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Henry Laurens letters and documents, 1769-1792.
- Title
- Henry Laurens letters and documents, 1769-1792.
- Author
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4494 folder 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | folder (oversize) 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4494 folder (oversize) 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .2 linear foot (1 oversized folder, 1 folder)
- Summary
- Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a South Carolina merchant, plantation owner, and Revolutionary-era statesman. The collection of Henry Laurens letters and documents, 1769-1792, includes letters written by him to Lachlan McIntosh, 1769; to his son John Laurens, 1775; to Thomas Wharton, Caesar Rodney and William Alexander while President of the Continental Congress, 1777-1778; and to Benjamin Vaughan, dated 1782 April 2 at Exeter, England, regarding a meeting with Lord Shelburne. An oversize letter to William Carmichael, 1778 February 24, asks for payment of his account with Matthew Lock, written on verso, for sums paid on behalf of the Marquis de Lafayette. Letters to Henry Laurens are chiefly from his former secretary Moses Young, captured with Laurens on their voyage to Holland in 1780, regarding Young's attempts to obtain payment from Congress for his services. Laurens's brief notes on his conversation with John Adams at Haarlem on April 15, 1782 (1 page), and two clipped signatures are also present. Items are in chronological order.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896 as part of the Emmet Collection and J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford Collection.
- Processing Action (note)
- Materials originally received as part of the Emmet and Ford Collections.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4494
- OCLC
- 965916205
- Author
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.
- Title
- Henry Laurens letters and documents, 1769-1792.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Processing Action
- Materials originally received as part of the Emmet and Ford Collections.
- Source
- Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896 as part of the Emmet Collection and J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford Collection.
- Occupation
- Merchants.Plantation owners.Politicians.Statesmen.
- Added Author
- Alexander, William, 1726-1783, recipient.Laurens, John, 1754-1782, recipient.McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806, recipient.Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784, recipient.Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, recipient.Wharton, Thomas, Jun., 1735-1778, recipient.Young, Moses, creator.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4494