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Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Andean collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1775
Overview: A collection of correspondence; government documents, including reports, commissions, decrees, legal proceedings, account books, treasury records, petitions, geographic relations and awards; church documents; writings and poems; and published illustrated materials from the Andean region of Latin America (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela) on civil, military, economic, religious, and social topics.
Dates: 1538-1996, bulk 1700-1799
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Andean collection

Henry Hill papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 680
Overview: Correspondence and business papers of Henry Hill, merchant, U.S. consul at Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile, and officer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The papers deal largely with Hill's business affairs and travels in Europe and South America and consist of two letterbooks containing copies of letters from Hill to members of his family, friends, and business associates, 1812-1815 and 1817-1818. Also included are three volumes of letters (ca. 929 items) from...
Dates: 1812-1829
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Henry Hill papers

Shipping collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 543
Overview: The collection consists of ships' journals, invoices, manifests, lists of crews, clearance papers and other documents relating to shipping, largely from Connecticut ports in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is also a small quantity of papers from Massachusetts, New York and elsewhere.
Dates: 1749-1923
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Shipping collection

Benajah Ticknor papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 495
Overview: Journals, letterbook, medical notes, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.
Dates: 1818-1852
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Benajah Ticknor papers