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Series 3: Letterbooks. Varick Transcripts: Continental Army Papers. 1775-1783


About Series 3, Introduction to the Index of the George Washington Papers, Microfilm Collection


Subseries A
Continental Congress

Letterbook 1 June 24, 1775 - Sept. 22, 1776
Letterbook 2 Sept. 24, 1776 - Aug. 30, 1777
Letterbook 3 Sept. 1, 1777 - Aug. 31, 1778
Letterbook 4 Sept. 1, 1778 - Oct. 30, 1779
Letterbook 5 Nov. 2, 1779 - Feb. 27, 1781
Letterbook 6 Jan. 8, 1779 - Dec. 25, 1782
Letterbook 7 Jan. 3, 1783 - Dec. 23, 1783

Subseries B
Continental and State Military Personnel

Letterbook 1 June 25, 1775 - July 31, 1776
Letterbook 2 Aug. 1, 1776 - March 31, 1777
Letterbook 3 March 30, 1777 - July 31, 1777
Letterbook 4 Aug. 1, 1777 - Jan. 20, 1778
Letterbook 5 May 17, 1776 - June 24, 1778
Letterbook 6 June 25, 1778 - Oct. 31, 1778
Letterbook 7 Oct. 16, 1778 - Dec. 14, 1779
Letterbook 8 Jan. 1, 1779 - May 24, 1779
Letterbook 9 May 25, 1779 - Sept. 9, 1779
Letterbook 10 Sept. 11, 1779 - Dec. 31, 1779
Letterbook 11 Jan. 1, 1780 - June 20, 1780
Letterbook 12 June 21, 1780 - Dec. 31, 1780
Letterbook 13 July 15, 1780 - June 10, 1781
Letterbook 14 June 11, 1781 - Feb. 28, 1782
Letterbook 15 March 1, 1782 - Nov. 29, 1782
Letterbook 16 Dec. 1, 1782 - June 11, 1785

Subseries C
Civil Officials and Citizens

Letterbook 1 June 26, 1775 - Jan. 14, 1778
Letterbook 2 Jan. 2, 1777 - June 20, 1779
Letterbook 3 March 1, 1779 - Oct. 19, 1780
Letterbook 4 April 8, 1779 - Dec. 30, 1782
Letterbook 5 Jan. 12, 1783 - April 10, 1785

Subseries D
Foreign Officers and Subjects of Foreign Nations

Letterbook 1 Sept. 6, 1775 - Dec. 31, 1781
Letterbook 2 Jan. 2, 1782 - Nov. 18, 1783

Subseries E
Enemy Officers and British Subjects

Letterbook 1 Aug. 11, 1775 - Dec. 1, 1783

Subseries F
Continental Army Council Proceedings

Letterbook 1 July 9, 1775 - April 25, 1778
Letterbook 2 May 8, 1778 - Nov. 7, 1780
Letterbook 3 Mar. 24, 1781 - June 10, 1782

Subseries G
General Orders

Letterbook 1 July 3, 1775 - Sept. 30, 1776
Letterbook 2 Oct. 1, 1776 - Dec. 31, 1777
Letterbook 3 Jan. 1, 1778 - Dec. 31, 1778
Letterbook 4 Jan. 1, 1779 - April 30, 1780
Letterbook 5 April 11, 1780 - Sept. 5, 1781
Letterbook 6 Sept. 6, 1781 - Dec. 31, 1782
Letterbook 7 Jan. 1, 1783 - Aug. 17, 1783

Subseries H
Personal Correspondence

Letterbook 1 May 31, 1775 - Dec. 25, 1779
Letterbook 2 Jan. 2, 1780 - Dec. 18, 1782
Letterbook 3 Jan. 8, 1783 - Nov. 15, 1783


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