Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: James McHenry papers Incoming letters, 1774-1816 and undated, (roughly 300 items) of James McHenry, with some copies of McHenry's replies. The letters cover the period McHenry was in the United States Congress, the Secretary of War, and his interest in politics after his retirement in 1800. Correspondents include his wife Margaret Peggy (Caldwell) McHenry, son John, brother John, William Allison, John Caldwell, Daniel St. Thomas Jenifer, William...