06194cpcaa2200961 i 4500 5808505 20260527200145.3 810324|||||||||||| eng 5808505 7 cbc orignew u ncip 19 y-manuscri LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-893 mm 81022657 MSS22657 : Manuscript Division collection ID lcmd (DLC)mm 81022657 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC C lcmd MMC-3140 Microfilm 18,851-2N-2P-2P Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814. Elbridge Gerry papers, 1772-1901 (bulk 1776-1814). 500 items. 4 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 1.4 linear feet. Arranged in four series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1774-1814; Series 2: Miscellany, 1798-1901; Series 3: Reproductions, 1772-1836; and Series 4: Additions, 1774-1814. Open to research. Chiefly correspondence (1776-1814) relating to various aspects of Gerry's public career, including his memberships in the Massachusetts General Court and Provincial Congress (where he was active on committees of correspondence, safety, and supply during the American Revolution), service in the Continental Congress and the U.S. House of Representatives, governorship of Massachusetts, term as Vice President of the United States (1813-1814), and especially his role in the 1797-1798 mission to France, known as the XYZ Affair. Other subjects include commercial treaties, the War of 1812, Alexander Hamilton's proposal for a national bank, and Gerry family affairs. Later papers relate in part to a biography of Gerry written by his son-in-law, James Trecothick Austin. Correspondents include John Adams, Samuel Adams, Sylvanus Bourne, Francis Dana, Clement Humphreys, Rufus King, James Lovell, James Madison, William Vans Murray, Samuel Allyne Otis, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, James Sullivan, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince de Bénévent, James Warren, Mercy Otis Warren, John Wendell, and Gerry's wife Ann Thompson Gerry. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Elbridge Gerry Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Microfilm edition of material processed in 1983 available, no. 18,851. Microfilm edition produced from originals, photocopies, and typescripts of originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984. In part, photocopies and typescripts of originals in the Gerry Estates collection, New York, N.Y. [Place of reproduction and transcription unidentified]. Gift and purchase, 1903-1997. U.S vice president, delegate to the Continental Congress, and U.S. representative from and governor of Massachusetts. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007 Adams, John, 1735-1826 Correspondence. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 Correspondence. Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817 Correspondence. Dana, Francis, 1743-1811 Correspondence. Gerry, Ann Thompson, 1763-1849 Correspondence. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. Humphreys, Clement, Jr., 1777-1803 Correspondence. King, Rufus, 1755-1827 Correspondence. Lovell, James, 1737-1814 Correspondence. Madison, James, 1751-1836 Correspondence. Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 Correspondence. Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814 Correspondence. Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 Correspondence. Sullivan, James, 1744-1808 Correspondence. Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 Correspondence. Warren, James, 1726-1808 Correspondence. Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 Correspondence. Wendell, John, 1731-1808 Correspondence. Gerry family. Massachusetts. General Court. Massachusetts. Provincial Congress United States. Continental Congress. United States. Congress. House. Bank of the United States (1791-1811) Banks and banking United States. XYZ Affair, 1797-1798. France Foreign relations United States. Massachusetts History Revolution, 1775-1783. Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1865. United States Commercial treaties. United States Commercial policy. United States Foreign relations France. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 . United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Committees of correspondence. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Committees of safety. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Equipment and supplies. United States History War of 1812 United States Politics and government 1789-1815. Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress Massachusetts. itoamc Governors Massachusetts. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Massachusetts. itoamc Vice-Presidents United States. itoamc Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870. James Trecothick Austin papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007.3 MSS. mss/ead