MSS 11 Benjamin Bourne Papers
Scope and Content
Benjamin Bourne was a wealthy and influential person who exchanged correspondence with individuals and businesses of a like station between the years 1774 and 1808. A partial calendar of correspondence was compiled in typescript in 1979. Subject matter ranges through local, national and international politics and commerce. Many of the letters found here were written to Bourne in his capacity as Rhode island's Representative to the Congress in Philadelphia, and include reports from and opinions of constituents and associates. The papers are arranged chronologically. At the end of the correspondence are found: undated and fragmentary letters; assorted financial records (receipts, accounts current, etc.); records of the Quartermaster General Department of the State of Rhode Island (1781-17820; ephemera; and letters of Benjamin Franklin Bourne, 1808-1820.Category
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