, who carried with him his brother's Louisiana papers. Rigaud and other French officers were sent to Halifax, and shortly afterward Pichon joined them, ostensibly a fellow prisoner but actually in the pay of the English. Having gained the confidence of Rigaud, he let it be known that he was to be transferred to Louisbourg, whereupon Rigaud and his confreres turned over their letters, dispatches, etc., in the hope that they might ultimately reach France. In a letter of October 9, 1755 (the original of which is in the Nova Scotia archives), from Pichon to Archibald Hinchelwood, occurs the following sentence: "I have already been entrusted with a kind of chest, in which are concealed two registers of letters of M. de Vaudreuil, formerly Governor of Mississippi, and, at present, General of Canada, and some bundles of papers." Probably Pichon sailed for England shortly afterward. The trans- fer of the contents of the chest to Lord Loudoun apparently was negotiated by his Lordship's secretary, John Appy, on March 8, 10, and 30, 1756, under which dates in Appy's account book appears this entry: "Coach hire to M. Tyrell. . . . 2/6." Number of pieces: 383 (including three folio letter books as 3 pieces) Period covered: 1740-53. The distribution is: 1740-45, 37; 1746-49, 132; 1750-53, 214 Subject matter: 14 John Clarence Webster, Thomas Pichon, "the Spy of Beausejour" (Sackville, N.B., 1937). LOUDOUN PAPERS 47 Mississippi Valley, French Dominion, 1740-53 A. Civil administration of the colony of Louisiana B. Communication with Canada 1. Necessity of insuring a clear passage between the two French colonies 2. Inducements offered to new inhabitants from Canada ("Each habitant is a soldier who costs the King nothing.") C. Defenses 1. Establishment and maintenance of forts and outposts: Mobile, Illinois, Pointe Coupee, Kaskaskia, Detroit, Fort Chartres, Fort Ouiatanon, Tombekbe,Vincennes, Natchez, Natchitoches, Halibamonds, Arkansas, Wabash, Alle- mands, and others 2. Distribution, subsistence, and recruiting of troops D. Management of the Indians 1. Importance of diplomacy and oblique forms of discipline 2. Concern over poor quality and scarcity of Indian goods 3. Activities of "rebel" Indians a. Intertribal disturbances b. Civil war of the Choctaw c. Murder and reprisals on the Great Miami E. Encroachments of the English 1. Threat provided by the English trader, well furnished with superior Indian goods; French efforts to suppress him 2. Indian alliances, prejudicial to French interests, insti- gated by the English F. Exploitation of the land 1 . Importation of Negroes to cultivate the soil and work the mines 2. Fur trade in the north 3. Transportation of commodities to France; shipping 4. Coastal trade Persons represented by five or more pieces: Jacques Pierre TarTanel, Marquis de la Jonquiere, 5; Macarty- Mactigue, 15; Jean Frederic Phelypeaux, Comte de Maurepas, 82; Honore Michel de Villebois, 8; Antoine Louis Rouille, Comte de Jouy, 19; Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, 147 (also letter books in three volumes) 48 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Some important or interesting items: Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, Pierre Rigaud, Marquis de. Letter books, 1743-53 "Parole a porter aux Tchactas sur la Paix que les Tchikachas demandent. . . ." Jan. 15, 1744 Marin, [Joseph]. "Journal de Monsieur marin fils, Commandant pour Le Roy a La baye des puans et dependances charge de faire et de faire faire Les Descouvertes dans le haut Mississippi, des mines, miniere, et mineraux qui pourroient Si trouves et dy Lier auni Commerce avec Les nations qui pourroient habitter ces contees." Aug. 7, 1753-June 20, 1754 Macarty-Mactigue. Correspondence with the Marquis de Vau- dreuil. Kaskaskia. 19 pieces. 1752-53 Celoron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph. Letters to the Marquis de Vaudreuil from Detroit. 2 pieces. Apr. 23 and Aug. 4, 175 1 Physical description: Vaudreuil's dispatches are copies; letters and documents addressed to him are originals. The paper has remained strong and firm, for the most part, but badly faded ink occurs here and there. The handwriting of the copyist of the letter books is execrable but legible. Collection of Maps and Plans Supplementing the Loudoun Papers Provenance: In 1924 Mr. Huntington purchased a large group of maps, largely printed, which had been gathered from many sources over a twenty- year period, from the Museum Book Store of London. About sixty of the manuscript items in this lot form a homo- geneous group, which, with but two or three exceptions, had a common source of origin, in that they were among the military maps, plans, and charts used by Lord Loudoun during his command in North America. For purposes of provenance, the collection has been retained as a separate unit. MAPS AND PLANS 49 Number of pieces: 62 Period covered: 1 690-1 761 Subject matter: A. The Province of New York: grants and settlements along the Hudson River B. Colonial defenses and navigation 1. Waterways a. The Province of New York: the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Canada Creek, New York Harbor b. Canada and Nova Scotia: river and gulf of St. Lawrence, Halifax Harbor, Bay of Fundy 2. Towns a. The Province of New York: Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady b. Canada and Nova Scotia: Halifax, Annapolis Royal, Louisbourg, Lunenburgh, Quebec, St. John 3. Forts a. The Province of New York: Fort George (New York City), Fort George on the Hudson, Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, Fort Herkimer b. Canada and Nova Scotia: Fort Beausejour, Fort Cumberland (formerly Beausejour), fort on George's Island at Halifax Persons represented by jour or more pieces: Samuel Jan Holland, 10; Samuel Jan Holland and Charles Rivez (jointly), 2; Charles Rivez, 12; Gustavus Wetterstrom, 4 (Note: Other engineers and draftsmen, of the war period, repre- sented in the collection, either by original material or contemporary copies, are: George Bartman, William Bontein, John Brewse, Cad- wallader Colden, John Dies, Matthew Dixon, Richard Gridley, Emmanuel Hess, Patrick MacKellar, Elias Meyer, James Montresor, Thomas Ord, Francis Pfister, Bernard Ratzer, Charles Rohr, Winck- worth Tongue.) Some important or interesting items: Beatty, John. "A Survey of the Mannor of Liuingston." Oct. 20, 17 14. (Note: This is a rough copy by Charles Rivez, ca. 1757.) 5 o AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS [Colden, Cadwallader.] Map of manorial grants along the Hudson River. [Ca. 1726.] (Note: This is a rough copy, by Samuel Holland, ca. 1757. 15 ) A plan of the harbor of New York. [Ca. 1735.] (Note: This rough draft, drawn jointly by Holland and Rivez, ca. 1757, depicts the period of 1735, and apparently was based on Bradford's A New Map of the Harbour of New York, by a late Survey. 16 ) Gridley, Richard. "A Plan of Louisbourg taken by Capt. Richard Gridley in the year 1745." (Note: This is a copy, ca. 1756, by Matthew Dixon.) [Brewse, John.] "A Plan of the Fort of Beau Seiour with the Attack in Iune, 1755." (Note: This is a copy, ca. 1756, by Samuel Holland. 17 ) Tongue, W[inckworth]. "A Draught of Fort Cumberland with the Intrenchment & Incampment of the 28th & 43d Regiments." Oct., 1757 Rivez, Charles. "A Map of the Province of New York & Part of New Jersey." [Ca. 1757] Physical description: Fourteen of the drawings in this collection are unquestionably holographic. Probably as many more are also originals, but have not been identified as such, on account of the lack of known autographs for comparison. Outstanding copyists represented are Samuel Holland and his assistant, Charles Rivez. Both men were officers, under Lord Loudoun, in the Royal American Regiment, acting as engineers. Many of the maps and charts having to do with Canada and Nova Scotia were copied by them in preparation for Loudoun's expedition against Louisbourg, in 1757. Then, in the fall of the same year, Captain Holland was ordered to make a survey of the Province of New York, "showing the boundaries of all of the most material patents." The collection contains several drafts and rough copies, taken from earlier maps, presumably intended 15 Cf. Narrative and Critical History of America, ed. Justin Winsor (Boston and New York, 1884-89), V, 237-38. 16 Cf. I. N. Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island, . . . (New York, 1915-28), I, pi. 29. 17 Cf. reproduction of Brewse's original, in Military Affairs in North America, 1748-65, ed. Stanley Pargellis (New York, 1936), p. 147. MAPS AND PLANS 51 for adaptation in the Rivez "Map of the Province of New York & Part of New Jersey" listed above, and also for Holland's definitive map, which was sent to the Board of Trade. Holland rose to the military rank of major, and is well known as sur- veyor-general of the Northern District of America, 1764-80. Rivez, though an exceptionally fine draftsman, remained ob- scure, and his name today is virtually unknown. The condition of the manuscripts is uniformly good throughout. A few of the weak pieces have been backed with cloth. McHenry Papers James McHenry (175 3-1 8 16), statesman, soldier, and physi- cian, was born in Ireland. