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Catherine S. Crary papers, 1724-1826

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0307
Bib ID 4078667 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Crary, Catherine S.
Title Catherine S. Crary papers, 1724-1826
Physical Description 1 linear feet (2 boxes 3 oversize folders)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

The xerox copy of the Ichabod Norton orderly book must be used in place of the original item. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Cataloged.

Description

Summary

Letters, manuscripts, and documents collected by Crary primarily for use in the writing of her book on American Tories, THE PRICE OF LOYALTY (1973). Many of the items relate to the Continental Army, and especially to the Company of Captain Nathan Peirce in the Green Mountain Boys Regiment of Seth Warner (1743-1784). Also included are letters from John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Indian agent Israel Chapin, William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), Charleston merchant and loyalist John Cruden, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), Woodbury Langdon (1738/9-1805); and others. Also, documents relating to the commands of Benedict Arnold, John Burgoyne, Lord Cornwallis, David Wooster, and many others; deeds to land in Montgomery County, N.Y. signed by Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), and others; an orderly book belonging to Ichabod Norton; and a journal kept on Gibralter, apparently by the governor, George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790). A volume of muster rolls and troop encampment data of the Army of Great Britain contains copies of letters intercepted from Alexander Hamilton and Gouverneur Morris.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

The xerox copy of the Ichabod Norton orderly book must be used in place of the original item. Otherwise, the collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Catherine S. Crary papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Calvert H. Crary in memory of Catherine S. Crary, 1976.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Crary, Calvert H. Method of acquisition--Gift in memory of Catherine S. Crary; Date of acquisition--1976. Accession number--M-76.

Publications About Described Materials

Crary, Catherine S. The Price of Loyalty; Tory writings from the Revolutionary era. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

2020-10-06 EAD document created by CCR.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Diaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Muster rolls Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notebooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
American loyalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chapin, Israel, 1740-1795 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cruden, John, -1787 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Deeds Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Elliott, George Augustus, 1717-1790 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Great Britain. Army Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Indian agents Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Langdon, Woodbury, approximately 1738-1805 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Norton, Ichabod, 1736-1825 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Peirce, Nathan Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Real property -- New York (State) -- Montgomery County Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States. Continental Army Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1740-1810 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Warner, Seth, 1743-1784 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wooster, David Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

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Series I: Letters and Documents (Cataloged), 1724-1826



Box 1 Adams, John Quincy


Box 1 Alexander, James S. ?


Box 1 Chapin, Israel


Box 1 Cole, Jonathan


Box 1 Crawford, William Harris


Box 1 Cruden, John


Box 1 Elliot, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield

Gilbraltar journal


Box 1 Great Britain. Army.

Muster rolls and record of troop movements and encampments


Box 1 Henry, David

Document


Box 1 Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves


Box 1 Langdon, Woodbury


Box 1 Millidge, Step


Box 1 New Providence (Berkshire Co.) Mass.

Document


Box 1 Norton, Ichabod

Xerox copy must be used in place of the original item.

Orderly book


Box 1 Peirce, Nathan

Documents and letters



Folder Oversized Peirce, Nathan, 2 folders

Documents and letters



Box 1 Rome, George



Folder Oversized Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, 1 folders

Document



Box 1 Washbon, Azel

Document

Series II: Notes and Printed Materials



Box 2 Miscellaneous Notes and Printed Materials