Finding aid for the Thomas Barclay Papers


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Barclay, Thomas
Title: Thomas Barclay Papers
Dates: 1813-1814
Extent: 0.10 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: Thomas Barclay (1753-1830) was an American Loyalist in the Revolution who fled to Nova Scotia, was appointed British Consul-General for the Eastern States of America in 1799, and served as agent for British prisoners of war in the War of 1812. The collection consists of correspondence among Colonel Barclay, David Collins, and Thomas Hinde, and other documents relative to the handling of British prisoners of war of the War of 1812 at Chillicothe, Ohio.
MS Number MS 1315
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English