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1 77 1, where he studied medicine under Dr. Benjamin Rush. At the outbreak of the Revolution he entered the Continental army, and was assigned to the medical staff, but abandoned his profession in 1778, upon receiving an appointment to be secretary to Washington. Later he served as aide-de-camp to Lafayette. After the war McHenry acted as delegate from Maryland to the Continental Congress, 1783-86, and the Federal Con- vention, 1787. In 1796 he replaced Timothy Pickering as Secretary of War, and held that office until May, 1 800. He retired from public life in 1802, and withdrew to his estate, near Baltimore, where he died in his sixty-third year. Provenance: This collection was purchased in the autumn of 19 19, from the George D. Smith Book Company, of New York. Prior to sale to Mr. Huntington, the papers were used by Mr. Bernard C. Steiner for his Life and Correspondence of James McHenry (Cleveland, 1907). Number of pieces: 161 Period covered: 1776-1815. The distribution is: 1776-82, 25; 1783- 95, 20; 1796, 30; 1797, 28; 1798-99, 38; 1800-1815, 20 52 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Subject matter: A. American Revolution i. British treatment of American prisoners of war 2. Plans for operations 3. General Washington's military "family" B. Side lights on public affairs during the first four administrations 1. Candidates and appointments to office 2. Federal and state elections 3. Foreign affairs: the breach with France 4. The provisional army Persons represented by three or more pieces: John Adams, 5; William W. Burrows, 5; Jonathan Dayton, 3; Alexander Hamilton, 4; William Hindman, 3; Thomas Lewis, 3; James McHenry, 7; William Vans Murray, 14; Timothy Pickering, 9; William Loughton Smith, 4; Benjamin Stoddert, 5; Benjamin Tallmadge, 6; Uriah Tracy, 7; George Washington, 16; James Winchester, 3; Oliver Wolcott, 7 Some important or interesting items: {Note: Inasmuch as these papers have been largely printed, it seems unnecessary to cite individual pieces.) Physical description: Originals, with the exception of three or four inclosures. Con- dition of the manuscripts good throughout: ink clear, paper firm, handwriting legible. Mather Collection Provenance: A series of letters and sermons emanating from the Mather family, of New England, and gathered from several sources Number of pieces: y6 Period covered: 1645- 1760 Subject matter: A. Evangelical affairs among the Indians of New England B. Calvinistic theology, as shown in a group of 43 sermons by the Mathers and their colleagues MATHER COLLECTION 53 Some important or interesting items: Mather, Richard, and William Tompson. "An Exhortacon to o[u]r Countreymen of Lancashire." New England, Dec, 1645 Congregational churches of Massachusetts. Convention of min- isters. "To serve the great Intention of Religion, which is Lamentably decaying in the Country: It is proposed . . ." Written by Cotton Mather; signed by Samuel Willard, moder- ator, and 25 others. June 1, 1704 Mather, Increase, and Cotton Mather. Letters addressed to Sir William Ashurst, treasurer of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. London. 22 pieces. 17 12-16 Physical description: Originals throughout. In good condition generally. The Mather- Tompson "Exhortacon" is in parts extremely difficult to read, on account of the wretched handwriting. Robert Morris Collection Provenance: Several groups of Morris papers have been brought together in one chronological file. The collection consists of Morris' own cor- respondence, personal and business (including some from the Office of Finance), and letters by and to Mary (White) Morris, his wife, and other members of his family. These manuscripts, the more important of which have been pub- lished, were purchased between 1919 and 1925, notably at the Marsh Sale (Anderson Galleries), and from Madigan and Sessler, dealers. Number of pieces: 320 Period covered: 1774- 1837 Subject matter: A. Business dealings between Richard Champion, merchant, of Bristol, England, and the Philadelphia firm of Willing & Morris, 17 74-7 6 18 B. Land speculation 18 Richard Champion, The American Correspondence of a Bristol Merchant, 1766-1776, ed. G. H. Gutteridge (Berkeley, 1934). 54 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS C. Morris family affairs and local social and political gossip D. Financing the American Revolution E. Morris' indebtedness and subsequent imprisonment 19 F. Litigation involving the estate of Richard Champion, the heirs of Robert Morris, deceased, and the state of South Carolina, 1825-37 Persons represented by four or more pieces: George Lloyd Champion, 28; Richard Champion, 30; Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston) Jay, 6; Mary (White) Morris, 21; Robert Morris, 216 (groups of Morris' letters addressed to: Mrs. Morris [38], Thomas Morris [86], Nathanael Greene [21 20 ], John Nichol- son [21]); William White Morris, 4; Henry Nixon, 5 Some important or interesting items: Lee, Charles. Letter to Robert Morris. ". . . of late I find myself much affected in my health, it is . . . perhaps the embarrassment of my private affairs, and perhaps in greater measure the dis- agreeable aspect of public affairs, for with submission the pros- pect is not only disagreeable but hideous, at least to a Man of my feelings and sanguine expectation . . . the Empire of G. Britain is overturn'd, and the situation of America neither promises happiness, security, nor glory. . . ." Berkeley County, Va., Aug. 15, 1782 Morris, Robert. Letter to Nathanael Greene. "... I expect much of Obloquy from my Conduct because this is what I know to be the Reward for any Conduct whatever which is right. To the Slander I am indifferent and still more indifferent about the Attempts to question the services I have rendered, but I feel most sensibly for your situation and for that of every other Officer. . . ." Mar. 14, 1783 Morris, Mary (White). Letter to Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston) Jay. 21 "I congratulate you on Peace being restored to our Country; it was hardly announced to us before the flags of "Published in extenso in Philadelphia North American, Sunday issues, Feb. 8, 15, 25, and Mar. 1, 1925. 20 Twenty-three letters from General Greene to Robert Morris are filed in the Nathanael Greene Collection. See above, p. 22. 21 The correspondence of Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Jay has been printed, in part, in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II. ROBERT MORRIS COLLECTION 55 different Nations crowded into our Ports & made us Imme- diately sensible of its great Advantages for the importants of the Subject so Bewilder'd us at first like a charming Revery that we wish'd to indulge & were affraid, but no sooner roused than we felt every moment more sensible the Happy change. . . ." Philadelphia, June i, 1783 Physical description: Originals, except a few office copies in the hand of Gouverneur Morris. Condition of the manuscripts good throughout. Andrew Pickens Papers Andrew Pickens (1739-18 17), soldier, was born in Pennsyl- vania, but removed to South Carolina during his childhood. His first military experience came in 1761, when he served as a volunteer in the Cherokee War. After conspicuous service in the American Revolution, Pickens became a member of the South Carolina legislature, and later represented his state in Congress. The years 1 785-1 801 were spent on the fron- tier, as United States commissioner to treat with the Southern Nations of Indians. Shortly after the War of 1 81 2, Pickens retired to his home near Pendleton, South Carolina, where he died at the age of seventy. Provenance: This group of papers had its origin in the period of Pickens' service as Indian commissioner. At one time in the possession of Mr. W. K. Bixby, they subsequently passed through the hands of George H. Richmond, dealer, of New York City. They were acquired by Mr. Huntington from Walter C. Wyman, collector of American Indian rarities, in 1920. Number of pieces: 5 1 Period covered: 1785-1835. The distribution is: 1785-87, 9; 1788-90, 20; 1793-98, 15; 1801-13, 6 ; l82 °> 3; l8 35> l 56 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS {Note: The three pieces dated 1820 relate to Andrew Pickens, Jr., in connection with his conferences with the Creek Indians, for the state of Georgia. The item dated 1835 is an inventory of papers.) Subject matter: Indian Affairs in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1785- 1820 A. Negotiation of treaties with the Cherokee and Creek nations 1. Costs 2. Military participation B. Establishment of boundaries Persons represented by two or more pieces: Thomas Flournoy, 3; Alexander McGillivray, 2; James Mc- Henry, 3; Andrew Pickens, 13; Thomas Pinckney, 3; John Steele, 2 Some important or interesting items: McGillivray, Alexander. Letter to Andrew Pickens. "I hold it no crime to make a people in their turn feel those Calamities & Distress which they wish to bring upon us. . . ." Jan. 2, 1788 U.S. Commissioners. Letter to the chiefs of the Creek nation. "We wish the business to be conducted freely and openly and without an idea of intimidating . . ." Mar. 29, 1788 U.S. Superintendent and Commissioners. "Estimate of Expenses necessary for carrying the Cherokee treaty into execution. . . ." (An itemized account of foodstuffs, rum, utensils, and wearing apparel.) Feb. 12, 1789 Physical description: For the most part, originals. With the exception of two or three faded and stained pieces, the collection is in an excellent state of preservation. Pocock Papers Sir George Pocock (1706-92), English admiral, entered the navy in 17 18 and remained in active service until January, 1763. He held successively the ranks of lieutenant, captain, commodore, rear admiral of the White, and admiral of the POCOCK PAPERS 57 Blue. On May 6, 1761, he was made a Knight of the Bath. In 1762 Pocock was appointed commander in chief of the expedition against Havana, Cuba, with Lord Albemarle in charge of the land forces, and a signal victory for the English resulted. The capture of Havana was the crowning success of his career, and he retired from service in 1766, having accumulated a large fortune, mainly derived from prizes of war. Provenance: These manuscripts were purchased from the Museum Book Store, London, in 1925. Number of pieces: 1,170 Period covered: 1733-93 Subject matter: A. British Admiralty administration 