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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Equipment and supplies

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

John Holker papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 2092
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, accounts, and invoices relating to the activities of French diplomat and naval agent John Holker during the American Revolutionary War, as well as his private business ventures.

Dates: 1777-1821, undated
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Holker papers

William Griswold Lane memorial collection

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Call Number: MS 189
Abstract: A collection of documents on the early history of Connecticut assembled by Wolcott Griswold Lane as a memorial to his father, William Griswold Lane. The original bequest consisted of approximately 1,000 letters and papers (1670-1866) of the Lane and Griswold families of Connecticut and Ohio. Families represented in the correspondence include: Daggett, Dana, Edwards, Ellsworth, Fish, Goodrich, Hillhouse, Huntington, Lanman, Sherman, Stiles, Swayne, Swift, Trumbull, Waite, Whittlesey,...
Dates: 1670-1947
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > William Griswold Lane memorial collection

Roger Sherman (1721-1793) collection

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Call Number: MS 447
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, legal records, financial documents and genealogical material of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Included are both family letters and political correspondence. Of special interest are the letters to Governor Jonathan Trumbull on the relationship of Connecticut to the prosecution of the war (1777-1780). Among Sherman's writings are a report from the Constitutional Convention (1787), a note on the proposal for a national bank (1791) and a...
Dates: 1749-1904
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Roger Sherman (1721-1793) collection

Wadsworth family papers

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Call Number: MS 525
Abstract: Chiefly correspondence of the Wadsworth, Silliman, and Trumbull families. Of note in the eighteenth century correspondence is the exchange between Joseph Trumbull and Jeremiah Wadsworth concerning the business of the Commissary General during the American Revolution. Major correspondents in the later period are Faith Trumbull Wadsworth, Benjamin and Harriet Trumbull Silliman and their children. There is a long series of ninety-one letters (1806-1846) to Eliza Winthrop Sebor from Faith...
Dates: 1745-1914, bulk 1775-1862
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Wadsworth family papers