George Clinton notes on Stedman's History of the American War
Overview
American documents chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected by the historian and Harvard president Jared Sparks.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Person)
Language of Materials
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 (1 volume)The Jared Sparks Collection of American Manuscripts taken as a whole consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others.
Biographical / Historical
Jared Sparks (Harvard, AB 1815, AM 1818) was an American historian and editor, the McClean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University (1839-1849), and its president (1849-1853).
Physical Location
gen
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Bequest of Jared Sparks; received: 1866 July 2.
Under his will, the manuscripts passed to his son, William Eliot Sparks (d. Sept. 1886), with a conditional reversion to Harvard University. However, on 2 July 1866, the Harvard College Library received the manuscripts in advance of the deaths of the legatees.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
General note
Catalogue of the library of Jared Sparks: with a list of the historical manuscripts collected by him and now deposited in the library of Harvard University (Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1871).
Processing Information
A project was undertaken in 2016 to describe the various titles that comprise the Jared Sparks Collection of American Manuscripts (MS Sparks 1-105) with individual finding aids for each. Similarly, the Jared Sparks Personal Papers (MS Sparks 106-162) have been described in a separate finding aid. Sparks's original organization, in bound volumes has been retained. Prior to this finding aid, access to the collection was through an online index, printed and manuscript lists, and a card index.
Creator
- Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Person)
- Title
- Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, collector. George Clinton notes on Stedman's History of the American War, undated: Guide. (MS Sparks 14)
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02680
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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