Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Organization: College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.) - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Charles Woodruff Shields Papers, 1839-1905 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 4.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal papers of Charles W. Shields (Princeton Class of 1844), professor of philosophy and history at Princeton from 1865 to 1903.

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Theodore W. Tallmadge Papers, 1840-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 1 volume, and 0.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters by Theodore W. Tallmadge (Princeton Class of 1846), the bulk of which were sent to members of his family, especially to his parents, Darius and Sara Ann Tallmadge, from the College of Augusta in Kentucky (1841-1842), Ohio University (1842-1843), and Princeton (1844-1846).

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John Witherspoon Collection, 1765-1903 (inclusive) 1767-1790 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of John Witherspoon, who was sixth president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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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.

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Alexander Marshall Thompson Letters to His Family, 1889-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by Alexander Marshall Thompson while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from 1889 to 1893, giving a view of a student's social, athletic and academic life, while providing valuable information regarding the history of the College.

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Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of eighteenth-century lawyer and legal clerk Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), of Trenton, New Jersey, as well as legal records created by others following his death. The materials mainly reference land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington, Monmouth County, and other localities.

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William S. C. Webster Collection, 1862-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and several manuscripts of Princeton student William Stewart Cross Webster.

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Henry Clay Stewart Collection, 1882-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of letters (1882-1884) Henry Clay Stewart sent to his parents while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), providing an inside look at the life of a Princeton student towards the end of the nineteenth century.

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Samuel Beach Family Collection, 1783-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.95 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1783) Samuel Beach and mostly 19th-century material relating to the Beach and Jones families.

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Paterson Family Papers, 1750-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 8.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of members of the Paterson family of New Jersey, chiefly those of William Paterson (Princeton Class of 1763), his father, Richard Paterson, his son, William Bell Paterson (Princeton Class of 1801), and twin grandsons, William and Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (Princeton Class of 1835). The collections provides 17th, 18th, and 19th-century source material for the history of the College of New Jersey and of the Colonial and post-Colonial history of the State of New Jersey.

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