Thomas Sidney Jesup papers, 1780-1907.
- 6,000 items. 25 1 containers, plus oversize. 6.8 linear feet.
- Arranged in four series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1780-1907; Series 2: Family and Financial Papers, 1809-1905; Series 3: Miscellany, circa 1812-1883; and Series 4: Oversize, circa 1832-1883.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, essays, reports, financial records, account books, family papers, maps, photographs, and other papers. Official papers relate to the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and Mexican Wars; and to Jesup's service as U.S. Army quartermaster general. Includes letterbook (1834-1835) of J.F. Lane and correspondence, household accounts, and genealogical records of the Blair and Croghan families. Correspondence is largely drafts of communications of Jesup and his military associates including John Armstrong, Robert Brent, Jacob Brown, Lewis Cass, Leslie Chase, Truman Cross, John Lane Gardner, George Hancock, A.R. Hetzel, Henry Leavenworth, Daniel Parker, J.C. Pickett, Henry Stanton, and John G. Todd.
U.S. Army officer and quartermaster general.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010198
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Armstrong, John, 1758-1843 --Correspondence. Brent, Robert, 1764-1819 --Correspondence. Brown, Jacob, 1775-1828 --Correspondence. Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 --Correspondence. Chase, Leslie, active 1847 --Correspondence. Cross, Truman, 1796-1846 --Correspondence. Gardner, John Lane, 1793-1869 --Correspondence. Hancock, George, 1754-1820 --Correspondence. Hetzel, A. R. 1805-1847 --Correspondence. Leavenworth, Henry, 1783-1834 --Correspondence. Parker, Daniel, 1782-1846 --Correspondence. Pickett, J. C. 1793-1872 --Correspondence. Stanton, Henry, approximately 1796-1856 --Correspondence. Todd, John G.--Correspondence. Blair family. Croghan family.
United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department.
Mexican War, 1846-1848. Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.