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 BOUND HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 COI-LECTED BY 
 
 JARED SPARKS; 
 
 AND NOW DEPOSITED IN THE LIBRARY OF 
 HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: 
 
 J^rintrti at tljc J!li\jci^ilif prc^je. 
 
 1871.
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 AT LOS ANGELES
 
 CATALOGUE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BOUND HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS 
 
 COLLECTED BY 
 
 JARED SPARKS; 
 
 AND NOW DEPOSITED IN THE LIBRARY OF 
 HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE: 
 
 1871.
 
 The " Historical MSS." of Mr, Sparks have long been known. 
 These papers were collected with intuitive skill and increasing 
 ability during various tours, undertaken since 1819 for the pur- 
 pose : first, in the thirteen original States ; often elsewhere in his 
 own enlarged country ; three times in prolonged visits to Europe ; 
 by means also of his extensive correspondence during the years 
 1819-1866. These letters are arranged in sixty large volumes, 
 with a daily index. The Journals of the tours point out the de- 
 posits of many unknown treasures ; sketching scenes, characters 
 and incidents ; thus preserving information, and reproducing 
 reminiscences of a period far niore remote. 
 
 The Bound Historical Manuscripts, now the property of his son, 
 with a conditional reversion to Harvard University, were at once 
 placed within their own oaken cabinet, in the library of the Uni- 
 versity. 
 
 Erratum. — The note on Barnard should have been enclosed in brackets.
 
 
 Catalogue* 
 
 LIST OF BOUND HISTORICAL MAINUSCRIPTS DEPOSITED 
 IN THE LIBRARY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY. 
 
 [In the present list the titles and the notes arc, for the most part, those endorsed 
 upon the papers by Jlr. Spirks. They are usually given in iiis own words, except 
 where dates have been added, or where sliglit verbal chaiifies have been made for 
 the sake of brevity. Brackets have occasionally been used to di^tinguish state- 
 ments for which he is not responsible.] 
 
 I. ENGLISH. 
 
 1 /J^INSLTE, Thomas. Journal of the most Remarkable Oc- 
 )y% ciirrences in the Province of Quebec from the Appear- 
 ance of the Rebels in September 1775 until their Retreat 
 
 of the 6ih of May, 1776. 
 
 [The original MS.] From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in Lon- 
 don, 184.J. 
 
 2 Bennktt, Joseph. Abstracted Historical Account of New- 
 England. To which I have added the History of our Voiage 
 there, 1740. 
 
 [The original MS.] Presented to me by William Vaughan, Esq. London, Dec. 
 2, 1840. 
 
 3 BoAKD OF Tkade. Joumal. 1766-1767. 
 
 [The Original, or a very early copy.] From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. 
 Bought in London, 1843. 
 
 4 Beuxard. The Papers of Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of 
 New Jersey, and afterwards of Massachusetts. 13 vols. 
 
 Vol. L-VII[ Letter Books. 1758-72. New Jer^ej", ^Massachusetts. 
 Vol. IX-XIl. Original Correspondence. 1758-79. Mass:lchus^tts. 
 Vol. XIIL Orders and Instructions. 1758-1761. New Jersey, Massachusetts. 
 
 With repeated signatures of George the III. and the great seal, also autographs of 
 Wm. I'itt, and Hillsborough, memorable chiefly for his subsequent conference 
 with Franklin. Bougiit in London, 1846. 
 
 These papers contain the oilicial letters of Gov. Bernard, written from New Jer- 
 sey, until he left his residence at Perth .Vinboy, (sailing in the "' Province sloop " 
 sent from Boston, -luiy, 1760,) — after that from Massachusetts and from England. 
 He was an earnest man, snfhciently so to suffer from the earnestness of others. 
 He was not wholly iii'-eiisible to the folly of the home government. While sub- 
 jecting all things to their interest, he was not unconscious of the interest of her 
 colonies, nor unwilling to share any prospect tor good which migiit open before 
 them. He was active in the service of the " Indian College." It should be 
 not just here, nor there, but in the desirable location proposed for it " in our 
 township." His suggestions were not unwise, lie strongly urged the settle- 
 ment of the ten townships in Maine, having plans, not too philanthropical, of 
 transplanting there the few lumdred reluctant French, still left in New tngland. 
 He was eager about the settlement east of the St. Croix, the river next to the 
 
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 most westerly river which enters Ujat Bay." Tlieso lands however, ranfrcd east, 
 north, and west of his own f^raiit of Moinit I)pser(, "an island we 1 adapted" to 
 tlie niaicinf; of potash. Thus it is tiiat tiie relic-i of her nohli; f^res's must now 
 be souf^ht amid pr>'cipices r:irely scaled. The Governor forfei'ed his American 
 estates. His son, howevt'r, remained on hand in Maine, and eventually shared 
 with Mine, de (Jrcf^oire the unoccupied land of that silent Acadia. 
 
 The Province of Massachusetts had long hfen a tliorn in the side of Great 
 Britain. She called for armies, and their success bore !■ polls e.xclusively to her 
 own feet winch passed all her expectations. She demanded profit. Wliy not 
 with the sama result? Certainly not an unprofitable, Massachusstts was net a 
 comfortable colony. 
 
 Insubordination, confusion, alarm, are the successive complaints of these interest- 
 infj letters. Ttie Governor sugpfested troops. The let'er nrrived for a regiment 
 to be ordered from Ha'ifax. Such was the effort of England. Sir Francis writes: 
 " Gen. Gage, who knows my situation, when death is publicly denounced against 
 those who are concerned in bringing troops here, is so kind as to conceal the 
 contents of the dispatches from me. One reg'nifnt will be enough for safety, 
 but not enough to awe the town." June 25, 1768, he is " anxious about Castle 
 William" (alterwards Fort Independence, now Fort Warren), but relieved by 
 Com. Hood [see three Portraits, No. 2107.] There are now about the Castle [see 
 engraving in Views and Designs] one 50-gun ship, two sloops of If! guns each, and 
 two armed cutters." "I have been much persuaded to go to the Castle when the 
 troops sIihII arrive. I do not choose to show a want of resolution; ushart time 
 will shew whether Boston is to belong to Great Brilninornol.'' Aug. 8, however, 
 he writes fiom "Jamaica Farm." "lam charged with leaving the town when 
 the troops arrived. At that time I resided at my bouse in Roxbury, four miles 
 from Boston. I was at the Castle before the ships had all come to anchor, and 
 every morning before ten o'clock." (It seems he had not remembered to give 
 the officers the expected dinner. ) " We have determined to remove the troops 
 to Boston." Aiig. 20-23, the attempted '■'■distribution of stamps" was followed 
 by the attack on Hutchinson's house. The Governor now dates from Castle 
 William, Sept 18, '08, he surjgests (lie prorof/ntion of the Assembhj to Snlem, doubts 
 not his own power, but requests an order from Lond n. ■' I am wholly at the 
 mercy of the mob. I have no place of sa'ety to resort to but this fort, with a 
 weak garrison. Here, I have got my wife and j'ounger children." 
 
 After his return to Pall Mall, however, there is still for the governor a "bitter 
 disappointment." His son omitted to forward from America two casks, ordered 
 by Lady Bern ird, of cranberries. " The house full of guests, and no fruit in 
 season for pyes." 
 
 5 Chalmers. American Papers. 1793-1805. 2 vols. 
 
 From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in London, 1843. [A collec- 
 tion of original papers, copies, and notes, relating to America, but chiefl}' to the 
 British colonies.] 
 
 6 Chalmers. Annals of the United Colonies, Part Second. 
 
 Copied from the original manuscript. A continuation of Chalmers's " Political 
 Annals of the United Colonies." The " F'irst Part " was published in 1780. 
 There is a preface written by Jlr. Sparks in the Boston edition (published in 1845 
 from a printed copy, suppressed in 1782) of Chalmers's Introduction to the " His- 
 tory of the Revolt." "I have endeavored to state the charac'er of Chalmers's 
 writings on the colonies, and the ])rinciples and points which he aims to estab- 
 lish." — Journal of j. s. Dec. 1844. 
 
