A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

TIMOTHY PICKERING: (1745 - 1829) American politician and Adjutant General of the Continental Army, Secretary of War (1795) and Secretary of State (179

PHILIP SCHUYLER: (1733 - 1804) American Revolution major general commanding the Northern department, member of the Continental Congress and one of the

RICHARD SMITH: (1735 - 1803) American Revolutionary patriot and member of the Continental Congress who kept a detailed diary of the proceedings of Con

CALEB STRONG: (1750 - 1826) Revolutionary War officer, who organized a colonial force to defeat the British at King's Mountain, first Governor o...

NATHANIEL TRACY: Colonial merchant who operated a fleet of privateers out of Newburyport, Mass. during the American Revolution. Eventually went bankru

JONATHAN TRUMBULL: (1710 - 1785) Governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution who was critical in providing necessary supplies to the Contin

JONATHAN TRUMBULL: (1737 - 1778) Member of the Continental Congress and Commissary-General of the Continental Army from 1775 - 1777. Son of Connecticu

SR. TRUMBULL: (1710 - 1785) American Revolutionary, Governor of Connecticut and the only colonial governor to side with the radicals. Trumbull was clo

ROYALL TYLER: (1757 - 1826) Jurist and playwright, served as an aide to Sullivan, helped suppress Shay's Rebellion, later a nationally renowned ...

RIP VAN DAM: (1662 - 1736) Colonial Governor of New York whose arguments for a fair salary attracted the attention of John Peter Zenger and consequent