Thomas Addis Emmet collection

1483-1876 [bulk 1700-1800] D

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period. The manuscripts are arranged in 28 topics, most of them milestones in early American history. Topics include the Albany Congress of 1754, the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, the Continental Congresses, 1774 -1789, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Annapolis Convention, the Federal Convention, and the First Federal Administration. The Revolutionary War is well documented in the correspondence and letterbooks of generals and other officers, as well as in orderly books, muster rolls, and returns. Additional material documents the history of New York City. Highlights of the Emmet Collection include Thomas Jefferson's manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence, an engrossed copy of the Bill of Rights, and manuscript minutes of the Annapolis Convention.

The Thomas Addis Emmet collection is arranged in twenty-eight series:

• The Albany Congress of 1754
• The Stamp Act Congress of 1765
• The Continental Congress of 1774
• The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779
• The Presidents of Congress, and of the United States
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Signers to the Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• Lossing's Field Book of Revolution
• The Siege of Savannah, 1779
• The Siege of Savannah - Lincoln Papers
• The Siege of Charleston - Lincoln Papers
• The Generals of the American Revolution
• Washington and His Military Family
• The Annapolis Convention
• The Federal Convention
• The First Federal Administration
• The Republican Court
• Booth's History of New York
• Francis' Old New York
• Duer's Old Yorker
• Irving's Life of Washington
• Boundary Line Controversy
• Howe's Virginia
• Life of Edward Livingston
• Life of Marion
• General Leslie's Letterbook
• Miscellaneous Manuscripts