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Jason Chamberlain Ledger on Hemp Production and Farming, 1846-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a ledger, along with some receipts, advertisements, and correspondence, of Missouri farmer and hemp producer Jason Chamberlain (1804-1901), documenting Chamberlain's business accounts from 1853 to 1880, as well as the accounts of an anonymous Kentucky hemp producer and merchant from 1846 to 1851. These materials provide insight into hemp and other agricultural production in Missouri and Kentucky before, during, and after the American Civil War and document the employment of African American and immigrant laborers during the early Reconstruction era.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Anna Eliza Bray Collection, 1823-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters by Anna Eliza Bray, a nineteenth-century English novelist best known for fictionalizing the histories of prominent British families.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones Collection, 1871-1940 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of 48 letters by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones to his daughter, Margaret Burne-Jones (1866-1953), who married J. W. MacKail, a biographer of William Morris, in 1888.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

James H. Pershing Papers, 1930-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains selected correspondence of lawyer and bibliohile James H. Pershing, as well as notebooks documenting his library.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Robert H. Moore, Jr. Files on Ernest Gordon, 1979-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Robert Moore's files on Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), WWII veteran, author, and former Presbyterian dean of the Princeton University chapel, including correspondence, applications, programs, clippings, and other materials relating to Moore's nomination of Gordon for the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion; the motion picture "To End All Wars" (2001) based on Gordon's book "Through the Valley of the Kwai" (1962) (including the DVD); Gordon's death; and CREED (Christians Efforts for the Emancipation of Dissidents). Correspondents include Gordon and other notable figures.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

The Life and Writings of James Wilson (1742-1798), by Burton Alva Konkle, 1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an unpublished manuscript by history professor Burton Alva Konkle on the American Revolutionary activist and Supreme Court Justice, James Wilson.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Gaines Post Photostat Collection of 13th-Century European Manuscripts, 1210-1290 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 3.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photostats of various 13th-century European manuscripts compiled by Gaines Post, a professor of history at Princeton (1964-1970). Most of the works are commentaries in Latin on Aristotle's Ethics and treatises on law and philosophy.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Horace Walpole Family Collection, 1724-1786 (bulk) 1724-1857 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: A collection of letters and documents of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright, and novelist, and of his father Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, who was to become England's longest running Prime Minister.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Philip Vickers Fithian Journal Edited by John Rogers Williams, 1899-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the textural material used by John Rogers Williams for his edition of Philip Vickers Fithian: Journal and Letters, 1767-1774. Fithian's journal of his life tutoring on a Virginia plantation is one of the most valuable sources of information on early Virginia plantation life and slavery.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Selected Papers of David Paton, 1876-1923 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters to Egyptologist David Paton (Princeton Class of 1874) about his four-volume work Early Egyptian Records of Travel: Material for a Historical Geography of Western Asia (1915-1922).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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