Research Catalog

Title

Henry Dearborn letters and documents, 1801-1823.

Author

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829.

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Additional Authors

• Child, David Lee, 1794-1874
• Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851
• Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin, 1762-1826

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) of New Hampshire was an an American army officer and statesman. He fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, attaining the rank of senior Major General in the U.S. Army. Dearborn was U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts, 1793-1797; U.S. Secretary of War, 1801-1809; and U.S. minister to Portugal, 1822-1824. The collection, dating from 1801 to 1823, consists of letters written by Henry Dearborn to public officials and others, two personal letters to his son Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, a brief note, and miscellaneous documents with his signature. Also present is a letter written by Henry Dearborn's wife Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn to H.A.S. Dearborn's wife, 1822, describing their life in Lisbon.

Subjects

• Diplomats
• Statesmen
• Dearborn family
• United States > War Department
• Soldiers
• United States > Foreign relations > Portugal
• Politicians
• United States > History > 1783-1865
• Portugal > Foreign relations > United States
• Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, with additional gifts and purchases.

Call Number

MssCol 3753

OCLC

144652477

Author

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829.

Title

Henry Dearborn letters and documents, 1801-1823.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, with additional gifts and purchases.

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Occupation

Diplomats.

Politicians.

Soldiers.

Statesmen.

Added Author

Child, David Lee, 1794-1874, Correspondent.

Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851, Correspondent.

Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin, 1762-1826, Correspondent.

LCCN

ms 68001683

Research Call Number

MssCol 3753