Washington Irving collection, 1683-1839, bulk (bulk 1753-1839)

Summary

Creators:

Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937, collector.

Abstract:

Collection is composed of autograph letters of prominent colonial, revolutionary, and early American figures which are interleaved in the five volume work by Washington Irving, LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. The letters were bound into the work by R. W. Smith in 1878-1879 for Timothy Hopkins.

Extent:

5 v.

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection is composed of autograph letters of prominent colonial, revolutionary, and early American figures which are interleaved in the five volume work by Washington Irving, LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. The letters were bound into the work by R. W. Smith in 1878-1879 for Timothy Hopkins.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Timothy Hopkins, 1936.

Indexed terms

Names:

Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820.
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
Braddock, Edward.
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807.
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
Cadwallader, John.
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795.
Clinton, James.
Cogswell, I.
Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Hancock, John., 1737-1793.
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
Howard, J. G.
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818.
Huntington, Jedediah.
Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier,.
Lear, Tobias.
Lee, Andrew.
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794.
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810.
Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813.
Marshall, John, 1755-1835.
Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
Morgan, Daniel.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Moultrie, William.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Parker, Hyde.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.
Pinkney, William, 1764-1822.
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790.
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813.
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793.
St. Clair, Anthony.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von,.
Tallmadge, B., General.
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
Trumbull, John, 1750-1831.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796.
Weisner, Conrad.
White, William, Bishop.
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825.
Williams, Jonathan.
Williams, O. H.
Wirt, William.
17th century--United States.
18th century--United States.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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