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Adams, Samuel (1722-1803). Papers, 1635-1826. 5 reels. Includes papers and correspondence of the patriot, organizer of resistance to British rule, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Revolutionary statesman. Includes calendar on final reel. Originals are in the Public Library. [FILM 674]

Adams, Dr. Samuel. Diaries, 1758-1819. 2 reels. Diaries, letters, and anatomy commonplace book of the Massachusetts physician who served in the Continental Artillery during the Revolution. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 380]

Alexander, William (1726-1783). Selected papers, 1767-1782. 1 reel. William Alexander, also known as “Lord Sterling,” first served as of the 1st NJ Regiment. In 1776 he was appointed brigadier general and took command of the defense of as well as serving as an advisor to General . He was promoted to - general in 1777. Papers consist of correspondence, military orders and reports, and bulletins to the . Originals are in the New York Historical Society. [FILM 404]

American Army (Continental, , volunteer). See: . National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. United States. National Archives. General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. United States. National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty and Warrant Application Files. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls. 1775-1783.

American Periodicals Series I. 33 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Various early American periodicals. 1741-1800. Originals are in various repositories. [FILM 381]

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Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (1717-1797). Papers, 1717-1797. 16 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Includes papers, journals, and correspondence of the British commander-in-chief in . Collection focuses on materials relating to Amherst's experiences in the War of Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, his campaigns in America. 1758-1763, and his activities during the American Revolution. Originals are in the Kent County (U.K.) Archives Office. [FILM 382] See also: Great Britain. War Office. Sir Jeffrey Amherst Papers. 1740-1783 (WO 34).

Andre, John (1751-1780). Journal, 1777-1778. 1 reel. Journal of the major and aide-de-camp to Generals Grey and Sir Henry Clinton that covers the campaign. The journal includes Andre's manuscript maps. Andre was subsequently executed as a spy for his role in the treason plot. Original is in the Huntington Library. [FILM 383]

Atlee, William. See: Force, Peter (1790-1868) Papers. 1683-1789. Series 9.

Auckland, William Eden, First Baron (1744-1814). Material relating to the American Revolution from the Auckland Papers. 5 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence and other official documents. Auckland was an influential minister in the British government who served as Undersecretary for the Northern Department. 1772-1778, and as a member of the Board of Trade. 1776-1780. During the Revolution, he was the official in charge of British espionage and was in contact with Loyalist informants. In 1778, he was appointed a member of the Carlisle Commission that sought conciliation with the Americans. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 48]

Backus, Isaac (1724-1806). Papers. 15 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of Baptist preacher and historian Isaac Backus. These include many family letters to and from Isaac Backus during the years between 1750 and his death in 1806, along with seven of his travel journals, a list of his library, two unpublished tracts, a genealogy of his family, minutes of his Separate Church from 1750 to 1753, drafts of some of the chapters for his abridged history, and a list of all the texts he preached from between 1777 and 1806. [FILM 742]

Baldwin, Jeduthan (1732-1788). Journal, 1755-1787. 1 reel. Journal kept by military engineer Jeduthan Baldwin of Brookfield, Mass. during the , Revolutionary War, and trial for Shay’s Rebellion. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 711]

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Bancroft, George (1800-1891). See: New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. German Revolutionary War manuscripts not in the manuscript collection. New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. Hessian manuscripts from the Bancroft collection.

Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795). Papers, 1774-1794. 1 reel. Correspondence of the Revolutionary patriot. Originals are in the Dartmouth College Library. [FILM 37]

Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795). Papers, 1743-1795. 7 reels. Accompanied by a guide on first reel. Papers, journal, and account books of the physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of New Hampshire. Originals are in the New Hampshire Historical Society and other repositories. [FILM 227]

Baynton, Wharton, and Morgan. Papers, 1757-1787. 10 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Letters and documents of a well known Philadelphia mercantile firm that traded in Europe, the West Indies, and with Native Americans. Includes both public and private Materials. Mostly account books and letters from the mid-eighteenth century. Originals are in the State Archives. [FILM 384]

Bedel, Timothy (1740?-1787). Papers, 1763-1787. 1 reel. Correspondence, accounts, commissions, deeds, and inventory of estate. Bedel, a colonel of the New Hampshire Rangers, was court martialed and cashiered after the Battle of Cedars in 1776. He later served as Major-General of , and was active in New Hampshire politics during and after the Revolution. Originals are in the New Hampshire Historical Society. [FILM 676]

Bellamy, Joseph (1719-1790). Papers, 1752-1785 (inclusive). 1 reel. Correspondence, sermons and manuscripts of Bellamy, theologian and minister of the new parish of Bethlehem, Connecticut, from 1738 until his death. He was a disciple of Jonathan Edwards and a prominent advocate of the New Light theology in the Great Awakening. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 692]

Benjamin, Samuel (1754-1823). Papers, 1775-1845 [bulk dates 1775- 1782]. 1 reel. Correspondence, diaries, poems, orders and receipts concerning Samuel Benjamin’s service in the Massachusetts infantry during the Revolutionary War. Included also is a printed version of Benjamin’s diaries (1778-1780) describing maneuvers around West Point, New York and the . Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 691]

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Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821). Letterbook, 1777-1778. 1 reel. Letterbook of the Commisary General of prisoners in the Army of the United States of America during the Revolutionary War. Original is in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. [FILM 567]

Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821). Papers, 1773-1812. 1 reel. Correspondence, reports, and other papers, mostly relating to Boudinot's work as Commissary General of prisoners during the Revolution and as president and secretary for foreign affairs of the Continental Congress. Originals are at the . [FILM 732]

Bounty Land Warrants See: United States. National Archives. Bounty Land Warrants Used in the Military District of and Related Papers. United States. National Archives. Register OfRevolutionary War Land Warrants.

Bradford, Thomas (1745- 1852). Papers, 1760-1852. 6 reels. Documents concerning British prisoners, including correspondence relating to prisoners from the British army and navy. 1777-1783; British prisoners' paroles. 1778-1782; a list of British prisoners, from both services. 1778-1782; returns of provisions for British prisoners. 1778-1783; American naval prisoners' paroles and bonds for their delivery. 1778-1783. Originals are in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 733]

Brandywine Battlefield Collection, 1777-1815. 1 reel. Includes Levan Family business ledger, ca. 1779-ca. 1815, Roll of Captain Mauser's Company, August 19. 1777, Pay roll of Captain Mauser's Company of the 6th PA Reg. of Foot, May 1777, and Jacob Levan Family death records. 1822-1854. Originals are at Brandywine Battlefield Park. [FILM 704]

Breadalbane Military Manuscripts, 1775-1781. 2 reels. Muster rolls of the British 40th Regiment of Foot during the Period of the American Revolution. Originals are in the National Archives of Scotland. [FILM 385]

Brickett, James (1737-1818). Orderly book, Aug-Nov. 1776. 1 reel. Orderly book of Brig. Gen. of the 5th Massachusetts Brigade at Ticonderoga. Consists of courts martial, routines, and defense of Mount Independence, and ends when the troops leave for Fort George. Entries include brigade orders of Major General Gates. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 666]

Bright Autograph Collection. See: Jervis Public Library (Rome, NY).

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British Headquarters Papers. See: Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron.

British Intelligence, New York. Memorandum book of the British Army, 1778. 1 reel. Anonymous diary-like record of information taken from deserters and spies on the location, condition, and maneuvers of American troops in New York, July-Nov. 1778. Probably recorded by a British officer (possibly Colonel Beverley Robinson) stationed near Kings Bridge, Manhattan Island. Original is in the Library of Congress. [FILM 689]

British Troops. See Breadalbane Military Manuscripts. Great Britain. Admiralty. Marine Pay Office Records. Great Britain. War Office. Annual Army Lists. Great Britain. War Office. Muster Rolls of the 42d Regiment of Foot, First Battalion. 17th Light Dragoons, 35th Regiment of Foot, 38th Regiment of Foot, and 84th Regiment of Foot. 1st and 2nd Battalions, 1759-1783. Great Britain. War Office. Muster rolls of the 60th Regiment of Foot, 3rd & 4th Battalion. 105th Regiment of Foot, Barbados Regiment, Duke of Cumberland Regiment, King’s American Regiment, Newfoundland Fencibles, Queen’s Rangers, Tarleton’s British Legion. United States. National Archives. Orders, Returns, Morning Reports, and Accounts of British Troops.

Burd-Shippen Family Collection. (MG 30). 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Contains the papers of James Burd (1726-1793) who began his career as a merchant in Philadelphia and served on the commission that planned the extension of the Great Road leading through Carlisle and Shippensburg to the Yohoughiogheny River and the camp at Will's Creek. The collection also includes the papers of his wife Sarah Shippen Burd and their sons Edward, James and Joseph, as well as Sarah's father, Edward Shippen, and other relations. Included are general correspondence, accounts, appointments and commissions, articles of agreement, legal papers, and transcripts. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 707]

Burgoyne, General John See: Great Britain. War Office. Judge Advocate General’s Records, Correspondence.

Burke, Thomas (ca. 1747-1783). Papers, 1763-1852. 6 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, letterbook, ledger, financial and legal papers. Burke was a physician, attorney, and leading political figure in North Carolina during the Revolution. Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library. [FILM 30]

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Burnett, William. See: New York Historical Society Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Burr, Aaron (1756-1836). Papers, 1756-1836. 27 reels. Accompanied by a guide and index. Correspondence, business records, orderly books, journal, legal papers. Originals are in the New York Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 21]

Byles Family. Papers, 1757-1837. 2 reels. Correspondence of a Loyalist family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 386]

Canada. Archives of . Simcoe Family Papers. (Series F47). 5 reels. Correspondence of John Graves Simcoe, Lt. Col. of the Queen’s Rangers and Lieutenant Governor of . Papers include official reports and administrative files, general correspondence, letter books, military appointment files, and two orderly books relating to St. Clair’s 1791 expedition to the Ohio. Originals are in the Archives of Ontario. [FILM 663]

Canada. National Archives. American Loyalist Muster Rolls Series 1 MG 23, D1, Vols. 24-30. 3 reels. Accompanied by guide. Muster rolls of American Loyalist units from the years 1777-1783. Originals are in the Public Archives of Canada. [FILM 273]

Canada. National Archives. Ward Chipman. Papers, Muster master general's papers and regimental papers, 1776-1785. (RG 68, C Series). 11 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Contains muster rolls, official military records, and other materials relating to American Loyalists in the Revolution. Originals are in the Public Archives of Canada. [FILM 272]

Canada. Museum. American Loyalist Muster Rolls (fragmentary). 1 reel. Accompanied by guide. Muster rolls of various Loyalist units in the American Revolution. Originals are in the New Brunswick [Canada] Museum. [FILM 271]

Canada. . Archives and Records Administration. Crown Land Grants, 1753-1864 [bulk dates 1784-1830]. 6 reels. Series consists of records relating to the granting and, in a few cases sale, of Crown lands, including land grants, plans, surveys, petitions, warrants, and correspondence. The records are arranged by county. Originals are in the Nova Scotia Archives. [FILM 661]

Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Administration. White Family Papers. 2 reels. Personal and official papers of Gideon White (1754-1833), merchant at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. White was master of the schooner Apollo, traded in the Caribbean, and became a merchant in Charleston. Correspondence with references to Loyalist regiments, 1780-1782. Originals are in the Nova Scotia Archives. [FILM 683]

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Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784-1997 [bulk dates 1784-1800]. (RS 686). 5 reels with index. Includes information on individuals and corporate bodies who acquired Crown land in New Brunswick between 1784-1800. The documents describe the distribution of Crown land and the names of the grantees. Includes index on the final reel of the series. Originals are in the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. [FILM 643]

Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Petitions, Original Series 1783-1918 [bulk dates 1783-1800]. (RS 108). 19 reels. Contains earliest petitions for grants of land in New Brunswick. Includes index on final reel of series. Originals are in Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. [FILM 658]

Canada. See also: Great Britain. Colonial Office. Canada. Original correspondence. .

Carleton, Guy. See: Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron.

Carroll, Charles (1737-1832). Papers, 1749-1832. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, accounts, and journal. Carroll was a wealthy landowner who served as delegate to the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence, and was active in Maryland politics. Originals are in the Maryland Historical Society and at other institutions. [FILM 20]

Carter Family. Papers, 1659-1797. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Land documents, personal, political, and Carter (1710-1778), and of his son, Wormeley Carter (1734-1798). Originals are in the Sabine Hall Collection on deposit at the University of Library and at other institutions. [FILM 41]

Census. See: United States. National Archives. Population Schedules of the First Census of the United States, 1790. United States. National Archives. Population Schedules of the Second Census of the United States, 1800. United States. National Archives. Publications of the Bureau of the Census.

Champion, Richard (1743-1791). Letterbooks, 1760-1775. 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Manuscript copies of letterbooks of the English merchant from Bristol who was a critic of British policies in the American Revolution. Originals are in the Bristol (U.K.) Records Office and the New York Public Library. [FILM 387]

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Charleston. See: New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection. , 1780.

Church Family. Papers, 1716-1865. 1 reel. Chiefly letters received by Angelica Schuyler Church (1756-1815), but sister-in-law of both Alexander and General . This collection contains several letters written by these men. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 33]

Clayton, Captain Robert. Orderly Book, 1778-1779. 1 reel. Orderly Book of the 17th [British] Regiment of Foot kept at Staten Island and headquarters, New York, 1778-1779. Original is in Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 551]

Clinton, Henry. See: New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection.

Coates, Edward. Journal. 1 reel. Journal of the Siege of Quebec, 1759. Coates was probably a British officer who accompanied Wolfe during the siege of Quebec in the Seven Years' War. Original is in the Northumberland County Record Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain. [FILM 388]

Cobb, David (1748-1830). Papers, 1708-1833. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, financial and legal papers, diaries. Cobb was a physician who served as an officer and aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution. In the postwar period, he served as a judge, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and President of the State Senate, and member of Congress. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 50]

Colman, Dudley. Papers, 1771-1849 [bulk dates 1776-1779]. 1 reel. Letters (1776-79) from Lt. Col. Colman of the 12th Regiment of Foot, , to his wife in Newbury, Mass., relating to personal matters of clothing, provisions and Army activities and describing encounters with the British at Bennington, Vt.; Boston, Mass.; Newport and Providence, R.I.; New York City, and Ticonderoga. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 738]

Congress. See United States. National Archives. Enrolled Original Acts and Resolutions of the U.S. Congress.

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Connecticut Historical Society. American Revolution Collection, 1765-1844 7 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, journals, orderly books, commissary and quartermaster accounts, muster rolls, payrolls, exemptions, bounties, prisoner exchanges, sale of confiscated Loyalist estates, disability payments, pension claims, maps. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 29]

Constitutional Convention. See: United States. National Archives. Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. United States. National Archives. Certificates of Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Including Related Correspondence and Rejections of Proposed Amendments.

Continental Army. See: United States. Continental Army. Quartermaster’s Department. Letters, Returns, Accounts, and Estimates of the Quartermaster General’s Department. United States. Continental Army. , Third Regiment. Order Book. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.

Continental Congress. See: Letters of Delegates to Congress. Letters Written by Delegates to the Continental Congress. United States. Continental Congress. Continental Congress Papers. United States. Continental Congress. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress. United States. Continental Congress. Papers of the Continental Congress.

Cornwallis, Charles. See Great Britain. Public Record Office. Cornwallis, Charles, First Marquis and Second Earl.

