Constitutional history -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Burton Jesse Hendrick papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1980
Overview:
The Burton Jesse Hendrick papers consist of research materials, manuscript drafts, and correspondence related to books later published; news clippings and personal materials consisting of biographical files, estate files, and Yale related materials, 1880-1970.
Dates:
1880-1970, bulk 1917-1949
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Burton Jesse Hendrick papers
Roger Sherman (1721-1793) collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 447
Overview:
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 printed...
Dates:
1749-1904