Alfred C. Berol collection of American Revolution documents : [microform], 1650-1830

Creator:: Berol, Alfred C., 1892-1974
Extent:: 1 positive reel 1 positive reel and 1 master negative reel 1 master negative reel
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: A collection of letters and documents pertaining to the American Revolution, or to personages who figured in it. Among the persons represented in the collection are John Adams, Edmund Burke, Aaron Burr, Lord Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, Nathanael Greene, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, John Paul Jones, Marquis de Lafayette, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Robert Morris, William Pitt, Benjamin Rush, Baron von Steuben, and George Washington. The largest group of manuscripts in the collection is the sixteen letters of Henry Laurens, the South Carolina planter, and his son, John Laurens, among which is a magnificent "manumission letter" written by Henry Laurens to his son on 14 August 1776, barely a month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For the text of this letter see: A LETTER FROM HENRY LAURENS TO HIS SON JOHN LAURENS, AUGUST 14, 1776.

Acquisition information:: Microfilm: Date of acquisition--01/11/82. Accession number--M-82-01-11.
Processing information:: Microfilm Entered HR 05/05/92.
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Rules or conventions:: appm
Alternative form available:: Type of reproduction--Microfilm; Dates and / or sequential of issues reproduced--11 January 1982.

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