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Thomas Balch collection

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Main Author:	Balch, Thomas (Creator)
Collection:	Thomas Balch Collection
Collection Number:	0025
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	German
Subjects and Genres:	Alaska > 1867 boundary dispute. Cartography > 19th century Travel accounts > 18th century Travel accounts > 19th century.
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Physical Description:	9.0 Linear feet 7 boxes, 24 volumes
Summary:	A portion of the collection is made up of materials collected by Thomas Balch while he was writing Les Français en Amérique…, 1777-1783: original manuscripts of "Episodes de la Guerre maritime de l'Indépendence Américaine," by Du Petit Thouars, and "Mémoire du Marquis de Vaudreuil au Marquis de Duquesne," 1755; copies of "Mémoires du Comte de Grasse sur le combat naval, le 12 avril 1782," "Relation du voyage du Prince de Broglie, 1782," "Depuis mon depart de France, 26 mars 1781 au 18 nov. de la même année quand l'armée aux ordres de M. le Comte de Rochambeau est entrée dans le quartier d'hiver" (probably written by Cromot du Bourg, one of Rochambeau's aides), "Correspondance de M. de Kalb avec le duc de Choiseul du 20 avril 1767 du 10 février 1796." A list of names of French and British officers in the American Revolution, 1779-1783, appears in the volume with the Du Petit Thouars manuscript. The interest of Thomas Willing Balch in international law is represented by correspondence, 1892-1918, on the use of arbitration as an instrument of international policy; papers relative to the arbitration of the Alabama Claims, 1864-1872; material on Alaskan boundaries, January 14, 1854 to May 20, 1854. With the exception of a few incidental items, the rest of the collection contains family papers and documents on the history of colonial Pennsylvania. These include: Photostats of the will, inventories of the estate, and some of the correspondence of Thomas Willing, 1776-1820; miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, 1857-1923; a group of etchings of Frenwillich and American officers of the Revolution; letters and documents, 1699-1805, on social, political, and religious affairs, to the French and Indian War, and grand jury charges, miscellaneous topics are letters and documents, 1717-1923: "Journal of occurrences while in Europe," July 10, 1815-July 10, 1816, signed by H.B. Wilson; "A Theme of Verbs," by Edward Shippen, 1768; Balch family correspondence with members of the Shippen and Swift families, 1752-1830; and Swift and Willing family correspondence, 1743-1882.

Physical Description:

9.0 Linear feet 7 boxes, 24 volumes

Summary:

A portion of the collection is made up of materials collected by Thomas Balch while he was writing Les Français en Amérique…, 1777-1783: original manuscripts of "Episodes de la Guerre maritime de l'Indépendence Américaine," by Du Petit Thouars, and "Mémoire du Marquis de Vaudreuil au Marquis de Duquesne," 1755; copies of "Mémoires du Comte de Grasse sur le combat naval, le 12 avril 1782," "Relation du voyage du Prince de Broglie, 1782," "Depuis mon depart de France, 26 mars 1781 au 18 nov. de la même année quand l'armée aux ordres de M. le Comte de Rochambeau est entrée dans le quartier d'hiver" (probably written by Cromot du Bourg, one of Rochambeau's aides), "Correspondance de M. de Kalb avec le duc de Choiseul du 20 avril 1767 du 10 février 1796." A list of names of French and British officers in the American Revolution, 1779-1783, appears in the volume with the Du Petit Thouars manuscript. The interest of Thomas Willing Balch in international law is represented by correspondence, 1892-1918, on the use of arbitration as an instrument of international policy; papers relative to the arbitration of the Alabama Claims, 1864-1872; material on Alaskan boundaries, January 14, 1854 to May 20, 1854. With the exception of a few incidental items, the rest of the collection contains family papers and documents on the history of colonial Pennsylvania. These include: Photostats of the will, inventories of the estate, and some of the correspondence of Thomas Willing, 1776-1820; miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, 1857-1923; a group of etchings of Frenwillich and American officers of the Revolution; letters and documents, 1699-1805, on social, political, and religious affairs, to the French and Indian War, and grand jury charges, miscellaneous topics are letters and documents, 1717-1923: "Journal of occurrences while in Europe," July 10, 1815-July 10, 1816, signed by H.B. Wilson; "A Theme of Verbs," by Edward Shippen, 1768; Balch family correspondence with members of the Shippen and Swift families, 1752-1830; and Swift and Willing family correspondence, 1743-1882.

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