Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1830">1830</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Stockton Family Materials, 1750-1820 (bulk) 1701-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material of various members of the prominent Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey, currently ranging from a 1701 deed to notes on Nassau Inn written in 1942.

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

Alaric A. Watts Correspondence, 1818-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century British poet and journalist Alaric A. Watts.

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]

John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution." One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.

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

Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter Collection, 1808-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material by and about the two Scottish sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porter, who were novelists in the first half of the 19th century.

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

Herbert S. Auerbach Collection on Mormons and Indians, 1808-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters, documents, stories, newspaper articles, reports, tables, artifacts, and extracts relating to Mormons and Indians, as collected by Herbert S. Auerbach, an American renaissance man, involved in music, writing, politics, and philanthropy.

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

Albany Fonblanque Collection, 1784-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters sent to Albany Fonblanque as editor of the Examiner (London).

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]

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.

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

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