1. Appointments of officers 2. Orders for special service at sea 3. Provisioning and equipping of vessels 4. Prizes of war and bounties 5. Courts-martial B. Management of vessels under Pocock's command 1. Orders issued and received 2. Routine discipline observed on board 3. Signals 4. Shore leaves 5. Instructions for naval action 6. Official dispatches and accounts C. Naval activities in the English Channel, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies, 1733-48 1. Cruises in search of privateers 2. Convoy duty 3. Intelligence of the movements of French and Spanish ships D. Intelligence regarding the taking of St. Johns, Newfoundland, by the French, in June, 1762 E. British expedition against Cuba, 1762 1. Siege and capture of Havana, June- Aug., 1762 58 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 2. Spanish capitulation 3. Prize money: accounts, claims, receipts, etc. F. Dawsonne Drake: personal correspondence with Pocock 1. His short administration as governor of Manila, during the British occupation of the Philippines, 1762 2. Social life and politics during Drake's subsequent res- idence at Fort St. George, Madras, 1762-80 Persons represented by ten or more pieces: Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, 13; Sir John Balchen, 17; Nathaniel Barlow, 14; Philip Cavendish, 12; George Clinton, 15; Dawsonne Drake, 60; Nicholas Haddock, 62; Sir Charles Hardy, 26; William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, 15; Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, 66; George Keppel, 3d Earl of Albemarle, 47; Fitzroy Henry Lee, 14; Patrick O'Hara, 10; Sir George Pocock, 227; James Steuart, 16; Philip Vanbrugh, 10; Sir George Walton, 19 Some important or interesting items: Knowles, Sir Charles. "A description of Havana and the sea coast, for possible use in case of war with Spain." [Ca. 1760] Lyttelton, William Henry, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley. Four letters, written from Jamaica, regarding measures to be taken for protecting the island, and intelligence on the movements of the Spanish and Portuguese. May 4-Sept. 16, 1762 Bernard, Sir Francis. Letter concerning affairs in Newfoundland, and information as to the sea and land forces of the French. Boston, Aug. 19, 1762 Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney. Letter of congrat- ulation to Pocock on his victory at Havana, and expressing concern as to the necessity of strengthening the forces in the islands. Barbados, Oct. 20, 1762 Michie, John. Accounts of sales and distribution of the Havana prizes after the surrender of that city. 1772-74 Osborn, Sir George. Three letters, giving news of the war in New York and the Jerseys. "Washington . . . commands the Army at present opposed to ours, their Numbers may possibly amount to 25000 Men, ill clothed, well fed, with some Enthusiasts at their head, but in general certainly wanting that firm & enter- prising Spirit which constitute the Strength & Vigor of an Army." Aug. 12 and Oct. 26, 1776; May 15, 1777 POCOCK PAPERS 59 Physical description: Largely originals. Papers in very good condition, ink clear, handwriting legible. Spanish Documents Concerning Florida and the West Indies Provenance: These papers were assembled by Maggs Brothers, and listed in their Bibliotheca Americana, Parts I and III (1922-23); they were acquired by Mr. Huntington in 1926. Number of pieces: 86 Period covered: 1783-88, 1795 Subject matter: A. Peace treaty of Versailles, 1783 1. Articles of the treaty 2. Notifications of the cessation of hostilities; acknowledg- ments thereof and correspondence thereon 3. Validity of captures at sea during peace preliminaries B. Invasion of Florida by "the American Abner Hammond, and 62 other vagabonds," in 1795 Some important or interesting items: Enriquez, Juan Antonio. Proclamation of the peace between Spain and England. Feb. 5, 1783. (Note: This document was printed and posted in Seville by Enriquez, Minister of Marine at Seville, but was withdrawn and destroyed at the command of the King.) Castejon, Pedro, Marques de Gonzalez de Castejon. To Don Juan Antonio Enriquez. Draft of a letter from the King's secretary, reprimanding Enriquez for exceeding the limits of his authority, in publishing the news of the peace. Pardo, Feb. 11, 1783 Enriquez to Castejon. Letter vindicating his action and begging intercession in his behalf. Seville, Feb. 19, 1783 Monino, Jose, Conde de Floridablanca. To Charles III, King of Spain. Report giving a resume of diplomatic negotiations be- tween Spain and England, preceding the signing of the treaty. San Lorenzo, Oct. 10, 1788 60 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Morales, Francisco Xavier. "Invasion de la Provincia de la Florida por cierto numero de gente vandida." Havana, Nov. 3, 1795 Physical description: Almost entirely originals. Condition uniformly good. Stowe Collection (Americana) Provenance: The Stowe Collection is the largest single body of manuscripts acquired by Mr. Huntington. The purchase was made in 1925, from the Museum Book Store, in London. Roughly 800,000 pieces, of which only a few hundred relate to America, the material comprises muniments and family papers of the Nugents, Brydges', Temples, and Grenvilles, all variously allied by marriage. This immense accumula- tion was ultimately housed at "Stowe," the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, in Buckinghamshire, England. It was held by the family until 192 1. Number of pieces before the year 1800: Approximately 650 Period covered: 1680- 17 89 Subject matter: America and the West Indies A. James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos: his interests in the col- onies, 1721-38 1. Importations of native products from America 2. The Royal African Company: contracts for supplies of Negroes 3. The "Equivalent Lands" in New York B. St. Christopher and the Leeward Islands: personal corre- spondence of Governor William Mathew, 1718-25 C. Barbados: official correspondence of Governor Henry Gren- ville, relative to an agreement between Great Britain and France for the reciprocal evacuation of the neutral islands (St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica, and Tobago). 1747-52 STOWE COLLECTION 61 D. Jamaica, 1743-89: management of the Hope Estate, a sugar plantation originally owned by the Elletson family, of Jamaica, and later by the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos 22 1. Cultivation of crops; weather conditions; welfare of Negroes and animals 2. Accounts, inventories, statistical reports, etc. 3. Hope River water: claims by the town of Kingston E. Peace preliminaries of Fontainebleau, and the Treaty of Paris, 1762-63: papers of George Grenville 1. Diplomatic correspondence of the British, French, and Spanish plenipotentiaries 2. Rough minutes of the British inner council 3. Drafts of the projected articles, and observations on them F. Administration of new colonial possessions acquired by Great Britain following the Treaty of Paris 1. Settlement of ceded lands 2. Trade and plantations G. Public revenue in North America, 1764-70: papers of John Temple, Surveyor-general of the Customs in the colonies 1. Official conduct of John Temple a. Dispute with Governor Bernard of Massachusetts b. Dismissal of corrupt customs officials 2. Stamp Act disturbances Persons represented by six or more pieces: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, 18; 23 Marquis de Caylus (governor of Martinique), 6; Due de Choiseul, 8; Comte de Choi- seul, 7; Edward East (manager, Hope Estate), 65; Henry Gren- ville, 52; Francis Holburne, 8; Le Bailli Solar de Breille, 12; William Mathew, 34; John Pool (manager, Hope Estate), 25; John 22 The Stowe manuscripts relating to the Jamaica plantations, "Hope" and "Middleton," cover the period 1743-1904 and number about 500 pieces. The Hope Estate came into the hands of the Brydges family at the time of the marriage of James, 3d Duke of Chandos, to Mrs. Anne Eliza (Gamon) Ellet- son, relict of Roger Hope Elletson, who was governor of Jamaica from 1766 to 1769. A gap in these papers, of about thirty years, following the death of the 3d Duke of Chandos, in 1789, divides the "Hope" papers into two parts. Since the later period is not relevant to this report, the second section, in- cluding the "Middleton" papers, has been omitted in the present summary. 23 The 18 pieces cited are letter books, through which are scattered about 100 letters, to American correspondents, on the subjects indicated. 62 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, 12; John Temple, 12; 24 Charles Wyndham, 2d Earl of Egremont, 28 Some important or interesting items: Brydges, James, 1st Duke of Chandos. Letter to Mr. Chiswell of Virginia. ". . . It would be a very good way if you are so kind as to send me any more [singing birds] to make the Person who brings them over promise in his Receipt to deliver their skins stuffed in Case they happen to dye by the way; for I doubt very often they say they are dead to cover their disposing of them another way. . . ." Sept. 24, 1728 Letter to Captain Massey of Charleston, S.C. ". . . the Kidney Beans you sent I have sowed in the Garden. ... I was told they were so fruitful that four or five would run out such large Vines as would be sufficient to Serve a whole family, but . . ." June 17, 1729 Letter to George Clark of New York. ". . . His Majesty has been graciously pleased to make a Grant . . . 62,000 Acres to Sir Joseph Eyles and some other Gentlemen . . . tho' my name is not in the Grant, yet I am concerned in it . . ." May 25, 173 1 Elletson, Roger Hope. Letter books, 2 volumes: in-letters and out- letters, being correspondence with Edward East and John Pool, managers, and others, regarding the Hope Estate. Also sub- sequent, unbound letters of East and Pool, addressed to Mrs. Elletson, later Duchess of Chandos, and her second husband, the 3d Duke of Chandos. 