Coxe, Tench (1755-1824). Coxe Family Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 75 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence (personal, family, and professional), including Coxe’s books, memoranda, notes, personal financial records, legal documents, land surveys and other land papers, ships’ papers, merchants’ accounts, government office records, and miscellaneous material, chiefly from 1775 to 1824. Includes records from Coxe’s official duties as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioner of Revenue, Secretary of the Land Office of Pennsylvania, and U.S. Purveyor of Public Supplies; and correspondence relating to politics from the Annapolis Convention through the election of John Q. Adams, federal economic policy, growth and encouragement of American manufactures, cotton production, internal improvements, agriculture, and the slave trade, and to three generations of Coxe family matters. Originals are at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 741] See also: United States. National Archives. Letters Of Tench Coxe.

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Crysler Family Fonds. (F4421). 2 reels. Fonds consists of records relating to early Loyalist settlements in the Niagara region including documents relating to claims for compensation for losses incurred during and following the American Revolutionary War, as well as early military records including records relating to the American Revolutionary War and the . Originals are on deposit at the Archives of Ontario. [FILM 714]

Dalhousie Muniments, 1748-1759. 2 reels. Letters of Governor James Glen of South Carolina and papers of General John Forbes regarding the Seven Years' War. Originals are on deposit at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh. [FILM 389] See also: Forbes Papers.

Danford, J. Diary. 1 reel. Diary of the siege of Quebec, 1775. A retrospective account by an American who was possibly a soldier. Original in the British Library, , U.K. [FILM 390]

Dartmouth, William Legge, Second Earl of (1731-1801). The American Papers of the Second Earl of Dartmouth, 1765-1782. 16 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, official dispatches, and colonial reports. Dartmouth was George III's American Secretary during the era of the American Revolution. Correspondents include American Loyalists as well as British military and political officials. Originals are in the Straffordshire (U.K.) Record Office and the National Archives of Canada. [FILM 391]

Davenport, William (1725-1797). Papers, 1745-1797. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Based in Liverpool, Davenport devoted his adult life to commerce, trading in slaves, beads, general merchandise, and wine. Papers include trading invoices & accounts and ledgers. The bulk of the papers are the detailed financial records of over seventy slaving voyages undertaken between 1761 and 1784. Originals are in Keele University Library, Staffordshire, . [FILM 576]

David Library of the American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection. 6 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Chiefly correspondence of the Revolutionary and early national eras. The collection includes many letters of Washington and other prominent as well as lesser known individuals. The collection was assembled by Sol Feinstone (1888-1980) and donated to the David Library in 1981. [FILM 1]

Davis, John. Papers, 1775-1783. 5 reels. Orders, receipts, appointments, accounts, military communications, and private business communications. Davis served as Assistant and Deputy Quartermaster of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 392]

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Deane, Silas (1737-1789). Papers, 1737-1789. 5 reels. Correspondence of the Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress and Revolutionary American diplomat to . Includes letterbook. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 393]

Dearborn, Henry (1751-1829). Papers, 1779-1838 [bulk dates 1779-1817]. 1 reel. Papers of , Secretary of War and commander of the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Dearborn’s journal, kept from 17 June - 18 Oct. describes the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. Poems, probably written by his daughter, Sophia, follow his journal entries. Letters from concern Indian jurisdiction and negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 739]

Delaware. See: United States. National Archives. Records of Delaware and Maryland Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Delaware Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790.

Diaries. See: Pre-Revolutionary Diaries. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files.

Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution 71 microfiche. Includes Constitutional documents and records, 1766-1788. [FICHE 3]

Documents Relating to the American Revolution, 1775-1783. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, journals, logs, memorials, orders, instructions, out-letter books of British naval officers who served on North American and West Indian stations and escorted convoys across the Atlantic. Some of the records are official, but most are semi- official or kept for personal use. Originals in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K. [FILM 44]

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron (1724-1808). British Headquarters (Sir Guy Carleton) Papers, 1747-1783 (PRO 30/55). 30 reels. Accompanied by a guide on first two reels and calendared and indexed in Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 4 vols. (Boston, 1972, reprint). Chiefly official correspondence of Carleton, British commander-in-chief in America, 1782-1783. Includes correspondence to and from Carleton's predecessors, Generals , William Howe, and Sir Henry Clinton; also includes much material on Loyalists. Originals are in the Public Record Office, London. [FILM 57]

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Downman, Francis. See: Harcourt Family. Papers.

Draper, Lyman Copeland (1815-1891). Draper Manuscripts. 123 reels. Accompanied by a guide and calendars. Personal and official correspondence, journals, diaries, muster rolls, pay-rolls, surveyor's notes, business and legal records, and maps relating to the history of the trans-Allegheny West, 1740-1815. Also contains voluminous research notes compiled by Draper that include reminiscences and interviews with frontiersmen, military figures, and others. Draper was a historian, collector, and librarian who spent a good deal of his life compiling this collection. Originals are in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. [FILM 60]

Early American Orderly Books 1748-1817. 19 reels. Accompanied by a reel guide and subject name index. Manuscript and typed copies of orderly books from the period of the French and Indian War through the War of 1812. Chiefly consists of American orderly books kept during the Revolutionary War, but includes a few British orderly books. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 42]

Emmet Autograph Collection. See: New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection.

Ettwein, John (1721-1802). Papers, 1721-1802. 8 reels. Accompanied by an appendix that catalogues papers in Kenneth Gardinier Hamilton, "John Ettwein and the Moravian Church During the Revolutionary Period" (Ph.D. diss. Columbia University, 1940). Includes correspondence, financial records, and journals relevant to the Moravian church. Ettwein was a Moravian missionary who migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania. Originals in the Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa. [FILM 394]

Evans, Charles. Early American Imprints. 1639-1820. Microcard. 36,300 items accompanied by Charles Evans, American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of all Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America From the Genesis of Publishing in 1639 Down to and Including the Year 1820. 15 vols. plus index (New York, 1941) and Clifford K. Shipton and James Mooney, eds. National Index of American Imprints Through 1800. 2 vols. (Worcester, Mass., 1969). Collection of all material printed in early America, produced between the years 1639 and 1820, which Charles Evans was able to locate and describe. Contains books, almanacs, pamphlets, and broadsides. Originals are in various repositories throughout the United States and Europe. For periodicals, see American Periodical Series.

Feinstone Collection. See: David Library of the American Revolution. Sol Feinstone Collection.

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Finlay, Hugh. See: United States. National Archives. Journal of Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of Post Roads and Post Offices.

Fitch, John (1743-1798). Papers, 1743-1798. 3 reels. Correspondence, diaries, financial records, surveyor's notes, steamboat sketches, and manuscripts of writings on the steamboat, the Universal Society, and chemicals. Fitch was an inventor who provided the first passenger service on the via a steamboat. Also includes small selection of the papers of the architect, William Thornton (1759-1828). Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 395]

Floyd, John. Letters, 1775-1786. 1 microfiche. Letters written from Europe during the Revolution by Floyd, a South Carolina planter, to Thomas Farr, Jr., in Charleston. Also includes letters written in the post-war period by Floyd in Charleston to his nephew in England. Originals in the Charleston Library Society in Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 4]

Folliot, George. Diary. 1 reel. Covering the period 1765-1766, during which Folliot, a New York merchant, visited England. Original in the Wigan Public Library, Wigan, U.K. [FILM 396]

Forbes, General John (1707?-1759). Headquarters Papers, 1729-1758. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of the British Army officer. Includes letters written while Forbes was a brigadier general on campaign against Fort Duquesne in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. Originals are in the McGregor Library, . [FILM 434] See also: Dalhousie Muniments.

Force, Peter (1790-1868). Papers, 1683-1789. Series 7E, reel 16. 1 reel. Contains various correspondence and orderly books relating to the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. Includes the Peter Horry Collection which relates to the Revolution in the South, Crown Point Expedition Orderly Book, Adam Hubley’s Journal of the Sullivan Campaign, the Jared Ingersoll Papers, and the Lancaster (Pa.) County Committee of Safety Records, 1774-1778. Other materials deal chiefly Connecticut Continental units and officers in the Revolution. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 559]

Force, Peter (1790-1868). Papers, 1683-1789. Series 9, reels 96 (index), 98-109. 13 reels. Includes letters and documents from the period of the Revolution, including political correspondence, military certificates and returns, intelligence reports, paroles, accounts of battles and skirmishes, and minutes and proceedings of various State legislatures. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 664]

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Ford, Allyn Kellogg (1878-1964). Collection of Historical Manuscripts, 1472-1970. 5 reels. Accompanied by a guide and item list. Contains approximately 200 letters relating to the period of the American Revolution. Includes letters received by General George Weedon from Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Steuben, and others. Also includes letters of other prominent figures and private individuals of the period. Originals in the Minnesota Historical Society. [FILM 31]

Foreign Relations of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation 1780-1789. The Complete Documentary Edition. Part I: Selected Documents. 39 reels. Accompanied by guide. Includes Part I: Selected documents and Part II: Unselected documents. Documents and letters from the period of early United States diplomacy, 1780-1789. The collection presents historical documents that trace the efforts of , , , Thomas Jefferson, and others to establish a credible international presence for the United States. Originals are in the National Archives and various US libraries. [FILM 684]

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790). Account Books, 1714/15-1787. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Receipt books, memorandum book, cash books, family expenses, wastebooks, ledgers, shop books, post office ledgers and accounts, expense accounts, journal. Originals are in the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia. [FILM 18]

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790). Papers 1726-1841. 12 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, journal, and official records. The collection is divided into three series: Series I (1772-1783) contains material relating to Franklin's mission to France; Series II (1726-1818) contains correspondence and miscellaneous papers; Series III (1728- 1841) includes original manuscripts of Articles of Beliefs and Acts of Religion, a copy of his ledger as postmaster general, and other materials. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 397]

French and Indian War Orderly Books, 1755-1763. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Provincial and British Orderly Books kept in North America during the Seven Years’ and Pontiac’s Wars. Both regimental and company orderly books are present. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 560]

French, Christopher. Journal, 1776. 1 reel. Journal kept by a British major in the 22nd Regiment while a prisoner of the Americans. Original is in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 398]

Gates, Horatio (1728-1806). Papers, 1726-1828. 20 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, orderly books, returns, financial papers, accounts, receipts. Gates was an officer in British Army during the colonial period. During the Revolution, he served as a major general in the American Army in both the northern and southern theaters. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 23] See also: New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection.

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George III. See: Great Britain. Home Office. Admiralty Entry Books, 1779-1783. Great Britain. Home Office. Domestic Correspondence, George III, 1782-1783. Great Britain. State Papers. State Papers, Domestic, George III, 1761-1781.

Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814). Papers, 1744-1895. 7 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence of the Massachusetts signer of the Declaration of Independence, Anti-Federalist, and Vice President under James Madison. Includes letterbooks, a journal, and an account book. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 399]

Gibbs, Giles. Book for the Fife. 1 reel. A soldier's manuscript book of music containing music for the fife. Gibbs was killed by Indians in in 1780. Original is in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 400]

Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792). Papers, 1744-1792. 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of the Continental officer from Maryland. Includes correspondence, orderly books, accountbooks, regimental muster rolls. Originals are in the Maryland Historical Society. [FILM 401] See also: New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection. New York Public Library. Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection.

Grant, James (1720-1806). Papers, 1740-1819 [bulk dates 1760-1780]. 50 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, diaries, maps and plans, military commissions, returns, financial, land, and plantation records of British military officer and colonial governor. Includes Grant’s activities related to North America and the West Indies, including his governorship in , his military service in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, and his participation in military expeditions against Cherokee Indians on South Carolina frontier. Originals are in the National Archives of Scotland. [FILM 687]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Accountant-General’s Department. Miscellanea. Papers relating to register of transports, 1774-1794. (ADM 49/127). 1 reel. Contains lists of transport ships hired by the British Navy Board. Entries include the ships, owners' and masters' names, the ships' tonnage, the dates the contracts were signed and the ships that were entered into pay. Many of the ships were engaged in carrying troops to America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 727]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Board of Admiralty. In-letters, (ADM/B/190-200). 3 reels. Letters from the Navy Board to the Admiralty regarding troop transports. Originals in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U. K. [FILM 735]

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Great Britain. Admiralty. Marine Pay Office Records, (ADM 96/153-154). 3 reels. Muster rolls and pay records of Royal Marines. Out-letters, 1778-1784 contain some references to marines serving in America. Also contains muster rolls and returns of the Marine Grenadier Company which served in Philadelphia and New York, 1772-1780. [FILM 564]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Miscellaneous, (ADM 7/299-300, 317-318, 566). 4 reels. Contains Register of Passes, naval instructions, law officers' opinions, Registers of Letters of Marque (America), 1777-1783, lists of transport licenses to go to America, 1776-1780, statements of exports and imports from colonial ports, 1768-1769. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 402]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Navy Board In-Letters and Minutes, (ADM 106/250, 279-280, 2593-2598, 2602-2612). 22 reels. Contains minutes of Navy Board from July 5-Dec 30, 1775; July 1, 1776-Dec 1778; Jan-Dec 1780; and May-Dec 1781. The Navy Board was responsible, with the Navy Commissioners, for the state of the ships and the navigating parts of the crew. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 651]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Secretary's Department In-Letters, 1763-1783 (ADM 1/240-243, 310- 314, 482-491, 806, 951-957, 961-964, 967-968, 984-985, 3819-3820, 4129-4151, 5307-5323. 64 reels. Includes Admirals' and Captains' dispatches, Letters from Governors of Plantations and from Doctor's Common, intelligence letters and reports of courts-martial. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 403]

Great Britain. Admiralty. Secretary’s Department Out-Letters, (ADM 2/98-115, 244-246; 253-259, 549- 582, 1057-1061, 1332-1341). 52 reels. Orders and instructions from Lords of the Admiralty, letters regarding Admiralty and Vice- Admiralty Courts, secret orders, and letters responding to Secretary's Department In-Letters. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 649]

Great Britain. Army. German Auxiliaries Muster Rolls, 1776-1786, [bulk dates 1781-1783]. 2 reels [1 negative, 1 positive]. Accompanied by a guide. Includes seventy muster rolls and six related documents of the German regiments employed by the British to fight in the American Revolutionary War. In German. Originals are in the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. [FILM 740]

Great Britain. Audit Office. Papers of the American Loyalist Claims Commission, 1780-1835 (AO 13). 154 reels. Accompanied by an index. Original loyalist claims. Includes depositions by claimants, certificates, deeds to property, wills, personal correspondence, and other materials relevant to American loyalists' attempts to be compensated for losses during the Revolutionary War. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 264]

