Guide to the Colonial and Early American Papers M0018
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Colonial and Early American Papers
Creator:
Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889
Creator:
Lomax, John Tayloe, 1781-1862
Identifier/Call Number: M0018
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1739-1910
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Information on provenance of the individual series, when known, is included in the container list.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Colonial and Early American Papers, M0018, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies and original documents dating from 1939 to 1910, including correspondence, diaries, account
books, financial, legal and land papers, clippings, and other papers relating to the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the
Mexican War, and life in early America.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- History -- Sources.
Series 1. New York manuscripts
1739 -1910
Scope and Contents
This series contains correspondence and financial documents concerning purchase and/or transfer of property by members of
the Roseboom family and Benoni Rose near Cherry Valley, New York.
Custodial History
Gift of Mary E. Stewart, 1961.
James Syme to Barent Roseboom
1760 June 26
Joseph Scott, Jr., to Myndert Roseboom,
1771 Aug. 31
Barent Roseboom to "Brothers"
1804 July 14
Scope and Contents
An NB to the letter informs his brothers of the outcome of the Hamilton-Burr duel three days earlier.
Abraham Van Vechten to Barent Roseboom,
[1805] June 16
Daniel Hale to Barent Roseboom,
1805 Aug. 24
Abraham Van Vechten to A. Roseboom,
1806 Aug. 25
Abraham Van Vechten to Coenradt Gansvoort,
1807 Aug. 21
Abraham Van Vechten to C. Gansvoort,
1807 Dec. 23
Abraham Roseboom to A. Van Vechten,
1808 July 30
Abraham Van Vechten to A. Roseboom,
1808 Sept. 20
Abraham Van Vechten to A. Roseboom,
1809 Apr. 3
Abraham Van Vechten to A. Roseboom,
1809 May 16
Abraham Van Vechten to A. Roseboom,
1810 Oct. 31
[N. C. Waddell?] to Benoni Rose,
1845 July 25
Chauncey Beadle to Mrs. Maria Rose,
1847 July 26
H. Lathrop to [Mrs. Maria Rose],
[1847] Oct. 9
Thomas H. Betts to [Mrs. Maria Rose],
1850 Sept. 2
[S. D. Jacobs] to Henry Roseboom,
1851 Dec. 17
W. Lochead to [Maria] Rose,
1859 May 12
D. H. Little to Benoni Rose,
undated
Deed from George II of Great Britain to John Lindesay, with heavy wax seal of colony of New York
1739 May 12
Appointment of Myndert Roseboom as Lt. Colonel. Signed by Cadwallader Colden,
1762 Mar. 20
Indenture between "John Cruger, Philip Livingston, Leonard Lispenard, Henry Holland and William Bayard of the City of New
York, trustees of the estate of Abraham De Peyster, late treasurer of the Colony of New York. . .",
1771 May 15
Nursing diploma from St. Luke's Hosptial, Catherine Augusta Roseboom,
1909 May 20
Minnesota State Board of Examiners of Nurses, "Registered Nurse," Catherine Augusta Roseboom,
1910 Oct. 28
Series 2. Massachusetts documents
1741-1761
map-case [M0018b]
Deed for land on Nantucket Island; and four appointments of Stephen Greenleaf as justice and sheriff of Suffolk Co., Mass.
Series 3. Roger Wolcott journal reproduction and letter to son
Scope and Contents note
Bound volume copied in 1820 from the original held by the Connecticut Historical Society of Wolcott's journal of the 1745
military expedition against Louisburg, Cape Breton Island, Canada, as well as other writings. The volume also contains two
original letters; one from Wolcott to his son Oliver June 2, 1759 and one letter to Governor [Oliver] Wolcott from Thomas
Robbins April 7th, 1820 about the reproduction.