1769-89 Conway, Henry Seymour. Letter to Governor Sir Francis Ber- nard. ". . . It is with the greatest concern His Majesty learns the Disturbances which have lately arisen in Your Province. The general Confusion that seems to reign there: and the total Languor and want of Energy in your Government to exert itself with any Dignity . . ." St. James's, Oct. 24, 1765 Holland, Samuel Jan. "An Extract from the Discription of the Island of Cape Breton survey'd by Captain Holland, Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern district of North America, in pursuance of Orders and Instructions of the Right Honorable 24 Eleven of these are unbound letters; the twelfth is a letter book of cor- respondence with Thomas Whately and others. The latter, with variations, has been published in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 6th Ser., Vol. IX, "The Bowdoin and Temple Papers." STOWE COLLECTION 63 The Lord Commissioners of Trade and Plantations." Louis- bourg, Nov. 16, 1766 Physical description: Originals, except: (1) the official dispatches in Governor Henry Grenville's correspondence, and (2) the diplomatic papers hav- ing to do with the Peace of Fontainebleau. The Henry Grenville correspondence has been repaired and is now as strong as when new. The remainder of the collection is in good condition. Sunderland Collection 25 Provenance: A selection from the official papers of Charles Spencer, 3d Earl of Sunderland, British Secretary of State during the reign of Queen Anne; purchased from Maggs Brothers in 1926 Number of pieces: 87 Period covered: 1704-10 Subject matter: New Jersey and New York A. Political disturbances: Lewis Morris and his "factious party" B. Defenses C. Palatine settlements D. Newfoundland fisheries Some important or interesting items: New Jersey. House of Representatives. Letter in the handwriting of Lewis Morris, signed by Samuel Jennings, addressed to Lord Sunderland, and inclosing sworn evidences of Lord Cornbury's corrupt practices. 2 pieces. May 5, 1707 Coxe, Daniel. Letter to William Dockwra(?) denouncing Lewis Morris and "that Confederate gang." Burlington, N.J., Jan. 17, 1708/9 25 Largely published in Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, ed. William A. Whitehead (Newark, 1880-86). 64 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Schuyler, Peter, and Abraham Schuyler. Joint letter to Lord Sun- derland written while en route to America, following the visit of the Indian kings, whom they accompanied to England. In- closure: letter, pledging the loyalty of the Six Nations, signed by the totems of three Indian kings. 2 pieces. "From on board Her Majesty's Ship Dragon," May 22, 17 10 Physical description: Originals predominate; a few inclosures are contemporary attested copies. Condition of the manuscripts uniformly good. Townshend Collection Provenance: Letters and documents, relating to America, from the papers of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Secretary of State for the Home Department, under George III 26 Number of pieces: 47 Period covered: 1765-87 Subject matter: Anglo-American negotiations, 1765-82 Persons represented by three or more pieces: Silas Deane, 3; George III, King of Great Britain, 24; William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 6; Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, 3 Some important or interesting items: Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham. Letter to Townshend. ". . . as to the merits of the Conciliatory Plan to be offered by Lord North, I shall only say that it is a puerile Mockery, as to America; and will be spurn'd at there; and by all true Friends of America here. . . ." Hayes, Feb. 20 [1766] [ ] ". . . finding that the Doom against America is to be pronounced from the Treasury Bench, perhaps in a few hours, it will be too late to attempt preventing a Civil War, 26 See "A Letter of George III to Thomas Townshend," Huntington Library Bulletin, No. 1, p. 203. TOWNSHEND COLLECTION 65 after it is once inevitably fix't. . . ." Hayes, Tuesday Night [Jan. 31, 1775] 'A Provisional Act for settling the Troubles in America. . . ." Indorsed by Townshend, "Sent to me by Ld Chatham." Feb. 1, 1775 'Memorandum of a Declaration made by Lord Chatham to Doctor Addington in July, 1776." In the hand- writing of Lady Chatham. Indorsed by Townshend, "Nov: 16: 1776" Great Britain. Cabinet. Minutes of secret negotiations, July 25, 1782-Jan. 20, 1783. 12 pieces, mostly drafts in Townshend's hand Physical description: All originals, some in draft form. Condition excellent. Washington Collection Provenance: The Washington Collection is composed of several groups of manuscripts acquired by Mr. Huntington between 191 3 and 1923— notably the McDougall- Washington correspondence (A. S. W. Rosenbach, 1923); the Grenville Kane collection (G. D. Smith, 191 3); the Washington-to-Lear letters (Bixby, 1918); an unidentified collection (G. D. Smith, 191 5); and Martha Washington letters (J. F. Meegan). Smaller lots and individual purchases from various sources have been included. These manuscripts comprise, in addition to Washington's own writings (largely published), letters addressed to him and letters by Martha Washington. They have been arranged in one chronological sequence. Number of pieces: Approximately 540 Period covered: 1749- 1806 Subject matter: A. The Northern Neck of Virginia: land surveys, made by Wash- ington, in Fairfax, Stafford, Spottsylvania, Culpeper, and Frederick counties 66 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS B. American Revolution: military correspondence C. Washington's land holdings and transactions i. Surveys, maps, transfers of land 2. The Mount Vernon tract a. Farming and plantation business b. The mansion house c. Servants and animals D. The Washington family: personal correspondence Persons represented by three or more pieces: George Clinton (1739-18 12), 3; James Clinton, 3; George William Fairfax, 3; Alexander McDougall, 39; Philip John Schuy- ler, 4; George Washington, 375; Martha Washington, 12 Some important or interesting items: Washington, George. Survey field book recording lines run in verifying or correcting the ancient bounds of the Mount Vernon tract, and of neighboring patents. 1767-70 "Pocket-day-Book; or, Cash-Memorandums began 25th of Adarch 1774." Typical entries: Apr. 23 "By Cash paid Captn. Fran[ci]s Peyton for Wagon- age of Wheat from Colo. Mercer's Plantn. in Fredk. wch. charge to that acct. . . . 25.16.3" June 11 "By Cash paid my mother . . . 1 0.0.0" June 16 "To Cash won at cards .... 9.0.0" Aug. 16 "To Cash rec'd from Doctr. Craik for a Wilton Car- pet bot. at Colo. Fairfax's Sale . . 8.10.0" U.S. Continental Congress. "To George Washington, Esq., for your better direction." Instructions upon taking charge of the army of the United Colonies. Philadelphia, June 22, 1775 Schuyler, Philip John. Letter to George Washington. ". . . Since it has been discovered that I gave no Orders for evacuating Tyonderoga, and that I could not be attacked with Success on that Head, they propagate that I at least connived at it, with full as little Truth as the other. ... I wish the Regiments to the Northward had been complicated at least something more so than they are. I wish an third of them had not been little Boys and Negroes, perhaps the Disaster we have experienced would not have happened. ... I will, however, go on smiling with Contempt on the Malice of my Enemies. . . ." Saratoga, July 18, '777 WASHINGTON COLLECTION 67 Gates, Horatio. Letter to George Washington. "... I have for some time expected That The Congress, or Your Excellency, would inform me where I should be commanded to serve for the ensuing Campaign, the Circumstances of the Public as well as of my Own private Affairs make it even now very necessary That I should be acquainted, where I am to be employed before I leave Virginia. . . ." Indorsed by Robert Hanson Harrison: "No answer necessary." Travellers' Rest, June 17, 1780 Washington, George. Genealogy of the Washington family in America, together with relevant correspondence with Sir Isaac Heard, of the College of Heralds. 1792 Washington, Harriot. Letter to George Washington. "I hope my dear Uncle will excuse my troubling him again. Aunt Lewis has desired me to ask you for a little money there is a few things I want that I would be much obleiged to you for, she say's if you will send me some she will keep it & I shall not get any thing but what I really want. ... I had a violent pain an in- flamation in my jaw last week I was obleiged to have my tooth drawn, and the Doctor charged two dollar for it. . . ." Fred- ericksburg, Jan. 5, 1793 Lewis, Elizabeth (Washington) [Mrs. Fielding Lewis]. Letter to "My Dear Brother" [George Washington]. ". . . Harriot begs you will pardon her not writing herself but hopes your being fully acquainted with her Sentiments Concerning Mr. Parks will be some apology she is not well I believe her anxiety for fear of offending and not gaining your consent has Produc'd this, your long Silence has given her much uneasiness." June 26, 1796 Washington, George. Letter to Samuel Washington. "Inconven- ient as it is to me (and nothing can be more so, than it is at this time) to part with what little money I have in the Bank of Alexandria; yet, rather than suffer your Negroes to be taken in Execution, and sold perhaps at half price, I will answer your draughts to the amount of one thousand dollars, but not one cent beyond. . . ." Mount Vernon, Apr. 2, 1799 Physical description: Originals, except Major General McDougall's letters, which are autograph drafts, retained by him as "office copies." Condition of the manuscripts excellent throughout. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Collection of Orderly Books for the American Revolution 27 I. The American Army Departments of the Army Northern Department 1775-76 General orders by Philip John Schuyler. New York, Ticonderoga, Albany, and Fort George 1776 General orders by Alexander McDougall. Apr. 14- May 20. Fishkill Southern Department 1775-80 General orders by William Moultrie and Robert Howe. Charleston 1778-79 General orders by Benjamin Lincoln. Charleston, Parisburg, and Stono 1 78 1 General orders by Nathanael Greene. Apr. i-July 25. Ramsey's Mill, Camden, Ninety-six, and High Hills of Santee Divisions 1777 Division orders by Alexander McDougall. Orderly book No. 7. Oct. 26-Nov. 11. Whitpain and White Marsh Brigades 1778 Brigade orders by Samuel Holden Parsons. Feb. 16- Apr. 29. West Point 1780 Brigade orders by John Stark. Sept. 17-Nov. 19. Tappan and West Point 1 78 1 Brigade orders by Anthony Wayne. Sept. 26-Nov. 2. Yorktown Regiments Connecticut Line 1777 4th Regiment. Orderly book kept by Elihu Martin for Colonel Durkee. Apr. 5-18. Lyme and Norwich 27 The orderly books listed have been entered under the name or designation of the military unit (whether company, regiment, brigade, division, or depart- ment) from which each item originally emanated. Nearly all that are listed under the name or number of the regiment contain brigade orders as well, and in many instances also general orders. 72 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 1775 6th Regiment. Orderly book for William Coit's com- pany, kept by Moses Fargo. Apr. 2 3 -Aug. 7. Cambridge Connecticut Militia 1776 Regiment commanded by David Waterbury. Orderly book. Jan. 3-Mar. 25. Stamford and New York City Georgia Militia 1779 Regiment commanded by Ely Kershaw. Orderly book. Mar. 2 -Apr. 23. Congaree, Augusta, and Three Rivers Maryland Line 1779 3d Regiment. Orderly book. Mar. 11-June 1. Middle- brook Massachusetts Line 1782 2d Regiment. Orderly book kept by John Whiting. Apr. 27-June 20. West Point 1783 4th Regiment. Orderly book. Sept. 28-Dec. 5. West Point 1779-80 6th Regiment (7th Company). Orderly book for Daniel Whiting's company, kept by Stephen Barrett. Bed- ford, Croton, Peekskill, and Highlands 1778-83 8th Regiment. Orderly book kept by Francis Tufts, adjutant. Valley Forge, White Plains, West Point, Orange- town, Totoway, Dobbs Ferry, Highlands, and Newburgh. 16 vols. 1779-80 1 2th Regiment. Orderly book. West Point, High- lands, and Fishkill 1776 24th Continental Infantry. Orderly book kept by Peter Crane. Jan. i-Aug. 7. Cambridge and Ticonderoga Massachusetts Militia 1776-80 Regiment commanded by Ebenezer Thayer. Orderly book, in which are included copies of official correspondence, 1780-91. Boston and Newport 1776 Regiment commanded by Edward Wigglesworth. Or- derly book kept by Thomas Smart, adjutant. July 30-Nov. 23. Charlestown (N.H.), Ticonderoga, and Mt. Independence 1776 Regiment commanded by John Robinson. Orderly book. Feb. 6-Mar. 31. Cambridge 1 78 1 Regiment commanded by Colonel Drury. Orderly book. Oct. 1 -Nov. 27. West Point New Hampshire Line ORDERLY BOOKS 73 1778 3d Regiment. Orderly book kept by Henry Dearborn. Jan. 1 3 -Feb. 4. Valley Forge 1783 The New Hampshire Battalion. Orderly book. Mar. 12- Apr. 13. Newburgh New Jersey Line 1782 The Jersey Brigade. Orderly book. Nov. o-Dec. 31. Newburgh New York Line 1777-78 4th Regiment. Orderly book kept by Nathan Strong. Peekskill and Valley Forge New York Militia 1778-83 General orders and official letters by Governor George Clinton Pennsylvania Line 1776 4th Pennsylvania Battalion. Orderly book. Mar. 31- Oct. 12. New York, Albany, and Ticonderoga. 2 vols. Pennsylvania Militia 1778-80 Brigade orders by John Lacey. Bucks County, Pa. South Carolina Line 1775-79 2d Regiment. Francis Marion's orderly book. Dor- chester, Haddrell's Point, Sillivant's Island, Charleston, and Fort Moultrie. 2 vols. 1776-77 Orderly book kept by Peter Horry. Charles- ton 1778-79 Orderly book kept by Francis Marion and others. Charleston and Savannah South Carolina Militia 1781-82 Brigade orders by Francis Marion. St. Stephens, Georgetown, Santee, and Wadboo II. The British Army Regular Army Engineer Corps 1776 General orders by Matthew Dixon, chief engineer. Aug. 14-Sept. 20. Long Island 74 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Infantry 1778 71st Regiment, 2d Battalion. Orderly book kept for Brigadier General Archibald Campbell. Apr. 21 -Sept. 9. Staten Island and New York City Provincial Forces 1776-77 King's Royal Regiment of New York. Orderly book of Sir John Johnson. La Prairie, La Chine, and Buck's Island 28 Miscellaneous Manuscript Volumes Diaries, Journals, Letter Books, Logbooks, Essays, Reports, etc. [Ca. 1623] [Bargrave, John ? ] "A Treatise shewing ho we to erecte a publique and increasinge Treasurie for Virginia" 1707 Great Britain. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plan- tations "To the Right Hon[ora]ble the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled: A Representation of the State of the Trade of this Kingdom." Whitehall, Nov. 27, 1707 172 1 Great Britain. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Planta- tions "A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plan- tations on the Continent of America." 29 Sept. 8, 172 1 1738-42 Diary of an officer on board the Spanish warship "La Europa," attached to Don Antonio Spinola's squadron in the West Indies; includes an account of the Spanish expedition against Georgia in the summer of 1742 1744 Hamilton, Alexander (1712-56) "Itinerarium. ..." A narrative of a journey from Annapolis into 28 Sir John Johnson, Orderly book of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany Campaign, 1776- 1777, annotated by William L. Stone (Albany, 1882). ^Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, ed. Edmund B. O'Callaghan (Albany, 1853-87), V, 591. MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES 75 Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. 30 May-Sept., 1744 1745 Diary of a soldier in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, com- manded by Colonel Samuel Willard, at the siege of Louisbourg. Mar. 2 3 -Oct. 6, 1745 1745 Shirley, William "Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg." 31 Apr. 22-June 16, 1745 1753-60 Campbell, John, 4th Earl of Loudoun Notebooks and military journals. 12 vols. 1755-56 Willard, Abijah Orderly book and journal kept during the expedition to Nova Scotia 32 1757-65 Pocock, Sir George Letter book of Vice Admiral Pocock, kept during his command in the East Indies and later in the West Indies 1758 Great Britain. Army. Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania Orderly book for the 3d Battalion of the Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Hugh Mercer, during the expedition against Fort Duquesne. June 17 -Sept. 14, 1758. Fort Lyttelton and Raystown 1758 Harris, Obadiah "A rigmental jarnul . . . Timothy Ruggels Rigment in the Expe- dition against Canady." May 22-Oct. 23, 1758. Fort Edward, Lake George, and Ticonderoga 1758-66 Nichols, Joseph Military journal: the Massachusetts provincial forces, during the expedition to Ticonderoga; also notes and accounts subsequent thereto 1759 Great Britain. Army. Provincial Forces of New York Orderly book kept by Joseph Bull, of the 1st Battalion of the New York Regiment. May 25-Nov. 1, 1759. Schenectady and Forts Herkimer, Stanwix, Oswego, and Ontario 30 Ed. Albert Bushnell Hart (St. Louis, 1907). 31 A Letter . . . to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle . . . with a Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg. . . . (London, 1746). 32 Journal of Abijah Willard, 17$$ . . ., ed. John Clarence Webster (St. John, N.B., 1930). 76 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 1759 Great Britain. Army. Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania An orderly book of Samuel Grubbs's company. June 18-July 24, 1759. Carlisle and Fort Bedford. (Note: The latter part of the volume was used by William Worrall for miscellaneous accounts, ending in 1791.) 1759-60 Poor, Enoch "Enoch Poor His Book 1759. [Journal and list of] The Names of All of The Men In The Garson. Fort Fradrick att Saint Johns" [761 Great Britain. Army. Provincial Forces of Connecticut Orderly book kept by John Grant, of Archibald AdcNeile's com- pany in the 2d Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Nathan Whiting. June 20-Oct. 17, 1761. Crown Point. (Note: The latter part of the volume was used for miscellaneous accounts, verses, memoranda, etc., ending in 1801.) 1763-67 Great Britain. Attorney and Solicitor General "General Reports"— copies of official papers on diverse subjects, many having to do with North America. (Note: This volume was the personal copy of William De Grey, afterward 1st Baron Walsingham.) 1764-65 Great Britain. Privy Council Copies of papers, transmitted to the Council office, relating to the proceedings of the assemblies of Massachusetts Bay and New York in opposition to the Stamp Act; also copies of all orders issued thereon from the Council office. 