 7 Chalmers. Letter to Lord Mansfield, on the History of the 
 American Colonies; by George Chalmers. Written in 1780. 
 
 Copied from the original manuscript in the handwriting of Chalmers, 1846. The 
 following memorandum is at the beginning of the Manuscript in Chalmers's hand- 
 writing: "This Letter to Lord Mansfield was renlly sent to his Lordship as a 
 letter; and it was read by his Lordship, who said that he toould icarrant the truth 
 of it.'' 
 
 8 Chalmers. Notes and Extracts ; relating to Maryland and 
 Virginia. 1727-61. 
 
 In the handwriting of George Chalmers. Bought in Loudon, 1843. 
 
 9 Chalmers. Papers, relating to Massachusetts and Plymouth. 
 From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in London, 1843.
 
 Catalogue. 
 
 Letters of Governor Sharpe and others : chiefly concerning 
 
 the American Uevohition. 
 Copied fiom the originals, in the Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland, 
 
 1843. 
 Also : Letters from John Barclay, 1782, Ch. Pincl<ney's Speech in Congress, Aug. 
 
 16, 1786 (printed), and a State of the Kinissions of Paper Hone}' bv Congress, 
 
 1780. 
 
 10 Chalmers. Papers relating to New England. 1635-86. 4 
 vols. 
 
 From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in London, 184-3. [Mostly 
 copies and memoranda in Chahners's hsindwriting.] 
 
 11 Chalmers. Papers relating to xsew Jersey. 1683-1775. 
 
 From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in London, 1843. [Original 
 papers, and copies and memoranda in the handwriting of Chalmers.] 
 
 12 Clinton, G., and others. Selections from the iManuscript 
 Papers of Gov. George Clinton (1775-83), Genl. Washing- 
 ton (relating to Paul Jones), and Genl. Lincoln (1777-83). 
 
 13 Clinton, H. Correspondence hetween Sir Henry Clinton 
 and Gen. Haldimand, etc. 1779-81. 
 
 Relating principally to the affairs of Vermont, the Indians, and events in the 
 West, and Canada. Copied from the originals in the London Institution, from 
 the papers of Sir Guy Carleton. 
 
 14 Clinton. Notes on Stedman's History of the American 
 War. 
 
 TraDFcribed from a copy of Stedman's " History of the War," in the Library of 
 Mr. Brown, of Providence, in which thej- are written in the margin, in the hand- 
 writing of Sir Henry Clinton, with the initial " C." at the end of each note. 
 March, 184G. 
 
 15 Delaavare, etc. 1. Papers from the Public Offices in Dela- 
 ware, selected in June, 1826. 
 
 2. From the Papers of Baron Steuben in the New York 
 Historical Society's Library, selected in 1827. 
 
 3. Fourteen Letters from George Read to Caesar A. Rodney, 
 1774-79. 
 
 The originals in the possession of Caisar A. Rodney. 
 
 4. Further Selections from the Papers of Baron Steuben. 
 
 [In French.] Lent to me by Governor De Witt Clinton, in 1827, and since de- 
 posited in the Library of the New York Historical Society. 
 
 16 Franklin. Letters to Benjamin Franklin, from various Per- 
 sons. 
 
 Copied from the originals, while they were in mv hands for writing the Life of 
 Franklin. 1843. 
 
 17 Franklin. 1. Memorial by Franklin and Samuel Wharton 
 concerning a Grant of Western Lands. 1780. 
 
 2. Letter from Richard Biddle concerning Franklin's Writ- 
 ings, 1834. 
 
 18 Franklin. Notes and Memoranda, used in writing a Contin- 
 uation of Franklin's Life ; and in preparing an edition of his 
 Works. 1836-40. 
 
 1. Particulars concerning Franklin's Family. 2. Notes used in writing a Con- 
 tinuation of the Life of Franklin. 3. Notes for a Preface to Franklin's Works. 
 4. First Sketches of an Arrangement of Franklin's Writings for an Edition of 
 his Works. 
 
 19 Franklin. 1. Papers relating chiefly to Franklin. 
 
 Papers sent to me by Wm. C. Folger, of Nantucket. Used in writing the Life
 
 Catalogue. 
 
 of Franklin, 1839. — Mr. I'isiiku's Letters. &c. — Papers copied from Uic orig- 
 inals in pos.session of Tiios. .1. Wharton, Philadelpliia. Sept. 1837. — Papers, 
 copied from Manuscripts in tiie Library of the American Philosophical Society, 
 Pliiladelphia. Sept. 1837. — Papers copied from the I'liiladtlphia Newspapers. 
 — Dialofjue, doubtless the piece alluded to by Franklin, in his Autobiography, 
 speaking of IIemi)hill, " I wrote for him two or three pamphlets, and a piece in 
 the Gazette of Ajjril, 1735." 
 
 2. Papers relating to the Washington Family. 
 
 Copied chiefly from the County Histories, in the London Institution, Moorfielde, 
 1829. Used in writing the Life of Washington. 
 
 20 1. Franklin. 
 
 In the Athenneum of Philadelphia are the volumes of pamphlets, which formerly 
 belonged to Dr. Franklin. Among them are six pamphlets which contain mar- 
 ginal notes in his own handwriting. This volume coniains the titles of the 
 pamphlets. Dr. Franklin's notes, and the passages of the pamphlets on which he 
 remarks. Copied in 1821), under the care of Mr. John Vaughan. 
 
 2. Sullivan. 1775-88. 
 
 Selection from the papers of General Sullivan, now in possession of his grand- 
 son, Dr. Steele, of Durham, N. H., who put them into my hands. They have 
 since been deposited in the Athenajum at Portsmouth. Selected in 1827. 
 
 3. Trumbull's Papers. 1775-78. 
 
 21 Frazer. Letters from Persifer Frazer, an Officer in the 
 Army of the Revolution. 1776-1778. 
 
 Copied from the originals in Philadelphia, 1814. 
 
 22 Gates, etc. 
 
 \. Selection from Gen. Gates's Papers in the Library of the 
 New York Historical Society. Selected 1827- 
 
 2. Papers from the Public Offices in Mass"^- '75. 
 
 3. Major Wemys's Papers — Sketches of the Characters of 
 the General Staff Officers and Heads of Departments of the 
 British Army (the Northern Army excepted) ; and two other 
 papers, relating to Corn wal lis. 
 
 Copied from the ]MS. papers of Major (afterwards Lieut. -Col.) Wemvss (a British 
 oliicer), who served with distinction during the war. particularly in South Caro- 
 lina. He died at an advanced asre in New York, in 1833 or 1834, and his papers 
 ■were left in charge of the Rev. Wm. Ware, of that city. 
 
 4. A Diary Kept by Lieut. Obadiah Gore, in Major-Gen. Sul- 
 livan's March to Genessee River, in 1778. 
 
 23 Grantham. England and Spain. Correspondence of Lord 
 Grantham, British Ambassador in Spain. 1776-79. 2 vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the State Paper Office, London, 1857. 
 
 24 Hamilton, Alexander. Official Letters, as Secretary of the 
 Treasury, to Wm. Short, 1789-95. 
 
 Copied from the origiaals left me by Jlr. Short, in Philadelphia, 1831. — Also 
 Miscellaneous Letters, 1784-99, including Washington's to Madison, copied by 
 me from the originals, April, 1830, at Mr. Madison's house at Montpelier. 
 
 25 Knox. Selections from the Papers of Gen. Henry Knox, 
 Gov. Samuel Ward, Gen. Charles Lee, Captain Kirkwood, 
 Samuel Harris, Silas Deane. Relating chiefly to the Revolu- 
 tion. 1765-80. 
 
 Copied from the originals, 1845. 
 
 26 Lee. Letters from Gen. Charles Lee to his Sister. 1756-81. 
 
 The thirty-four letters to his sister, Miss Sidney Lee, were copied from the 
 originals in England, and sent to me by Sir Henry Bunbury, 1845. [The vol- 
 ume contains two other letters of Lee and several relating to him.]
 
