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  Title

  Papers, 1767-1787; bulk, 1775-1783

  Author

  Elliot, Andrew, 1728-1797.  

  Pages:

  7

  Item info:

  4 copies available at New York State Library and Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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    	Copy	Material	Location
    974.7103 E462 RL 1	1	MICROFILM	MB (nocirc)
    974.7103 E462 RL 2	1	MICROFILM	MB (nocirc)
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    Manuscripts and Special Collections
    	Copy	Material	Location
    SC13349	1	MANUSCRIPT	N (nocirc)

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  Control Number:

  (OCoLC)122601361

  Local call number:

  SC13349

  Author:

  Elliot, Andrew, 1728-1797.

  Title:

  Papers, 1767-1787; bulk, 1775-1783.

  Quantity:

  7 boxes (2.25 cubic ft.)

  Arrangement:

  Organized into eight series: I. New York Custom House and Port Administration - Records, 1767-1783 (including Royal Hospital for Seamen); II. Superintendent General of Police in New York City - Records, 1778-1783; III. Loyalists - Military service and civilian assistance - Papers, 1777-1779; IV. Civil and Military Affairs Related to Governors Tryon and Robertson - Papers, 1775-1783; V. Evacuation of British Authorities and Troops - Papers, 1782-1783; VI. Judicial Authority; VII. Personal Papers and Records, 1767-1787; VIII. Letter books and Memorandum, 1776-1783; IX. Broadsides, 1778-1780.

  Additional phys form:

  Certain documents are also available on microfilm.

  Historical/biog note:

  Administrator of the Port of New York, 1764-1783; Superintendent General of Police, New York City, 1778-1783; Lieutenant Governor under Sir Henry Clinton, 1780; and acting Governor of colony, April - November 1783.

  Review:

  Correspondence, letter books, registers, licenses, warrants, account books ,and bills of lading relating to Elliot's duties as collector of customs and superintendent of imports and exports, Port of New York; papers from the Royal Hospital for Seamen (Greenwich, England), for which Elliot served as agent, 1779-1783; accounts, bills and receipts, relating to Elliot's tenure as superintendent general of police in New York City, 1778-1783; census lists and military civilian rolls, 1776-1783, including documents relating to loyalty oaths, claims for reparation by Loyalists, muster rolls for Kings County, 1777, and census lists for Suffolk County, 1778; papers relating to civil and military affairs of Governor William Tryon and Governor James Robertson, include correspondence and other administrative records relating to British occupation of New York City during the Revolution; papers relating to the evacuation of New York City by the British, 1782-1783, including correspondence with Sir Guy Carleton; and personal papers of Elliot, 1781-1785.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished guide available in repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc13349.htm

  Preferred citation:

  Andrew Elliot Papers, 1767-1787.

  Personal subject:

  Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795.

  Personal subject:

  Tryon, William, 1729-1788.

  Personal subject:

  Robertson, James, 1717-1788.

  Subject:

  Evacuation Day, New York, N.Y., 1783.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

  Geographic terms:

  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

  Geographic terms:

  Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.

  Geographic terms:

  Great Britain--Colonies--America--Officials and employees Records and correspondence.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government.

  Electronic access:

  Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc13349.htm