Elbridge Gerry papers

LC control no.	mm 81022657
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814. » More like this
Main title	Elbridge Gerry papers, 1772-1901 (bulk 1776-1814).
Related names	Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870. James Trecothick Austin papers. » More like this
Description	500 items. 4 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 1.4 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Biography/History note	U.S vice president, delegate to the Continental Congress, and U.S. representative from and governor of Massachusetts.
Summary	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 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. Later papers relate in part to a biography of Gerry written by his son-in-law, James Trecothick Austin. Principal correspondents include John Adams, Samuel Adams, Sylvanus Bourne, Francis Dana, Clement Humphreys, Rufus King, James Madison, William Vans Murray, Samuel Allyne Otis, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, James Warren, Mercy Otis Warren, and John Wendell.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS22657
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007>
Acquisition source	Gift and purchase, 1903-1996.
Additional formats	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. [S.l.].
Subjects	Adams, John, 1735-1826--Correspondence. » More like this Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803--Correspondence. » More like this Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817--Correspondence. » More like this Dana, Francis, 1743-1811--Correspondence. » More like this Humphreys, Clement, 1777-1803--Correspondence. » More like this King, Rufus, 1755-1827--Correspondence. » More like this Madison, James, 1751-1836--Correspondence. » More like this Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803--Correspondence. » More like this Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814--Correspondence. » More like this Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825--Correspondence. » More like this Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838--Correspondence. » More like this Warren, James, 1726-1808--Correspondence. » More like this Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814--Correspondence. » More like this Wendell, John, 1731-1808--Correspondence. » More like this Massachusetts. General Court. » More like this Massachusetts. Provincial Congress » More like this United States. Continental Congress. » More like this United States. Congress. House. » More like this XYZ Affair, 1797-1798. » More like this France--Foreign relations--United States. » More like this Massachusetts--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. » More like this Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865. » More like this United States--Foreign relations--France. » More like this United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Committees of correspondence. » More like this United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Committees of safety. » More like this United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies. » More like this United States--Politics and government--1789-1815. » More like this Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--Massachusetts. Governors--Massachusetts. Representatives, U.S. Congress--Massachusetts. Vice-Presidents--United States.
Local shelving no.	MMC-3140 Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 21,636) Microfilm 18,851-2N-2P-2P
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000007.3>