Gerry, Elbridge 1744-1814 creator mixed material monographic eng 500 4 2 1.4 Chiefly correspondence (1776-1814) relating to various aspects of Gerry's public career, including his memberships in the Massachusetts General Court and Provincial Congress (where he was active on committees of correspondence, safety, and supply during the Revolution), service in the Continental Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives, governorship of Massachusetts, term as Vice President of the United States (1813-1814), and especially his role in the 1797-1798 mission to France, known as the XYZ Affair. Later papers relate in part to a biography of Gerry written by his son-in-law, James Trecothick Austin. Principal correspondents include John Adams, Samuel Adams, Sylvanus Bourne, Francis Dana, Clement Humphreys, Rufus King, James Madison, William Vans Murray, Samuel Allyne Otis, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, James Warren, Mercy Otis Warren, and John Wendell. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition of material processed in 1983 available, no. 18,851. Microfilm edition produced from originals, photocopies, and typescripts of originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984. In part, photocopies and typescripts of originals in the Gerry Estates collection, New York, N.Y. [S.l.]. U.S vice president, delegate to the Continental Congress, and U.S. representative from and governor of Massachusetts. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007 Adams, John 1735-1826 Correspondence Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 Correspondence Bourne, Sylvanus 1761-1817 Correspondence Dana, Francis 1743-1811 Correspondence Humphreys, Clement 1777-1803 Correspondence King, Rufus 1755-1827 Correspondence Madison, James 1751-1836 Correspondence Murray, William Vans 1760-1803 Correspondence Otis, Samuel Allyne 1740-1814 Correspondence Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth 1746-1825 Correspondence prince de Bénévent Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de 1754-1838 Correspondence Warren, James 1726-1808 Correspondence Warren, Mercy Otis 1728-1814 Correspondence Wendell, John 1731-1808 Correspondence Massachusetts. General Court. Massachusetts. Provincial Congress United States. Continental Congress. United States. Congress. House. XYZ Affair, 1797-1798 France Foreign relations United States Massachusetts History Revolution, 1775-1783 Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1865 United States Foreign relations France United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Committees of correspondence United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Committees of safety United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Equipment and supplies United States Politics and government 1789-1815 Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress Governors Representatives, U.S. Congress Vice-Presidents Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870 mm 81022657 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 810324 20260227111707.0 mm 81022657