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Ford’s interest was not limited to the American Revolution; some of his
other prizes, such as presidential and literary letters, and important letters by
Samuel Morse and William Tecumseh Sherman, appear in the second ses-
sion of today’s sale. However, the Weedon correspondence always remained
the core of his collection.
The year after Ford’s death, the collection was donated by his widow to the
Minnesota Historical Society. For more than 40 years, the Ford collection
has been referenced in numerous histories of the American Revolution.
The Minnesota Historical Society microfilmed the collection to insure its
continued availability to scholars.
The Minnesota Historical Society is deaccessioning portions of the Allyn
Kellogg Ford Collection of Historical Manuscripts that are not connected to
its mission of chronicling Minnesota’s history through its holding of manuscripts,
artifacts, and other materials. The funds generated from the sale of these
items will be placed into an endowment dedicated to the care of items
in the Minnesota Historical Society collections and new acquisitions, in
accordance with the highest standards of professional integrity.
Bibliography:
Ford, Allyn K. “Lafayette and Weedon: The Forgotten Brigadier,” in
Gazette
of the American Friends of Lafayette
, November 1950, pages 5-8
Ketchum, Richard M.
Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign that Won the
Revolution
. New York: Henry Holt, 2004
Lucas, Lydia. “Yorktown Campaign is Featured in Allyn K. Ford Collection,”
Minnesota History
, Summer 1975, pages 224-226
Ward, Harry M.
Duty, Honor or Country: General George Weedon and the
American Revolution.
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1979