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Morristown Manuscript Collection
Over the years, scores of scholars and researchers have visited Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey
specifically to gain access to the more than 60,000 pages of important manuscripts contained in its collection. Now,
this historical resource is available to students of American history, Americana, genealogy and Revolutionary War
history through this microfilm collection. Though the emphasis is on the Revolutionary War period and men such as
Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, Madison and Washington, there is substantial material on 19 th century figures
like Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster and Robert E. Lee. Also featured are many items on the French and Indian
War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War period. Materials on and writings by such literary notables as Samuel
Clemens, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Washington Irving are also represented. The collection
is divided into two parts - The Lloyd W. Smith Collection and The Park Collection.
The Lloyd W. Smith Collection had its origin in banker, philantropist and collector Smith‘s deep interest in compiling
and preserving Washingtonia and materials related to genealogies and local histories in his native New Jersey. Over
the years, his interest became a preoccupation and he often purchased large-scale lots of manuscript materials to
acquire a few desired items. Smith‘s will dictated that the Morristown National Historical Park should be the final
recipient of his valuable holdings and a library was constructed to house the collection. The Park Collection consists
of materials acquired by the Washington Association of New Jersey, which was formed in 1874 to save and
perpetuate the Ford Mansion, George Washington‘s headquarters in 1779 and 1780. In addition to preserving his
home as a national shrine, the Association made a concerted effort to collect Washingtonia and other equally valuable
documents and artifacts from America‘s past. When Morristown National Historical Park was created in 1933, the
National Park Service purchased these manuscripts, which became the nucleus of the collection. From politics to fine
arts, this collection has something for every researcher and it is one of the most significant collections of materials of
this type in the United States.
Morristown Manuscript Collection: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Manuscript Collection of Morristown National Historical Park,
edited by Bruce W. Stewart and Hans Mayer, free with collection
USA
70 reels 35mm
North America and the West Indies. Manuscript Maps Relating to
North America and the West Indies in British Repositories *
1760 - 1783
The years 1760-1783 mark the apogee of British mapping in North America. Maps and plans at various scales were
accepted as indispensable adjuncts to both the civil functions of colonial administration and to military needs for
fortification, strategic planning and troop movement. Many of the maps surviving these decades were commissioned
by the Crown and not only exemplify the development of cartography during the Enlightenment, but also provide a
record, sometimes unique, of the events and places to which they relate.
From the Public Record Office, London; Part of the British Records Relating to America Series; Please inquire about additional subsets
London, England
7 reels 35mm
Part 1: The Revolutionary Era *
Introduction by John Brian Harley and Minda C. Phillips, University of Exeter
London, England
4 reels 35mm
Part 2: The Colonial Era *
Introduction by John Brian Harley and Richard Oliver, University of Exeter
London, England
3 reels 35mm
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