MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1785-1788
Abstract:
Robert Woodruff was secretary to John Anstey, Loyalists' Claims Commissioner. This journal relates his travels with John Anstey. He describes the towns he visited, and comments on episodes of the American Revolution and on the Federal Convention and state ratifying conventions. The journal covers a trip through New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Georgia. He and Anstey spent a night at Mount Vernon in 1786. Mentions B. Franklin, G. Washington, APS Hall. Also refers to Five Nations country, Georgia's warfare with Creek Indians, and Chief McGillivray. For identification, see G. Washington's Diary, Dec.11, 1786.
Call #:
Mss.917.4.W852
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Anstey, John, d. 1819 | Constitutional conventions -- United States. | Delaware -- Description and travel. | Diplomatic History | Diplomatic Material | Early National Politics | Georgia -- Description and travel. | Indians of North America | Journals (notebooks). | Maryland -- Description and travel. | Massachusetts -- Description and travel. | Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) | Native America | New Jersey -- Description and travel. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | North Carolina -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | Rhode Island -- Description and travel. | South Carolina -- Description and travel. | Travel | Travel Narratives and Journals | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | Virginia -- Description and travel. | Woodruff, Robert.