TY  - GEN
AU  - Gerry,Elbridge
AU  - Austin,James Trecothick
TI  - Elbridge Gerry papers,
KW  - Adams, John,
KW  - Adams, Samuel,
KW  - Bourne, Sylvanus,
KW  - Dana, Francis,
KW  - Humphreys, Clement,
KW  - King, Rufus,
KW  - Madison, James,
KW  - Murray, William Vans,
KW  - Otis, Samuel Allyne,
KW  - Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth,
KW  - Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de,
KW  - Warren, James,
KW  - Warren, Mercy Otis,
KW  - Wendell, John,
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - General Court
KW  - Provincial Congress
KW  - United States
KW  - Continental Congress
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - XYZ Affair, 1797-1798
KW  - France
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Committees of correspondence
KW  - Committees of safety
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - 1789-1815
KW  - Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Governors
KW  - Representatives, U.S. Congress
KW  - Vice-Presidents
N1  - 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.]
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007.3
ER  -