National Records on Microfilm

NARA's microfilm publications reproduce basic documentation of nation-wide records for the study of history, economics, public administration, political, genealogy, and other subjects.

Subjects include:

• The American State Papers, 1789 - 1838
• The Continental Congress
• Records relating to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars

New England Records on Microfilm

Some topics of New England in our microfilm publications collection are listed below.

• Chinese Immigration
• Court Records
• Maritime
• Military Posts in New England
• Post Office Records
• Selective Service System

Chinese Immigration

• Alphabetical Index to Canadian Border Entries Through Small Ports in VT, 1895-1924
• Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District Through Canadian Pacific Ports, 1929-1949
• Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries Through the St. Albans, VT District, 1895-1924 )
• Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, VT, District Through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1924-1952

Court Records

• Appellate Case File #2161, US vs. the Amistad
• Records Relating to the Various Cases Involving the Spanish Schooner Amistad
• Revolutionary War Prize Cases Appellate Case Files of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1792-1831

Maritime

• Appointments of Customs Officials (and others)
• Lighthouses

Appointments of Customs Officials (and others)

• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of John Adams, 1797-1801
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of James Madison, 1809-1817
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of James Monroe, 1817-1825
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administration of Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler, 1837-1845
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of James Polk, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore, 1845-1853
• Letters of Application and Recommendation During the Administrations of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1861

Lighthouses

• Lighthouse Deeds and Contracts, 1790-1853 a
• Lighthouse Letters, 1792-1809
• Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, 1845-1912

Military Posts in New England

• Correspondence of the War Department Relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions, and Fortifications, 1791-1797

Post Office

• Index and Registers of Substitute Mail Carriers in First- and Second-Class Post Offices, 1885-1903
• Index to Rosters of Railway Postal Clerks
• Letters Sent by the Postmaster General, 1789-1836
• Post Office Department Reports of Site Locations, 1837-1950
• Record Cards of Letter Carriers Separated from the Postal Service, 1863-1899
• Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept., 1971
• Records of the Appointment of Postmasters, 1789-1832

Selective Service System

• World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

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