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Great Britain. Audit Office. Records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission, 1776-1831 (AO 12). 32 reels. Accompanied by index. Contains summaries of original loyalist claims, supporting documents, examinations of witnesses, and other materials. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 263]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. America and West Indies. Original Correspondence, (CO5/2,7-8, 44- 111, 119-186, 229-231, 233-264, 266). 83 reels. Includes Indian affairs and surveys, Military dispatches, Petitions, Admiralty correspondence, and Treasury and customs accounts. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 590]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Bahamas. Original correspondence, (CO 23/ 9-10, 15, 23-25). 4 reels. Includes original correspondence of Secretary of State and Board of Trade related to . Years covered include 1771-1786. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 698]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Canada. Original Correspondence, Quebec, (CO42/14-15, 24-47 15 reels. Includes original correspondence related to Quebec, 1776-1778, specifically papers of the Secretary of State. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 681]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. East Florida. Original correspondence, (CO 5/ 540-561, 563-569). 11 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Records relating to East Florida. Includes correspondence related to the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State, and entry books of commissions and instructions. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 699]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Georgia. Original correspondence, (CO5/ 648-665, 676-680). 10 reels. Includes correspondence relating to Georgia, including the papers of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 701]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Jamaica. Original correspondence, (CO137/71-84). 8 reels. Records relating to Jamaica, specifically papers of the Secretary of State. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 679]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. New York. Original Correspondence, (CO 5/ 1088-1090, 1097-1110). 14 reels. Original Secretary of State correspondence related to New York State. Includes documents related to the evacuation of New York, land grant surveys, British military intelligence, and reports of Congressional activities and fortifications. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 694]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Newfoundland. Original correspondence, (CO 194/19-20, 32-35, 37, 41). 4 reels. Original Board of Trade correspondence relating to Newfoundland. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 709]

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Great Britain. Colonial Office. North Carolina. Original Correspondence, (CO5/295, 298-308, 310- 332). 12 reels. Records relating to North Carolina. Includes original correspondence to Board of Trade, Secretary of State, and entry books of letters, instructions, warrants, commissions, and patents. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 550a]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Prince Edward Island. Original Correspondence, (CO 226/1-9). 4 reels. Original correspondence of the Board of Trade and the Secretary of State relating to Prince Edward Island. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 708]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. South Carolina. Original Correspondence, (CO5/376-382, 385-386, 389-401, 404-410, 512-519, 527-535). 14 reels. Records relating to South Carolina. Includes original correspondence to Board of Trade, Secretary of State, Treasurer’s accounts, oaths of allegiance, and demands against sequestered estates. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 550b]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. . Original correspondence, CO 5/ 574-605, 612-622. 20 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Includes original correspondence of the Secretary of States related to West Florida as well as entry books of letters, warrants, and grants of land. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 700]

Great Britain. Colonial Office. West Indies. Original correspondence, (CO318/3-7). 3 reels. Records relating to the West Indies, including original correspondence of Secretary of State and military dispatches. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 680]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Francis James Jackson Papers, ca. 1772-1783. (FO 353/2-4, 5-7, 32-34). 3 reels. Materials relating to the hiring of German troops by the British Army for use in the American Revolution. Also includes a letterbook, 1772-1782. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 405]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. General Correspondence, United States of America (FO 4/1-7). 6 reels. Includes correspondence between David Hartley and the Secretary of State, 1782-1784, with other materials relating to peace treaties, copies of American papers, claims by British officers, supplemental loyalist papers, the papers of John Temple, Consul General to America, 1783-1785. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 406]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Great Britain and General (FO 83/1). 1 reel. Materials relating to American prisoners and war prizes, 1776. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 407]

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Miscellanea, (FO 95/512-514). 2 reels. Includes treaty papers and correspondence, 1794-1801. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 408]

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Great Britain. Foreign Office. Protocols of Treaties, 1778-1783 (FO 93/1-2). 1 reel. Instruments recording the agreements reached by negotiators. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 409]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Letters of Marque: Declarations, America, 1777-1783 (HCA 26/60-70) [Indexed in ADM 7/317-318]. 3 reels. Declarations and claims against America. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 410]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty.Papers of the Court of Vice Admiralty, New York, 1775- 1783 (HCA 49). 5 reels. Papers and summaries of British Vice Admiralty court records regarding the capture of French and American vessels during the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 565]

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Sentences in American Prize Cases, 1776-1788 (HCA 34). 2 reels. Court records regarding the disposition of captured ships and cargo during the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 566]

Great Britain. Home Office. Admiralty Correspondence, 1782-1784 (HO 28/1-4). 4 reels. Includes letters regarding the exchange of Revolutionary War American prisoners, transport of German troops, recruiting troops in England, and the movements of the French fleet. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 290]

Great Britain. Home Office. Admiralty Entry Books, 1779-1783 (HO 29/1). 1 reel. Warrants, commissions, and instructions from King George III to the Admiralty. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 291]

Great Britain. Home Office. Domestic Correspondence, George III, 1782-1784 (HO 42/1-4). 4 reels. In-letters and petitions to the King regarding America. Also contains correspondence from Richard Oswald to Townshend and a draft of a commercial treaty with America.Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 292]

Great Britain. Home Office. Military Correspondence (HO 50/1). 1 reel. Original Home Office correspondence from the Commander-in-Chief, the Secretary at War, the Board of Ordnance and other military departments relating to the conduct of the French War, 1793 to 1794, and matters of internal defence, militia and volunteer forces, 1782 to 1840. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 731]

Great Britain. Parliament. British Sessions Papers, 1731-1800, House of Commons. 4 boxes microcards. Printed bills, reports of committees, accounts, and papers of the House of Commons. Reproduction of British Sessional Papers. 1731-1800: House of Commons (London, 1807).

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Great Britain. Parliament. Hansard's Debates and Cobbett's Parliamentary History, 1760-1785. 1 box microcards. Printed proceedings and debates in both Houses of Parliament. Reproduction of The Parliamentary History of England, vols. XV-XXV (London, 1813).

Great Britain. Parliament. Journals of the House of Commons, 1757-1785. 2 boxes microcards. Printed journals of the House of Commons. Reproduction of Journals of the House of Commons, vols. 28-40 (London, 1803).

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Cornwallis, Charles, First Marquis and Second Earl (1738- 1805), Papers (PRO30/11). 55 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805). Includes numerous materials relating to Cornwallis' service as a British Army general in the American Revolution, 1780- 1781. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 411]

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Customs 16/1, America, 1768-1772. 1 reel. Accounts and records of shipping and trade. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 412]

Great Britain. Scottish National Archives See: Breadalbane Military Manuscripts Dalhousie Muniments Peebles, John Grant, James

Great Britain. State Papers, Domestic, George III, 1761-1781 (SP 37/1-26). 20 reels. Letters and papers regarding America. Includes mercantile addresses and minutes of cabinet meetings. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 413]

Great Britain. State Papers, Domestic, Naval (1774-1782), (SP 42/49-57, 66). 6 reels. Letters and papers received from the Admiralty by the Secretaries of State responding to the latter’s commands from the King, including numerous enclosures regarding North America and the West Indies. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 579]

Great Britain. State Papers, Foreign (1775-1784), (SP 81/181-196). 6 reels. Correspondence between the Secretary and Undersecretaries of State for the Northern Department and the Admiralty and Col./then Maj.Gen.William Faucitt concerning recruitment and transport of German troops for service in North America. Vol. 182 and 188 also contain the correspondence and reports of Col/then Maj. Gen. Charles Rainsford. Included in these volumes are numerous troop returns and lists of transports. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 726]

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Great Britain. Treasury. American Loyalist Claims (T 79). 51 reels. Minute books of the commissioners with reports on claims by American Loyalists who sought compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 265]

Great Britain. Treasury. Departmental Accounts. Accounts of Hessian troops engaged in America. 1775-1795? (T38/812). 1 reel. Includes Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth infantry and Jäger muster rolls. In German. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 342]

Great Britain. Treasury. Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Refugees, 1780-1836 American Loyalists (T 50/1-56). 9 reels. Accounts of Loyalist units and compensation and pensions for American Loyalists in the Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 414]

Great Britain. Treasury. Treasury Board In-letters (T 1/629). 1 reel. Includes muster rolls of the 3rd or English-Waldeck Regiment. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 725]

Great Britain. Treasury. Various Miscellanea. List of Provincial Officers in America, 1782 (T 64/23). 1 reel. Consists of list of provincial officers in Canada, America, and the West Indies in 1782. 1 reel. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 669]

Great Britain. Treasury. Weekly Immigration Returns, 1773-1775 (T 47). 3 reels. Records of immigrants from Scotland and England to . Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 294]

Great Britain. War Office. Accounts of Victualling and Abstracts of Rations (WO 60/ 14; 16-18). 1 reel. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 723]

Great Britain. War Office. American Rebellion Entry Books, 1773-1783 (WO 36). 2 reels. Extracts of orders given to the British Army in America, returns, general orders, strength reports, notices of courts-martial. The material relates to campaigns in Canada, Saratoga, Yorktown, the West Indies, the occupation of , and other areas. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 19]

Great Britain. War Office. Annual Army Lists (printed), 1754-1784 (WO 65). 10 reels. Gives names of officers and includes marginal notations with some details of their careers. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 289]

Great Britain. War Office. Certificates of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, Loyal American and Canadian Corps, 1776-1783 (WO 42/59-63). 6 reels. Family records regarding American Loyalists. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 415]

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Great Britain. War Office. Commissariat Dept. Accounts (WO 60/14, 16-18). 1 reel. Includes ledgers, accounts of victualling ships, and abstracts of rations of foreign troops. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 723]

Great Britain. War Office. Half pay Records. British-American Forces, 1783-1789 (WO 24/748). 1 reel. Consists of the establishments for half-pay, including the names of the recipients. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 668]

Great Britain. War Office. Judge Advocate General’s Office. Court Martial Proceedings and Board of General Officers’ Minutes (WO 71/53-62, 80-97). 16 reels. Comprised of minutes of the proceedings of the Board of General Officers. Includes papers of the Judge Advocate General’s Office in courts martial, including warrants, letters, and depositions. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 675]

Great Britain. War Office. Judge Advocate General's Records, Correspondence (WO 81/13). 1 reel. Correspondence relating to General 's failed expedition in northern New York, 1778. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 416]

Great Britain. War Office. Miscellanea. Headquarters Records (WO 28/2-10). 8 reels. Accompanied by a guide. American Headquarters records containing garrison and regimental returns, petitions, officers' letters, and order books. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 417]

Great Britain. War Office. Monthly returns to the Adjutant General. Canada, 1758-1786 (WO17/1489-1498). 3 reels. Comprised of returns to the Adjutant General of British troops, primarily in Canada. Includes the distribution of each regiment at home and abroad, its effective strength in all ranks, and the names of the commissioned officers present and absent. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 667]

Great Britain. War Office. MusterRolls (W0 12/1306, 3320, 4493, 4803, 4866, 4949, 5171-5172, 5478-5479, 6316-6317, 6998-6999, 7033, 7164, 8741, 8806). 18 reels. Muster Rolls of the 42nd Regiment of Foot, First Battalion, 17th Light Dragoons, 38th Regiment of Foot, and 84th Regiment of Foot, First and Second Battalions, 35th Regiment of Foot, 16th Regiment, 29th Regiment, 33rd Regiment, 34th Regiment, 53rd Regiment, 60th Regiment, 62nd Regiment, 1759-1783. Service records of the famous "Black Watch" unit of the British Army as well as those of the 16th Regiment, the 17th Light Dragoons, the 29th, 33rd, 34th, 35th and 38th Regiments of Foot; the 53rd, 60th ,62nd, and the 84th Regiments of Foot, First and Second battalions, that cover participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 419]

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Great Britain. War Office. Muster Rolls (WO12/6998-6999, 7033, 9967, 10491, 10684, 10722, 10821, 11015, 11020, 11035, 11099). 4 reels. Muster rolls of the 60th Regiment of Foot, Third and Fourth Battalion, 105th Regiment of Foot, Barbados Rangers, Duke of Cumberland Regiment, Royal Garrison Battalion, Kings’ American Regiment, Captain Murison’s Troops, Newfoundland Fencibles, Queen’s Rangers, Tarleton’s British Legion, 1757-1809. Service records of British Army units and Provincial army units, covering participation in the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 650]

Great Britain. War Office. Out Letters. Marching Orders, 1774-1785 (WO 5/59-61; 63-65). 2 reels. Entry books of marching orders issued by the Secretary at War, 1774-1778. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 724]

Great Britain. War Office. Royal Hospital Chelsea. Disability Out-Pensions (WO 116/6-9). 1 reel. Consists of registers of the award of out-pensions of the Royal Hospital Chelsea to soldiers discharged from the Regular Army or the Militia on account of disability. In each case a brief description of the pensioner is given together with age, place of birth, particulars of service and the reason for discharge. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 730]

Great Britain. War Office. Secretary at War, In-Letters to 1783 (WO 1/1-13, 50-53, 286, 680-684, 890). 16 reels. Correspondence to the office of the Secretary At War, the civilian in charge of administering military matters throughout the . Includes letters from Generals Gage, Howe, Burgoyne, Amherst, and Clinton on military and political matters in America. Originals are in the The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 420]

Great Britain. War Office. Secretary at War, Out Letters, 1756-1784 (WO 4/92-123, 273-275, 987- 988), 1684-1861 [bulk dates 1774-1784]. 20 reels. Correspondence from the Secretary At War. Includes letters, instructions, and warrants to Officers in Britain, America, and Canada. Includes 5 volumes of “American” correspondence. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 418]

Great Britain. War Office. Selected ‘V.O.S.’ and ‘O.S.’ papers: Miscellaneous (WO 43/405). 1 reel. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 734]

Great Britain. War Office. Sir Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1795) Papers, 1740-1783. (WO 34). 148 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence. Amherst was a British general and later field marshal who served as commander-in-chief of America, 1753-1763, Governor of Virginia, 1768, and Commander-in-Chief in Britain, 1778. Most material covers the period 1756-1782. Substantial portions of the papers relate to military affairs in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. Originals are in The National Archives (Britain). [FILM 421]

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Greene, Christopher (1732-1781). Papers, 1776-1781. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. This collection contains two orderly books, 1776 -1779 and miscellaneous papers of Col. Greene of the First Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry during the Revolutionary War.Originals are on deposit at the Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM 715]

Greene, Nathanael (1743-1786). Papers, 1766-1780. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence of the Revolutionary War general from Rhode Island. Microfilmed from typescript copies in the collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM 422]

Greene, William (1743-1826). Papers, 1775-1826. 1 reel. Correspondence and papers of the East Greenwich, Rhode Island merchant. Includes accounts, memos, cargo records, and correspondence. Originals are in the Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM 436]

Grenville, George (1712-1770). Papers, 1716-1853 [bulk dates 1760-1770]. 13 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence and papers of the British MP, who served as Secretary of State, Leader of the House of Commons, Treasurer of the Navy, and Prime Minister during the first decade of George III’s reign. Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series Six. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 578]

Haldimand, Sir Frederick (1718-1799). Unpublished Papers and Correspondence, 1758-1784. 115 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Official, military, and personal correspondence of the British commander at Three Rivers, Pensacola, and St. Augustine (1758-1777), acting commander-in-chief in North America (1773-1774), and governor of Quebec (1778-1784). Originals are in the British Library, London, U.K. [FILM 423]

Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape (1738-1828). Naval Papers, 1766-1783. 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, records of letters sent and received and of orders issued and received, memoir, ship journals. Chiefly official documents, but includes Hamond's autobiography and his account of his activities during the Revolution. This collection also includes Papers. 1799-1825, of Hamond's son, Admiral Graham Eden Hamond (1779-1825). A.S. Hamond commanded two warships in American waters, 1771-1773 and 1775-1780. He specialized in river warfare and advised the Howes. He was lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, Commissioner of the Navy, and commander-in-chief at Halifax, 1781-1782. Originals are in the University of Virginia Library. [FILM 39]

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Hancock Family. Papers, 1728-1815. 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Letterbooks, receipt books, reports to the Continental Congress, miscellaneous family papers. Chiefly the papers of (1736-1793), wealthy Boston merchant, member and president of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, politician, governor of Massachusetts. Also includes the papers of John's uncle, Thomas Hancock (1703-1764), a wealth Boston merchant, and papers of other members of the Hancock family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 53]

Hand, Edward (1744-1802). Papers, (1777-1778) (MG 66). 1 reel. Papers of the Lancaster physician who was active in organizing the Lancaster County Associators. Hand participated in engagements at , White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. In 1778 he assumed command at Albany and in 1779 aided Sullivan's expedition. He was elected adjutant general in 1781, served at General Washington's side at Yorktown, and in 1783 was named a major general. He was a member of congress, 1784-85, and served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1785-86. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 705]

Harcourt Family. Papers, Vols. 9-11, ca. 1750-1800. 1 reel. Printed edition of the papers of a prominent British family. Earl Harcourt discusses military and political matters. Includes correspondence of Lt. Colonel W. Harcourt, who served in the British Army during the American Revolution. Also includes the Journal of Francis Downman. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 424]

Hartley-Russell. Papers, 1767-1772. 1 reel. Papers of David Hartley, M.P. (1732-1813). Correspondence regarding his attempts as a Member of Parliament to reconcile Britain and America. Originals are in the Berkshire Record Office, Reading, England. [FILM 425]

Hayden, Jabez Haskell (1811-1902). 5 microfiche. Records of the of the Hayden family. Originally published: Windsor Locks, CT.: The Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company, 1888. [FICHE 15].

