Breneman family collection of early American manuscripts, 1755-1825

Correspondence, oath of allegiance, notes, certificates, and other papers pertaining to colonial Pennsylvania, the American Revolution, and the experiences of German immigrants in the mid- to late-eighteenth century Pennsylvania. Individuals represented include Edward Braddock; Richard Butler; John Harris; George II, King of Great Britain; Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette; Phillip Marsteller; Robert Hunter Morris; Samuel Morris; Henry Melchior Muhlenberg; Thomas Penn; Timothy Pickering; George B. Porter; Christian Reinick, Edward Shippen; William Smith, Arthur St. Clair, Henry William Stiegel, and George Washington.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or by type of material.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Breneman Family Collection of Early American Manuscripts available through the Library of Congress Web site at http://www.loc.gov/item/mm2015085973
Gift, Breneman family, 2014.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms016047