 Catalogue. 7 
 
 27 Leisleu. a Modest and Impartial Narrative of the Great 
 Oppressions That the Inhabitants of Their Majesties Province 
 of New- York Lye under Viy the Extravagant and Arbitrary 
 Proceedings of Jacob Leysler and his Accomplices. Printed 
 at Neiv York and Reprinted at London. 1690. 
 
 "Copied from a pamphlet in Ihe British Museuin, 184:J. Written by a violent 
 enemy to Leisler; neither just, candid, nor impartial." — j. s. 
 
 Bound with this is : Copy of an Act of Parliament for revers- 
 ing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others. 1696. 
 And: Copy of a letter which Captain Leisler wrote to King 
 William. 
 " Mentioned in Smith's ' New York,' pp. 59, 60. For an account of the alTair and 
 an extract of a letter from Capt. Leisler to the Gov. of Massachusetts, see 
 Hutchinson's 'Massachusetts,' I. 302, 393." — c. f. h. 
 
 28 Maps. Plans of General Braddock's March, and of the Battle 
 of the JMonongahela. — Early French Maps of Canada, Louisi- 
 ana, and Mexico. — Plan of the Battle of Bennington. 
 
 [The last is MS.; the others printed. See Washington's MS. sketch of Cumber- 
 land, and the road which Braddnck refused to follow.] 
 
 29 Maryland and New York. Selection from Papers in the 
 Public Offices. 
 
 New York papers examined at Albany, October, 1826. Marj-Iand papers selected 
 in June, 1826. 
 
 30 Miscellaneous Manuscripts. 1582-1713. 
 
 1. Kela^on of Davyd Ingram of thinges w*^** he did see in 
 Travelinge by lande for [from ?] the moste northerlie pte of 
 the Baye of Mexico throughe a greate pte of Ameryca untill 
 w^'in fivetye leagues of Cape Britton. 1582. , 
 
 Many parts of this narrative are incredible, so much so as to throw a distrust 
 over the whole; yet it is not improbable that the two sailors passed through 
 the interior of the country, and found a French vessel somewhere on the coast 
 of the St. Lawrence. See Ilakluyt's Vo3'a<;;es, Vol. IH. p. 487. [Published in 
 r. C. Weston's privately printed" Docuinents," pp. 5-24.] 
 
 2. Inducements to a Voyage to America. 
 
 3. Affairs in Virginia, 1622 ; in answer to Capt. Nath. Butler. 
 
 4. Journal of Thomas Batts and two others, from Virginia 
 beyond the Apalachian Mountains. 1671. 
 
 5. John Mitchell's Remarks on this Journal. 
 
 6. Abstract of the Laws of New England. 
 
 7. Relation concerning the Estate of New England ; about 
 1637. 
 
 8. Charles Lodavick's Account of New York. 1692. 
 
 The above papers were copied from the originals in the British Museum, 1841. 
 
 31 Miscellaneous Papers. Unbound. 
 
 32 Miscellaneous Particulars, and Copies from Manuscripts 
 examined in London and Paris, 1828-29. 1778-98. 2 vols. 
 
 Vol. \. European, Vol. H. Aniericnn. 
 
 The extracts translated from tlie correspondence of Vergennes, GiVard, and Lu- 
 zerne are taken from the originals in the public offices in Paris. Other extracts 
 are from the originals in the public offices in London. Many of the particulars 
 concerning the war were communicated to me by Lafayette at La Grange, 
 Nov. 1828. 
 
 33 Miscellanies. 
 
 A commonplace book of Mr. Spirks's.
 
 8 Cataliujue. 
 
 34 Mouuis. Papers of Gouverncur Morris, being Letters and 
 Extracts from his Diary. 
 
 Copied from the orij^inals. Used in writing his life. 
 
 35 New HAMPsniiuc. Selection from tlie Papers in the Office 
 of the Secretary of State. 
 
 Selecti d in October, 1826. 
 
 36 Nkw Jkusky, etc. Selection from the Papers in the Public 
 Offices of New Jersey, 1777-8o (selected in June 182G), North 
 Carolina, 17G4-79, and South Carolina, 17G8-83 (selected in 
 May, 1826). 
 
 37 Nkw York. Extracts from the Journals of the New York 
 Provincial Congress and Conventions, from 177;3 to 1778. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Secretary's Office, Albany, April, 1831. Tlicse 
 are to be taken in connection with another set of extracts copied from the same 
 Journals, and wliich are bound with mv papers, in a volume lettered, " New 
 York — Maryland " [No. 30]. 
 
 38 Nkw York and Virginia Papers. 1740-76. 
 
 Cojiied from the orijjinals now in the possession of Col. Thos. Aspinwall, London 
 (1845), formerly belonging to George Chalmers. 
 
 1. Letters from De Lancey, Smith, Livingston, Watts, and 
 others, to General Moncton, Governor of New York; relating 
 to Affairs between 1760 & 1770. 
 
 Moncton was at tiiis time in England. His place in the government was supplied 
 bj' Lieutenant-Governor Colden. The writers of the letters were mostly mem- 
 bers of the Council. Moncton resigned in 1765, and was succeeded by Sir 
 Henry Jloore. 
 
 2. Correspondence concerning Lord Dunmore's Operations in 
 Virginia. 1775, 1776. 
 
 39 New York Historical Society. 1. Papers from the N. 
 Y. Historical Society, relating to the Revolution, viz., those of 
 Lord Sterling, Col. Stewart, Col. McLane, Wm. Duer, 
 and others. 
 
 Selected in October, 1826. 
 
 2. Selection from Gen. Gates's Papers. 
 
 3. Selection from Gen. Stark's Papers. 
 
 Copied from the originals furnished by his son. Major Stark, August, 1827. 
 
 4. Correspondence between John Adams and Roger Sher- 
 man on the Constitution of the United States. 
 
 The original letters are in the possession of ^Ir. Baldwin of Albany, a grandson 
 of Roger Sherman. Copied, Albany, Oct. 6th, 1826. 
 
 40 Peace of 1783. 1. The Entire Correspondence of Mr. Os- 
 wald, in the Negotiation of the Peace of 1782 with the 
 American Commissioners in Paris. 
 
 Copied from a manuscript volume in the possession of the Marquis of Lansdowne 
 London, February, 1829. 
 
 2. Correspondence of Mr. Grenville and Fitzherbert. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the office of Foreign Afiairs in London. 
 
 41 Pollock. Correspondence of Oliver Pollock at New Or- 
 leans, 1776-82; and other Papers relating to the Revolution, 
 including Copies from Col. Inland's Papers, 1777-82 ; also 
 INIiscellaneous Papers, one of which is a letter of " Lafayette, 
 while in Prison at Magdeburg, 15 Mars, 1793." 
 
 Pollock's letters copied from the originals in the Department of State at Wash- 
 ington, 1854.
 
 Catalogue. 9 
 
 42 Quebec. 1. Journal of the Siege of Quebec, 1775. 
 
 [Original. See MS. map, Maps, No. 79.] 
 
 2. Narrative of Facts relative to American Affairs. [1768.] 
 
 [EVinted. Endorsed in a contemporary hand, "This paper is giv [torn] in j'our 
 Secrecy — I [? torn] desire that you will [torn] any person wliatever."] 
 From the manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in London, J843. 
 
 43 Revolution.\ry Papers. British Papers relating to the 
 American Revolution. 4 vols. 
 
 Vol. I. 17(J4-1774. Is'ew Hampshire, ISIassachusetts, New York. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the State Paper Office, London; selected by me in 
 August, 1840. 
 
 Vol. IL 1704-74. New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor- 
 gia. 
 
 Selected in September and October, 1840. 
 
 Vol. III. 1764-75. Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, JIarv'land, Military. 
 
 State Paper Office, Sept. and Oct. 1840. 
 
 Also, Commisi=ions and Instructions to Governors. 
 
 Copied from the Records in the Privy Council Office, London; selected bv me in 
 August, 1840. 
 