Heath, William (1737-1814). Papers, 1774-1872. 46 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, orderly books, diaries. Heath was involved in public life in Massachusetts. During the Revolution, he served as major general in the Continental Army. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 62] See also: United States. National Archives. General Orders kept by General .

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Hessians. See: Force, Peter. Papers, 1683-1789. Series 9. Kappes, Jeremias (b. 1733/4). Tagebuch aus dem amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg (Journal of the American War of Independence). Great Britain. Army. German Auxiliaries Muster Rolls, 1776-1786, [bulk dates 1781-1783]. Great Britain. Foreign Office. Francis James Jackson Papers. Great Britain. Treasury. Treasury Board In-letters (T 1/629). Morristown National Historical Park. Hessian Documents of the American Revolution, 1776-1783. New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. German Revolutionary War manuscripts not in the Hessian manuscript collection. New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. Hessian manuscripts from the Bancroft collection. Preussiches Staatsarchiv Marburg. German documents published for Saratoga National Historic Park (Rep, 15 A, Kap XXXIV). Preussisches Staatsarchiv Hannover. Hannover provincial records. (H. Des. 41, vol. 32-33). Staatsarchive Hamburg. Ritzebüttel Government Records, 1775-1805. (Fach 7, Vols. B & C; Fach 6, Vol.G). Stadtarchive Braunschweig. Order books of the German troops in Canada, 19 Nov. 1777-15 Sept 1781 (H VI.6, Nr. 29). Supplements, corrections and new inventory lists to be added to M.D. Learned's Guide to the manuscript materials relating to American History in the German State Archives.

Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America. January 1857-March 1874. 3 reels. Nineteenth-century periodical that contains articles, various reprints of eighteenth century documents and manuscripts. [FILM 426]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Relating to , 1723-1820. 1 reel. Contains the Papers [daybooks] of Ebenezer Elmer, 1790-1805. Elmer was a physician, veteran of the Revolutionary War, and resident of Hopewell and Bridgeton, New Jersey. Second Collection is Aron Leaming (1715-1780) Diaries, 1761, 1775, 1777. Entries are concerned with the economic development of Cape May, New Jersey, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution. Also contains two assemblages from the Foster-Clement Collection. First is the Newton Township, New Jersey Minute Book, 1723-1820. Second is the Cash Book, 1781-1783 of Josiah Foster, Deputy Surveyor of New Jersey. Originals are in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [FILM 299]

Huntington Autograph Collection See: Jervis Public Library (Rome, NY).

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Indians See: Native Americans.

Iroquois Indians: A Documentary History of Diplomacy of the Six Nations & Their League. 50 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Records of Indian participation in the important events of early American history. Material focuses on Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations, comprising the Confederacy. Microfilmed from various repositories in the United States, Canada, and Britain. [FILM 648]

Jackson, Henry (1747-1809). Collection, 1777-1782. 1 reel. Massachusetts Revolutionary officer's papers. Also includes muster rolls and returns for Colonel Jackson's Additional Continental, 16th Massachusetts, and 9th Massachusetts Regiments. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 427]

Jackson, William (1759-1828). Papers. 1 reel. Correspondence, memoranda, and miscellaneous items of William Jackson, a major in the American Revolution and later an active political figure. Also included are memoranda relating to payments for surviving officers of the Continental Army and an account of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 690]

Jamaica. See: Great Britain. Colonial Office. Jamaica. Original Correspondence.

Jenkinson, Charles and Robert. See: Liverpool Papers. 1727-1828.

Jervis Public Library (Rome, NY). Thomas C. Bright Autograph Collection, 1702-1872, and the Huntington Autograph Collection, 1689-1897. 1 reel. Correspondence, printed material, indentures, leases, deeds, and proclamations. Includes letters of signers of the Declaration of Independence and of other prominent and lesser known Revolutionary figures. Originals are on deposit at the Jervis Public Library, Rome, NY. [FILM 59]

Jessup Family. Fonds, 1771-1916. 1 reel. Chiefly records of Major Edward Jessup, (1735-1816, a Loyalist serving in the King’s Loyal Americans (later the Royal Rangers). Fonds consist of personal, business, and military records, including a receipt and account book for Captain Jessup’s Corps of Loyal Rangers. Originals are in Archives of Ontario. [FILM 657]

Jones, John Paul (1747-1792). Papers, 1762-1792. 10 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary naval commander. Microfilmed from various libraries and archives in Britain and the U.S. [FILM 295]

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Jones, John Paul (1747-1792). Papers, 1776-1777. 1 microfiche. Correspondence, list of U.S. Navy captains, plan for the regulation and equipment of the navy. Jones served as a captain in the . Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FICHE 8]

Journals of the Ship Lloyd. 1767-1772. 1 reel. Record of journeys between Bristol, England and South Carolina. Originals are in the National Maritime Museum and are privately owned. [FILM 428] See also: Champion, Richard.

Kappes, Jeremias (b. 1733/4). Tagebuch aus dem amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg (Journal of the American War of Independence). 1 reel. Diary of Jeremias Kappes of the Knyphausen Regiment. In German. Originals are at Kassel University Library and Murhard Library of Kassel. [FILM 729]

Knox, Henry (1750-1806). Bookseller Papers, 1771-1775. 1 reel. Volumes kept by as owner of his "London bookstore" in Boston include his wastebook (1771) and his letterbook (1774-75). Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 697]

Knox, Henry (1750-1806). Diary. 1 reel. Diary kept Nov. 20, 1775-Jan. 13, 1776. Includes description of journey from Ft. Ticonderoga (N.Y.) with cannon obtained for the fortification of Dorchester Heights during the . Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 696]

Knox, Henry (1750-1806). Papers, 1719-1825. 55 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Personal, business, official correspondence, and ledgers. Also includes papers of Knox's wife, Lucy Flucker, and members of her family. Knox was a brigadier general in the Continental Army. As commander of artillery, he participated in many important engagements. In 1785, Congress appointed him Secretary of War. Originals are on deposit in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 65]

Lacey, John See: New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Lamb, John (1735-1800). Papers, 1762-1789. 3 reels. Correspondence of the Continental Army officer and noted Anti-Federalist from New York. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 429]

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Laurens, Henry (1724-1792). Papers, 1747-1882. 19 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, letter books, copy books, journals, and other official business and personal papers chiefly of (1724-1792), a wealthy South Carolina merchant and planter, Revolutionary leader, member and president of Congress, British prisoner of war, peace commissioner, and elder statesman. Also includes papers of his son, (1754-1782), an officer in the Continental Army, aide-de-camp to Washington, and special envoy to France. Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FILM 58]

Lee Family. Papers, 1742-1795. 8 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Personal, political, commercial, and diplomatic correspondence, pamphlets, and various other documents relating to this wealthy and prominent Virginia family. Chiefly the papers of Arthur Lee (1740-1792), physician, lawyer, diplomat; of (1732-1794), statesman, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, and President of Congress; and of William Lee (1739-1795), merchant, diplomat. Also includes papers of other members of the Lee family. Originals are in the University of Virginia Library and other institutions. [FILM 40]

Legge, William See: Dartmouth, William Legge, Second Earl of.

Letters Written by Delegates to the Continental Congress, 1774-1788. 1 reel. Includes correspondence written by delegates while Congress was in session. The documents were extracted from several manuscript collections at Yale University. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 35]

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810). Papers, 1635-1964. 13 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Personal, financial, legal, and official correspondence, letterbooks, and diaries. Lincoln was involved in public life in Massachusetts, served as a major general in the Continental Army in both the northern and southern theaters, and was the first Secretary of War appointed by Congress. Included in the collection is material relating to other Lincoln family members. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 61]

Liverpool Papers, 1727-1828. 3 reels. Materials relating to America extracted from the papers of Charles Jenkinson, First Earl of Liverpool (1727-1828) and Robert Bowles Jenkinson, Second Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828). Originals are in the British Library, London. [FILM 430]

Livingston, William (1723-1790). Papers, 1772-1790. 23 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence and official papers of the governor of Revolutionary New Jersey. Originals are at the Massachusetts Historical Society and other institutions. [FILM 293]

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Loan Office. See: United States. National Archives. Records of Delaware and Maryland Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790. United States. National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Delaware Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. New Jersey Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Pennsylvania Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Pennsylvania Continental Loan Office, 1776-1778.

Lochry, Archibald (d. 1781). Letters, 1779-1780. (MG 276). 1 reel. Military correspondence from Col. Daniel Brodhead, Commissioner of the Western District in Pittsburgh () to Col. Archibald Lochry, Lieutenant of Westmoreland County. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 702]

London Gazette, 1764-1786. 4 reels. Published in London, the Gazette was the official newspaper of record of the British government; during the Revolution, it provided the main source of information for the national news. [FILM 665]

Louisbourg Papers 1744-1758. 1 reel. Four volumes of manuscripts focusing on the 1745 British and Provincial expedition against the French in Cape Breton, Canada. Includes Correspondence of William Shirley, William Pitt, the Massachusetts government, and the expedition’s commander, William Pepperrell. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 561]

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Loyalists. See: Canada. Archives of Ontario. Simcoe Family Papers. Canada. National Archives. American Loyalist Muster Rolls. Canada. National Archives. Ward Chipman Papers: Muster Master General’s papers and Regimental Papers. Canada. New Brunswick Museum. American Loyalist Muster Rolls. Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. Crown Land Grants. Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management. White Family Papers. Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Grants. Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Petitions. Crysler family fonds. Great Britain. Audit Office. Papers of the American Loyalist Claims Commission. Great Britain. Audit Office. Records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission. Great Britain. Treasury. American Loyalist Claims. Great Britain. Treasury. Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Refugees. Great Britain. War Office. Certificates of Birth, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, Loyal American and Canadian Corps. Jessup Family Fonds, 1771-1916.

Manuscript Maps Relating to North America and the West Indies: Part 1, the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1783. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Ranges from maps on a continental scale down to maps of small areas. Includes small-scale topographical mapping of large areas, route and river maps, intercolonial boundaries, Indian boundaries and purchases, explorations traversing the frontier, plotting of land grants and layouts for new settlements, survey of Loyalist estates, town plans, marine coastal charts and detailed harbor plans, and military maps used in reconnaissance and fortification or to record battles, sieges, or the movement of troops in the Revolution. Many of the maps carry annotations regarding population, quality of land, timber resources, fishing, trade, navigation, and Indians. The maps represent the work of almost 140 different cartographers, and were compiled from the records of the British Colonial, War, and Foreign Offices, and from the Treasury, Admiralty, and other government departments. Originals are in the Public Record Office, London. [FILM 46]

Martin, George. Diary, 1779-1800. 1 reel. Claims by Samuel and his son, George Martin for compensation for losses in America during the Revolution. Both were descendants of John Martin, a Virginia planter. They returned to England but maintained their American estate, which was sold during the war. Originals are privately held. [FILM 296]

Maryland. See: United States. National Archives. Records Of Delaware and Maryland Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790.

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Mascarene Family. Papers, 1687-1839. 1 reel. Chiefly personal and family letters to Margaret Holyoke Mascarene of a Massachusetts Loyalist family. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 49]

Mason, Charles. See: United States. National Archives. Journal of Charles Mason, kept during the survey of the Mason- Dixon Line.

Massachusetts. Muster Rolls, 1755- 1774. 6 reels. Muster rolls of Massachusetts troops who served during the Crown Point expedition of 1755, and at Fort Edward, , and Lake George; also rolls of Massachusetts troops serving in the French and Indian War and in various frontier garrisons. Originals are at Massachusetts State Archives. [FILM 660]

Massachusetts Papers, 1749-1777. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, petitions, committee reports, resolutions, and official messages relating to public events in Massachusetts. Includes proceedings of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, minutes of various merchant groups, records of the selectmen of Boston. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 55]

Massachusetts. Revolutionary War Orderly Books, 1775-1783. 6 reels. Accompanied by a guide. British and American orderly books. Includes orderly books of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Continental Artillery, British Army, and British Marine Regiments. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 431]

Massachusetts. See also: United States. National Archives. Personnel Returns of the Sixth Massachusetts Battalion, 1779- 1780.

Mazzei, Filippo (1730-1816). Papers, 1730-1816. 9 reels. Accompanied by a guide and index. Correspondence, letterbook, accounts, memoirs, pamphlets, and newspaper articles. Mazzei was an Italian surgeon, merchant, traveler, friend and neighbor of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, pro-American propagandist, and diplomat. Originals are in the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and other institutions. [FILM 64]

McDougall, Alexander (1732-1790). Papers, 1757-1795. 4 reels. Correspondence of the Revolutionary War general from New York. Originals are at the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 432]

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McLane, Allan (1746-1829). Papers, 1775-1821. 1 reel. Correspondence, memoirs, military orders, accounts, and miscellaneous documents. McLane was an officer during the American Revolution, and later a judge, U.S. Marshall, and collector for the state of Delaware. Originals are at the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 655]

Middleton, Arthur (1742-1787). Papers, 1767-1783. 10 microfiches. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, letters, and notes in cipher (some decoded), memoranda and notes on congressional proceedings. Middleton was a South Carolina patriot and delegate to the Continental Congress. Originals are in the South Carolina Historical Society. [FICHE 10]

Monroe, James (1758-1831). Papers, 1772-1836. 3 reels. Correspondence and writings of the soldier, statesman, Virginia governor and legislator, and fifth president of the United States. Includes autobiography on final reel. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 673]

Montresor Family. Papers. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Includes correspondence of British military engineers James Gabriel Montresor (1702-1776) and his son John Montresor (1736-1799). John Montresor was appointed chief engineer in America in December, 1775, served in that capacity at the , and was also the designer of the fort at Mud Island. Originals are privately held. [FILM 695]

Morgan, Daniel. See: New York Public Library. Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection.

Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816). Papers, 1771-1834. 6 reels. Diary, letterbooks, legal and financial papers, correspondence, and miscellany. Morris was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress, United States Senator, and Minister to France. The diary in the collection covers Morris' tenure as a diplomat in France and describes the Reign of Terror. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 433]

Morris, Robert (1734-1806). Collection, 1776-1829. 12 reels. Diary in the Office of Finance, 1781-1784; official letterbook, 1781-1784; private letterbooks, 1794-1798; Congressional proceedings, 1782-1784; miscellaneous Papers. 1776-1829. Morris was a Philadelphia merchant, Superintendent of Finance for the Continental Congress, and U.S. Senator. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 435]

Morris, Robert (1905-). 1 reel. Papers relating to Betsy Ross. Some original eighteenth-century documents and various secondary and genealogical information on Betsy Ross. [FILM 230]

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Morristown National Historical Park Manuscripts Collection: The Lloyd W. Smith Collection and the Park Collection. 70 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, journals, account books, letterbooks, orderly books, and printed material, chiefly pertaining to the Revolutionary War period. Originals are at the Morristown National Historical Park. [FILM 22]

Morristown National Historical Park. Hessian Documents of the American Revolution, 1776-1783. 364 microfiche. Accompanied by a guide. Transcripts and translations of official German documents dealing with the American Revolution. Original Lidgerwood Collection of Hessian Transcripts is at the Morristown National Historical Park. [Fiche 11 in 2 boxes]

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. Papers, 1674-1853. 10 reels. Various Correspondence of 's family. Originals are at the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va. [FILM 228]

Myers Autograph Collection. See: New York Public Library. Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection.

Native Americans. See: Iroquois Indians: a Documentary History of Diplomacy of the Six Nations & Their League New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. United States. National Archives. Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions, and Fortifications. United States. National Archives. Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of theRevenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies. United States. National Archives. Ratified Indian Treaties.

Naval Records. See: Documents Relating to the American Revolution, 1775-1783, in the National Maritime Museum. Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape. Naval Papers. Jones, John Paul. Papers. United States. National Archives. Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores Who Served During the Revolutionary War. United States. National Archives. Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel Who Served During the Revolutionary War. United States. National Archives. Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies. United States. National Archives. Letters Sent by the War Department Relating to Naval Matters. United States. Office of Naval Records and Library. Area File of the Naval Records Collection.

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Neill, Edward D. 3 microfiche. The Fairfaxes of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: including letters from and to Hon. William Fairfax, president of Council of Virginia, and his sons Col. George William Fairfax and Rev. Bryan, eighth Lord Fairfax, the neighbors and friends of George Washington. Originally published: Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1868. [FICHE 14].

New Brunswick. See: Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Grants. Canada. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Land Petitions: Original Series.

New Jersey. Adjutant General’s Office. Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1787. 1 reel with Quartermaster & Commissary General’s Account Books. Consists of manuscripts collected by Adjutant General William S. Stryker. Includes correspondence, commissions, muster rolls, and pay accounts of the , a Loyalist regiment. Also included is orderly book of British 7th Regiment of Foot. Originals are in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 682]

New Jersey. Adjutant General’s Office. Quartermaster & Commissary Generals’s Account Books. ca. 1776-1787. 1 reel with Loyalist Manuscripts. Consists of manuscripts collected by Adjutant General William S. Stryker. The collection includes account books of certificates in the Purchasing Commissary General’s Department, July 19 and Aug 7, 1787. Originals in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 682]

New Jersey. Revolutionary War: Damages by the British and Americans in New Jersey Index Book. 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Claims by civilians for reimbursements for damages caused by both the British and American Armies while they operated in New Jersey during the Revolution. Originals are in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 437]

New Jersey. Revolutionary War Miscellaneous Bound Books, 1776-1783. 27 reels. Record of a collection of 80 bound books, containing New Jersey militia and Continental Line rolls, copies of letters regarding Battles of Trenton and Princeton, and correspondence of soldiers. Includes index on first two reels of film. Originals in the New Jersey Archives. [FILM 677]

New Jersey. Revolutionary War numbered manuscripts. 30 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Consists of over ten thousand manuscripts specific to New Jersey during the American Revolution. Originals are in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 678]

New Jersey. Revolutionary War Service Record Cards. 9 reels. Service cards of soldiers who served from the state of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Originals are in the New Jersey State Archives. [FILM 438]

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New Jersey Historical Society. New Jersey Civil List, 1664-1800. 1 reel. Printed lists of public office holders in the state of New Jersey. The list was compiled from originals in the New Jersey Historical Society. [FILM 298]

New Jersey. See also: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Relating to New Jersey, 1723-1820. New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection. United States. National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. New Jersey Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790.

New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts. 1 reel. A collection of manuscripts, including orderly book, when in command of the Northern Army July 10, 1776- June 3, 1777; William North diary of a journey across Pennsylvania via Bethlehem and Fort Pitt to Ohio, 1786; John Lacey journal of a journey in 1773; from the Indian Nations in the Province of Upper Canada, 1796-1803. Originals are in the New York Historical Society. [FILM 688]

New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. German Revolutionary War manuscripts not in the Hessian manuscript collection. 6 reels. Transcripts (and records of some originals) of letters, dispatches, statistical data, journals, minutes of proceedings, and other papers culled from American, British and European sources by George Bancroft in the course of research for his historical works. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 736]

New York Public Library. George Bancroft Collection, 1606-1887. Hessian manuscripts from the Bancroft collection. 2 reels. (Mss # 3, 6, 9, 15, 26, 30). [FILM 634]

New York Public Library. Theodorus Bailey Myers Collection, 1540-1870. 6 reels. Accompanied by a guide. A historical American and European autograph collection of letters, documents, and prints. The collection includes the Papers of Gen. Daniel Morgan, material relating to British and Hessian Officers, Pennsylvania Assembly Documents, the Letterbook of Brig. Gen. Mordecai Gist of the , 1777-1779, and Payrolls of New York Regiments, 1756- 1759. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 568]

New York Public Library. Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, 1483-1876. 12 reels. Accompanied by a guide. A historical autograph collection of manuscripts. The collection includes material relating to Sir Henry Clinton, Gen. Horatio Gates, Gen. , , and the . Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 569]

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New York Public Library. United States. Navy Board of the Eastern Division. 1 reel. Letter book, Oct. 23, 1778-Oct. 29, 1779. Original is in the New York Public Library. [FILM 737]

New York. See also: Great Britain. Colonial Office. New York. Original Correspondence. United States. National Archives. Case Papers of the Court of Admiralty of New York, 1784-1788. United States. National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790.

Nicholson, John (d.1800). Papers, 1772-1819. 21 reels. Accompanied by a guide. General correspondence. Nicholson was a financier, promoter, and land speculator. He served as clerk to the Board of Treasury of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781; as an auditor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for settling the accounts of the ; and as Comptroller General of Pennsylvania from 1782 to 1794. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 26]

North, Lord Frederick (1732-1792). Papers, 1600-1810 [bulk dates 1770-1790]. 6 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence and papers, both official and familial, of the British Parliamentarian who held many important posts, including Prime Minister under George III. Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series Five. Originals are in the British Library. [FILM 577]

North, William See: New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

North Carolina. State Archives. Index of Revolutionary War Accounts. 6 microfiche. A list of people receiving or redeeming credit notes issued by North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Each name is listed alphabetically with a citation to the original account book, page, and folio reference where needed. Originals are at the North Carolina State Archives. [FICHE 12]

North Carolina. State Archives. Index to Tennessee Land Warrants. 4 microfiche. A list of names appearing on land grants issued by North Carolina to fulfill a recruiting promise made to soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The land eventually became part of Tennessee. Originals are at the North Carolina State Archives. [FICHE 13].

North Carolina. See also: Great Britain. Colonial Office. North Carolina. Original Correspondence.

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Nova Scotia. See: Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Record Administration. Crown Land Grants. Canada. Nova Scotia Archives and Record Administration. White FamilyPapers.

The Nova Scotia calender, or, An Almanack for the year of the Christian era, 1780: and from the creation of the world ... and in the twentieth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third ... wherein is contained, the eclipses of the luminaries, ... feasts and fasts of the Church, sittings of the several courts and sessions in this province, &c. ... calculated for the meridian of Halifax in Nova Scotia ... but will serve, without sensible error, for any part of Nova Scotia / by Metonicus. 1 microfiche. Originals are at Dalhousie University. [FICHE 16]

The Nova-Scotia calender, or, An almanack, for the year of the Christian æra, 1784: and from the creation of the world ... and in the twenty fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third ... wherein is contained, the eclipses of the luminaries ... feasts and fasts of the Church, sittings of the several courts and sessions in this province, &c. &c. ... / by Metonicus. 1 microfiche. Originals are at Dalhousie University. [FICHE 16]

Orderly Books. See: Brickett, James, Orderly Book. Clayton, Captain Robert, Orderly Book. Early American Orderly Books. French and Indian War Orderly Books. Massachusetts. Revolutionary War Orderly Books. New Jersey. Adjutant General’s Office. Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1787. New York Historical Society. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814). Papers, 1659-1916. 19 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of a Massachusetts lawyer, politician, member of the First Continental Congress (1774), signer of the Declaration of Independence, and justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Included are correspondence; account books (1751-1814); business and legal papers kept by Paine; minutes of trials, including the and Shays' Rebellion trials; and documents related to his work as a local and state politician. Earlier papers include his sea journals/logbooks (1750-1754); diaries (1745-1814); and sermons given in Massachusetts and as chaplain on the Crown Point Expedition during the French and Indian War (1755). Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 740]

Palmer, Joseph (1716-1788). Papers, 1770-1786. 1 reel. Papers of a member of the MA , the MA , and the MA Council during the Revolutionary War. Includes letters, orders, and correspondence related to military operations of the Massachusetts militia (Suffolk Co. Regiment). Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 717]

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Pamphlets in American history. 544 microfiche. Accompanied by a guide. Pamphlets include opinions on Colonial and British rights, accounts of battles, opinions and debates on the Declaration of Independence, as well as material on myriad issues surrounding the Revolutionary era. Also includes biographical accounts of early American and Revolutionary political and military leaders. [FICHE 1] [FICHE 2]

Panton, George. George Panton Letters in Knollenberg Collection. 1 reel. Papers of a New York loyalist, including letters from other loyalist Anglican ministers who escaped to England during the Revolution, and others interested in the Church of England in America. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 693]

Panton, Leslie & Co. The papers of Panton, Leslie & Co. 26 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Panton, Leslie & Co. was a trading firm established in British East Florida during the American Revolution. The collection documents trading activities with the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Nations and is a key source of information for the study of the origins and development of the Seminole Indians. It details the activities of Panton, Leslie & Co. and also the international conflicts affecting the Southeast during this time. [FILM 710]

Parke, Andrew. 1 reel. An authentic narrative of facts relating to the exchange of prisoners taken at the Cedars: supported by the testimonies and depositions of His Majesty’s officers, with several original letters and papers. Together with remarks upon the report and resolves of the American Congress on that subject. Originally published: London: T. Cadell,1777. An account of the Battle of the Cedars, a small post near , in May, 1776, and the exchange of prisoners that followed. The engagement was an American defeat that hastened their retreat from Canada. Originals are at Harvard University. [FILM 672].

Parker Family. Papers, 1760-1795. 4 reels. Personal, business and family correspondence, memorial, and journal, chiefly of James Parker (1729-1815), a Virginia merchant, Loyalist, officer in the British Army, and American prisoner of war. Includes papers of his sons, James (ca. 1763-1795), who engaged in business in Virginia after the Revolution, and Charles Stewart (1771-1823). Originals are in the City of Liverpool (U.K.) Public Libraries. [FILM 45]

Parliament. See: Great Britain. Parliament. British Sessions Papers, 1731-1800, House of Commons. Great Britain. Parliament. Hansard’sDebates and Cobbett’s Parliamentary History, 1760-1785. Great Britain. Parliament. Journals of theHouse of Commons, 1757-1785.

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Pattison, James (ca. 1723-1805). Papers, 1777-1781. 1 reel. Official records compiled by General Pattison's staff. Includes register of brigade orders, register of general orders, day book of the Commandant's Office (New York), letterbooks of Pattison's official military correspondence, and material relating to the military government of British-occupied New York. Pattison was a brigadier general who commanded the Royal Artillery in America. In 1779, he was appointed commandant of the city and garrison of New York. Originals are in the Royal Artillery Institution Library, Woolwich, London. [FILM 47]

Peebles, John. Journal. 1776. (GD 21/492/1-13). 1 reel. Journal kept by Peebles, a British officer, while on the voyage from Scotland to Boston. Also includes Orderly Book of the 4th Battalion [British] Grenadiers. Originals are in the Scottish Record Office. [FILM 440]

Pennsylvania. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Minutes of the Provincial Council, Colonial Records, 1745-1762. 2 reels. Minutes of the proceedings of the Provincial Congress of Pennsylvania covering the period of 1745-1762. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 642]

Pennsylvania. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War Era, 1771-1791. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, petitions, certifications, receipts, and other documents relating to political, military, and financial activities in Pennsylvania. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 25]

Pennsylvania. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Papers of the Provincial Council, Executive Correspondence, 1756-1763. 5 reels. Includes correspondence, petitions, reports, election returns, Governors’ messages, warrants, and related records relating to the local affairs of government within the Province. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 641]

Pennsylvania. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Records of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Governments, 1775-1790. 54 reels. Accompanied by a guide and index. Consists of the following four record groups: manuscript minutes of the Committee of Safety, Council of Safety, (Second) Council of Safety, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania; the executive correspondence of the above-mentioned councils; records relating to the executive activities of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary governments; and the published edition (1853-1860) of the minutes and executive correspondence of the Revolutionary Councils (Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives 1st Series). Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 24]

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Pennsylvania. Division of Archives and Manuscripts. Records of the Office of Comptroller General. 6 reels.The Office of Comptroller General was created in 1782 to audit, liquidate, and adjust Commonwealth accounts. Includes military accounts, Continental line, 1775-1809. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 644]

Pennsylvania. See also: United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt.Pennsylvania Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790. United States. National Archives. Records of the Pennsylvania Continental Loan Office, 1776-1778.

Pensions. See: Great Britain. War Office. Royal Hospital Chelsea. Disability Out-Pensions. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. United States. National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files.

Philadelphia. See: United States. National Archives. Impost Books of the Collector of Customs at Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Indian Committee. Friendly Association Papers, 1745-1792, Vol. 1 & 2. (AA1-AA5). 2 reels. Papers relating to the Friendly Association for Regaining and Preserving the Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures. Includes original accounts, deeds, addresses, journals, minutes, notes, reports, and printed materials. Originals held by Haverford College Special Collections. [FILM 719]

Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829). Papers, 1756-1829. 69 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Private, family, and official correspondence, accounts, legal papers, and pamphlets. Pickering served as Adjutant General and as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. In the postwar period, he was appointed Postmaster General, Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and was elected to Congress. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 220]

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Papers, 1775-1817. 2 microfiches. Correspondence with notable individuals and family members. Pinckney was a prominent South Carolina soldier, politician, and diplomat. Originals are in the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 6]

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Pitt, William, the Younger (1759-1806). Papers. 45 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence and papers of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1782-1783, and British Prime Minister, 1783-1801 and 1803-1806. Papers of the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Series One. [FILM 582]

Pre-Revolutionary Diaries, 1635-1774. 13 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Colonial era diaries and journals of various early Americans. The collection includes diaries by farmers, businessmen, clergy, soldiers, students, and physicians. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 563]

Preussiches Staatsarchiv Marburg. German documents published for Saratoga National Historic Park (Rep, 15 A, Kap XXXIV). 1 reel. Includes diaries, letters, journals, and other first-hand accounts of the Brunswick troops during the American Revolution. In German. Originals are Staatsarchiv Marburg. [FILM 749]

Preussisches Staatsarchiv Hannover. Hannover provincial records. (H. Des. 41, vol. 32-33). 2 reels. Selections relating to transit of troops for the American Revolution, including movement thru and embarkation of troops taken into English pay. Includes information on Hanovarians in 1775; Brunswickers in 1776; debarkation and movement of the returning Hanovarian, Brunswicker and Hessian troops in 1780, 1782, and 1783; a corps of Mecklenburg troops destined for Holland in 1788. In German. [FILM 743]

Prevost, Augustine (1723-1786). Journal, 1774. 1 reel. Journal of the British Army officer that records a visit to Pennsylvania to recruit men for the 60th (Royal American) Regiment. Original is in the London Library, London, U.K. [FILM 441]

Price, Ezekiel (1727-1802). Papers, 1754-1785. 1 reel. Correspondence, official documents, and financial records. Price was a Boston merchant, selectman, and court official. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 442]

Priestley, Dr. Joseph (1733-1804). Letters, 1766-1805. 1 reel. Correspondence of the scientist who emigrated from Britain to the United States in 1794. Originals are in Dr. Williams' Library, London, U.K. [FILM 443]

Prize Cases. See: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Great Britain and General. Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Sentences in American Prize Cases. United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture.

