Harman Blennerhassett papers
Contributors: Blennerhassett, Harman, 1801-1854
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
Subjects: Correspondence; American newspapers; Trials, litigation; Trials (Treason)
Description: Correspondence, journals, memoirs, articles (1806) for the Ohio Gazette, legal and financial papers, and other material relating, in part, to the trial of Aaron Burr for treason, the indictment of Blennerhassett for conspiracy with Burr, and the subsequent misfortunes experienced by the Blennerhassett family.  Papers include a journal (1807 July 20-November 20) of Blennerhassett, his letters to his wife, Margaret Blennerhassett, and a manuscript volume attributed to Harman Blennerhassett, Jr. (1801-1854).

Correspondents include Henry William Paget, the Marquis of Anglesey, Dominic Blennerhassett, Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett, Henry Clay, Nathaniel Cox, Robert Emmet, John Langley, Joseph S. Lewis, Mordecai Lewis, Thomas Mullins, Vincent Nolte, Sir Robert Peel, Joseph Tyndall, Richard S. Wheatley, and Dudley Woodbridge.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 15,903.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1973.

Purchase, 1900.

Lawyer, planter, and scholar.

Collection material in English.

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