Manuscript collection, 1704-1974, 1759-1829 (bulk) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection relates primarily to American Revolution, including commissions and warrants for officers, regimental rosters and muster rolls, discharge certificates and certificates of service, orderly books, and correspondence concerning military conditions and battles. Includes correspondence of George Washington regarding Morristown encampment, 1780, Yorktown operations, 1781, provisions for Dragoons, 1778-1780, and other matters; diary of Mathew Gregory on siege of Yorktown, 1781; orderly books and muster rolls for units at Boston, 1776, Connecticut, 1782, and Verplanks Point, 1782; letter about Battle of Guilford's Courthouse, 1781; newspaper clippings on evacuation of New York, 1785-1791; and other materials regarding military affairs. Papers, 1768-1805, of Dr. Solomon Drowne, physician for French troops in American Revolution, include correspondence, travel documents, and notes concerning care of French soldiers. Correspondents include Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Lt. Hyacinthe de Silly, and Louis XVI, King of France. Papers, 1773-1815, of Benjamin Tallmadge, include diploma from Yale, 1773, military commissions, letters concerning military operations, 1780-1782, particularly in Connecticut and on Long Island Sound, business and political matters, 1792-1815; also, manuscript version of Tallmadge's memoirs, 1858