Putnam, Israel (1718-1790). Papers, 1772-1782. 1 reel. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary War general from Connecticut. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 444]

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Quebec. See: Great Britain. Colonial Office. Canada. Original Correspondence. Quebec.

Recruitments by Lieutenant Colonel von Scheither and others for the English Crown; permission of places for recruitment as only residence in the electorate of Hannover and transportation of the foreign recruits (Hann. 41 V Nr. 4). 2 reels. [FILM 633]

Reed, Joseph (1741-1785). Papers, 1757-1843. 4 reels. Correspondence of the aid-de-camp to Washington and president of Revolutionary Pennsylvania. Originals are in the New-York Historical Society. [FILM 266]

Revere Family. Papers, 1746-1964. 2 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, business records and accounts of the workshop, foundry, and mill of , and other personal papers kept by members of the Revere family. Includes journal of Paul Revere, 28- 30 August 1777, describing a march from Watertown to Worcester, MA. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 718]

Revolutionary War Records. See: United States. National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.

Roach, Hannah Benner (1907-1976). Card file. ca. 1718-1795. 1 reel. An index of names and places, and alphabetized abstracts of Philadelphia newspaper items and advertisements, ca. 1718-1795. Originals are in the American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia. [FILM 28]

Rowe, John (1715-1787). Diaries, 1764-1779. 2 reels. Diaries kept by prominent Boston merchant John Rowe. The entries note his opinions on the Stamp Act and other tariffs, his involvement in merchant, town, and other committees protesting the treatment of the colonies by the British, his reactions to the , the outbreak and progress of the war, the end of the Siege of Boston and the evacuation by British troops. Also noted is his role in Boston society through his extensive involvement in public and private causes and his social life in the city, particularly before the Revolution. Rowe’s diary also makes note of most of the prominent Boston and Massachusetts personalities of the day. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 712]

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Russell, Peter (1733-1808). Peter Russell Fonds, 1720-1811. 2 reels. Chiefly personal and business correspondence of Peter Russell, first Receiver-General and Auditor-General of Upper Canada. Also includes account book 1793-1808 and copy book. Correspondents include Captain Claus, Superintendent of Indians and Indian Affairs and Captain . Originals are in Archives of Ontario. [FILM 656]

Rutledge, John (1739-1800). Letters, 1780-1782. 3 microfiches. Letters to South Carolina delegates to Congress from Rutledge, president of the state. Originals are in the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 9]

St. Clair, Arthur (1734?-1818). Papers, 1746-1882. 8 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Chiefly correspondence, but includes acts, laws, resolutions, addresses, depositions, diary excerpts, testimonies, financial and land records, and other miscellaneous records. St. Clair served as an officer in the British Army during the colonial period, and as a major general in the American Army during the Revolution. In the postwar period, he was involved in public life in Pennsylvania, was elected to Congress, and was appointed governor of the . Originals are on deposit at the Ohio Historical Society. [FILM 38]

Sargent, Winthrop (1753-1820). Papers, 1771-1948. 7 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Collection includes personal, business, and official correspondence; diaries; orderly books; lists of Ohio Company agents and sales; petitions; contracts; and other documents relating to the Sargent estate; weather records and agricultural notebooks; and plats and survey reports. Other papers relate to the St. Clair expedition against the Indians; Sargent's survey of the 5th Range, Northwest Territory; a trip from Marietta, Ohio, to Cahokia, Ill., with Gov. Arthur St. Clair; Sargent's plantations near Natchez, Miss.; the Congressional investigation of Sargent's administration of the Mississippi Territory and his dismissal; the early settlement and administration of the Northwest Territory; relations with the Spanish governments of Louisiana and West Florida; and military, business, and family matters. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 580]

Sargent, Winthrop (1753-1820). Papers, 1785-1865. 5 reels. Accompanied by a guide (Film guide 38). Papers of the Continental Army officer from Massachusetts and governor of the Northwest Territory in the 1790s. The bulk of the material deals with the period 1785-1815. Includes letters about business, government, military matters, and relations with Indians. Originals are at the Ohio Historical Society and at the Ohio State Library. [FILM 445]

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Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804). Papers, 1684-1851. 21 reels. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, military records, land records, and other papers documenting the political and business activities and family affairs of Schuyler. Philip Schuyler was a Revolutionary War general and statesman, a prominent member of the landed gentry of New York, a delegate to the second Continental Congress, a member of the New York State Senate, and later a United States Senator. During the Revolutionary War he commanded the Continental Army forces of the Northern Dept. Originals are in the New York Public Library. [FILM 659]

Service Records. See: New Jersey. Revolutionary War Service Record Cards. United States. National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. United States. National Archives. General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. United States. National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office. United States. National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783.

Shaw, Nathaniel (1735-1782). Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, 1755-1799. 23 reels. Accompanied by a guide. During the American Revolution, Nathaniel Shaw was a leading shipping merchant of New London, Connecticut, whose vessels were engaged regularly in West Indies trade. He was also appointed as a naval agent for the Continental Congress in 1776. Papers include ledgers, account books, and correspondence. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 685]

Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794). Samuel Shaw Papers, 1775-1887 [bulk dates 1775-1794]. 1 reel. Correspondence, journal and letterbook of Samuel Shaw, Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. Consul to Canton (China), and partner in the merchant firm of Shaw & Randall in Canton. Letters describe campaigns including the battles of Trenton, White Plains, and Brandywine, and the British capture of Fort Washington; with comments upon the and the treason of Benedict Arnold. Shaw sailed as supercargo in 1784 aboard the ship Empress of China. His letters (1784-94) to family members, and journal (1784-89) describe in detail the voyage. Originals at Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 722]

Siege of Charleston, 1780. 1 microfiche. Journal kept by Lt. John Lilson of the 71st [British] Regiment of Foot Feb. 29-May 12, 1780. Original is in the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 5]

Simcoe, John Graves. See: Canada. Archives of Ontario. Simcoe Family Papers.

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Smith Collection. See: Morristown National Historical Park Manuscripts Collection: The Lloyd W. Smith Collection and the Park Collection.

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, ca. 1700-1800. 28 reels. Accompanied by index. Records of the Anglican Church's missionary activities. Contains letterbooks, series A and B, and letters, series C. Originals are in the Archives of the U.S.P.G., London, U.K. [FILM 446]

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1821. 4 reels. Records of the Anglican Church's missionary activities. Contains sermons and annual reports (from printed records). Originals are in the Archives of the U.S.P.G., London, U.K. [FILM 447]

South Carolina. See: Great Britain. Colonial Office. South Carolina. Original Correspondence.

Staatsarchive Hamburg. Ritzebüttel Government Records, 1775-1805. (Fach 7, Vols. B & C; Fach 6, Vol.G). 1 reel. Includes selections relating to the movement of troops leaving for and returning from the American Revolution. In German. Originals are at Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Hamburg State Archives). [FILM 637]

Stadtarchive Braunschweig. Order books of the German troops in Canada, 19 Nov. 1777-15 Sept 1781 (H VI.6, Nr. 29). 1 reel. Includes Vol. 1: Orders for the German troops in Canada under the command of Brigadier General von Ehrenkrook, kept by Brigade Maj. Friedrich von Papet, 19 Nov.1777 - 18 May 1780; Vol. 2.: Orders given to the Brunswick troops under the command of Brig. Gen. von Speth, 18 May 1780 - 15 Sept. 1781 when Maj. Gen. Riedesel took command and continuing to 17 Aug. 1782. Kept by Brigade Maj. Friedrich von Papet. In German. Originals are at Stadtarchive Braunschweig (Brunswick City Archives). [FILM 728]

State Records. See: United States. National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collections of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783. United States. Records of the States of the United States.

Sterling, Lord. See: Alexander, William.

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Steuben, Friederich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von (1730-1794). Papers, 1777-1794. 7 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Papers of the German-born Inspector General of the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Collection focuses on Steuben's activities during and after the War for Independence. Originals are in various libraries and archives. [FILM 229]

Supplements, corrections and new inventory lists to be added to M.D. Learned's Guide to the manuscript materials relating to American History in the German State Archives. 1 reel. In German. May be used with Guide to the Manuscript Materials Relating to American History in the German State Arcives by Marion Dexter Learned (Ref 110). [FILM 530]

Susquehanna Company. Records. 1753-1802. 3 reels. Records of the Connecticut group of settlers and investors who colonized the contested northeastern portion of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 448]

Tennessee. See: North Carolina. State Archives. Index to Tennessee Land Warrants.

Thaxter Family. Thaxter family Papers, 1774-1791. 1 reel. Papers of the Thaxter family of Hingham, Mass. Includes letters from John Thaxter, Jr., lawyer and secretary to John Adams on his second diplomatic mission during treaty negotiations between Great Britain and America. Letters discuss the journey to Paris, relations between the English and the Dutch, and the negotiation of the treaty. Also includes Quincy Thaxter’s diary, with entries on his chores on the farm in Hingham, school attendance when not working, church attendance, and the activities of his brothers. Originals at Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 720]

Thomas, John (1724-1776). Papers, 1693-1839. 3 reels. Correspondence of the American Revolutionary War General from Massachusetts. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 552]

Thompson, Aaron (1760-1792). Manuscript Book of Music. 1 reel. Also contains miscellaneous accounts, exercises, and notes on regimental activities. Thompson served as a fifer in the Third New Jersey Regiment, 1777-1782. Originals are in the Yale University Library. [FILM 32]

Thompson, Edward Shippen. Collections, 1684-1941, [bulk dates 1746-1904] (MG 125, folders 1- 37). 3 reels. Papers related to generations of the Thompsons, a family which founded Thompsontown, on the lower reaches of the Juniata River, and for more than a century remained prominent in the commercial and social life of that community. Important portions of the papers originated with the marriage which connected the Burd, Patterson, and Shippen families. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 703]

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Townshend, Charles (1725-1767). Papers. 3 reels. Papers relating to America in the Buccleuch and Queensberry Muniments, 1765-1767. Includes correspondence of Charles Townshend, British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Originals are in Dalkieth House, Dalkieth, Scotland. [FILM 439]

Treasury. See: United States. National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and Confederation Governments.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr. (1740-1809). Papers, 1756-1809. 8 reels. Correspondence of the Continental Army officer, governor of Connecticut, and member of the U.S. Congress. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 449]

Trumbull, Joseph (1737-1778). Papers, 1753-1791. 3 reels. Correspondence and accounts of the Connecticut patriot and commissary-general of the Continental Army. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 450]

United States. Continental Army. Quartermaster's Department. Letters, Returns, Accounts, and Estimates of the Quartermaster General's Department, 1776-1783. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Includes a register of letters received by the Superintendent of the Continental Horse Yard, a return of public property belonging to the Quartermaster General's Department, a ledger of Quartermaster General Accounts, and miscellaneous letters, returns, payrolls, memoranda, abstracts, estimates, and lists. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 10]

United States. Continental Army. South Carolina, Third Regiment. Order Book, 1778. 2 microfiches. Order book kept by an anonymous individual while the regiment was stationed at Charleston. Records regimental orders issued by Lieutenant Colonel James Mayson and general orders. Originals are in the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina. [FICHE 7]

United States. Continental Congress. Continental Congress Papers, 1775-1789. 4 reels. Accompanied by guide. Correspondence, resolutions, ordinances, acts, proceedings, reports, extracts from minutes, claims, expense accounts, and other documents apparently related to or transmitted by Virginia's delegates to the Continental Congress. Also contains letters to the governor of Virginia from the state's delegates and from other officials. These papers were compiled from the records of Virginia's executive, legislative, and auditor's departments and from other sources. Originals are in the Virginia State Library, Archives Division. [FILM 43]

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United States. Continental Congress. Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774- 1789. 9 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in John P. Butler, comp., Index: The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, 5 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1978). Includes papers relating to foreign, naval, and fiscal affairs; papers relating to specific states; and papers kept by the Office of the Secretary of Congress. Includes dispatches, letters, reports and letterbook of the Marine Committee, bonds, receipts, deeds of cession of Western lands, credentials of delegates to the Continental Congress; and broadsides issued by Congress. These papers are chiefly loose records that are not part of the numbered item series comprising the main body of the Papers of the Continental Congress. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 3]

United States. Continental Congress. Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 204 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in John P. Butler, comp., Index: The Papers of the Continental Congress, 5 vols. (Washington, D.C., 1978). Official correspondence, letterbooks, journals, reports, memorials, claims, petitions, and numerous other records pertaining to the military, naval, fiscal, and diplomatic affairs of the American government during the Revolutionary and Confederation periods. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 2]

United States. National Archives. Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Related Papers, Acts of 1788, 1803, 1806 (M829). 16 reels. Accompanied by four finding aids at the beginning of reel 1. The warrants and related papers are arranged by date of act and thereunder in numerical sequence. A bounty land warrant was a right to free land on the public domain. During the Revolutionary War the Continental Congress promised bounty land as an inducement to military service. The warrants in this record series were issued by the U.S. government, and therefore do not include bounty land warrants granted by some of the states. A warrant shows the date of issuance, the name and rank of the veteran, the state from which he enlisted, and when applicable the name of the heir or assignee. A notation on the reverse of the warrant indicates subsequent transfers of ownership. Please note that most of the warrants from 1 to 6912 issued under the act of July 9, 1788 were destroyed in the War Department fires of 1800 and 1814. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 571]

United States. National Archives. Case Papers of the Court of Admiralty of New York, 1784-1788 (M948). 1 reel. Accompanied by contents guide at the beginning of the reel.The records document salvage, customs, wage, and other miscellaneous cases concerning maritime matters. The papers include libels, narratives, and information explaining the nature of suits; claims for property libeled; depositions; transcripts of testimony; stipulations; replications; orders and decrees of the court; and other documents filed in suits arising from salvage, violations of customs regulations, claims for seamen’s wages, and actions involving maritime contracts. No records for prize cases, though, are found in these papers. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 573]

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United States. National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and Confederation Governments, 1775-1789 (M1014). 23 reels. Financial records pertaining to the Continental and Confederation governments. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 451]

United States. National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and Confederation Governments relating to foreign affairs, 1775-1787 (M1004). 3 reels. Financial records pertaining to the Continental and Confederation governments. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 452]

