Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration
Overview
Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.
Dates
- Creation: 1669-1958
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Images linked to the finding aid describing this collection are intended for public access and educational use. This material is owned and/or held by the Houghton Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires the permission of the curator.
Extent
14 linear feet (28 boxes and 1 pf box)Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders and others associated with the Revolution, presidential administrations, and other political and military events. Persons represented include delegates to the Albany Congress, Stamp Act Congress, Continental Congress, and Hartford Convention; signers of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and U.S. Constitution; officers of the Revolution; aides and secretaries to George Washington; state and colonial governors of the original 13 states, except Connecticut and New Jersey; and presidents and their cabinets through Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Biographical / Historical
Frederick Myers Dearborn (1876-1960), who formed this collection, was a dermatologist of New York City.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. bMS Am 1649.1: Albany Convention
- II. bMS Am 1649.2: Stamp Act Congress
- III. bMS Am 1649.3: Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- IV. bMS Am 1649.4: Presidents and Secretaries of the Continental Congress
- V. bMS Am 1649.5: Members of the Continental Congress
- VI. bMS Am 1649.6: American General Officers of the Revolution
- VII. bMS Am 1649.7: Aides and Secretaries of General Washington
- VIII. bMS Am 1649.8: Signers of the Articles of Confederation
- IX. bMS Am 1649.9: Signers of the Constitution
- X. bMS Am 1649.10: Revolution - Miscellaneous
- XI. bMS Am 1649.11: Governors of Rhode Island
- XII. bMS Am 1649.12: Governors of Delaware
- XIII. bMS Am 1649.13: Governors of Maryland
- XIV. bMS Am 1649.14: Governors of North Carolina
- XV. bMS Am1649.15: Governors of South Carolina
- XVI. bMS Am1649.16: Governors of Georgia
- XVII. bMS AM 1649.17: Governors of Virginia
- XVIII. bMS AM 1649.18: Governors of New Hampshire
- XIX: bMS Am 1649.19: Governors of Pennsylvania
- XX. bMS Am 1649.20: Governors of New York
- XXI. bMS Am 1649.21: Governors of Massachusetts
- XXII. bMS Am 1649.22: Hartford Convention
- XXIII. bMS Am1649.23: Presidents and Cabinets
XXIII. bMS Am1649.23: Presidents and Cabinets: subseries
- First Administration: George Washington
- Second Administration: George Washington
- Third Administration: John Adams
- Fourth Administration: Thomas Jefferson
- Fifth Administration: Thomas Jefferson
- Sixth Administration: James Madison
- Seventh Administration: James Madison
- Eight Administration: James Monroe
- Ninth Administration: James Monroe
- Tenth Administration: John Quincy Adams
- Eleventh Administration: Andrew Jackson
- Twelfth Administration: Andrew Jackson
- Thirteenth Administration: Martin Van Buren
- Fourteenth Administration: William Henry Harrison
- Fifteenth Administration: John Tyler
- Sixteenth Administration: James Knox Polk
- Seventeenth Administration: Zachary Taylor
- Eighteenth Administration: Millard Fillmore
- Nineteenth Administration: Franklin Pierce
- Twentieth Administration: James Buchanan
- Twenty-first Administration: Abraham Lincoln
- Twenty-second Administration: Abraham Lincoln
- Twenty-third Administration: Andrew Johnson
- Twenty-fourth Administration: Ulysses Simpson Grant
- Twenty-fifth Administration: Ulysses Simpson Grant
- Twenty-sixth Administration: Rutherford Burchard Hayes
- Twenty-seventh Administration: James Abram Garfield
- Twenty-eight Administration: Chester Alan Arthur
- Twenty-ninth Administration: Grover Cleveland
- Thirtieth Administration: Benjamin Harrison
- Thirty-first Administration: Grover Cleveland
- Thirty-second Administration: William McKinley
- Thirty-third Administration: William McKinley
- Thirty-fourth Administration: Theodore Roosevelt
- Thirty-fifth Administration: Theodore Roosevelt
- Thirty-sixth Administration: William Howard Taft
- Thirty-seventh Administration: Woodrow Wilson
- Thirty-eight Administration: Woodrow Wilson
- Thirty-ninth Administration: Warren Gamaliel Harding
- Fortieth Administration: Calvin Coolidge
- Forty-first Administration: Calvin Coolidge
- Forty-second Administration: Herbert Hoover
- Forty-third Administration: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Forty-fourth Administration: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Forty-fifth Administration: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Forty-sixth Administration: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Administration: Harry S. Truman
- Forty-ninth Administration: David Dwight Eisenhower
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
60DM-1-23. Bequest of Frederick M. Dearborn; received: 1960.
- Title
- Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876, collector. Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01499
Repository Details
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