George Clinton papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 573", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"573", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Clinton papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1776-1819", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1776/1819"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot (1 box and 1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1776

date_inclusive_end

1819

origination

{"value"=>"Clinton, George, 1739-1812", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>George Clinton (1739-1812) was a soldier in the American Revolution; the first governor of New York State, 1777-1795 and 1801-1804; and Vice-President of the U.S. under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1805-1812.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, military commissions, legal documents, copies of Clinton's papers, genealogical notes, autographs, financial papers, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1776-1812, concerns Revolutionary War, gubernatorial, Vice-Presidential, and personal matters and includes some letters of other members of Clinton's family. Accounts, 1777-1791, are for personal and family expenses; military commissions, 1779-1803, are signed by Clinton as Governor of New York; with land grant, 1790, and other family legal documents, 1813, 1819. Copies of Clinton papers located in other repositories include manuscript copies of letters and speeches, 1787-1788. Also, genealogical notes, autographs, signed bank checks, clippings, and other printed matter; volume of Clinton's proclamations issued as Governor, 1777-1781; and part of the Great Seal of the State of New York.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 41M27"}

{"date"=>"1941", "source"=>"Various", "method"=>"Purchases and transfers, 1941, 1952", "value"=>"Purchases and transfers, 1941, 1952, Various, 1941"}

keydate

1776

prefercite

{"value"=>"George Clinton papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"George Clinton (1739-1812) was a soldier in the American Revolution; the first governor of New York State, 1777-1795 and 1801-1804; and Vice-President of the U.S. under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1805-1812. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, military commissions, legal documents, copies of Clinton's papers, genealogical notes, autographs, financial papers, and printed matter. Correspondence, 1776-1812, concerns Revolutionary War, gubernatorial, Vice-Presidential, and personal matters and includes some letters of other members of Clinton's family. Accounts, 1777-1791, are for personal and family expenses; military commissions, 1779-1803, are signed by Clinton as Governor of New York; with land grant, 1790, and other family legal documents, 1813, 1819. Copies of Clinton papers located in other repositories include manuscript copies of letters and speeches, 1787-1788. Also, genealogical notes, autographs, signed bank checks, clippings, and other printed matter; volume of Clinton's proclamations issued as Governor, 1777-1781; and part of the Great Seal of the State of New York.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 linear foot (1 box and 1 v.)

date_start

1776

date_end

1819

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