United States. National Archives. Central Treasury Records of the Continental and Confederation Governments relating to military affairs, 1775-1789 (M1015). 7 reels. Financial records of the Continental and Confederation governments pertaining to expenses and the allocation of funds to the military. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 453]

United States. National Archives. Certificates of Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, including related correspondence and rejections of proposed amendments, 1787-1792 (M338). 1 reel. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 454]

United States. National Archives. Copybooks of George Washington's Correspondence with Secretaries of State, 1789-1796 (M570). 1 reel. Letterbooks of John Jay and Thomas Jefferson relating to their tenures as Secretary of State. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 456]

United States. National Archives. Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores Who Served During the Revolutionary War. 4 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel Who Served During the Revolutionary War (see below). Card abstracts of entries relating to soldiers, sailors, and civilians as found in the original muster rolls, pay-rolls, receipts for pay, assignments of pay, and lists of men and supplies. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 7]

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United States. National Archives. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. 1096 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers (see below) and transcribed in Virgil D. White, Index to Revolutionary War Service Records, 4 vols. (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1995). Card abstracts of military service records of soldiers who served in the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer) that were extracted from the original records (muster rolls, payrolls, rank rolls, returns, receipts, accounts, correspondence) and from numbered record books in the War Department. The service records are arranged under the designation "Continental Troops" or a state name, thereafter by organization, and then by the individual's surname. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 16]

United States. National Archives. Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions, and Fortifications, 1791-1797 (M1062). 1 reel. Letters to and from the War Department regarding the frontier, forts, and Revolutionary War pensions. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 455]

United States. National Archives. Enrolled Original Acts and Resolutions of the U.S. Congress. 1789-1801 (M337). 6 reels. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 457]

United States. National Archives. General Index to the Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. 58 reels. Accompanied by a guide. An alphabetical index to the Compiled Service Records of soldiers who served in the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer). Also contains entries for small series of compiled service records of sailors, members of army staff departments, and others associated with the American Army and navy. Entries give the name and unit of the soldiers or civilians and sometimes his rank, profession, or office. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 15]

United States. National Archives. General Orders kept by General William Heath, May 23, 1777- October 20, 1778 (T42). 1 reel. Order book of the brigade commanded by Massachusetts General William Heath (1737- 1814). Covers the period when Heath was in command of Eastern District in Boston and guarded the . Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 458]

United States National Archives. Impost Books of the Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, 1789- 1804 (T255). 6 reels. Registries of duties imposed on ships at the port of Philadelphia. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 548]

United States. National Archives. Index to Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel Who Served during the Revolutionary War. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. An index that lists the names and sometimes the occupations of approximately 1000 sailors and civilian employees. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 6]

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United States. National Archives. Journal of Charles Mason, kept during the survey of the Mason and Dixon Line, 1763-1768 (M86). 1 reel. Journal of the British surveyor who helped draw the final boundary line on the disputed Pennsylvania-Maryland border. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 459]

United States. National Archives. Journal of Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of Post Roads and Post Offices, 1773-1774 (T268). 1 reel. Finlay’s journal and accounts of the General Post Office in Philadelphia and of various deputy postmasters; also includes "The Ledger of Benjamin Franklin," January 1775-January 1780. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 464]

United States. National Archives. Letters, Orders for Pay, Accounts, Receipts, and Other Supply Records Concerning Weapons and Military Stores, 1776-1801. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Primarily records of the Commissary General of Military Stores Department and its successor agencies, which furnished weapons and military stores to the army. Includes orders for pay of the Commissary General of Military Stores Department, 1780-1781; letters sent by the Superintendent of Military Stores, 1799-1801; ledger of military stores for the Main Army in the Field, 1780-83; ledger of military stores received and delivered, 1780-1795; receipt book of Samuel Hodgdon, Assistant Commissary General and Commissary General of Military Stores, 1781; and miscellaneous returns, memoranda, accounts, estimates and lists regarding procurement, production, issuing and control of arms, munitions, and military stores, 1776-1783. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 11]

United States. National Archives. Letters Sent by the War Department Relating to Naval Matters, January 3, 1794-June 14, 1798 (M739). 1 reel. Official War Department Correspondence relating to the Navy that covers the period of the Quasi-War with France. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 460]

United States. National Archives. Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, 1794-1796 (M74). 1 reel. Military and diplomatic correspondence relating to the army, navy, and the frontier. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 461]

United States. National Archives. Miscellaneous Numbered Records (The Manuscript File) in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1790s. 125 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in Special Index to Number Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783 (see below). Numerous and varied records pertaining to Revolutionary War military operations, service of individuals, pay, settlement of accounts, and supplies. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 14]

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United States. National Archives. Numbered Record Books Concerning Military Operations and Service, Pay, and Settlement of Accounts, and Supplies, in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records. 41 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also indexed in Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783. Consists of 199 numbered record books and one unnumbered record book, with related separate indexes, chiefly for the period 1775-1783. Includes orderly books, oaths of allegiance and oaths of office, commissions and resignations, lists of Continental and State troops and militia, records of pay and settlement of accounts, and numerous other records. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 13]

United States. National Archives. Numbered Record Books Concerning Military Operations & Service, Pay, & Settlement of Accounts & Supplies in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records. 1 reel. Letters sent by Gerrit H. Van Wagenen, Deputy Commissioner of Prisoners. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 546]

United States. National Archives. Orders, Returns, Morning Reports, and Accounts of British Troops. 1776-1781. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Includes an orderly book apparently kept in British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777; returns, morning reports, and list of officers and men of a detachment of the Brigade of Foot Guards, 1776-1781; and a ledger of accounts of the Brigade of Foot Guards, 1777- 1779. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 9]

United States. National Archives. Personnel Returns of the Sixth Massachusetts Battalion. 1779- 1780. Returns and Accounts of Military Stores for the Eighth and Ninth Massachusetts Regiments, 1779-1782. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Weekly and monthly returns, inspection returns, field returns, descriptive returns, list of officers and men, accounts. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 8]

United States. National Archives. Population Schedules of the First Census of the United States, 1790 (M637). 12 reels. Original 1790 census records. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 462]

United States. National Archives. Population Schedules of the Second Census of the United States, 1800 (M32). 52 reels. Original 1800 census records. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 463]

United States. National Archives. Publications of the Bureau of the Census. 3 reels. Population Schedules of the First Census of the United States, 1790 (T498). Microfilm edition of Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 (Philadelphia, Pa., 1793). Lists by county the names of heads of households and other information given in the original schedules (see National Archives M637). Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 465]

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United States. National Archives. Ratified Indian Treaties. 1722-1801 (M668). 2 reels. Records of frontier diplomacy and treaties with Native Americans. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 466]

United States. National Archives. Records of Delaware and Maryland Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790 (M1008). 1 reel.Accompanied by a description of contents at the beginning of the reel. Registers of Loan Office certificates, liquidated debt certificates, and interest payments; receipts for the withdrawal of certain issues of Continental currency and for the issue of bills of exchange; journal; and accounts current. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 574]

United States. National Archives. Records of New Jersey and New York Continental Loan Offices, 1777-1790 (M1006). 2 reels (Reel 1: NJ; Reel 2: NY). Accompanied by a list of contents at the beginning of Reel 1. Registers of Loan Office certificates, register of interest certificates for Loan Office certificates, registers of liquidated debt certificates, registers of liquidated debt certificates for the Marine Department, and a ledger. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 572]

United States. National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General's Office (M905). 32 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784-1811. Card abstracts of muster and pay roll information on soldiers. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 468]

United States. National Archives. Records of the Adjutant General's Office (M694). 9 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Index to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784-1811. Alphabetical card index to the compiled service records. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 469]

United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Delaware Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790 (T784). 1 reel. Ledgers and stock records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of Delaware. Register of unclaimed interest payments receipts. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 575]

United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. New Jersey Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790 (T698). 2 reels. Ledgers and stock records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of New Jersey. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 297]

United States. National Archives. Records of the Bureau of Public Debt. Pennsylvania Loan Office Records Relating to the Loan of 1790 (T631). 8 reels. Ledgers and stock records relevant to the loan of 1790 in the state of Pennsylvania. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 547]

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United States. National Archives. Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 (M866). 1 reel. Records of the National Convention that met in Philadelphia to deliberate on new frame of national government. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 467]

United States. National Archives.Records of the Pennsylvania Continental Loan Office, 1776-1778 (M1007). 3 reels. Registers of Loan Office certificates, liquidated debt certificates, interest certificates, and accounts of interest certificates issued. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 549]

United States. National Archives. Register of Revolutionary War Land Warrants, Act of 1788. Entries for the Years 1799-1805 (T1008). 1 reel. A register of bounty land warrants, 1799-1805, which were surrendered for land in the military district of Ohio. Entries in the register are arranged chronologically. Each entry shows the name of the person who presented the warrant and received a patent for the land, the name of the person who originally received the warrant for military service, his rank, and a legal description of the land in terms of lot, quarter section, township, and range. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 570]

United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files. 2670 reels. Accompanied by a guide and Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives (Washington, D.C., 1976). Abstracted in Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files 4 vols. (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1990). Contains an estimated 80,000 applications to the Federal government for survivor's disability and service pensions, widow's pensions, and bounty-land-warrants. Also includes rejected applications. In addition to the application, the file may contain supporting documentation: affidavits, marriage and family records, property schedules, correspondence, commissions, discharge papers, muster rolls, diaries, journals, orderly books, and account books. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 27]

United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Prize Cases: Records of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1776-1787. 15 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Record of prize cases heard on appeal from colonial and state courts by committees of the Continental Congress, 1776-1780, and by the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1780-1786. Case papers may contain documents found on board prize vessels such as crew lists, bills of lading, invoices, log books, account books, journals, correspondence belonging to ship's officers, crews, and passengers. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 5]

United States. National Archives. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. 138 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Muster rolls and payrolls for companies and regiments, strength returns, personnel records, supply rolls, and financial rolls for the American Army (Continental, militia, volunteer). The rolls provide basic information about the identities, numbers, condition, equipment, and pay of the men and units in the army. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 4]

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United States. National Archives. Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783. 39 reels. Accompanied by a guide. An alphabetical card index of names that appear in the following three series: miscellaneous numbered records (the Manuscript File) that were not abstracted in the Compiled Service Records; photographic copies of state records of Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia; and 199 bound and numbered War Department record books. The records that are indexed pertain to military operations, service of individuals, procurement and distribution of supplies, and pay and settlement of accounts of officers and men. Card entries include names of U.S. military personnel, government officials, and private persons, and some names of U.S. naval personnel, French and German officers, and British prisoners of war. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 12]

United States. National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files. 18 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Also, most individuals are indexed in Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives (Washington, D.C., 1976). Contains 279 pension application files, mostly pertaining to half-pay pensions of Virginia soldiers and sailors. These files are often closely related in content to the main series of Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty- Land-Warrant Applications. Like the latter series, the Virginia half-pay files may contain originals and copies of military records and supporting documentation. They also contain cards with typed summaries of major genealogical information in the records. The files are organized in two series: one for soldiers and one for sailors, and thereafter alphabetically by the individual's surname. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 17]

United States. Office of Naval Records and Library. Area File of the Naval Records Collection, 1775-1910. 19 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, official and semi-official documents. Collection consists of unbound records assembled by the Office of Naval Records and Library, and includes photocopies of selected naval records of Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina. Areas 4, 7 and 8 correspond to the Atlantic Ocean, and Area 11 covers documentation relating to the Navy Department and other executive agencies in Washington, D.C. The David Library has all reels pertaining to the period of the American Revolution, viz., 1-3, 61-74, 199, and 404. Originals are in the National Archives. [FILM 63]

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United States. Records of the States of the United States. (Early State Records). 285 reels. Accompanied by guide for the first thirteen states. Records that include legislative, constitutional, judicial, and executive documents and correspondence of the early colonies and states. Originals are in the Library of Congress. [FILM 274: Supplement and Index FILM 275:Connecticut FILM 276: Delaware FILM 277: Georgia FILM 278: Maryland FILM 279: Massachusetts FILM 280: New Hampshire FILM 281: New Jersey FILM 282: New York FILM 283: North Carolina FILM 284: Pennsylvania FILM 285: Rhode Island FILM 286: South Carolina FILM 287: Vermont FILM 288: Virginia FILM 553: East Florida FILM 554: West Florida FILM 555: FILM 556: FILM 557: Ohio FILM 558: Tennessee]

Upper Canada. See: Canada. Archives of Ontario. Simcoe Family Papers.

Virginia Gazette Daybooks, 1750-1752, 1764-1766. 1 reel. Accompanied by a guide. Records of daily business transactions in the printing office of the Virginia Gazette. Originals in the McGregor Library, University of Virginia. [FILM 470]

Virginia. See: United States. National Archives. Virginia Half-Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files.

Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804). Papers, 1782-1789. 5 reels. Correspondence. Wadsworth was a resident of Connecticut who served as Deputy Commissary-General of Purchases for the Continental Congress, commissary to French troops in America during the Revolution, and U.S. Congressman. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 471]

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Ward, Artemus (1727-1800). Papers, 1721-1953. 5 reels. Correspondence, business papers, diary, orderly book, and material relating to local government in Massachusetts. Ward was involved in public life in Massachusetts, was an officer in the colonial militia, a patriot, major general in the Continental Army, delegate to the Continental Congress. Included in the collection is material relating to Ward's father, Nahum, and other Ward family members. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 56]

Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814). Papers, 1709-1841. 3 reels. Letterbook, correspondence, poems, and fragments of dramatic writings. Mercy Warren was a historian, poet, dramatist, and apologist for the Revolutionary cause. She was the sister of James Otis and wife of James Warren, and was acquainted with and corresponded with many prominent patriots. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 51]

Washington, George (1732-1799). Papers, 1697-1799. 124 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, letterbooks, transcripts of correspondence, diaries, surveys, financial papers, and applications for office during Washington's Presidency. The material on the Revolution pertains to nearly every phase of the conflict. Originals are in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. [FILM 36]

Washington, George (1732-1799). Papers, 1775-1799. 1 reel. Correspondence of Washington and other documents relating to him extracted from several manuscript collections at Yale. Originals are in Yale University Library. [FILM 34]

Washington, George. See also: United States. National Archives. Copybooks of George Washington’s Correspondence with Secretaries of State, 1789-1796.

Washington Family See: Ladies’ Association of the Union. Washington Family Papers.