Custodial History note
Purchased from Holmes Book Co., 1930
box 2, folder 1
Wolcott journal and letters
1745-1820
Series 4. State of Franklin documents
Custodial History note
Gift of Mrs. S. N. Partridge, 1961
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Franklin (State)
box 2, folder 2
Warrants, indictments, and other items from the State of Franklin, Greene County [North Carolina / Tennessee]
1780-1794
Series 5. Israel Shreve diary
1775-1776
Custodial History note
On deposit from John L. Strangman, 1964
Scope and Contents
Begins with evocation of Shreve's commission received on November 8, 1775, but diary starts half a page below with an entry
dated February 6, 1776, when Shreve leaves New Jersey. Missing pages cover entries between Friday July 19 and Wednesday July
31, 1776 and again between Wednesday September 25 and Sunday October 13, 1776.
box 2, folder 12
Diary fragment describing journey from New Jersey to Chamble and Quebec, Canada (campaign of Generals Thomas and Schuyler)
1775 Nov. 8 -1776 Nov. 22
Series 6. George Washington forgery & reproductions
1775-1799
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of a note forged by Robert Spring purporting to be from Washington to the cashier of the Office of Discount
and Deposit in Baltimore, Maryland March 25, 1798; three reproduced letters; and a facsimile of accounts with U.S., 1775-1783
made by the Treasury Department in 1833.
box 2, folder 4
George Washington forgery, reproductions, and facsimile document
1775-1799
Series 7. Benjamin Franklin facsimile letter
1775
box 2, folder 5
Facsimile of letter
1775 July 5
Series 8. Robert Pringle documents
1767
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of two documents signed by Robert Pringle, notary of Berkley County, South Carolina -list of stolen goods
and sworn statement of Robert Man, eye witness, 1767 Feb. 25 and sworn statement of Thomas Govin of suit brought against William
Browning, 1767 April 10 and a clipping from donor MacDonald with commentary by E.E. Robinson.
Custodial History note
Gift of Claire MacDonald
box 2, folder 6
Robert Pringle documents
1767
Series 9. Dr. Benjamin Rush documents
1775-1803
Custodial History note
Gift of Ray Lyman Wilbur, 1943. Enclosed letter dated 1929 states items found in papers and accounts of Renell & Coates, Philadelphia.
box 2, folder 7
Bills and receipts for medical service and order on bank by Samuel Coates to pay Rush
1775-1803
Series 10. Roger Bull diary
1776
Custodial History note
On loan from Acton M. Cleveland, 1945
box 2, folder 8
Diary of American Forces in New England (area of New Haven and North River).
Series 11. Rev. Williams sermon
1772-1820
Custodial History note
Gift of Watson Nickolson, 1947. Letter from donor enclosed.
box 2, folder 9
Manuscript sermon first preached in 1772 and used until 1820
1947.
Series 12. Samuel Kirkland document
1789
box 2, folder 10
Land grant by State of New York to Kirkland for 2,840 acres in Montgomery County
1879 Feb. 25
Series 13. Aaron Burr letters
1802-1803
Custodial History note
Gift of John H. Blackburn from the estate of Helen V. Wheeler, 1953.
box 2, folder 11
Letter to Burr from P. A. Grotjan re aid to an unfortunate ,1802 Dec. 27, and letter from Burr to Grotjan,
1803 July 22
Series 13. Thomas Thornton letter
1813
Custodial History note
Gift of J. P. McNeill, 1944.
box 2, folder 12
ALS to Patrick [Kain] from U.S. Constellation off Norfolk, VA, during the War of 1812, 1813 Mar. 25, and a poem [by Mrs. Bewning?]
on the death of [Mrs. Eleanor de Krafft], undated
Series 14. John Guerin Marquand school copy book
circa 1822
box 2, folder 13
School copy book on "division of vulgar fractions" ; the book was written in Baltimore and the name of Elias Marquand also
appears
Series 15. Henry Clay letter
1851
Custodial History note
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Conrad Weil.
box 2, folder 14
ALS, regret to invitation of Burns Club
1851 Jan. 14
Series 15. Daniel Webster letter
1851
Custodial History note
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Conrad Weil.
box 2, folder 15
ALS regret to invitation of Burns Club
1851 Jan. 14
Series 16. George Sewall Boutwell document
1852
Scope and Contents
Explanatory note also enclosed.
box 2, folder 16
"Passport" to Samuel S. Thorndike, also signed by Amasa Walker, secretary of Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1852 Jan. 1
Series 17. Lancashire Fusiliers
Custodial History note
Gift of David D. Barrett, 1956. Note from donor enclosed.