 Vol. IV. The same. 176.3-1774. British Papers, etc. copied from the originals 
 in the Board of Trade (Old Plantation Office); selected b}- me in August and 
 September, 1S40. AL^^o, Miscellaneous Papers, relating "to the Ci'lonial His- 
 tory. Miscellaneous Papers, etc. copied from the originals (or Kecords), in the 
 British Museum, and in the possession of Sir Thomas Phillips, Worcestershire; 
 selected by me, 1840. 
 
 44 Revolution. 1. Letters relating to the Stamp Act. 
 
 New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia. 
 
 2. Colonial Papers. 
 
 Minutes taken in the Board of Trade, Oct. 1840, 1763-67; Commissions, Instruc- 
 tions, and Grants, 1670 ( copied from the Harleian MSS. ) ; Proceedings of the Com- 
 mittee of Trade and Plantations on the Subject of making Void the Charter of 
 Massachusetts Bay, 1677-78 (copied from the " Journal of Trade and Planta- 
 tions" in the possession of Sir Thomas Phillips, Nov. 15, 1840); A Representa- 
 tion of the Commissioners of Trade, etc. on the State of the Colonies 1721 (MS. 
 King's Library, 192, p. 1); Scheme of Government for the "West Indies; appar- 
 ently a Supplement to the preceding paper. (By West Indies is here meant all 
 the American Colonies. MS. Kings Library, 192, p. 972); Journal of Brad- 
 dock's Kxpedition (MS. King's Library, 199); Petition to the King, concerning 
 Paper Money in the Colonies, probably about 1760 (MS. Sir T. Phillips, Nov. 
 1840); Project of a Bill for uniting the Proprietary and Charter Governments to 
 the Crown, probably about 1696 (ibicl.); Petition to the Queen, 1706, concerning 
 the Proprietary and Charter Governments {ibid.). 
 
 45 Revolution. British Papers relating to the American Rev- 
 olution ; selected from the Correspondence of the British Com- 
 manders-in-Chief 1775-83. 2 vols. 
 
 Sir Guy Caui.eto.v, afterwards Lord Dorchester, was the last commander-in- 
 chief of the British Army in America, during the American Hevoiution. The 
 official papers of his predecessors. Sir William Howe and Sir Henry Clinton, 
 came into his possession when he took the command. These, with iiis own pa- 
 pers, were taken by him to England at the time of the Peace. After his death 
 they fell into the hands of another person (Mr. Simmons, his secretary-), who 
 presented them to the Hoyal Institution in London. I examined them all in 
 November, 1840, and made the following selection. The originals are comprised 
 in more than fortj- volumes. 
 
 Judge Marshall considers the speech of Sir Guy Carleton to the Indians a forgery. 
 Mr. Wm. Smith of (^l(•bec wrote to me: " I'passed several davs with his Lord- 
 ship. He told me 26 Oct. 1803, that he made his speech in Feb. 1794 out of his 
 own spontaneit}'; that he received no orders from government." — Journal of 
 
 J. 8. 
 
 46 Revolution. Dates of the Principal Events during the Rev- 
 olution. 
 
 Taken principally from original letters, and other manuscript p;iper3 written at 
 the time.
 
 10 Catalogue. 
 
 47 Revolution, Diaries and Letters relating to the Revolution. 
 
 1773-177H. 
 
 KxtriictH from an original Diary by Thos. Newell. Boston, 177.3. 1774. — Kx- 
 tracts coyiic'd from Capt. l{('nj. Warren's Diar}', Saratoga and Cherry Valley, 
 1774-78; lent nie by Mr. DofCRett of New York. — W. Whipple to .). ]Jrack- 
 ett, 1770. — Battle of lihode Island; a letter dated Providence, 16th Sept. '78, 
 from .lames I.aninan. — Letters, etc. cojiied from (Jen. Giover'n 1'aper.s; furnished 
 to mc by (Jol. Swett. — Biographical Sketch of Captain Eliakim Littell. 
 
 Copied from the originals. 
 
 48 Rkvolution. Journals and Papers relating to the Revolu- 
 tion. 
 
 Collected from various sources, 1845. 
 
 1. Journal kept by Margaret Morris, residing at Burlington, 
 N. J., Dec. 1776. 
 
 2. Journal of a Campaign from Philadelphia to Paulus Hook 
 by the late Algernon RoiiEiixs, Lower Merion Township, 
 Montgomery. 
 
 3. Battle of Long Island. 
 
 4. Notes used in writing the Life of Arnold. 
 
 5. Gen. Grekne's Letter on the Battle of Bunker's Hill. 
 
 G. Resolves concerning Hutchinson's Letters. In Council. 
 June 25, 1773. 
 
 7. Proposal in R. Island for a Continental Navy, August, 
 A. D. 1775. 
 
 8. Letter from Gov. Franklin to the Earl of Dartmouth. 
 Perthambo)', January 5, 1776. 
 
 9. Robt. Morris's Letter on the Declaration of Independence. 
 July 20th, 1776. 
 
 10. "Washington's Letter to Gen. Hazen concerning Capt. 
 Asgill, 5th June, 1782. 
 
 11. Contents of a Volume of Rolls of the Virginia Line of the 
 Continental Army, collected by Mr. Hall. 
 
 12. Campbell and Shelby's Account of the Battle of King's 
 Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. 
 
 13. Battle of the IMonongahela. A List of the Officers who 
 were present, and of those killed and wounded, July 9, 1755. 
 
 49 Revolution. Miscellaneous Papers. Relating chiefly to the 
 Revolution. 3 vols. 
 
 Collected from various sources. 184.3. 
 
 Vol. I. 1. B. Church's Statement of his Trial, Oct. 1775. 
 
 A true copy from the original, by Sam. Eliot, Junr. 
 
 2. Col. John E. Howard's Account of the Battle of German- 
 town. 
 
 Given me bj' Col. Howard, 1827. 
 
 3. Col. Rob. Troup's Account of Conway's Cabal. 
 
 Gi^'en me by Col. Troup, with whom I converged on the subject of it. 
 
 4. Report of a Committee concerning Deane and A. Lee. 
 
 5. American Annals; or Hints and Queries for Parlement 
 Men, 1775. 
 
 Printed at the private press of George Allan at Darlington. Presented to me by 
 0. Rich, in London, 1840. 
 
 6. Armstrong's Letters [to Mr. Sparks] concerning the 
 Northern Campaign, 1777.
 
 Catalogue. 1 1 
 
 7. Copies of the Newbiirg Addresses. 
 
 Furnislu'd to me by the autlior of thcni, Gen. John Armstrong, Jan. 1837. 
 
 8. Notes on Kosciuszko, by Gen. Armstrong, Aug. 1837. 
 
 9. Gen. Geo. Clinton's Reasons against evacuating New 
 York, 177G. 
 
 A copy furnished by Gen. Armf-trong. 
 
 10. Jolin Dickinson's Draft of Instructions to the Commission- 
 ers in Europe, 1779. 
 
 [Original.] Apparent!}' not adopted. 
 
 11. Curious Letter to Dr. Franklin at Passy relating to a Pro- 
 posed Reconciliation between P^ngland &, the U. States, 1779. 
 
 Copied [by Mr. Sparks] fioni the originals in the Archives des ARaires Etran- 
 geres, 1 ari«, 1829. Dr. Franklin attached some degree of importance to these 
 papers, because lie believed them to have been seen and approved by the Brit- 
 isii ministry. His answer (Diplomatic Corr. of the Revolution, III. 45; Frank- 
 lin's Woiks, VIII. 278) is one of the most remarkable of his compositions. 
 
 12. Articles copied from the Philadelphia newspapers, relating 
 to public affairs, 1779-81, some of them written by Gouver- 
 neur Morris. 
 
 13. Papers relating to Arnold and Andre. 
 
 [Oiiginals and copies.] Used in vfriting the Life of Arnold. 
 
 14. Correspondence of Count de Grasse, 1782-83. 
 
 [In French.] Transmitted to ine by Lafaj-ette. 
 
