Social Action Poster Collection, circa 1965-circa 1990 (bulk 1970s-1980s)
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Container Title
Mss 448
Series: State Department Files, 1670-1865
Box   1
American Letters, 1785-1792
Physical Description: 33 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Copies of these letters are preserved in chronological order in four bound volumes. They relate to territorial affairs and the navigation of the Mississippi River.
Box   1
Domestic Letters, 1793-1865
Physical Description: About 700 cards 
Scope and Content Note: The Domestic Letters embrace all communications that were sent out over the signature of the secretary of state that are not included in the diplomatic and consular correspondence. Copies of these letters are preserved in chronological order in quarto volumes.
Miscellaneous Letters, circa 1670-1865
Physical Description: About 1800 cards 
Scope and Content Note: With the exception of a collection of letters received from territories these Miscellaneous Letters embrace all communications addressed to the secretary of state that are not included in diplomatic and consular correspondence. They are preserved in bound volumes (400), from 1789 to 1865 inclusive, in the chronological order of the cover letters. Enclosures are often voluminous and embrace such material as journals of legislative proceedings of Territorial Assemblies.
Box   1
1670-1817
Box   2
1818-1846
Box   3
1847-1865
Box   3
Miscellaneous Papers, circa 1826-1842
Physical Description: About 15 cards 
Scope and Content Note: These were a few loose papers which properly belonged to the bound volumes of Miscellaneous Letters, and they have been incorporated with those letters since the calendar was made.
Box   3
Territorial Papers, circa 1779-1816
Physical Description: About 275 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Letters and other papers received by the secretary of state from some of the territories were segregated by territories and preserved in bound volumes. Those in each volume were in approximately the chronological order of the cover latters but some of the enclosures were misplaced. Subsequent to the calendaring of these papers the volumes were rebound with other territorial paper included and in more perfect chronological arrangement.
Box   3
Territorial Papers, Unbound, circa 1770-1835
Physical Description: About 350 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Letters and papers received by the secretary of state from several of the territories were segregated by territories. Some of these papers were bound in volumes and some were tied in bundles. Subsequent to the calendaring of them, those that had been preserved in volumes were rebound with the unbound ones, in chronological order.
Box   4
British Legation Notes, circa 1791-1865
Physical Description: About 350 cards 
Scope and Content Note: These are notes of the British Minister in Washington to the secretary of state. The original notes are preserved in bound volumes in chronological order.
Box   4
French Legation Notes, circa 1801-1804
Physical Description: 11 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Notes of the French Minister in Washington to the secretary of state.
Box   4
Spanish Legation Notes, 1796-1804
Physical Description: 31 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Notes of the Spanish Minister in Washington to the secretary of state.
Box   4
American Diplomatic Notes, circa 1815-1865
Physical Description: About 65 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Notes from the secretary of state to ministers representing foreign countries in washington. Only notes to the British minister were calendared.
Box   4
Claiborne Correspondence, circa 1770-1809
Physical Description: 246 cards 
Scope and Content Note: This correspondence constitutes a portion of the territorial papers in the state department. It consists of letters received by the secretary of state from William C. C. Claiborne, governor of Orleans Territory.
Box   5
Consular Letters, 1858-1865
Physical Description: 38 cards 
Scope and Content Note: These letters are autograph despatches from United States consuls at Canadian ports. Theya re preserved in bound volumes in chronological order for each port.
Box   5
Journals of the Continental Congress, circa 1787-1788
Scope and Content Note: These papers are copies of extracts from the Journals of the Continental Congress. Those relating to domestic affairs have been removed to the Library of Congress. The calendar covers chiefly extracts relating to the Northwest Territory.
Box   5
Instructions, 1791-1865
Physical Description: About 125 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Instructions issued by the secretary of state to diplomatic representatives of the United States in foreign counties.
Box   5
Letters from Governors of States, 1793-1796
Physical Description: 4 cards 
Scope and Content Note: A miscellaneous collection of letters from the governors of several states.
Consular Despatches, circa 1855-1865
Physical Description: About 25 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Instructions from the secretary of state to the various United States consuls in foreign countries. Only instructions to consuls in Canada were calendared. [These cards were not found when the cards were moved from drawers to boxes.]
Box   5
Despatches, 1794-1858
Physical Description: About 250 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Despatches from the United States minister to the Court of St. James in London, arranged chronologically.
Box   5
Despatches from France, 1791-1804
Physical Description: About 50 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Despatches from the United States minister to France, arranged chronologically.
Box   5
Despatches from Spain, 1793-1805
Physical Description: About 75 cards 
Scope and Content Note: Despatches from the United States minister to Spain, arranged chronologically.