Series: 1 L (Volume 1)
Scope and Content Note: Original papers, 1771-1779, preceded by early deeds (1728, 1730) to family landholdings in Virginia and the will (1734) of Jonathan Clark, grandfather for whom the younger Jonathan was named. Nearly two dozen personal letters were written by the latter's father John and by his brothers George Rogers and John, Jr. Jonathan's military papers include pay and muster rolls for his company in the Eighth Virginia Regiment, his commissions as major and colonel signed by John Jay and Samuel Huntington, orders from his superior officers, and letters describing military operations in the East and West. Among his other correspondents were Abraham Bowman, Richard Campbell, William Croghan, William Darke, William Fontaine, Owen Gwathmey, Peter Helphenstine, James Higgin, Robert L. Hooper, Jr., Henry Lee (1756-1818), Thomas Marshall, Daniel Morgan, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, John Page, Richard Peters, John Rogers, John B. Roy, Charles Scott John Steed, Lord Stirling (William Alexander), and William Woodford.