box 2, folder 17
Letter from [W.] Hill of the Lancashire Fusiliers (in Tientsin, China) to David D. Barrett, with excerpt from the Regimental
History of the Fusiliers regarding the American Revolutionary War
1938 Oct. 2.
Series 18. Printed map, Siege of Fort Schuyler in 1777
1838
box 2, Folder 18
A sketch of the siege of Fort Schuyler [Stanwix] presented to Col. Gansevoort by L. Flury
1838
Series 19. Mexican War papers
1846-1848
Custodial History note
Newton diary gift of Edith W. Newton, 1958; Doggett letter gift of Mrs. Robert L. Duffus, 1974.
box 2, folder 19-23
Typescript of Uncle Noah's Mexican War Diary; being an account of the personal experiences and comments of Captain Noah Newton,
U.S.A., Regiment of Mounted Rifles 1846 June 6 -1848 Aug.
circa 1932
Scope and Contents
During the Military Campaign from the Capture of Vera Cruz to the Occupation of Mexico City by the Army of the United States.
Typescript of original diary belonging to Mrs. Newton. Prepared for publication by George C. Newton (Noah's great nephew).
Also includes hand-drawn copies of some of the original illustrations in the diary. List of illustrations and table of contents
and introduction by G.C. Newton. Copies of 1851 letter and commissions of 1838, 1948, and 1846.
Custodial History
Gift of Edith W. Newton, Iron Mountain, Michigan 1958.
box 2, folder 24
ALS from Samuel [Doggett] to his father John Doggett about the war in Mexico
1847 Mar. 28
Custodial History
This letter was given to Mrs. R.L. Duffus by Prof. Isabel Cobb French, grand neice of the writer, at her home, an interesting
old colonial building, in Dedham, Massachusetts in July 1930 - Leah-Louise Duffus Palo Alto, California 1973.
Scope and Contents
John Doggett was a cabinetmaker, carver, and gilder in Roxbury and Boston, Massachusetts. His son Samuel wrote news of the
war from the Island of Sacrificios near Vera Cruz.
Series 20. David Crockett copies & ephemera
Custodial History note
Gift of Ethel M. Day, 1970.
box 2, folder 30
Contemporary holograph copy of Crockett poem "Farewell to the Mountains;" verifax copy of a Crockett letter; page from "Story
of the Wild West" by William Cody containing the poem and an illustration; and biographical information on Crockett
Series 21. Noah Welles sermon
1764
Custodial History note
Gift of F.H. Sumner to Stanford Museum 1964. Enclosed notes offer further details about provenance.
box 2, folder 26
Sermon by Rev. Noah Welles dated and given by him until 1772
1764 Dec. 22
Series 22. Mary Hastings documents on Nathan Hale and Alice Adams
1926-1929
Custodial History note
Gift of Mary E. Hastings.
box 2, folder 27
Letters from Mary E. Hastings to Ray Lyman Wilbur, booklet, and clipping concerning the romance of Nathan Hale with Alice
Adams, Hasting's great-grandmother
Series 23. Land Indenture
1811
box 2, folder 28
Land indenture signed by Lawrence and Maria Vrooman in Neskayuna, Schenectady County, New York
1811 Sept. 23
Series 24. Slavery documents
1807-1858
box 2, folder 29
Thomas Wright to Capt. Rich about selling an enslaved man
1807 June 29
Scope and Contents
Wright is writing from Charleston (South Carolina) and Captain Rich's address is aboard the brig
Ploughboy
box 2, folder 29
John Tayloe Lomax to Major George Lewis about an enslaved man
1812 Feb. 16
Scope and Contents
Related difficulties with a slave from Mrs. Thornton's estate who was "utterly unmanageable and was continually running away."
Letter also mentions Dangerfield [Lewis]. Was sent from Richmond to Menokin, Virginia, "near King George Court House."
box 2, folder 29
Inventory and appraisement of the estate of James Stephens, deceased
1831 Feb. 21
Scope and Contents
Ten enslaved people listed as part of the property. Their first names are recorded as Jim, Cealia, Mary, Ann, Daniel, Rozetta,
Harriet, Juda and Bob. Another line lists 2341 acres of pine land in Tattnall County, which likely places the appraisal in
Georgia.
box 2, folder 29
Martin F. Tupper to unknown ("My Dear Sir") about slavery, Liberia, the Kansas Question, etc.
1858 Oct. 7
box 2, Folder 25
Series 25. Various facsimiles & reproductions