2 vols. 1764-66 Scott, James "Transactions On board the Brig[anti]ne Lydia [John Hancock, owner] myself master," during seven passages between Boston and London [177 1? -90] Franklin, Benjamin Memoirs 33 [Ca. 1775] Abercromby, James (colonial agent) "De jure et Gubernatione Coloniarum, or An Inquiry into the Nature and Rights of Colonies, Ancient and Modern" 1775 Honyman, Robert 33 The autobiography, a new edition of which is being prepared by Dr. Max Farrand. MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES 77 Journal of a trip from Virginia to New England and return. Mar. i-Apr. 28, 1775 34 1775-77 Pope, Richard Military journal and commonplace book, kept by Richard Pope, of the 47th Regiment (British). Boston, Ticonderoga, and Sara- toga 1776 Brookhaven, N.Y. Committee of Safety Record of the proceedings of the committee, kept by Ebenezer Dayton, clerk. Apr. 16- June 25, 1776 1776-77 [Peale, Charles Willson] Diary kept while on active duty with the Philadelphia militia, during Washington's retreat through the Jerseys. [Dec] 4, 1776- [Jan.] 20, 1777 35 1776-78 Serle, Ambrose Diary 36 1776-79 Colden, Cadwallader, [Jr.] "The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. during the revolu- tionary War" 1776-83 Jennet, Pierre Joseph "Livre du Bord" kept by a French officer of marines, during six campaigns, principally in Chesapeake Bay and the West Indies 1777-78 Andre, John Journal 37 1777-81 Diary of a German soldier in the 1st Ansbach Regiment, during the American Revolution 1778 New York. Dutchess County. Committee of Safety Minute book of the Committee for the Northeast Precinct of Dutchess County; Casper Rouse, chairman, and George More- house, clerk. Jan. 20- Apr. 6, 1778 34 Published by the Huntington Library as Colonial Panorama, 175$: Dr. Hony man's Journal for March and April, ed. Philip Padelford (San Marino, I 939>- ^Pennsylvania Magazine, XXXVIII, 271-86; The Crayon, III, 37-40. 36 Published by the Huntington Library as The American Journal of Ambrose Serle, Secretary to Lord Howe, 1776-1778, ed. Edward H. Tatum, Jr. (San Marino, 1940). 37 Ed. Henry Cabot Lodge (Boston, 1903). 7 8 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 1779-80 Foster, Thomas "Thos. Foster his Book 1779, Belonging to the 4th Massts Regt " Military journal, account book, and commonplace book. 2 vols. 1779-82 Jay, John Letter book of official correspondence 38 1780-82 Hughes, Hugh Correspondence with the commanding officers of West Point, Generals Greene, Heath, and McDougall, successively 1780-82 [Querenet de la Combe?] "Precis des Operation et des Marches de l'armee Combinee fran- cais et Americaine . . . Journal du Siege d'York" 1780-82 U.S. Army (Continental). Quartermaster Department for the State of New York Letter book containing copies of official correspondence of Colo- nel Hugh Hughes, D.Q.M. for New York 178 1 L'Aine "Recueil contenant les Campagnes que j'ai fakes sur mer depuis le jour que je suis entre au service de Monsieur De Barras, Chief d'Escadre, en qualite de cuisinier. Commence a bord de L'Auguste Vaisseau de ligne, de 80 canons, dans la Baye de Chesapeak en Virginia, le 28 Novembre, 1781" 1 78 1 [Oliver, Peter?] "Origin and progress of the American rebellion in the year 1776, in a letter to a friend." London, Mar. 1, 1781. {Note: This is a copy [ca. 1825] of the original manuscript in the British Museum.) 1782 Dumouriez, Charles, translator "Histoire de la Guerre d'Amerique." (Note: Translated from the English, ca. 1782) 1782 U.S. Army (Continental). Eastern Department "Journal of the proceedings of Colonel Rufus Putnam, Major Robert Boyd, and Lieutenant Colonel William Hull, nominated as Arbitrators by the Honourable Major General Heath and Colo- nel Udny Hay, Agent for the state of New York, to ascertain the quantity of Forage consumed by the Allied Army ... in West- chester County, last campaign." Feb. 14-July 2, 1782 ^Correspondence of the American Revolution, ed. Jared Sparks (Boston, 1853). MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES 79 1784-85 Evans, Griffith Journal of a trip from Philadelphia to Fort Stanwix, and thence to Fort Mcintosh, to attend treaty negotiations with the Six Nations and the "Western Indians" 1785-86 Hunter, Robert "Journal of an English traveller in the United States." 2 vols. 39 [Ca. 1787] Simcoe, John Graves Journal of the operations of the Queen's Rangers, from the end of the year 1777 to the conclusion of the American Revolution 40 1791-93 Simcoe, John Graves Letter book kept while lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada 1794-96 U.S. Department of State Letter book of official correspondence between the Secretary of State, the American Minister to France, and the French Min- ister to the United States. (Note: Contemporary copies, attested by the chief clerk of the State Department) 1797-98 U.S. Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic Elbridge Gerry's copybook of records of proceedings of the X Y Z mission 1797-1811 U.S. Commissioners under the Sixth Article of the British Treaty of 1794 Register of claims brought before the board, 1797- 1802, 3 vols.; letter books, 1797-18 11, 2 vols.; minute books, 1798-99, 6 vols. 39 Excerpt, giving an account of Hunter's visit to Mount Vernon, published in the Pennsylvania Magazine, XVII, 76-82. 40 John Graves Simcoe, Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers . . . (Exeter [1787]). INDEX Ind ex Abercrombie, James, 42, 44 Abercromby, James (1706-81; Brit- ish general), 39, 40, 42; Papers, 3-5 Abercromby, James (British colonial agent), 4, 42, 44, 76 Adams, John, 15, 52 Adams, John Quincy, 35 Ahmed II (Hamet Karamanli), bey of Tripoli, 19 Albany (N.Y.), 6, 10, 49, 71, 73 Albany Congress (1754), 43 Albany County (N.Y.), 6 Alexander, William, styled "Lord Stirling," 42 Algiers, 18, 33 Allemands (German post in Loui- siana, 1750), 47 American Continental Army, 23, 71- American foreign relations, 15, 52, 78, 79; also Eaton Papers, 17-20; Rufus King Papers, 33-35 American Indian Collection, 5-6 American navy, 17-20, 32-33, 34, 44, 79 American Revolution, 15, 25, 42, 44, 52, 54, 66, 67, 77-78; also Des- touches Papers, 15-17; Nathanael Greene Collection, 22-24; Eben- ezer Huntington Papers, 27-28 John Paul Jones Collection, 32-33 Townshend Collection, 64-65 Orderly Books, 71-74 Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Baron, 3, 42, 58 Andre, John, 28, 77 Andros, Sir Edmund, 7 Annapolis (Md.), 75 Annapolis Royal (Nova Scotia), 49 Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 63 Antigua, 9 Appy, John, 5, 42, 46 Arbuthnot, Marriot, 16 Arkansas (French outpost, Loui- siana), 47 Armand, Charles Tuffin, Marquis de la Rouerie, 13 Arnold, Benedict, 23 Ashurst, Sir William, 53 Atkin, Edmond, 40, 42, 43 Augusta (Ga.), 72 Bacon, Edmund, 29 Bahamas, 9 Baker, Polly, 26 Balchen, Sir John, 58 Bank of the United States, 3 1 Barbados, 9, 60 Barbary States, 18-20. See also Al- giers, Tripoli, Tunis Bargrave, John, 74 Barlow, Nathaniel, 58 Barnes, John, 29, 31 Barras, Jacques Melchior, Comte de, 16, 78 Barrett, Stephen, 72 Barrington, William Wildman, 2d Viscount Barrington, 42 Barron, Samuel, 19, 20 Bartman, George, 43, 49 Bastide, John Henry, 44 Batavian Republic, 34, 35 Battle of Bunker Hill, 44 Bay of Fundy, 49 Bayard, Nicholas, 21 Beatty, John, 49 Beaumont, Sir Thomas, 26 Beck, William, 31 Bedford, John Russell, 4th Duke of, 62 Beeston, Sir William, 10 Belcher, Jonathan, 43 Bellomont, Richard Coote, 1st Earl of, 7, 10, 21 Benedict Collection, 6-8 Berkeley, Sir William, 9, 10 Bermuda, 9, 21 Bernard, Sir Francis, 58, 61, 62 Biswell, John, 30 Blakiston, Nathaniel, 21 Bland, Theodoric, 13 Blathwayt, William, 21; Papers, 8-10 Bogaert, Harmen Meynsertsen, 5 8 4 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Boiling, John, 31 Bollman, Erick, 36 Bontein, William, 49 Boston (Mass.), 14, 72, 76, 77 Bouille, F. C. A., 17 Bouquet, Henry, 41, 43 Boyd, Robert, 78 Braddock, Edward, 37, 38, 43 Bradford, William, 7 Bradstreet, John, 4, 5, 43 Brattle Street Church, Boston (Mass.), 14 Breckinridge, James, 30 Brewse, John, 49, 50 Bridgwater, John Egerton, 3d Earl of, 21, 22 Bridgwater House Library, 21 Briggs, Samuel, & Briggs Bros. (firm), 19 British Admiralty, 57 British army, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79; also Abercromby Papers, 3-5; Lou- doun Papers, 36-48 British navy, 56-59, 75 British politics (1757), 40, 41; letters of John Calcraft, 43 Brock, Robert Alonzo: Collection, 11-14 Brockenbrough, Arthur S., 30 Brockholls, Anthony, 7 Brookhaven (N.Y.), 77 Brown, John, 43 Brydges, James, 1st Duke of Chan- dos, 60, 61, 62 Buck's Island, 74 Bull, Joseph, 75 Bunker Hill, Battle of, 44 Burgoyne, John, 42 Burnet, William, 7 Burrows, William W., 52 Burton, Ralph, 43 Butler, Thomas, 43 Byrd, William, II, 10, 13 Cadaraqui, 4, 38 Calcraft, John, 43 Calvert, Charles, 9 Calvert, Philip, 9, 10 Calvinistic theology, 15, 52 Cambridge (Mass.), 72 Camden (S.C.), 71 Campbell, Archibald, 74 Campbell, John, 4th Earl of Lou- doun, 3, 50, 75; Papers, 36-48 Canada, 9, 42, 47, 49, 50, 74, 75, 79 Cape Breton Island, 62. See also Louisbourg Carlisle (Pa.), 76 Carolinas, 9, ^6. See also South Caro- lina Carr, Dabney, 31 Carr, Martha (Jefferson), 30 Carter, Robert, 12 Cary, Wilson Miles, 7 Caste j on, Pedro, Marques de Gon- zales de Castejon, 59 Cathcart, James Leander, 19 Cavendish, Philip, 58 Caylus, Marquis de (governor of Martinique in 1762), 61 Celoron de Blainville, Pierre Joseph. 