McHenry, James,  1753-1816. <br/><br/>
James McHenry papers, 1775-1862  (bulk 1775-1816). 

 - 3,600  items. 15  1  containers plus  oversize. 6  microfilm reels. 4.6  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 4 series.  Series 1: Correspondence, 1775-1862; Series 2: Miscellany, 1783-1829; Series 3: Addition, 1797-1798; and Series 4: Oversize, 1787. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, financial papers, and other papers relating to McHenry's service as U.S. secretary of war in the administrations of George Washington and John Adams; and as a Continental Army officer, particularly as secretary to George Washington and on the staff of the Marquis de Lafayette.  Subjects include Indian affairs, frigate construction, fortification of ports and harbors, defense of the frontier, army regulations, and U.S. relations with France, Great Britain, and Spain.  Includes a diary (1787) kept by McHenry as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.  Correspondents include John Adams; Charles Carroll; Samuel Chase; Philemon Dickinson; Nathanael Greene; Alexander Hamilton; David Henley; William Hindman; Henry  Knox; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette; Thomas Sim Lee; Nathaniel Macon; William Vans Murray; Timothy Pickering; Charles Cotesworth Pinckney; Benjamin Rush; Benjamin Stoddert; Benjamin Tallmadge; Uriah Tracy; George Washington; James Wilkinson; Hugh Williamson; and Oliver Wolcott. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1984. <br/>In part, photocopies. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. secretary of war, member of the Continental Congress from Maryland, Continental Army officer, and physician. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008012  Card index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78032177  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Adams, John, 1735-1826. <br/>Adams, John, 1735-1826 --Correspondence.<br/>Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832 --Correspondence.<br/>Chase, Samuel, 1741-1811 --Correspondence.<br/>Dickinson, Philemon, 1739-1809 --Correspondence.<br/>Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 --Correspondence.<br/>Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 --Correspondence.<br/>Henley, David, 1749-1823 --Correspondence.<br/>Hindman, William, 1743-1822 --Correspondence.<br/>Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 --Correspondence.<br/>Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de,  1757-1834. <br/>Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de,  1757-1834 --Correspondence.<br/>Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819 --Correspondence.<br/>Macon, Nathaniel, 1758-1837 --Correspondence.<br/>Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 --Correspondence.<br/>Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 --Correspondence.<br/>Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 --Correspondence.<br/>Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 --Correspondence.<br/>Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813 --Correspondence.<br/>Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835 --Correspondence.<br/>Tracy, Uriah, 1755-1807 --Correspondence.<br/>Washington, George, 1732-1799. <br/>Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825 --Correspondence.<br/>Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819 --Correspondence.<br/>Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army. <br/>United States. Constitutional Convention  (1787) <br/>United States. Continental Army. <br/>United States. War Department. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coast defenses.<br/>Indians of North America--Government relations.<br/>Shipbuilding.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Spain--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--France.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Spain.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.<br/>West (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Cabinet officers.<br/>Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--Maryland.<br/>Physicians.