 15. Count de Araxda's Letter to the King of Spain on the 
 Independence of the American Colonies, 1783. Curious. 
 
 [In Spanisli, wiiii an English translation by jAl. de Wailenstein ] I'rocuicd for 
 me in the Spanish Offic-s at Jladrid, by A. II. Everett. A French translation 
 in the French edition of Coxe's History of the Bourbons. Pans, 1827. There is 
 g(iod rea.^on to believe tliat the above paper was not written b}- Count d'Aranda. 
 
 16. LuzKRNic's Memorial to Congress, 1779, respecting a plan 
 of conuiierce. 
 
 17. Memoranda of Papers copied in Various Public Offices, 
 examined by me, 182G. 
 
 18. Memoranda of Papers in the Archives des Affaires Etran- 
 geres. Paris, examined in 1828. 
 
 19. Biographical INIemoranda of John Jay, and copies of two 
 letters. 
 
 19a. Copy of a letter of J. Adams, Sept. 13, 1783. 
 
 20. Hamilton's Speech and Correspondence. 
 
 The Letters co|)ied fiom the originals in the Treasury Department, Washington, 
 1830. The ' fHce has since been burned and the originals dest'oyfd. 
 
 21. Correspondence between John Quincy Adams and Charles 
 PiNKNKY respecting the Draft of the Constitution, 1818. 
 
 Copied from the originals in tiie Department of State, at Washington. 
 
 Vol. II. 1. Autographs before and during the Revolution till 
 1775. 
 
 2. Papers relating to the Affair at Ticonderoga, 1777. 
 [Probably tlie sainetliat were used at Gen. St. Clair's court-martial, in which Mr. 
 
 Sparks, who saw tiie General at Havre de Grace, with Moreau, look a great in- 
 terest. Copies. The map then used is among the maps in Jlr. Sparks's Library. 
 See jJ. 209.] 
 
 3. Autographs, 1777-82. 
 
 4. A Report of a Conmiittee of Convention, of a Form of Gov- 
 ernment for the State of Massachusetts Bay. [Printed.] n. p. 
 [Dec. 1777.] 8>7?. 8.
 
 12 Catalogue. 
 
 Vol. III. 1. Autographs, 1778, 1770. 
 
 2. Various Statements concerning Continental Money. 
 
 3. Autographs, 1779-83. 
 
 50 Rkvolution. Letters and other Papers. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the oflice of the Secretary of State of Pennnylvania. 
 
 182C. 
 [A JafRe mimbfr of the portraits of actors mentioned in these papers, British 
 
 as wel a"* American, will be found in the collection of portraits, No. 2107.] 
 The baitletielils are also largely illustrated by the maps as well as views (No. 2716) 
 
 of places or of houses.] 
 
 51 Revolution. Memoranda, Historical. 
 
 Chiefly relating to the Revolution. 
 
 52 Revolution. Miscellaneous Papers. 3 vols. 
 
 Collected from various sources. 
 Vol. I. 1. Dubourg's Letter to Franklin, June 1776, 
 
 2. Selections from the Papers of Silas Deaxk, 1776-85. 
 
 Copied from originals in the possession of his son. 
 
 3. Letters from John Adams and the Con)missioners in Paris, 
 1778-83. 
 
 Copied from Adams's Letter Rooks. 
 
 4. Letter from Rayneval to Monroe, and Extracts from 
 Rayneval's Correspondence. 
 
 Copied at Mr. Jladison's, April, 18-30. I have since seen the whole of Rayneval's 
 Correspondence in the Public Archives in Paris. See large extracts in my 
 French I'apers. 
 
 5. Matthew Ridley's Letters and Journal. 1782-83. 
 
 Containing m.Tnj- errors and false suspicions respecting men and things in Paris 
 (particularlv Dr. Franklin), as may be seen by mj' French MSS. relating to that 
 time, and also Franklin's " Life and Writings." 
 
 6. Count d'Estaing's Correspondence. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Marine Department, Paris, 1841. 
 Vol. II. 1. Arnold's Expedition to Canada. 
 The original in possession of Judge Edward? of New York This copy given 
 me bv K. R. Ward, Feb. 1831. [Arnold's original manuscript map of Quebec 
 and his operations, etc., is among the Maps, No. 79.] 
 
 2. Arnold's Letters, 1775-80. 
 
 3. Report concerning the Highlands and Ticonderoga, Nov. 
 1775. 
 
 [See "view" of his headquarters at Beverly House, and various MS. Maps. 
 
 4. Canada Expedition. 
 
 Copied from MSS. in the Amer. Phil. Soc, Philndelphia, Feb. 1831. 
 
 5. Letters from Gen. Greene and others. 
 
 6. Life of Gen. Morgan. 
 
 7. Correspondence between Beverly Robinson and Ethan 
 Allen, 1780-81. 
 
 8. Selections from John Langdon's Papers, 1774-83. 
 
 The originals in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Elwyu, of Philadelphia. Ex- 
 amined Jan. 1831. 
 
 9. Records of Councils of "War, copied from Washington's 
 Papers, 1775-81. 
 
 Vol. in. 1, Wm. S. Johnson's Letters, 1753-70, 
 
 Copied from papers now in possession of Wm. S. Johnson of New York, March, 
 1831. 
 
 2. William Livingston's Letters, 1776-77. 
 
 From papers of Theodore Sedgwick, Jr., New York, June, 1832.
 
 Catalogue. 13 
 
 3. Charles Lke's Letters, 1776-80. 
 
 4. Gen. Conway's Letters, 1777-78. 
 
 5. Account of Baron Steuben. 
 
 6. Letters from Lafayi^tte to Congress, 1777-82. 
 
 7. Destruction of the Tea ; Information of Hugh "William- 
 son. 
 
 See Letters on the subject in Gov. Bernard's papers, dated from Castle William. 
 
 8. Memoranda taken from Papers in the State House, Mass. 
 
 9. Report concerning Fort Montgomery, 1777. 
 
 10. Reed and Elwyn's Account of the Battle of the Brandy- 
 wine. 
 
 [See the MSS. maps of this battle, No. 79.] 
 
 11. Plan of Operations for 1778. 
 
 From a paper in Washinj^ton's handwriting. 
 
 12. Operations at Newport, 1778. 
 
 [See tlie definite detail in the maps of R. I. and vicinity, No. 79.] 
 
 13. D'Est.a.ing's Letter to Congress, 1778. 
 
 14. Gouvr. Morris's Letters. 
 
 15. British Attack upon N. Haven, 1779. 
 
 16. Hamilton and Dr. Gordon, 1779. 
 
 17. Combined Operations, 1780. 
 
 53 Revolution. Miscellaneous Papers ; relating chiefly to the 
 Revolution, 1752-79. 
 
 [The original papers.] From the Manuscripts of George Chalmers. Bought in 
 London, 1843. 
 
 1. Salaries of Colonial Officers, 1752. 
 
 2. A Review of the Conduct of the Minority.- 
 
 3. Considerations on America's being dismembered from the 
 British Empire. 
 
 4. Major Morris's Account of the Affair at Trenton, 1776. 
 
 5. Meetings in London concerning the Loyalists, 1779. 
 
 54 Revolution. Miscellaneous Papers relating to the Revolu- 
 tion, 1777-1782. 
 
 1. Journal of a British Officer in General Howe's Army, 1777. 
 
 Copied from the original. 
 
 2. Papers relating to the Northern Campaign in 1777. 
 
 3. Letters, etc., copied from the Manuscript Papers of General 
 William Irvine. 
 
 Sent to me bj' Jlr. W. A. Irvine, of Pennsylvania; 1847. 
 
 4. Letters, etc., copied from the originals among tlie Papers of 
 Arthur Lke, deposited in the Library of Harvard College, 
 1856. 
 
 55 Revolution. Papers relating to the Attempted Negotiations 
 between PZngland & the United States, during the AVar of 
 the Revolution, 1776-79. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the State Paper Office, London, under the direction 
 
 of Mr. John G. Palirey, 1850. 
 Inserted, but not bound in this volume, are "Notes in the handwriting of Henry 
 
 Strachuy [I77G], Secretary, &c., &c., in the possession of Gtorge H. Moore." 
 
 56 Revolution. Selections and Memoranda made in the Public 
 Offices of London and Paris, and in the British Museum, 
 1840-41.
 
