Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (1737-1793), American merchant, statesman, and Patriot of the American Revolution.

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Southard Hay autograph collection

Collection

Call Number: MS 268

Abstract: Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and...

Dates: 1750-1885

Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Southard Hay autograph collection

Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature

Collection

Call Number: GEN MSS 764

Abstract: Collection consists of manuscripts (correspondence and drafts of writings), illustration material (drawings in all media, photographs, book dummies, and printing blocks and plates), and publication proofs by various authors and artists including Louisa May Alcott, Alexander Anderson, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Gelett Burgess, Harrison Cady, Palmer Cox, F. O. C. Darley, W. W. Denslow, Jo Mora, Peter Newell, and Symeon Shimin, as well as work produced for the McLoughlin Brothers...

Dates: 1640-2001

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature

Signature, n.d.

Part of Collection — Box 55: [Barcode: 39002137225307], Folder: GROUP 2055, F-1

Call Number: GEN MSS MISC

Scope and Contents:

Signature clipped from an unidentified document and mounted on sheet.

Dates: n.d.

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > H > HANCOCK, JOHN, 1737-1793