J. W. Flanagan Collection Manuscript Collection: MC019

J. W. Flanagan Collection

Manuscript Collection: MC019


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Flanagan, James W., collector
	Title:	J. W. Flanagan collection
	Dates:	1760-1882
	Dates:	(Bulk: 1785-1849)
	Abstract:	This collection focuses on the autographs of famous Americans of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
	Identification:	MC019
	OCLC Record No.:	46996323
	Quantity:	1 box (.2 linear ft.)
	Language:	Materials are in English and Portuguese.
	Repository:	Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte, Texas

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, financial and legal documents, printed materials, and autographs (1760-1882) document early United States and Texas history in this collection donated to the San Jacinto Museum of History by Colonel J. W. Flanagan in 1942.

A calendar of the J. W. Flanagan Collection is available in the Herzstein Library.


Arrangement
	Documents are arranged according to series and then chronologically.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Terms Governing Use

Open for research by appointment.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.


Index Terms

	Names:
		Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
		Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
		Gregg, Alexander, 1819-1893
		Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wagner), 1815-1872
		Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
		Hammond, B. F., 1818-1890
		Hill, Bennett Hoskin, 1817?-1886
		Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862
		Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
		Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
		Scott, Robert N. (Robert Nicholson), 1838-1887
		Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886
		Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
		Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894
		Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham), 1810-1903
		Walling, Jesse
		Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
	Organizations:
		United States. Army.--Officers
	Subjects:
		Banks and banking--United States
		Land grants--Texas
		Nullification
	Places:
		United States--Commerce--18th century

Inventory



Correspondence
box	folder
24	1	William Pitt to Whitehall 1760 August 23
	2	Alexander Hamilton to the State of Massachusetts 1790 March 30
	3	Aaron Burr to E. Greenberg 1796 January 6
	4	Daniel Webster 1833 January 2
	5	Ashbel Smith to M. Vattemore 1844 December
	6	G. Brown to Marques Lisboa (Portuguese) 1847 December 22
	7	Albert Sidney Johnston to L. Thomas 1856 May 4
	8	Robert E. Lee to L. Cooper 1860 October 16
	9	B. H. Hill to Henry W. Halleck 1864 October 12
	10	J. W. Throckmorton to Edwin M. Stanton 1867 March 9
	11	Alexander Gregg to "My dear Bishop" 1874 March 13
	12	J. W. Throckmorton to M. I. Townsend 1877 November 28
	13	Jefferson Davis to Robert N. Scott 1882 November 27



Financial
box	folder
24	14	Checks: Alexander Hamilton, N. Gilman, Ben Stoddart, George Clymer, Bushrod Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, R. M. Johnson 1794-1827
	15	Checks: W. L. March, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Moore, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Schuyler Colfax, J. A. Garfield, U. S. Grant 1828-1868
	16	Promissory Notes: Clement Biddle, Charles Carroll, Aaron Burr 1785-1831
	17	Receipts: Moses Austin 1799 September 28
	18	Sight Drafts: Arthur St. Clair, Robert Morris 1785, 1795

Legal

box

folder

Texas Military Manuscripts 1849

General: Land Deed, Certification of Witness, Statement of Guardianship 1834-1840

Printed Material

box

folder

Certificates, Bond, Broadside 1830-1869

Autographs

box

folder

Rear Admiral Bligh, Chester A. Arthur, Fred T. Frelinghuysen, C. J. Folger, Benjamin Harris Brewster circa 1760-1882