Elbridge Gerry Letters (Photocopies) 1745-1853 Offsite Storage Inventory Elbridge Gerry Copies of Letters are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode. Note: Permission to publish from letters in this collection must be obtained from the owners of the items

Table of Contents Collection Summary Biographical Sketch Collection Description Acquisition Information Restrictions on Access Detailed Description of the Collection Preferred Citation Access Terms

Collection Summary

Biographical Sketch

Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) was a delegate to the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1789-97), member of the XYZ mission to France in 1798, governor of Mass. (1810-12), and vice-president under James Madison (1812-14).

Collection Description

These copies of Elbridge Gerry's letters were reproduced from materials in various repositories and in private hands by George Athan Billias for his historical and biographical research on Gerry. Among the repositories whose copies are included are the Library of Congress, Haverford College, Mass. Archives, American Antiquarian Society, Yale University, Essex Institute, New York Historical Society, New York State Library, Huntington Library, Southern Illinois University, American Philosophical Society, and several private owners. Copies of documents from the Mass. Historical Society have been removed. The collection also contains two index card files which serve as a control file for the collection and a typescript of a thesis entitled, "A Study in Dissent: Warren-Gerry Correspondence 1776-1792" by C. Harvey Gardiner (later published as a book).

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Mass. Historical Society by George Athan Billias.

Restrictions on Access

Elbridge Gerry Copies of Letters are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: Permission to publish from letters in this collection must be obtained from the owners of the items

Detailed Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Elbridge Gerry copies of letters, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.