Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1800">1800</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1849">1849</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Lottery Records, 1749-1954 (inclusive) 1749-1772 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: The collection consists of contemporary documents pertaining to five of the lotteries held in the eighteenth century to raise funds for the colonial College of New Jersey. Also included is some secondary source material about the lotteries.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Historical Photograph Collection, Grounds and Buildings Series, circa 1726-1989 (inclusive)

Extent:: 121 boxes, 3 folders, 6 items, and 328 digital files
Abstract:: The Grounds and Buildings Series of the Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs of the grounds and buildings owned by Princeton University. The photographs date from the late 1850s to the present, with the bulk of the photographs dating from the 1870s to the 1940s. Many of these photographs have been digitized and are searchable in Digital PUL.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

American Lottery Tickets Collection, 1761-1826 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of forty-five 18th and 19th-century American lottery tickets from nine different states. Before 1790, America had only three incorporated banks; therefore, lotteries were standard sources for public and private financing.

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

Marquis de Lafayette Collection, 1781-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who was a general in the American Revolutionary army and a close friend of George Washington.

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

Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials, 1811-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous professional and personal papers created by various members of the Delafield, Livingston, and other related families, including Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Livingston (1740-1810), and Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), among others. Materials about family members are also included.

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

John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.

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

Signers of the Declaration of Independence Collection, 1765-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains one or more letters and/or documents of each of thirty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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]

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Collection, 1828-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection for material by and about the English poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).

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

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