Weare, Meshech (1713-1786). Papers, 1776-1785. 1 reel. Correspondence and letterbooks. Weare was active in colonial politics in New Hampshire and was an influential patriot during the Revolution. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 54]

Whipple, Abraham (1733-819). Letterbook, Oct. 10, 1779-Oct. 6, 1786. 1 reel. Whipple commanded a squadron defending Charlestown harbor and was responsible for the capture of eight British merchant vessels. He was made a prisoner when Charlestown was captured in 1780, and was held through the end of the war. Letterbook correspondence relates primarily to official naval business. Originals are at the Rhode Island Historical Society. [FILM 716]

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Wild, Ebenezer (1758-1794). Diaries. 1776-1792 [bulk dates 1776- 1781]. 1 reel. Diaries kept by Ebenezer Wild of Braintree, Mass. as a member of Jonathan Brewer’s (Mass.) Regiment (later the 6th Continental) and (from 1777), of Joseph Vose’s Regiment (later the 1st Massachusetts). The diaries were kept from 7 Aug. 1776- 24 Oct. 1779 and 19 Feb.- 8 Dec. 1781, with additional fragments from 1790 and 1792. In addition to general information on camp life, guard duty, drilling, building of the encampments and the like, the entries chronicle the march to Ticonderoga; the ; the march to and defense of Philadelphia, including winter quarters at ; the ; the campaign and ; and encampments in N.J., Pennsylvania, and Virginia, including the presence of a detachment of the regiment at the . Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 713]

William and Mary Quarterly, Series 3. Vol. 1-6, Jan. 1944-Oct. 1949. 4 reels. Includes cumulative index for Series 3, Vol. 1-15 (1944-1958). [FILM 652]

Williams, Israel (1709-1788). Papers, 1750-1785. 1 reel. Correspondence, muster rolls, dispatches, journals, and military reports. Williams was a militia officer during the French and Indian War, was involved in politics in colonial Massachusetts, and was a Loyalist during the Revolution. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society. [FILM 52]

Winslow Family. Papers, 1695-1866. 18 reels in two parts. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence of a Massachusetts Loyalist family. Principally the papers of Edward Winslow (1747-1815), a Loyalist officer and Muster Master General of the Provincial Troops. Includes wartime correspondence and postwar letters written when the Winslow family settled in exile in New Brunswick, Canada. Originals are privately held. [FILM 472]

Winthrop, Hannah F. (d. 1790). Correspondence with Mercy Otis Warren, 1752-1789 [bulk dates 1752-1782]. 1 reel. Originals at Massachusetts Historical Society. Thirty years of correspondence between Hannah Winthrop, of Cambridge, Mass., and Mercy Otis Warren, of Plymouth, Mass., 1752-1782. The bulk of the correspondence is from Hannah to Mercy and describes the social and political climate in Boston and Cambridge before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. They discuss, among other topics, their friendship, deaths of friends, brewing hostilities with England, their own patriotism; and describe events such as the Battle of Lexington, and the displacement of their families during the war. [FILM 721]

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. (1760-1833). Papers, 1769-1803. 17 reels. Correspondence of the Connecticut Federalist and Auditor of the Federal Treasury. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 473]

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Wolcott, Oliver, Sr. (1726-1797). Papers, 1765-1797. 1 reel. Correspondence of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, and governor of Connecticut. Originals are in the Connecticut Historical Society. [FILM 474]

Yeates, Jasper (1745-1817). Family Papers, 1726-1830 [bulk dates 1761-1812] (MG 137). 3 reels. Accompanied by a guide. Correspondence, accounts, and legal papers of Jasper Yeates, Lancaster attorney, Chairman of the Lancaster County Committee of Correspondence, 1775, captain of the Lancaster County Associators, 1776, a commissioner for Indian affairs, 1776, and associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817, and of his father, John Yeates, Philadelphia merchant engaged in foreign trade. Originals are in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [FILM 706]

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INDEX

Adams, Dr. Samuel ...... 1 Carroll, Charles ...... 7 Adams, John ...... 14, 47 Carter, Robert Wormeley ...... 7 Adams, Samuel ...... 1 Champion, Richard ...... 7, 28 Admiralty...... 5, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 31, 37, 42, 49 Charleston ...... 6, 8, 13, 41, 44, 45, 48 Alexander, William ...... 1, 46 Cherokee ...... 15, 39 American Army ...... 1, 14, 44, 45, 51, 55 Chickasaw ...... 39 American Periodicals ...... 1 Chipman, Ward ...... 6, 31 Amherst, Jeffrey...... 2, 23 Choctaw ...... 39 Andre, John ...... 2 Church Family ...... 8 Anglican Church ...... 46 Church of England ...... 39 Ansbach troops ...... 21 Clayton, Captain Robert ...... 8 Articles of Beliefs and Acts of Religion ...... 14 Clinton, Henry ...... 2, 8, 11, 23, 36 Articles of Confederation ...... 14 Coates, Edward ...... 8 Atlee, William ...... 2 Cobb, David ...... 8 Auckland, William Eden, First Baron ...... 2 Colman, Dudley...... 8 Backus, Isaac...... 2 Colonial Office ...... 7, 17, 18, 27, 37, 43, 46 Bahamas ...... 17 Connecticut .. 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 25, 32, 42, 45, 47, 48, 57, Baldwin, Jeduthan...... 2 59, 60 Bancroft, George...... 3, 26, 36 Constitutional Convention ...... 9, 55 Bartlett, Josiah ...... 3 Continental Army ...... 9 Baynton, Wharton ...... 3 Continental Congress ... 1, 4, 7, 9, 24, 29, 33, 37, 45, 48, 49, Bayreuth troops ...... 21 55, 57, 58, 60 Bedel, Timothy...... 3 Cornwallis, Charles ...... 9, 20, 27 Bellamy, Joseph ...... 3 Court Martial ...... 22 Benjamin, Samuel ...... 3 Coxe, Tench ...... 9, 34, 52 Boudinot, Elias ...... 4 Creek Indians ...... 39 Bradford, Thomas ...... 4 Dalhousie...... 10, 13, 20, 38 Brandenburg troops ...... 21 Danford, J...... 10 Brandywine ...... 4, 33, 45 Davenport, William ...... 10 Breadalbane ...... 4, 5, 20 Davis, John...... 10 Brickett, James...... 4, 38 Deane, Silas ...... 11 Bright Autograph Collection ...... 4 Dearborn, Henry ...... 11 British Headquarters ...... 5, 11 Delaware ...... 11, 13, 30, 31, 33, 54, 57 British Intelligence ...... 5 Diaries ...... 1, 11, 26, 42, 43, 59 British Navy Board ...... 15 Dorchester, Guy Carleton ...... 11 British Troops ...... 5, 53 Downman, Francis ...... 12 Brodhead, Daniel ...... 30 Draper, Lyman Copeland ...... 12 Brunswick troops ...... 42, 46 Early American Imprints ...... 12 Burd Family...... 5, 47 East Florida ...... 15, 17, 39, 57 Burd, James ...... 5 Elmer, Ebenezer ...... 26 Burgoyne, John ...... 5, 22, 23 Emmet Autograph Collection...... 12 Burke, Thomas ...... 5 Emmet, Thomas Addis...... 8, 12, 14, 15, 36 Burnett, William...... 6 English-Waldeck Regiment ...... 21 Burr, Aaron ...... 6 Ettwein, John ...... 12 Byles Family ...... 6 Evans, Charles ...... 12 Canada ...... 21 Finlay, Hugh ...... 13, 52 Captain Mauser ...... 4 Fitch, John ...... 13 Carleton, Guy ...... 7 Floyd, John ...... 13

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Folliot, George ...... 13 Jackson, Henry ...... 27 Forbes, General John...... 13 Jackson, William...... 27 Force, Peter ...... 2, 13, 26 Jäger troops ...... 21 Ford, Allyn Kellogg ...... 14 Jamaica...... 17, 27 Foreign Office ...... 18, 19, 26, 42 Jay, John ...... 14 Fort Edward ...... 32 Jefferson...... 14 Fort Washington ...... 45 Jefferson, Thomas ...... 11, 14, 32, 50 Fort William Henry ...... 32 Jenkinson, Charles...... 29 Foster, Josiah ...... 26 Jenkinson, Robert Bowles...... 29 Franklin, Benjamin ...... 14, 52 Jervis Public Library ...... 27 French and Indian War ...... 2, 12, 14, 15, 26, 32, 38, 59 Jessup Family ...... 27 French, Christopher ...... 14 Jonathan Edwards ...... 3 Gage, Thomas ...... 11, 23 Jones, John Paul ...... 27 Gates, Horatio...... 4, 14, 36 Kappes, Jeremias...... 26, 28 George III ...... 10, 15, 19, 20, 24, 37 Kentucky...... 57 Georgia...... 17, 57 Knox, Henry ...... 28 Gerry, Elbridge ...... 15 Knyphausen ...... 28 Gibbs, Giles ...... 15 Lacey, John ...... 28 Gist, Mordecai ...... 15 Lafayette ...... 14 Glen, James ...... 10 Lake George...... 32 Gospel, Society for the Propagation of...... 46 Lamb, John ...... 28 Gospel, Society for the Propagation of...... 46 Laurens, Henry...... 29 Grant, James ...... 15 Lee Family...... 29 Greene, Christopher...... 23 Legge, William ...... 10, 29 Greene, Nathanael ...... 24, 36 Levan Family ...... 4 Greene, William ...... 24 Lidgerwood Collection...... 34 Grenville, George ...... 24 Lincoln, Benjamin...... 29, 36 Haldimand, Sir Frederick ...... 24 Liverpool...... 29 Hamilton, Alexander ...... 8 Livingston, William ...... 29 Hamond, Graham Eden ...... 24 Lloyd (ship) ...... 28 Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape ...... 24 Lloyd W. Smith Collection...... 34, 46 Hancock Family ...... 24 Loan ...... 11, 30, 31, 36, 37, 41, 54, 55 Hancock, John ...... 24 Loan of 1790 ...... 11, 30, 36, 41, 54 Hancock, Thomas ...... 24 Lochry, Archibald ...... 30 Hand, Edward ...... 25 London Gazette...... 30 Hanovarian troops ...... 42 Louisbourg ...... 30 Harcourt Family ...... 25 Loyalist ...... 2, 6, 9, 16, 17, 21, 27, 31, 32, 35, 38, 39, 59 Hartley, David ...... 18 Madison, James ...... 15, 32 Hartley-Russell ...... 25 Maine ...... 57 Hayden, Jabez Haskell ...... 25 Martin, George ...... 31 Heath, William ...... 25 Maryland ...... 7, 15, 30, 31, 36, 52, 54, 57 Hessian ...... 3, 21, 26, 34, 36, 42 Mascarene Family ...... 32 Home Office, Great Britain ...... 15, 19 Mason, Charles ...... 32, 52 Howe, William ...... 11, 23 Massachusetts .. 1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 38, 41, Hubley, Adam ...... 13 42, 43, 44, 47, 51, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59 Huntington Autograph Collection ...... 26 Mazzei, Filippo ...... 32 Indian .... 2, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41, McDougall, Alexander ...... 32 44, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60 McLane, Allan ...... 33 Ingersoll, Jared...... 13 Metonicus ...... 38 Iroquois Indians ...... 27, 34 Middleton, Arthur ...... 33 Jackson, Francis James ...... 18, 26 Military Stores ...... 34, 50, 52, 53

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Monroe, James ...... 33 Princeton ...... 25, 35 Montresor Family ...... 33 Prisoners ...... 4, 18, 19, 39, 56 Morgan, Daniel ...... 33 Putnam, Israel...... 42 Morris, Gouverneur ...... 33 Quebec ...... 7, 8, 10, 17, 24, 43 Morris, Robert ...... 33 Rainsford, Charles ...... 20 Morristown...... 26, 34, 46 Reed, Joseph...... 43 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association...... 34 Revere Family ...... 43 Mud Island...... 33 Revere, Paul...... 43 Muster rolls ...... 4, 5, 6, 16, 22, 23, 31, 32, 55 Rhode Island ...... 21, 23, 24, 32, 57, 58, 59 Myers Autograph Collection ...... 34 Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf...... 46 National Archives ...... 18 Roach, Hannah Benner ...... 43 National Maritime Museum ...... 11, 28, 34 Ross, Betsy...... 33 Native Americans ...... 3, 27, 34, 54 Rowe, John ...... 43 Naval Records ...... 34, 56 Russell, Peter ...... 44 Neill, Edward D ...... 35 Rutledge, John ...... 44 New Brunswick ...... 6, 7, 31, 35, 59 Saratoga ...... 21, 26, 42, 59 New Hampshire ...... 3, 32, 57, 58 Sargent, Winthrop ...... 44 New Jersey ...... 26, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 54, 57 Schuyler, Philip John ...... 45 New York1, 3, 5, 8, 16, 17, 19, 22, 28, 30, 32, 36, 37, 39, 40, Secretary at War ...... 19, 23 45, 49, 54, 57 Service Records...... 1, 34, 45, 50, 51, 54, 56 Nicholson, John...... 37 Shaw, Nathaniel ...... 45 North Carolina ...... 18, 37, 47, 56, 57 Shaw, Samuel ...... 45 North, Lord Frederick ...... 37 Shippen Family ...... 5, 47 North, William ...... 37 Simcoe Family ...... 6, 31, 45, 57 Nova Scotia...... 6, 24, 31, 38 Simcoe, John Graves ...... 6, 45 Ohio ...... 4, 6, 36, 44, 49, 55, 57 Six Nations ...... 27, 34 Ontario ...... 6, 10, 27, 31, 44, 45, 57 Smith Collection ...... 46 Orderly Book...... 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 32, 38, 40, 48, 51 Sol Feinstone Collection ...... 10 Paine, Robert Treat ...... 38 South Carolina .. 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 28, 29, 33, 41, 44, 46, 48, Palmer, Joseph...... 38 57 Pamphlets ...... 39 St. Clair, Arthur ...... 44 Panton, George ...... 39 Staatsarchiv ...... 26, 42, 46 Panton, Leslie & Co...... 39 Staatsarchive ...... 26, 46 Parke, Andrew ...... 39 Stadtarchive...... 26, 46 Parker Family ...... 39 Sterling, Lord ...... 46 Parker, James...... 39 Steuben, Fredrich...... 14, 47 Parliament ...... 19, 20, 25, 39 Susquehanna ...... 47 Patterson Family ...... 47 Temple, John ...... 18 Pattison, James ...... 40 Tennessee ...... 37, 47, 57 Peebles, John ...... 40 Thaxter Family ...... 47 Pennsylvania ... 10, 12, 25, 26, 30, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, Thaxter, John ...... 47 47, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60 Thomas, John...... 47 Pepperrell, William ...... 30 Thompson, Aaron ...... 47 Philadelphia ..... 2, 3, 5, 16, 33, 41, 43, 51, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60 Thompson, Edward Shippen ...... 47 Pickering, Timothy ...... 41 Thornton, William ...... 13 Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth ...... 41 Ticonderoga...... 4, 8, 28, 59 Pitt, William ...... 42 Townshend, Charles ...... 48 Preussiches Staatsarchiv Marburg ...... 42 Treasury, Great Britain ...... 21, 26, 31 Preussisches Staatsarchiv Hannover ...... 26, 42 Treasury, United States ...... 48 Prevost, Augustine ...... 42 Trenton ...... 25, 35, 45 Priestley, Dr. Joseph ...... 42 Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr...... 48

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Trumbull, Joseph...... 48 West Florida ...... 18, 44, 57 United States. Continental Army ...... 9, 48 West Indies ...... 3, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 31, 45 Van Rensselaer, Stephen ...... 8 West Point ...... 3 Van Wagenen, Gerrit H...... 53 Whipple, Abraham ...... 58 Vermont ...... 15, 57 White Plains...... 25, 45 Virginia ...... 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 48, 56, 57, 59 Wild, Ebenezer...... 59 von Papet ...... 46 William and Mary Quarterly ...... 59 von Speth ...... 46 Williams, Israel...... 59 Wadsworth, Jeremiah ...... 57 Winslow Family...... 59 Warren, Mercy Otis...... 58 Winslow, Edward ...... 59 Washington Family ...... 34 Winthrop, Hannah F...... 59 Washington, George ...... 14, 58 Wolcott, Oliver ...... 59, 60 Weapons ...... 52 Yeates, Jasper ...... 60 Weare, Meshech ...... 58 Yorktown ...... 3, 21, 25, 59 Weedon, George...... 14

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