Thomas Grosvenor papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1260", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1260", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Thomas Grosvenor papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1779-1792", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779/1792"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (2 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1779

date_inclusive_end

1792

origination

{"value"=>"Grosvenor, Thomas, 1744-1825", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Thomas Grosvenor (1744-1825), a lawyer, was a Revolutionary War officer and public official of Pomfret, Connecticut.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, military records and diary. Commonplace book, 1779-1783, contains records of Connecticut troops, selections of general orders, 1779-1782, acts of the Connecticut Assembly, inspection returns, returns of recruits with names, line officers retired and retained, and supplies received. Also, Lieutenant Obadiah Gore's diary of John Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in 1779; and letter book, 1781-1792, relating to Connecticut troops, the Society of the Cincinnati, Grosvenor's law practice and his resignation as collector for the county of Windham and the town of Pomfret, Conn. Correspondents include Major Elijah Bissell, General Edward Hand, Ebenezer Hill, Governor Samuel Huntington, Thomas Lee, General Roger Newberry, Ralph Pomeroy, and General George Washington.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 28M?"}

{"date"=>"1928", "source"=>"Hall, J.H", "value"=>"Hall, J.H, 1928"}

keydate

1779

prefercite

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Thomas Grosvenor (1744-1825), a lawyer, was a Revolutionary War officer and public official of Pomfret, Connecticut. Collection consists of correspondence, military records and diary. Commonplace book, 1779-1783, contains records of Connecticut troops, selections of general orders, 1779-1782, acts of the Connecticut Assembly, inspection returns, returns of recruits with names, line officers retired and retained, and supplies received. Also, Lieutenant Obadiah Gore's diary of John Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in 1779; and letter book, 1781-1792, relating to Connecticut troops, the Society of the Cincinnati, Grosvenor's law practice and his resignation as collector for the county of Windham and the town of Pomfret, Conn. Correspondents include Major Elijah Bissell, General Edward Hand, Ebenezer Hill, Governor Samuel Huntington, Thomas Lee, General Roger Newberry, Ralph Pomeroy, and General George Washington.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (2 v.)

date_start

1779

date_end

1792

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