Elizabeth Carter Journals
Folder listing
- Folder 1:
- Journal, 1774 April 19-October 4. 29 pp.
- Folder 2:
- Journal, 1775 April 16-1776 October 16. 82 pp.
- Folder 3:
- Journal, 1776 October 17-1777 August 31. 42 pp.
- Folder 4:
- Journal, 1777 September 1-1778 December 25; 1779 March 10-September 22. 93 pp.
- Folder 5:
- Journal, 1779 September 23-1781 July 31. 95 pp.
- Folder 6:
- Journal, 1781 August 1-1782 July 14. 48 pp.
- Folder 7:
- Journal, 1783 January 1-June 1. 27 pp.
- Folder 8:
- Journal, 1784 January 1-1786 April 30. 104 pp.
- Folder 9:
- Journal, 1786 May 1-1788 February 2; 1788 March 1-July 12. 76 pp.
- Folder 10:
- Journal, 1789 September 22-1792 July 31. 92 pp.
- Folder 11:
- Journal, 1792 August 1-1795 July 31. 88 pp.
- Folder 12:
- Journal, 1795 August 1-December 22. 13 pp.
Researchers may also want to read Elizabeth's letters, which are arranged chronologically within the large run of correspondence in the Clinton Papers. The following is a listing of the dates of letters to and from Elizabeth. There is a smattering of other family correspondence, which may be located by using the card catalog at the Clements Library. The brackets are used below to indicate that the item itself is undated, but the cataloger has figured out the approximate date.
- Elizabeth Carter to Henry Clinton
- 1776 August 2, 23
- 1781 July 29, 31
- Elizabeth Carter to Henry and William Clinton
- 1793 August 6
- Elizabeth Carter to Lady Willes (Mary Suzannah Clinton)
- 1807 August 3
- Henry Clinton to Elizabeth and Martha Clinton
- 1775 June 9, Nov. 5, Dec. 5
- 1776 June 2, Sept. 23, Oct. 31, [Oct.]
- 1777 Jan. 5, May 4 (2 letters), May 7, July 15, July 21, July, Aug. 1, Aug. 18, Sept. 30, Oct. 14, Oct. 14, Dec. 22, [end of 1777].
- 1778 Jan. 9 (2 letters), Jan. 16-19, Feb. 16, April 2, July 17, July 25, Aug. 1, Nov. 23
- 1779 May 15
- 1780 March, July 4, Oct. 4-9, Oct. 8
- 1781 Spring, Oct. 15
- 1782 Jan. 20, Feb. 15
- Mrs. C. Cochrane to Elizabeth and Martha Carter
- 1781 June 8
- Mary Drummond (Mrs. Duncan Drummond) to Elizabeth and Martha Carter
- 1779 April
- S. Holyroyd to Elizabeth and Martha Carter
- 1778 Sept. 1
As part of this project, we will eventually search through the Clinton Papers for other materials relevant to the study of women's history. The resulting inventory and description will include information about the contents of the letters listed above.
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