RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Henry Ledyard collection (RLC.Ms.565)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Additional Information

Related material: Legal papers on the estate of Henry Ledyard, HLS MS 1344, Harvard Law School Library.
Separated material: Folio 16: Insurance papers, signed by various Newport citizens, 1757 Mar 11 can now be found in: RLC.Ms.029, Box 2, Folder 2, Collection of Redwood family papers.
Location of originals: The original copy of Benjamin Franklin’s April 5, 1744, letter concerning the formation of a Literary Society is most likely found at the New-York Historical Society and a transcript of such can also be found at the Library of Congress.