Elbridge Gerry papers, 1772-1901 (bulk 1776-1814).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 500 items; 4 containers; 2 microfilm reels; 1.4 linear feetSubject(s): - 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
- Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 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 -- Massachusetts
- Governors -- Massachusetts
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- Massachusetts
- Vice-Presidents -- United States
- Microfilm edition of material processed in 1983 available, no. 18,851.
Open to research.
Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
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.
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
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