Collection ID: Coll. No. 262

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Stewart, Charles, 1729-1800
Extent:
6.25 cubic feet, 1 volume, and 7 oversize folders
Language:
English

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection contains materials from Stewart's war career including letters, documents, reports, and returns with many references to the difficulties of obtaining, transporting, and paying for Army supplies. Also, materials from Stewart's pre- and post-war career including letters, memos, deeds, receipts, genealogical data, and accounts of land investments and surveys in NJ and PA, and the expulsion of Connecticut settlers from the Wyoming Valley, PA and their resettlement after the war. Correspondents include James Tilghman, Amos Ogden, John Penn, Alexander Patterson, family members, and many notable military figures.

Biographical / Historical:

Col. Charles Stewart was Commissary General of Issues during the Revolutionary War, 1777-82, and was responsible for issuing provisions to the Continental Army.

Acquisition information:
Gift; Mrs. Alexander Stewart Phinney; NM-006.57 - NM-008.57.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Coll. No. 262: Colonel Charles Stewart Papers is open for research according to the regulations of Fenimore Art Museum Library.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

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LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
5798 State Highway 80
Cooperstown, NY 13326, United States
CONTACT:
607-547-1400