John Adams papers
Letters, autographs and documents, either written or signed by John Adams, as well as engraved portraits.

John Quincy Adams papers
Letters, documents and manuscripts, either written or signed by John Quincy Adams, as well as a signed, engraved portrait.

George Washington papers, 1744-1799
Letters, documents, maps and manuscripts, either written or signed, or both, by Washington, as well as letters to Washington.

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington
14 volumes
Extra-illustrated edition with portraits, prints, letters, documents, manuscripts and maps tipped into the 1855-1856 edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co.), one of 110 copies, unnumbered.

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Collection
A collection of letters and documents with signatures of all the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Francis family papers, 1776-1798
14 pieces
Includes a journal (1776) of Col. Ebeneezer Francis, which relates his activities and his contacts with General Washington, other patriot officers and the Continental Congress; describes many New England towns, skirmishes and ship movements; repeats army gossip; and tells of a plot by the mayor of New York to seize General Washington.

Nathaniel Freeman notebook, 1775-1785
1 volume
Includes an Orderly Book (1777) containing general orders, brigade and regimental orders, codes, paroles, counter-signs and courts martial for the Newport campaign of the Revolutionary War.

Gee family papers, 1777-1973
1.2 cubic feet
Includes an Orderly Book (1779) kept by Thomas Gee, quartermaster sergeant in Col. John Lamb's regiment of artillery, at Fort Sullivan during the Sullivan expedition.

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, 1520-1849
49.3 linear feet
Includes papers relating to the involvement of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, notably letters written to his wife from America during the Revolution and letters to prominent Americans.

George Washington Schuyler papers, 1776-1777, 1845-1885
2 cubic feet, 1 reel microfilm
Includes 44 original letters (1776-1777) from Harmanus Schuyler to Gen. Philip Schuyler relating to military problems.

Elijah Wadleigh diary, 1777-1779
1 volume
Diary with accounts of the Sullivan Expedition and other military engagements, including the Burgoyne Campaign of 1777, the fall of Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Saratoga.