 14f Calalorjue. 
 
 57 RKVO^UTIO^f. Selections from the Manuscript Papers of 
 General Lincoln (1779-87), GenerulWASiiiNOTON (1777-81), 
 Dr. FuANKi.iN (177G-82), and others, and Letters from John 
 l)AKTi{AM to Jarcd Eliot (n. d., and 17y2-G2) ; also papers on 
 colonial trade, 173^48. 
 
 58 Rkvoi.ution. Selections from the Military Correspondence 
 diirins; the American Revolution. 
 
 Cojiic'd from the original papers in tlic State Paper Oflice. London, Jan., Feb., 
 March, 1829. 
 
 59 RiiODK Island and Georgia. Selection from Papers in the 
 Public Offices. 
 
 Rhode I>land selected, Sept. 1826. Georgia selected, 'May, 1826. 
 
 CO SciiuYLKK, etc. 1. Selections from General (Philip) Schuy- 
 ler's Papers, 1 775-8 L 
 
 2. From Colonel (Peter) Gansevoort's Papers, 1777, etc. 
 
 3. Papers in the Public Offices of Mass"*, concerning the 
 Affairs at Ticonderoga, 1775. 
 
 4. From an Orderly-Book, kept by Col. Ruggles Woodbridge, 
 of Iladley, Mass., 1776. 
 
 5. From Peter Van Shaack's Papers, relating to the Loyal- 
 ists. Written in London. 
 
 6. Major AVm. Crogiian's Journal, 1780. 
 
 61 Stormont. England and France. Correspondence of Lord 
 Stor:mont, British Ambassador in France. 1776-78. 2 vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the State Paper Office, London, 1857. 
 
 62 Thomson. Selection from the Papers of Chailes Thomson 
 (1765-93). 
 
 Selected in March, 1828, from papers in possession of his nephew, Mr. John 
 Thomson, resident in Newark, Delaware. Contents: Biographical Notes of C. 
 Thomson, by John F. Watson; Observations on Mr. Heed's notes delivered 
 to W. M. I)[raylon concerning John Dickinson]; Resolutions of the merchants 
 in Philadelphia; Letters of Thomson, Washington, Fijaxklin, DiCKi:<soN, 
 Jeffkhson, Jay, etc. 
 
 63 Washington's Addresses. 1782-97. 
 
 Copied from tlie records among Washington's papers. 
 
 64 Washington's Cabinet Papers ; 1789-96. 2 vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals. 
 
 65 Washington. Letters to various Persons, 1754-89. 5 vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals while thej' were in my possession. Not printed in 
 " Washington's Writings." 
 
 66 Washington. Letters to George Washington, 1775-99. 
 2 vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals. 
 
 67 Washington. Letters to George Washington,' 1777-83. 
 
 Copied from the originals. 
 
 68 Washington and the French War. 1. Curious Diplomatic 
 Papers relating to the Origin of the War of 1756. 
 
 Copied from original papers in the possession of the Marquis of Lansdowne, 
 Lond n, March, 1829. 
 
 2. Operations on the Frontier of Virginia, 1754, 1755. 
 Selections copied from the Papers in the ofiSce of the Board of Trade, London, 
 
 March, 1829. 
 
 3. Operations in Virginia, 1754-57.
 
 Catalogue. 1 5 
 
 Extracts from Governor Dinwiddie's Letter-Books, now in possession of J. 
 Hamilton, Cumbeiland Place, London, Marcli 19, 1829. 
 
 4. Affairs in North Carolina, 17G5-70. 
 
 ' Extracts from Governor Tryon's Letter-Books, now in possession of 0. Rich, 
 London, March 19, 1829. 
 
 5. Accoimt of the Siege of "Worcester, 1046, in which Sir 
 Henry Washington was distinguislied. 
 
 Copied from Nash's " History of Worcestershire," Vol. IL, Appendix. 
 
 69 Washington to Lafayette. 1777-98. 
 
 I received this volume from General Lafaj'ette, December 25th, 1830. It consists 
 entirely of letters from General Washington to General Lafsiyette, between the 
 years 1777 and 1798. Copied under the direction of Lafayette at La Grange. 
 
 70 Vermont. Papers relating to the Intercourse between the 
 Inhabitants of Vermont and the British Authorities in Canada. 
 1780-82. Also, concerning Military Operations in the West. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the lloyal Institution, London, 1844. 
 
 71 Virginia. Selection from the Papers in the Council Cham- 
 ber, in Virginia. 1773-96. 
 
 Selected in May, 182G. 
 
 72 YoRKE. England and Holland. Letters and Extracts from 
 the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Yorke in Holland. Jan. 
 177d-Dec. 1780. 
 
 [Copied from the originals in the State Paper Office, London, 1857?] 
 
 II. FRENCH. 
 
 73 American Revolution. Correspondence chiefly between 
 the French and »Spanish Ministers, concerning the American 
 Revolution. 1776-78. ^ 
 
 Copied from the [French] originals in the Archives des Affaires Ltrang6res, 
 Paris. 'I'his volume consists of duplicates of copies in the 1st and 2d volumes 
 of my " French Manuscripts" [No. 80]. 
 
 74 Dumas. Correspondence of Charles W. F. Dumas, Official 
 Agent for the United States in Holland during the Revolution. 
 1777-1783. 
 
 [French] Copied from the originals in the Department of State. 
 
 75 Favieu, Jean Louis. Letters, Memoirs and Considerations, 
 on the American War. 1778-80. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Archives des Affaires £trangeres, Paris, 1831. 
 The last paper, pp. 26-140, is " Consid(''rations sur I'origine, la suite, la conduife, 
 la succfes, et le resultat le plus apparent dc la guerre prt'sente," which, says Mr. 
 Sparks, " written with ability, contains many fallacies and erroneous con jpctures." 
 
 76 Francy, DE. Letters to Caron Beaumarchai^. 1778-79. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the possession of I'eaumarchais' descendants. Paris, 
 
 1856. 
 
 Francj' was an agent for settling Beaumarchais' accounts in the United States. 
 [Concerning Beaumarchais' claims, much remains in the handwriting of Mr. 
 
 Sparks.] 
 
 77 Frederic the Great, K. of Prussia. Correspondence with 
 his Ambassadors in London and Paris, on American Affairs, 
 
 1776. 
 
 These copies were procured for me from the Public Offices in Berlin, bj' Mr. 
 Henry Whcaton, the American Minister at that Court, 1844. Tliey are preceded 
 by jNIr. Wiieaton's Correspondence with Haron lUilow. 
 
 78 French Papers on the American Revolution. 
 
 Tliis volume consists of Papers selected by me in the Archives de la Guerre, and 
 the Archives des Affaires £trang6res, in Paris, 1828.
 
 16 Catalogue. 
 
 79 Frfncit Papers relating to the American Colonies, 17G6- 
 17 09. 
 
 Copied from tlie originals in the Archives dcs AfTaires r2frane^;re<« in Paris, and 
 sent to me by Mr. Ok Witt, 1858. [Mr. 1)k Witt is son-in-law of M. Guizot's, 
 and has since published a Life of Tii. Jefl"erfion ] 
 
 80 FiiKN'Cii Papers, relating to the American Revolution. 1776- 
 82. G vols. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Archives des Affaires Etrangeres in Paris. 
 Selected partly by M. Bulos, in 1831-33, partly by me in 1840-41. 
 
 81 Gkuaim). Papers of M. Gkrard, French Minister in the 
 United States. 1778, 1779. 
 
 Copied from he originals in the Department of State at Was^ington; translated 
 and printed in the lOih vol. of the Diplomatic Correspondence. 
 
 82 Holland. Correspondence between Coimt de Vkugknnes 
 and the French Minister in Holland, respecting the Affairs of 
 the American Revolution. 1776-82. Also : Extracts from 
 Three Letters to the French Ambassador in Russia, in 1781. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Archives des Affaires ^trangferes, in Paris, 
 partly in the j'ear 1832, and partly in 1841. 
 
