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Description

1. .21 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

1. Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a South Carolina merchant, plantation owner, and Revolutionary-era statesman. The Henry Laurens diary, 1780 August 13-1781 December 6 (1 volume), is a manuscript notebook recording his voyage to Europe as U.S. envoy to Holland, his capture at sea by the British on September 3, 1780, his transfer to England via Newfoundland, and his imprisonment in the Tower of London. Pencilled entries briefly record day-to-day experiences, serving as the foundation of a subsequent narrative compiled by Laurens of his time abroad. The last entry is incomplete.

Subject

1. Diaries
2. Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
3. Merchants
4. Tower of London (London, England)
5. Statesmen
6. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
7. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Prisoners and prisons
8. Plantation owners

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.

Call number

1. MssCol 1695

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
2. Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

Additional formats (note)

1. Available as digital images.
2. Diary published in "Journal and Narrative of Capture and Confinement in the Tower of London," in The Papers of Henry Laurens, vol. 15, David R. Chesnutt and C. James Taylor, eds. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999), 330-404.

Funding (note)

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.

Processing action (note)

1. Forms part of the Ford Collection.

Author

1. Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.

Title

1. Henry Laurens diary, 1780-1781.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
2. Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

Additional formats

1. Available as digital images.
2. Diary published in "Journal and Narrative of Capture and Confinement in the Tower of London," in The Papers of Henry Laurens, vol. 15, David R. Chesnutt and C. James Taylor, eds. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999), 330-404.

Funding

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Processing action

1. Forms part of the Ford Collection.

Source

1. Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

1. Merchants.
2. Plantation owners.
3. Statesmen.

Research call number

1. MssCol 1695