Collection Description

这个收藏包含了强大的家族文件，包括北安普顿的财产契约， Mass.， 1660-1710，由约翰·斯特朗和他的儿子埃比尼泽(1643-1729)所有. Other papers of John Strong include bonds from his children Samuel and Jerijah; a portion of a letter written to him by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, 7 Feb. 1672, accepting the invitation to become minister at Northampton; his will, 14 Feb. 1696; and documents related to the settlement of his estate (1699-1702).

Papers of Ebenezer Strong (1643-1729) include deeds; legal papers related to his father's estate, 1699, and the guardianship of Josiah Clark, 1715; and an inventory of his estate, 1729. Papers of his son Jonathan (b. 1683)包括在北安普顿登陆的契约、债券和收据. 1708-1761. Papers of Caleb (b. 1710年)，乔纳森的儿子，包括在北安普顿的土地契约 Housatonuck, 1744-1745, and his will, 10 Nov. 1769. Other Northampton property deeds include 1724年托马斯·莱曼给他儿子的遗嘱，1746年至1756年伊莱亚斯·斯特朗的遗嘱，以及约翰·汉考克的遗嘱， 1768. 藏品中还包括罕伯拉罕·林肯在汉普郡的地契 Scituate, Mass., 1762, and at Wethersfield, Conn., as well as deeds from David Wooster to Benjamin Sheldon, 1773.

Papers of Caleb Strong, 1777-1818, include correspondence, 1788-1818; genealogies of the Strong, Clark, and Bliss families of Northampton; drafts by Strong of histories of Northampton and the vicinity, in particular an account of the Indian attack on Paskomuck, 1704; and a deed 1779年从母亲菲比·莱曼·斯特朗那里继承了北安普顿的财产. Letters of an official 包括1788年5月12日约翰·汉考克的参议院会议通知 Washington, 1 Mar. 1791, and John Adams, 17 Nov. 1794. Several letters from George Cabot in 1796 deal with legislative matters. A letter from Samuel Dexter, 26 Apr. 1799, requests a list of 从汉普郡调来的军官以备战争之需.

乔纳森·特朗布尔(1740-1809)，1801-1803年的信件，处理国家事务 Connecticut and Massachusetts. 其中包括有关卷的分布的信件 联邦和州法律，1801-1806年，乔纳森·特朗布尔和约翰·德克斯特，1801年，艾萨克·蒂切诺， 1803, James Madison, 1804, and John Quincy Adams, 1806. Letters from federal officials on 政府事务包括西奥多·塞奇威克12月17日的信件. 1800, about negotiations with the French; from Timothy Pickering, 1806, on commerce with St. Domingo and Randolph's denunciation of Jefferson; and a run of letters in January 1815 on banking and conscription 以及英国对新奥尔良和美国西部的威胁. The 收藏中还包括约翰·杰伊的一封信，批评埃尔布里奇·格里的官方行为， 29 May 1812; letters from Christopher Gore, 1813-1815, about his involvement in taxation 立法机关的措施，他对战争的看法，以及他对和平条约的关注; 威廉·琼斯og体育平台立法事宜的信件，2月15日. 1815.

有关马萨诸塞军事事务的文件包括乔纳森·梅森和亨利的信件 迪尔伯恩，1801-1802年，og体育平台联邦偿还城堡岛军事物资的问题 约翰·布鲁克斯，1813年至1815年，og体育平台军械和民兵，以及詹姆斯·门罗的一封信，1 Dec. 1814, about the expedition to Maine under Gen. King. Other correspondence on state affairs includes letters from Dwight Foster, 1803, about federal accounts with individual states; Loammi Baldwin, 1806, with detailed accounts of the completion of the Middlesex Canal; and Paul 汉密尔顿，1806年，就建立国家刑罚机构征求意见. The 收藏中还包括向斯特朗申请州办公室的请愿书和推荐信 要求他介入法庭审理的案件，并写介绍信，有些是带 drafts of Strong's replies.

斯特朗的私人事务通讯员包括詹姆斯·希尔豪斯，1796和蒂莫西 Dwight on Yale College; Oliver Phelps, 1797, and Pierpont Edwards, 1798, on investments and land titles; George Cabot inviting him to visit his home; and John Eliot informing him of his election to the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1800.