 83 Holland. Correspondence [translated] between the Abbe 
 Desnoykrs and Count de Vergennes, and other papers, re- 
 lating to the American Revolution and the attitude of Hol- 
 land. 1776-81. 
 
 Unbound MSS. 
 
 84 Lafayette. Copies of Letters from Lafayette to "Washing- 
 ton, and to other Persons, during the American Revolution. 
 In French, some in English. 
 
 Sent to me by Lafayette, 1829. 
 
 85 Lafayette. Correspondence and Papers, in French, relating 
 to the American and French Revolutions. 1777-92. 
 
 These copies were sent to me by General L-ifayette in the year 1829. The re- 
 marks prefixed to each part, and the marginal notes, were dictated by La- 
 fa3'ette. 
 
 86 Lafayette's Papers. 1776-1815. 
 
 These copies [in French] were sent to me by General Lafayette in the year 
 1829. 
 
 87 Lafayette. Letters from General Lafayette to General 
 Washington ; during the American Revolution. 
 
 These copies were sent to me by General Lafayette, 1832. 
 
 88 Lafayette. Letters from Lafayette to AYashington. 1782- 
 92. 
 
 Copied from the originals, and sent to me by Geo. "W. Lafayette. 
 
 89 Lafayette. Letters from, to, and about Lafayette. 1792 to 
 1799. 
 
 Copied from the originals. 
 
 90 La Luzerne. Papers of M. de la Luzerne, Minister from 
 France to the United States. 1778-1783. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Department of State at 'Washincton; translated 
 and printed in the 10th volume of the " Diplomatic Correspondence of the Amer- 
 ican Rtjvolutiou." 
 
 91 La Salle. Papers relating to the Discoveries of Cavelier de 
 la Salle in America. 
 
 Copied from the original manuscripts in the Public Offices of Paris. [Mr. Park- 
 man has made great use of these papers.]
 
 Catalogue. 17 
 
 92 MoNTMORix. Correspondence between Count de Moxtmorin 
 and Count de Vergennes. 1778-82.% 
 
 Unbound MSS. 
 
 93 Wallenstein. Sketches of a Diplomatic History of the 
 American Revolution ; by Jules de Wallenstein ; and other 
 Manuscripts. 
 
 These are the originals, ojiven to nie by M. de "Wallenstein. He did not pursue 
 the project of the History. M. de Wallenstein was tor several years attacbe<l to 
 the Russian Legation in the United States. He had previously been connectc-d 
 with the Russian Legation in Spain. After leaving the United States, he was 
 Consul General from Russia in Brazil, and resided at Rio Janeiro. 
 
 1. Diplomatic History of the American Revolution. Written 
 in 1830. 
 
 2. Causes and Principles of the Alliance between France and 
 the United States, 1778. 
 
 A valuable paoer. 
 
 3. Annals of the Insurrection uf the Spanish Colonies and the 
 Cotemporary History of the Mother Country. 
 
 In English ; translated in 1826. 
 
 94 Voyage au Continent Americain par un Francjais en 1777, et 
 Reflexions Philosophiques sur ces Nouveaux Republicains. 
 
 Copied from the original in the Biblioth(''que du Roi, Paris, 1841. 
 
 HL SPANISH. 
 
 95 Grimaldi, etc. Correspondence of the Marquis de Grimaldi, 
 Count de Floridablaxca, and Count de Aranda, during 
 the American Revolution. 1776-82. 2 i-ols. , 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Public Archives of Madrid. 1854. [In Spanish. 
 The copies of Aranda, Vergennes, and the Marquis of Almadova, were procured 
 
 through Guyangos, with the aid of Calderon de la Barca, and Buckinghiim 
 
 Smith, then officially in Spain.] 
 
 96 Spanish. Grimaldi, etc. Correspondence of the Marquis 
 de Grimaldi, Count d'Aranda, and Count de Floridablanca, 
 during the American Revolution. 1776-80. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the Royal Archives of Simanea?, in Spain, 185.5. 
 "These, like the letters of Washington, were transcribed either t'rom the letter 
 books of their author, or the original drafts." 
 
 97 MiRALLES, etc. 1. Letters of Juan de Miralles, from 
 Charleston, S. C, and Philadelphia, to the Governor of Ha- 
 vana, 1778-80. 
 
 The original Letters. Miralles died in Washington's camp at Morristown, Apr. 
 28, 1780. 
 
 2. Letters of Francisco Rendon from Philadelphia to the 
 Governor of Havana, 1780. 
 
 Original Letters. 
 
 98 Papeles varios de America. 17 vols. 
 
 A collection of original official papers relating to the affairs of those Spanish 
 provinces in America which now belong to the United States, during the last 
 quarter of the 18th century. The following list came from Spain with the 
 papers : — 
 
 1. Correspondence of Rendon from Philadelphia, 1780-81. 2 
 vols. 
 
 2. One bundle of papers containing also letters of Rendon, 
 consultas of the Conseyo de Indias, copies of secret letters
 
 18 Catalogue. 
 
 from London, original letters from one Miralles employed by 
 our government, and some papers relating to Cuba, and bear- 
 ing on the commissions and instructions to Miralles. 1 vol. 
 
 3. Dispatches of the governors de los Provincias internas de 
 Nuevo Espana, Tejas, Sonora, Cinaloa, California. Nuevo 
 ]Mexico. &c., 1768-80. 6 vols. 
 
 4. One bundle of papers relating to the same provinces. 1 vol. 
 
 5. Papers relating to the provinces of Nicaragua, Honduras, 
 Mosquitos, &c., 1743-78. 3 vols. 
 
 G. Papers relating to the proceedings to dislodge the English 
 from the •' Island of Roatan." 1 vol. 
 
 7. Papers relating to Guatiinala y Yucatan, 1743-84. 2 vols. 
 
 8. Papers relating to Panama y Puerto Velo, 17.51-97. 1 vol. 
 
 " With the purchase came a note from Spain, ' I have no doubt that the States of 
 
 * Texas and California would be glad to purchase these papers.' These papers 
 
 do not strictly belong to the ' bound historical MSS.' Mr. Sparks received them 
 
 like the others in packages or portfoUos, but never bad tnem bound. They 
 
 are the sources of tlie History of our Spanish possessions, and no account 6t 
 
 these countries can be complete without them; and his family prefer to consider 
 
 V them a part of this costly collection, which the wise research of so many years 
 
 tCi y->z.A ^ vj - / ■ has accumulated." — s. 
 
 ^^^^^^^QQ Papers [in Spanish] relating to the Early Settlements of 
 Louisiana. 1697-1764. 
 
 Copied from the originals in the public offices of Paris. 
 
 100 Rendon, etc. 1. Letters of Don Francisco Rendox, from 
 Philadelphia, May 10-Dec. 30, 1780. 
 
 Translated from the originals by H. Ware, Sept. 1857. 
 
 2. Letters of Juan de Miralles, Feb. 13, 1778, to Jan. 30, 
 1779. Translated. 
 
 3. Extracts translated from the Historia del Reinado de Carlos 
 III. en Espana, por A. Ferrer del Rio. 
 
 4. Revista Espanola de Ambos Mundos, i\Iayo de 1855. Ex- 
 tract from the article El Conde Aranda. 
 
 5. Succinct Memoir of the Operations of Galvez in Louisiana 
 and Florida, 1781-1782. 
 
 Translated from the Spanish. Unbound MSS. 
 
 101 Spanish Operations in Louisiana, 1781-83. 
 
 Copied from a [Spanish] manuscript in the possession of M. Ternaux-Compans 
 Paris, 1843. 
 
 102 Spanish Papers. Feb. 2, 1777, to Feb. 6, 1778. Transla- 
 tion. — Letters of Count de Aranda, and Count de Flor- 
 iDABLANCA, 1776-80. To the Count de Aranda, 1778. 
 
 Unbound MSS. 
 
 IV. MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 103 Holland. Historische documenten betrefiende de Ameri- 
 kaansche zaken van de jaren 1775-83, afgeschreven naar de 
 originalen in het Ryks Archief te 'sGravenhage. 7 vols. 
 