48 Chamberlayne, Thomas, & Co., 30 Champion, George Lloyd, 54 Champion, Richard, 53, 54 Charles III, king of Spain, 59 Charleston (S.C.), 26, 71, 73 Charlestown (N.H.), 72 Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl of 5, 40, 43, 64, 6s Chesapeake Bay, 77, 78 Choiseul, Comte de, 61 Choiseul, Etienne Francois, Due de, 61 Christie, Gabriel, 43 Clarke, George, 7, 10, 62 Clarkson, Manoch, 31 Clinton, George (1 686-1 761; gover- nor of New York), 7, 58 Clinton, George (173 9-1 81 2; gover- nor of New York), 66, 73 Clinton, James, 66 Cocke, John Hartwell, 30 Coffin, George G., 19 Coit, William, 72 Colden, Cadwallader, 7, 44, 49, 50 Colden, Cadwallader, Jr., 77 Congaree (Ga.), 72 INDEX 85 Congregationalism in New England, *5> 53 Connecticut, 9, 41 Connecticut troops, 71, 72, 76 Conway, Henry Seymour, 62 Cooper, Samuel: Papers, 14-15 Cooper, William, 14, 15 Coote, Richard, 1st Earl of Bello- mont, 7, 10, 21 Cornbury, Lord, 7, 10, 63 Cosby, William, 7 Cotterell, William, 43 Coxe, Daniel, 63 Crane, Peter, 72 Craven, Charles, 43 Crew, Mica j ah, 12 Crown Point (N.Y.), 38, 39, 40, 76 Cuba, 57, 58 Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of, 41, 43 Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 30 Cuninghame, James, 25, 43 Cuninghame, William, & Co., 12 Cunliffe, John, 12 Dale, Richard, 20 D'Arcy, Robert, 4th Earl of Holder- nesse, 43 Darien (New Caledonia), 10 Davies, George, 19 Davies, William, 12 Davys, William, 26 Dawson, John, 35 Dawson, Martin, 30 Dayton, Ebenezer, 77 Dayton, Jonathan, 52 Deane, Silas, 23, 64 Dearborn, Henry, 73 De Grey, William, 1st Baron Wal- singham, 76 De Lancey, James, 5, 7, 43 De Lancey, Oliver, 43 Delaware, 75 Denny, William, 4, 5, 43 De Peyster, Abraham, 7 Destouches, Charles Rene Domini- que Sochet, Chevalier: Papers, 15-17 Detroit (French outpost, dependen- cy of Louisiana, 1750), 47, 48 Dies, John, 49 Dinwiddie, Robert, 43 Diplomatic correspondence, 78, 79; also Eaton Papers, 17-20; Rufus King Papers, 33-35 Dismal Swamp (Va.), 13 Dixon, John, 31 Dixon, Matthew, 49, 50, 73 Dobbs, Arthur, 43 Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.), 72 Dockwra, William, 63 Dominica (West Indies), 60 Donald & Burton, & James Brown (firm), 12 Dongan, Thomas, 7 Dorchester (S.C.), 73 D'Oyley, Edward, 10 Drake, Dawsonne, 58 Dudley, George, 31 Dudley, Joseph, 7, 10 Dumouriez, Charles, 78 Dunglison, Robley, 30 Dunk, George Montagu, 2d Earl of Halifax, 43 Dunmore, John Murray, 4th Earl of, 7 East, Edward, 61 East Indies, 75 Eaton, William: Papers, 17-20 Egerton, John, 3d Earl of Bridg- water, 21, 22 Egerton, Sir Thomas, Baron Elles- mere, 20 Egremont, Charles Wyndham, 2d Earl of, 62 Ellesmere Papers (Americana), 20-22 Elletson, Anne Eliza (Gamon), aftw. Duchess of Chandos, 62 Elletson, Roger Hope, 62 Ellsworth, Oliver, 35 Emmet, John Patten, 30 Enriquez, Juan Antonio, 59 Eppes, Francis, 30 Eppes, John Wayles, 30, 31 Eppes, Maria (Jefferson), 30 Esopus (N.Y.), 7 86 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Estaing, Charles Hector, Comte d', Evans, Griffith, 79 Eyre, William, 43 Fairfax, George William, 13, 66 Fairfax, William, 12 Fairfax family of Virginia, 12 Fargo, Moses, 72 Fishkill (N.Y.), 71, 72 Fitch, Thomas, 43 Five Nations, 7 Fletcher, Benjamin, 7 Florida, 9, 25, 59, 60 Flournoy, Thomas, $6 Forbes, John, 4, 43 Ford, Bartholomew, 31 Fort Beausejour, 49, 50 Fort Chartres (or de Chartres), 47 Fort Cumberland (Chignecto),49, 50 Fort Cumberland (Md.), 44 Fort Duquesne, 4, 38, 75 Fort Edward, 49, 75 Fort Frederick (at St. John), 76 Fort Frontenac, 4, 38 Fort George (New York City), 49 Fort George (on the Hudson), 49> 7i Fort Herkimer, 49, 75 Fort James, 7 Fort Lyttelton (Pa.), 75 Fort Mcintosh, 79 Fort Moultrie, 73 Fort No. 4, 41 Fort on George's Island (at Halifax, Nova Scotia), 49 Fort Ontario, 75 Fort Oswego, 75 Fort Ouiatanon, 47 Fort St. George (Madras), 58 Fort Stanwix, 75, 79 Fort William Henry, 3, 41, 44, 49 Foster, Thomas, 78 Fox, Henry, 1st Baron Holland, 43 Franklin, Benjamin, 15, 26, 44, 76 Fraser, Simon, 43 Freeland & Gillies (firm), 12 Freemasons, Virginia Grand Lodge, 13 French- American relations ( 1 794 ) , 34> 79 French in North America, 9, 13, 15, 57» 75i 77' 78; also Abercromby Papers, 3-5; Destouches Papers, 15-17; Loudoun Papers, 36-48 French naval administration, 16 Fry, Joshua, estate, 30 Gage, Thomas, 43 Gardenier, Anderis Jacobse, 6 Garrett, Alexander, 30 Gates, Horatio, 23, 67 George II, king of Great Britain, 38, 43 George III, king of Great Britain, 64 Georgetown (S.C.), 73 Georgia, 17, $6, 74 Georgia troops, 72 German states (1796-1801), 34 German troops in North America, 77 Gerry, Elbridge, 35, 79 Goddard, John, 21 Gould (aftw. Morgan), Sir Charles, Granchain de Semerville, Comte de, 16 Grant, James, 4 Grant, John, 76 Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron, 43 Great Britain: Attorney and Solici- tor-General, 76; Lords Commis- sioners for Trade and Plantations (Board of Trade), 8, 21, 43, 63, 74; Privy Council, 8, 21. See also British Admiralty, etc. Great Miami River, 47 Greene, George Washington, 23 n. Greene, Nathanael, 54, 71, 78; Col- lection, 22-24 Grenville, George, 61 Grenville, Henry, 60, 61 Gridley, Richard, 49, 50 Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 28 n. Grubbs, Samuel, 76 Guiana, 26 INDEX 87 Haddock, Nicholas, 58 Halibamonds (French outpost, Loui- siana, 1750), 47 Halifax, George Montagu, 2d Earl of, 43 Halifax (Nova Scotia), 41, 44, 46, 49 Hamilton, Alexander (1712-56), 74 Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804), 52 Hammond, Abner, 59 Hammond, George, 35 Hammoudah, bey of Tunis, 19 Hancock, John, 76 Hancock, Thomas, 5, 43 Hardenbergh, Johannes, 6 Hardy, Sir Charles, 7, 43, 44, 58 Harmer, John, 30 Harris, Obadiah, 75 Harrison family of Virginia, 12 Harvard College, 14, 15 Harvie, John, 31 Hastings, Edward, 26 Hastings, Francis Rawdon, 1st Mar- quis of, 23, 25 Hastings, Henry, 5th Earl of Hunt- ingdon, 25, 26 Hastings Papers, vii, 24-26 Havana (Cuba), 57 Hawley, Gideon, 15 Hay, Lord Charles, 41, 44 Hay, Udny, 78 Hayne, Isaac, 25 Hayward, John, 26 Heard, Sir Isaac, 67 Heath, William, 78 Heathcote, Caleb, 10 Hector, Jean Charles, Comte de, 17 Hennings, Auguste Adolphe Fred- eric de, 36 Hess, Emmanuel, 49 Highlands (N.Y.), 72 Hindman, William, 52 Holburne, Francis, 43, 44, 61 Holdernesse, Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of, 43 Holker, Jean, 17 Holland. See Batavian Republic Holland, Henry Fox, 1st Baron, 43 Holland, Samuel Jan, 49-51, 62 Holley, Horace, 36 Holmes, Charles, 44 Honan, Daniel, 10 Honyman, Robert, 76 Hopkins, Stephen, 43 Hopson, Peregrine Thomas, 43, 44 Horry, Peter, 73 Horvie, William, 44 Hotham, Sir Charles, 6th Bart., 25 Hotham, Sir William, 1st Bart., 25 Howe, George Augustus, 3d Vis- count, 3, 4 Howe, Robert, 71 Howe, William, 5th Viscount, 58 Huck-Saunders, Richard, 43 Hudson River, 49, 50 Hudson's Bay, 22 Hughes, Hugh, 78 Hull, Isaac, 20 Hull, William, 78 Hunter, Robert (colonial governor of New York; d. 1734), 7 Hunter, Robert (English traveler in the United States in 1785), 79 Hunter, William, 31 Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of, 25, 26 Huntingdon Papers. See Hastings Papers Huntington, Andrew, 27, 28 Huntington, Ebenezer: Papers, 27-28 Huntington, Jabez, 27 Huntington, Jabez Williams, 27 Huntington, Joshua, 27 Hutchinson, Thomas, 43 Huyberts, Adriaen, 7 Hyde, Edward, Viscount Cornbury, 7, 10, 63 Illinois (French post, dependency of Louisiana), 47 Indian affairs in North America, 7, 9, 15, 26, 52; also Abercromby Papers, 3-5; American Indian Col- lection, §-6; Loudoun Papers, 36- 48; Andrew Pickens Papers, 55-S6 Indian treaties, 5, 6, 40, 79 Indians: Cherokee, 4, 40, ^6; Chicka- saw, 48; Choctaw, 47, 48; Creek, 19, ^6; Five Nations, 6; Mohawk, 88 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 5, 6; Seneca, 6; Six Nations, 40, 41, 64 Ingoldsby, Richard, 7 Jamaica (West Indies), 9, 17, 58, 61 Janssen, Paulus, 7 Jay, John, 78 Jay, Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston), 54 Jefferson, Jane (Randolph), 31 Jefferson, Peter, 29, 31 Jefferson, Thomas, 19; Collection, 28-32 Jennet, Pierre Joseph, 77 Jennings, Samuel, 63 Johnson, Sir John, 74 Johnson, Peter, 30 Johnson, Sir William, 5, 39, 40, 43 Jones, Francis, 21 Jones, John Paul, 23; Collection, 3 2 "33 Kaskaskia (French outpost, Louisi- ana, 1750), 47, 48 Kean, John V., 30 Kempe, Richard, 13 Kentucky, 14 Keppel, Augustus, Viscount Kep- pel, 58 Keppel, George, 3d Earl of Albe- marle, 58 Kershaw, Ely, 72 Kilby, Christopher, 43 King, Rufus, 19, 20; Papers, 33-35 Knowles, Sir Charles, 44, 58 Korshid, Ahmed, viceroy of Egypt, 19 Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 23, 24 Lacey, John, 73 Lafayette, . . . Adrienne (de Noail- les), Marquise de, 36 Lafayette, George Washington, 36 Lafayette, . . . Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: Collection, 35-36 L'Aine, 78 La Jonquiere, Jacques Pierre Taf- fanel, iMarquis de, 47 Lake Champlain, 49 Lake Erie, 44 Lake George, 39, 49, 75 La Luzerne, Anne Cesar, Chevalier de, 15, 17 Lamberts, Thomas, 7 Lansing, Johannes, 6 La Perouse, Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de, 17 La Rouerie, Charles Armand TufEn, Marquis de, 13 Latour Maubourg, Marie Charles Cesar Fay, Comte de, 36 Laurence, Sir Thomas, 22 Laurens, Henry, 13 La Vauguyon, Paul Francois de Quelen, Due de, 32 Lawrence, Charles, 5, 43 Leake, Robert, 43 Lear, Tobias, 6$ Le Bailli Solar de Breille, 61 Lee, Arthur, 15 Lee, Charles, 54 Lee, Fitzroy Henry, 58 Lee, Henry, 23, 24 Lee family of Virginia, 12 Leisler, Jacob, 7, 10 Lemaire, E., 31 Lewis, Elizabeth (Washington), 67 Lewis, Thomas, 52 Lincoln, Benjamin, 71 Livingston, Robert, 6 Long Island, 7, 73 Loudoun, John Campbell, 4th Earl of, 3, 50, 75; Papers, 36-48 Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island), 3, 5, 41, 44, 49, 50, 62, 75 Louisiana, 36, 45-48 L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 34 Lovelace, Francis, 7 Lovell, James, 13, 15 Lowndes, William, 10 Ludwell, Thomas, 9 Lunenburgh (Nova Scotia), 49 Lyme (Conn.), 72 Lyttelton, William Henry, 5, 43, 58 McAdam, Gilbert, 43 Macarty-Mactigue, 48 INDEX 89 McDougall, Alexander, 6$, 66, 67, 7i,78 McGillivray, Alexander, $6 Macham, Samuel, 26 McHenry, James, 56; Papers, 51-52 Mackay, Samuel, 43 MacKellar, Patrick, 49 McNeile, Archibald, 76 Madison, James, 19, 35 Madras (India), 58 Manakin Town (Va.), 13 Manila (Philippines), 58 Maps (collection supplementing the Loudoun Papers), 48-50 Marin, Joseph, 48 Marion, Francis, 23, 73 Markham, William, 21 Martiau, Nicholas, 26 Martin, Elihu, 71 Martin, Thomas Bryan, 12 Martinique (West Indies), 17, 61 Maryland, 6, 9, 21, 22, 34 Maryland troops, 72 Massachusetts, 6, 9, 15, 17, 26, 28, 39, 52, 53, 61, 75, 76; letters of Thomas Pownall, 43 Massachusetts troops, 72, 75, 78 Mather, Cotton, 53 Mather, Increase, 53 Mather, Richard, 53 Mather Collection, 52-53 Mathew, William, 60, 61 Maurepas, Jean Frederic Phelypeaux, Comte de, 47 Mayhew, Thomas, 6 Mendrici, Francesco, 19 