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

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Description

Summary

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.

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Reproduction Note

Type of reproduction--Microfilm; Dates and / or sequential of issues reproduced--11 January 1982.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Microfilm: Date of acquisition--01/11/82. Accession number--M-82-01-11.

Publications About Described Materials

A LETTER FROM HENRY LAURENS TO HIS SON JOHN LAURENS, AUGUST 14, 1776. Foreword by Alfred C. Berol. Introduction by Richard B. Morris. New York, privately printed for the Columbia University Libraries, July 4, 1964.

Kirkland, Frederic R. LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.. Published for the author by Coward-McCann. Inc., New York, 1952.

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Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Microfilm Entered HR 05/05/92.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
Adams, John, 1735-1826	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hancock, John, 1737-1793	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Jay, John, 1745-1829	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Laurens, John, 1754-1782	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Pitt, W. M (William Morton), 1754 or 1755-1836	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Washington, George, 1732-1799	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Place
South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
African Americans -- History	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID