Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Sir Thomas Phillipps collection, circa 1400-1857 |
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Span Dates | 1400-1857 |
ID No. | MSS76737 |
Creator | Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 |
Extent | 1,100 items |
Extent | 63 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 13.3 linear feet |
Extent | 10 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014065 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78076737 |
Summary | Manuscript materials relating chiefly to various aspects of the colonial history of British North America and the West Indies. Formerly a part of Bibliotheca Phillippica, a library of manuscripts and printed books compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Of particular note are papers relating to the Board of Trade and Sir William Blathwayt; letterbooks of George Macartney while governor of the Caribbean Islands; English and Italian genealogical material; papers of Jean Louis Berlandier relating to his surveys of the United States-Mexican border and to his various explorations in Mexico, Lower California, and Texas; English court records and reports; and miscellaneous papers of various colonies in British North America. |