Mercer, Hugh, 75 Mercer, James F., 43 Meserve, Nathaniel, 43 Mespath (Long Island), 7 Meyer, Elias, 49 Michel de Villebois, Honore, 47 Michie, John, 58 Michigan, 5, 47, 48 Mississippi Valley (1740-53), 47-48 Mobile (French outpost, Louisiana, 1750), 47 Mohawk River, 3, 49 Monckton, Robert, 43 Money, colonial, 40; letters of Abra- ham Mortier, 43 Monino, Jose, Conde de Florida- blanca, 59 Monro, George, 43, 44 Montcalm, Louis Joseph . . . , Mar- quis de, 44 Montgomerie, John, 7 "Monticello," 30 Montressor, James Gabriel, 5, 43, 49 Montserrat (West Indies), 9 Moore, Sir Henry, 7 Morales, Francisco Xavier, 60 Morehouse, George, 77 Morgan, Sir Charles, 43 Morris, Gouverneur, ^ Morris, Lewis, 63 Morris, Mary (White), 53, 54 Morris, Robert, 22, 24; Collection, 53-55 Morris, Thomas, 54 Morris, William White, 54 Mortier, Abraham, 43 Mortimer, H. W., & Son, and T. Mortimer (firm), 20 Moultrie, William, 71 Mountflorence, James C, 35 Mt. Independence (N.Y.), 72 "Mount Vernon," 66 Murray, Alexander ( 1755-182 1; A- merican naval officer), 19 Murray, Alexander (British officer in 45th Regt. of Foot in 1757), 43 Murray, John, 4th Earl of Dun- more, 7 Murray, William Vans, 35, 52 Mutual Assurance Society of Vir- ginia, 12 Nanfan, John, 7, 10 Napier, James, 43 Natchez (French outpost, Louisi- ana), 47 Natchitoches (French outpost, Lou- isiana), 47 Negroes, 9, 47, 60, 61 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronte, 19 Nevis (West Indies), 9 9° AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS New Bedford (Long Island), 7 Newburgh (N.Y.), 72, 73 New England, 5, 10, 39, 77. See also names of states and cities Newfoundland, 9, 21, 22, 57, 58, 63 New Hampshire, 9, 75 New Hampshire troops, 73 New Jersey, 50, 63, 77 New Jersey troops, 73 New Netherland, 6 Newport (R.I.), 72 New York, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 39, 40, 41, 44, 49, 50, 60, 62, 63, 71, 73, 74, 75» 7*>, 77» 78; also Benedict Col- lection, 6-8 New York harbor, 50 New York troops, 73, 75 Niagara, 38, 39 Nichols, Joseph, 75 Nicholson, Sir Francis, 7, 21, 22 Nicholson, John, 54 Nicolls, Richard, 7, 8, 9 Ninety Six (S.C.), 71 Nissen, Nicolai C, 19 Nixon, Henry, 54 Northumberland, Henry Percy, 13th Earl of, 26 Norton, John, & Sons, 12 Norwich (Conn.), 72 Nova Scotia, 38, 41, 44, 46, 49, 50, 75 O'Brien, Richard, 19, 20 O'Hara, Patrick, 58 Oldham, James, 30 Oliver, Peter, 78 Oneida Carrying Place (N.Y.), 3 Ord, Thomas, 43, 49 Orderly books: Seven Years' War, 75,76; American Revolution, 71-74 Osborn, Sir George, 58 Oswego (N.Y.), 39, 40 Parker, Charles, 26 Parsons, Samuel Holden, 71 Patterson, John, 30 Peale, Charles Willson, 77 Peekskill (N.Y.), 72, 73 Penevert, 17 Penhallow, Samuel, 10 Penn, William, 21, 22 Pennsylvania, 4, 9, 21, 22, 41, 75 Pennsylvania troops, 15, 73, 75, 76, 77 Pepperrell, Sir William, 43 Percy, Henry, 13th Earl of Nor- thumberland, 26 Perry, John M., 30 Pettit, Charles, 23 Pfister, Francis, 49 Philadelphia, 4, 79 Philadelphia militia, 77 Philippines, 58 Phillips, Frederick, 7 Phips, Spencer, 43 Pichon (alias Tyrell), Thomas, 46 Pickens, Andrew: Papers, 55-56 Pickering, Timothy, 19, 35, 52 Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 35 Pinckney, Thomas, 33, ^6 Piracy, 9, 21 Pitcher, James, 43 Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 5, 40, 43, 64, 6s Pleasants, James, 30 Pleasants family of Virginia, 12 Pocock, Sir George, 75; Papers, 56-59 Pool, John, 61 Poor, Enoch, 76 Pope, Richard, 77 Porcile, Antonio, 19 Portugal, 34 Post, Christian Frederick, 4 Povey, John, 10 Povey, Richard, 8 Povey, Thomas, 8 Pownall, John, 44 Pownall, Thomas, 5, 43, 44 Prentiss, William, & Co., 12 Prevost, James, 43 Price, William, 12 Putnam, Rufus, 78 Pynchon, Stephen, 19 Quakers, 13, 21 Quebec, 44, 49 Querenet de la Combe, 78 Quincy, Josiah, 36 7200-3 INDEX Raleigh, Sir Walter, 26 Ramsey's Mill (S.C.), 71 Randall, Samuel J., 28 n. Randall & Bridge (firm), 20 Randolph, Ann Cary, 30 Randolph, Edmund, 35 Randolph, Edward, 10, 21 Randolph, Martha (Jefferson), 30 Randolph, Thomas Mann, 30 Randolph, William, estate, 30 Randolph family of Virginia, 12, 30 Ratzer, Bernard, 49 Rawdon, John, 1st Earl of Moira, 25 Rawdon, Lord, 23, 25 Raystown (Pa.), 75 Rhode Island, 9 Rigaud, Pierre, Marquis de Vau- dreuil de Cavagnal, 5, 37; Papers, 45-48 Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Francois Pierre (brother of the Marquis de Vau- dreuil de Cavagnal), 46 Rivez, Charles, 49-51 Roads, 4 Robertson, James, 7, 43 Robinson, John, 72 Robinson, Thomas, 1st Baron Gran- tham, 43 Robson & Harford (firm), 12 Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeure, Comte de, 17 Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron, 17,58 Rogers, Robert, 43 Rohr, Charles, 49 Rose, Robert, 13 Rouille, Antoine Louis, Comte de Jouy, 47 Rous, John, 43 Rouse, Casper, 77 Royal African Company, 60 Royal American Regiment, 39 Ruggles, Timothy, 75 Russell, John, 4th Duke of Bed- ford, 62 Rutherfurd, John, 43 St. Christopher (West Indies), 9, 16, 17, 60 St. Clair, Arthur, 33 St. Clair, Sir John, 43 St. Lawrence River and Gulf, 49 St. Lucia (West Indies), 60 St. Vincent (West Indies), 60 Sandys, Sir Edwin, 26 Santee (S.C.), 71, 73 Saratoga (N.Y.), 49, 77 Sartine, Antoine Raimond Jean . . . de, 17, 32 Saul, Thomas, 43 Saunders, Richard Huck-, 43 Savannah (Ga.), 73 Schenectady (N.Y.), 7, 49, 75 Schuyler, Abraham, 64 Schuyler, Peter, 7, 64 Schuyler, Philip John, 66, 71 Scott, Charles, 12 Scott, Daniel, 12 Scott, George, 44 Scott, James, 76 Scottish East India Company, 10 Serle, Ambrose, 77 Sermons, 15, 52 Seven Years' War in North Amer- ica, 75, 76; also Abercromby Pa- pers, 3-5; Loudoun Papers, 36-48; Maps, 48-50; Pocock Papers, 56-59 Shard, Julius, 31 Sharpe, Horatio, 43 Shirley, William, 38, 40, 43, 75 Sillivant's Island (S.C.), 73 Simcoe, John Graves, 79 Six Nations, 40, 41, 64 Slaves. See Negroes Sloughter, Henry, 7 Smart, Thomas, 72 Smith, William Loughton, 19, 35, 52 Snead, Robert, 21 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 53 Society of Friends, 13, 21 Sorrel, Richard, 31 South Carolina, 9, 26, 41, 43, 54, 71, 73; also Andrew Pickens Papers, 55S6 South Carolina troops, 73 Southwell, Edward, 8 Spanish Documents Concerning 92 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS Florida and the West Indies: Col- lection, 59-60 Spencer, Charles, 3d Earl of Sunder- land: Collection, 63-64 Spinola, Don Antonio, 74 Stamford (Conn.), 72 Stamp Act, 25, 76 Stanley, Hans, 25 Stanwix, John, 5, 41, 43 Stark, John, 71 Staten Island (N.Y.), 74 Steele, John, 56 Steuart, James, 58 Stirling, William Alexander, Lord, 42 Stoddert, Benjamin, 52 Stowe Collection (Americana), 60-63 Strong, Nathan, 72 Stuyvesant, Peter, 7 Sunderland, Charles Spencer, 3d Earl of: Collection, 63-64 Sydney, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount: Collection, 64-65 Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Mau- rice de, 35 Tallmadge, Benjamin, 52 Tappan (N.Y.), 71 Taylor, Cornelia (Jefferson), 29 Taylor, George, 30 Temple, John, 61, 62 Ternay, Charles Henri d'Arsac, Chevalier de, 16, 17 Thayer, Ebenezer, 72 Three Rivers (Ga.), 72 Ticonderoga (N.Y.), 3, 4, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77 Tisbury (Mass.), 6 Tobacco, 9 Tobago (West Indies), 9, 60 Tombekbe (French outpost, Louisi- ana, 1750), 47 Tompson, William, 53 Tongue, Winckworth, 49, 50 Totoway (N.Y.), 72 Toulmin, Harry, 14 Townshend, Thomas, 1st Viscount Sydney: Collection, 64-65 Tracy, Uriah, 52 Trade, 4. See also Great Britain, Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations Treaty of Paris, 1762-63, 61 Treaty of Versailles, 1783, 59 Treaty of 1794 ("Jay treaty"), 34,79 Tripoli, 18, 19 Tryon, William, 6, 7 Tucker, George, 30 Tufts, Francis, 72 Tunis, 19, 20 Ulster County (N.Y.), 6, 44 United States Department of State, 34, 79 University of Virgima, 30 Utie, Nathaniel, 9 Valley Forge (Pa.), 72, 73 Vanbrugh, Philip, 58 Van Curler, Arent, 6 Van Dam, Rip, 7 Van Schaick, Lovinus, 10 Van Twiller, Wouter, 6 Vaudreuil de Cavagnal, Pierre Ri- gaud, Marquis de, 5, 37; Papers, 45-48 Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 15 Vincennes (French outpost, depend- ency of Louisiana, 1750), 47 Virginia, 6, 9, 21, 25, 26, 44, 6$, 74, 77; also Brock Collection, n-14; Jefferson Collection, 28-32 Virginia Company of London, 25, 26 Virginia proprietary (Northern Neck), 12, 13, 6s Virginia troops, 12 Wabash (French outpost, Louisiana, 175°), 47 Wadboo (S.C.), 73 Walrond, Edward, 21 Walsingham, Robert Boyle, 17 Walsingham, William De Grey, 1st Baron, 76 Walton, Sir George, 58 Wandall, Thomas, 7 INDEX 93 Washington, George, 6, 13, 17, 33, 43, 44, 52; Collection, 65-67 Washington, Harriot, 67 Washington, Martha (Dandridge) Custis, 6$, 66 Washington, Samuel, 67 Washington family of Virginia, 66, 6y Waterbury, David, 72 Wayne, Anthony, 71 Webb, Daniel, 39, 40, 41, 43 Webb, Samuel B., 28 Wentworth, Benning, 43 West Indies, 9, 16, 21, 34, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 74, 75, 77. See also names of individual islands West Point (N.Y.), 71, 72, 78 Wetterstrom, Gustavus, 49 White, Jerome, 9 White Marsh (N.Y.), 71 White Plains (N.Y.), 72 Whiting, Daniel, 72 Whiting, John, 72 Whiting, Nathan, 43, 76 Whitpain (N.Y.), 71 Wickes, Lambert, 44 Wier, Daniel, 43 Wigglesworth, Edward, 72 Willard, Abijah, 75 Willard, Samuel (Congregational clergyman), 53 Willard, Samuel (colonel, 4th Mass. Regt., 1745), 75 William Augustus, Duke of Cum- berland, 41, 43 Williams, William, 43 Williamson, George, 43 Willing & Morris (firm), 53 Winchester, James, 52 Winslow, John, 39, 43 Wioming Valley (Pa.), 4 Wolcott, Oliver, 35, 52 Wolfe, James, 4 Worrall, William, 76 Wyn (Wynne), Peter, 21 Wyndham, Charles, 2d Earl of Egremont, 62 X Y Z Mission, 34, 79 Yorktown (Va.), 71, 78 Young, John, 43 Yussuf, bey of Tripoli, 19 IH39A AMERICAN -URBANA «a— -«—• *'