 In Dutch, with an English translation. 
 
 104 Verrazzano, Giovanni de. 1. Letter to the King of France, 
 1524. 
 
 Copied from the original Italian in the Magliabecchiaa Library, in Florence. 
 Procured bv Mr. Edward Everett.
 
 Catalogue. 19 
 
 2. Neav Sweden. '' Extrait historique sur la colonie Nova 
 Suecia." By J. F. 15ahr. Sent to Mr. Sparks from Sweden, 
 1835. With a map, and three letters to C Hughes from J. 
 F. Bahr, the first beginning, " Voici quelques notices, ramas- 
 sees a la hate, sur la colonie." 
 105 Warton. Vita lohannis Fabricii, Militis Angli, scripta 
 Anno 1G85. 
 
 Life of Captain John Smitii, in Latin. Copied from the original in the Lam- 
 beth Library, London, at my request, 1833. 
 
 Among very many similar obligations, Mr. Sparks felt perhaps most deeply the 
 many kindnesses of Lord Holland, the proofs of which did not cease with life, and 
 his important services, in which Sir James Mackintosh took an almost equal share. 
 Not less persevering was the interest of the 3Iarquis of Lansdowne. Conspicuous 
 among his good offices was the free offering of his family (the Shelburne) papers. 
 Lord Brougham " insisted that in case I should find any difficulty in prosecuting 
 my historical researches in London , I should apply to him, and he would aid me in 
 anj'way in his power.'' " Throughout the whole business, 1 have received from Lord 
 Normanby the greatest courtesy." The politeness of Sir Hear}' Ellis, and of Sir 
 Francis I'algrave; the friendl}' deeds of Colonel Aspinwall, and Mr. Petty Vaughau, 
 "who was never weary of doing good acts," — all were held in grateful remem- 
 brance. Our own ambassadors in France as in England, were true to the interests 
 of American History. In Sir Robert Peel alone an obstacle was found. He was sup- 
 posed to be "influenced by opposition to the wishes of Mr. Huskissou," whose ac- 
 tive exertioii was most obliging. A reference to Sir Geo. Murray overruled the 
 difficulty. "I have the strongest reason to be gratified with the civilities and lan- 
 guage of the Earl of Aberdeen " in the Foreign Office, where was the Oswald Cor- 
 respondence, etc., etc. 
 
 In the British State Paper Office were found the New York and New Jersey Papers, 
 " which had hitherto been overlooked, and are very valuable." Hence were derived 
 other important MSS., and also from the Roj'al Institution, the Privy Council Office 
 the Board of Trade, the British Museum, the Office of Journals and Papers, and 
 many private collections. All wa'jso arranged that Mr. Sparks was enabled to have 
 copying continued in Eurijpe, and to send for manuscripts for himself, and to point 
 them out to others, naming hall, shelf, and page, during the j'ears which followed his 
 return to America. 
 
 At everv point of his journey from Brussels through Bonn, Giitlingen, Leipzig and 
 Frankfort to Paris, he was fortunate. On his second visit, 1840, — that he might pursue 
 researches commenced in 1828, — instructions were given for their continuation by the 
 courtesy of M. Guizot, the Minister of Foreign Afi'airs at the F'rench Court. This gen- 
 tleman published about that time his translation of Mr. Sp'irks's " Life and Writings 
 of ^Yashington," introduced by a nob'e essay on the subject. In 18'23, after three 
 and a half months of labor, all the work of Mr. Sparks was taken from him by 
 order of M. Kayneval, when all his friends, M. F'erronaj's, La Fayette, le Corate 
 d'llauterive, Hyde de Neuville Fcrussac, and the Marquis de Marbois, wliose literary 
 labors he had shared, had left Paris. Not allowed to copy, he at once began an 
 abridgment of thesa MSS. in his own hand. " But the historical materials will 
 amply reward me for the labor. . . . Should no ill luck befall them, they will one 
 day become a tribute of great value to the History of the United States." In thesa 
 
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 archives he afterwards found the letter of Franklin to the Count de Vergenr.cs. de- 
 scribing Ihemnpon which he Imd marked with a stkono ked line the boundary of the 
 United State?, as fixed by the treaty, and here among the maps it ims found, — a 
 map almost as much opposed to American claims as was the map presented to George 
 III. at the same time by the English Commissioners to those of Great Britain. 
 '' My researches were continued in the archives till I had examined all the papers 
 relating to the United States, and taken notes and extracts of all that I deemed im- 
 portant." The MSS. relating to France and Spain were considered of a verj- deli- 
 cate nature, and Mr. Sparks felt bound to restrain himself in selection where all, 
 with this caution, were left to his discretion. He allowed none to be published, ex- 
 cept so tar as they supplied historical facts and ilhiftrations. From the War De- 
 partment there is a " curious " manuscript relating to Braddock's defeat, and the sub- 
 sequent war in America. The very valuable papers relating to La Salle, Tocty, and 
 .Joliet, are chiefly from the Marine Department; and the Bibliotheque Roj'ale fur- 
 nished an original Journal of Iberville's vf.yages, a missionary's account of the Illinois 
 Indians, 1693, " What Perricault saw during fouryears in Lriuis-iana," and Bernard de 
 la Ilarpe's voyage, 1718-22. Among other friends from whom he acknowledged much 
 kind attention were M. Champollion, il. Jomard. M. Mignet, and M. de Tocque- 
 ville, in a part of whose work on America he was pleasantly a.-sociated. "Paris 
 is the spot where more knowledge can be obtained on a given subject than any 
 other." The valuable information oweil to Lafaj-ette, was conveyed, not only iri 
 person at Paris, and in the daily intercourse at La Grange (.Tournal), but in abun- 
 dant manuscripts transmitted fully to America. " I can," said Lafayette, "conceive 
 of no better employment for myself." A list of the French officers who .served in 
 America is derived t'rom the kindness of Mr. Warden. The remarks are dictated 
 by Lafaj-ette. 
 
 The Depot de la Guerre was rich in details of the military afl'airs of America, and 
 of the Canadian wars, containing the correspondence of Montcalm and papers relat- 
 ing to the mission of the Baron de Kalb. But iwirhere iras found any paper siistoin- 
 ing the charges on the affair of Junionville. 
 
 During the tour of 1840, Mr. Sparks continued to select with laborious care, in 
 France as in England, many important works fur the University at Cambridge, 
 whose fine collection was thus greatly enriched. 
 
 Note ox Homek's " Bibliotheca Americana.' (See Catalogue, Xo. 1635a.) — 
 A printed prospectus of this unpublished work Jlr. Sparks found during bis resi- 
 dence at Jlount Vernon, among the papers of Washington. He could discover no 
 clew to the MSS. until the year 1840, when, chiefly to examine it, he passed a week 
 among the large collections of Sir Ihomas Phillips, whose " liberal and generous 
 hospitality " w&snot confiu*d to the receptions in bis own house. He was permitted 
 to take the Manuscript to London, and have it copied Friday, 6tli Nov., 1840. " There 
 are five volumes, one of which appeared to have been his first sketch, and the other 
 four the work as completed. In the whole they extend to about 1600 pages closely 
 written, being a list of books relating to America, as far as he was able to find them, 
 or their titles, alphabetif ally arranged according to the Authors' names, and the 
 principal heads of the subjects of anonymous works, with references to the Libraries 
 where they are to be found. Altogether it is a work of extraordinary labor and of 
 great intrinsic value." "Jlr. Homer was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford." 
 "Examining Spanish Manuscripts, Miss Phillips has copied the full-length portrait of 
 Montezuma, which I shall send to ^Ir. Prescott, with the titles of these papers and 
 some account of their contents." He mentions the " draft of a bill tor taking away 
 the charters of all the proprietary and charter colonies 1687, never passed," and a 
 similar report from the Board of Trade to Queen Anne. 
 
 Note on Ai.cedo's " Biblioteca Amekicaxa." (See Catalogue, No. 1635.) — 
 It will be proper to call attention here to this work, and to add to the previous note 
 that the anonymous titles are arranged in a supplement, and followed by an Index 
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