Overview
Manuscript transcripts of documents concerning the family of Benedict Arnold.
Dates
- Creation: 1848-1849 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.1 linear feet (15 folders)15 manuscript transcript copies of records, documents, and other papers from manuscript and archival repositories in Connecticut. Transcripts are in various hands, some hands are identified. Papers relate to Benedict Arnold, his estate and its confiscation, and his branch of the Arnold family. Includes genealogical information.
Collection included a typescript list of contents that was removed to the curatorial file.
Biographical / Historical
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and planned to surrender it to the British forces. After the plan was exposed in September 1780, he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Items were numbered at an earlier date and that arrangement was maintained in the 2013 recataloging.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell; received: 1918. Recataloged from the Autograph file.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Arnold family. Arnold family transcripts, 1848-1849: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02487
Repository Details
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