Allan McLane letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"4542", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4542", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1781-1807", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781/1807"}

date_inclusive_start

1781

date_inclusive_end

1807

keydate

1781

unittitle

{"value"=>"Allan McLane letters"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Several letters written by Continental Army officer and Delaware statesman Allan McLane pertaining to his service in the Continental Army, and to his work as Collector of the Port of Wilmington. An undated essay or statement by McLane titled \"A Hard Case\" describes his financial struggles due to depreciation of loans made to the Continental Congress in 1779 and depreciation of his Army pay in 1783, and the attempts of political rivals to have him removed from his position in the Customs Bureau; and a manuscript copy of a 1791 letter from George Washington commends McLane's military service."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Allan McLane letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"McLane, Allan, 1746-1829", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Allan McLane (1746-1829) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was the appointed as first United States Marshal of Delaware in 1789, and as as Collector of the Port of Wilmington in 1797.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material in the collection was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Several letters written by Continental Army officer and Delaware statesman Allan McLane pertaining to his service in the Continental Army, and to his work as Collector of the Port of Wilmington. An undated essay or statement by McLane titled \"A Hard Case\" describes his financial struggles due to depreciation of loans made to the Continental Congress in 1779 and depreciation of his Army pay in 1783, and the attempts of political rivals to have him removed from his position in the Customs Bureau; and a manuscript copy of a 1791 letter from George Washington commends McLane's military service.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John S. Kennedy, 1896, and John Pierpont Morgan, 1899, with additional purchase in 1941.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1781

date_end

1807

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