The Resource Henry Vanderburgh letter
Henry Vanderburgh letter
Resource Information
The item Henry Vanderburgh letter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Henry Vanderburgh letter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The document in this collection is a typed transcript of a letter written on June 29, 1795 from Henry VanderBurgh in Vincennes, Indiana, to Major John Mills, who was adjutant to Anthony Wayne. Turner mentioned in the letter was Judge Turner, involved with Henry in a controversy on the question of slavery in 1794. Henry wrote about going to Philadelphia after he got money due him from the United States. He had a buffalo robe which he intended to send to Major Guion but found holes worn in it, so "wrote to the Illinois to endeavor to procure two or three good ones when I will forward one to him." Henry told Mills that he had been engaged "in very disagreeable business writing the last will and Testament of the Missionary at this place who lies very sick."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing and finding aid completed 2018/3/15 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield
- Label
- Henry Vanderburgh letter, circa 1795
- Title
- Henry Vanderburgh letter
- Inclusive dates
- circa 1795
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The document in this collection is a typed transcript of a letter written on June 29, 1795 from Henry VanderBurgh in Vincennes, Indiana, to Major John Mills, who was adjutant to Anthony Wayne. Turner mentioned in the letter was Judge Turner, involved with Henry in a controversy on the question of slavery in 1794. Henry wrote about going to Philadelphia after he got money due him from the United States. He had a buffalo robe which he intended to send to Major Guion but found holes worn in it, so "wrote to the Illinois to endeavor to procure two or three good ones when I will forward one to him." Henry told Mills that he had been engaged "in very disagreeable business writing the last will and Testament of the Missionary at this place who lies very sick."
- Biographical or historical data
- Henry VanderBurgh was born in Troy, New York, in 1760. On November 21, 1776, John Jay appointed him lieutenant in the 5th New York Regiment of the Continental Army. Later, he was commissioned as a captain in the 2nd Regiment. He served until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. Henry was a territorial judge during the organization of the Indiana Territory, a position he held until his death on April 12, 1812.
- Cataloging source
- ISL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1760-1812
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vanderburgh, Henry
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slavery
- Indiana Territory
- Vincennes (Ind.)
- Label
- Henry Vanderburgh letter
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing and finding aid completed 2018/3/15 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield
- Arrangement
- The collection includes one item.
- Carrier category
- unspecified
- Carrier category code
- zu
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- unspecified
- Content type code
- zzz
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17552443
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Governing access note
- This collection is open for research
- Media category
- unspecified
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- z
- Ownership
- This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Carl A. Ploch on 1937/4/4.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)247213546
- Terms governing use
- Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Type of unit
- 1 folder
- Label
- Henry Vanderburgh letter
- Note
- Processing Information: Collection processing and finding aid completed 2018/3/15 by Nikki Stoddard Schofield
- Arrangement
- The collection includes one item.
- Carrier category
- unspecified
- Carrier category code
- zu
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- unspecified
- Content type code
- zzz
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17552443
- Extent
- 0.01 Cubic feet
- Governing access note
- This collection is open for research
- Media category
- unspecified
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- z
- Ownership
- This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Carl A. Ploch on 1937/4/4.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)247213546
- Terms governing use
- Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Type of unit
- 1 folder
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