Form: Correspondence -- 18th century / Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy Correspondence, 1789-1799 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of correspondence of Germano-French diplomat Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy (1754-1817), who served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim in Philadelphia and New York from 1787 to 1792, including 19 letters dating from October 19, 1789 to October 10, 1791, to fellow French diplomat Eléonore-François-Elie, marquis de Moustier (1751-1817), with a 10-page letter with the title "Bulletin," dated January 18, 1790; and two letters from Otto's father-in-law J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, from February 23, 1799, and August 27, 1799, recounting his journeys through upper Pennsylvania and the state of New York.

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

Ingersoll Family Collection, 1797-1865 (bulk) 1797-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters of the Constitution signer and Philadelphia lawyer Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

William Hayley Collection, 1775-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and poetical manuscripts of English poet William Hayley, the biographer and friend of William Cowper.

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

William Alexander Collection, 1778-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection contains documents and correspodence of and about General William Alexander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. This correspondence maninly concerns military tactics and includes Colonel Peabody, Alexander Hamilton, and General John Peter Muhlenburg.

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

Tennent Family Papers, 1770-1795 (bulk) 1755-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous eighteenth-century papers of several members of the Tennent family of New Jersey and South Carolina.

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

Samuel Davies Collection, 1752-1759 (bulk) 1752-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and several manuscript sermons of Samuel Davies, fourth president of Princeton University.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of American Revolution Materials, 1765-1783 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and other materials related to the U.S. Continental Congress and the American Revolutionary War era. Materials span from the mid-1760s through the early 1780s, and many concern the state of New Jersey, among other areas.

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

Jonathan Dickinson Collection, 1704-1763 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of clergyman Jonathan Dickinson relating to his establishment of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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

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