Form: Correspondence -- 18th century / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1781">1781</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Hunt and Guild Families of New Jersey Collection, 1755-1878 (inclusive) 1755-1858 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.60 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth and nineteenth-century correspondence, letters, and documents of the Hunt and Guild families of New Jersey.

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

Collected Correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, 1660-1903 (inclusive) 1740-1810 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains correspondence of Elizabeth Montagu, known as "queen of the Bluestockings," an informal group of 18th-century English literary figures and intellectuals that gathered frequently at her home.

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

General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, 1502-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:: 120 boxes and 67.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of over 3000 miscellaneous items of primarily American literary, historical, and political figures, including business and personal letters, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and official documents.

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

Neilson Campbell Hannay Collection of William Cowper, 1711-1965 (inclusive) 1750s-1799 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 boxes, 6 items, 10 volumes, and 5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of poetry manuscripts, documents, pictorial works, correspondence, and miscellanea relating to the English poet William Cowper (1731-1800), and to his circle of family, friends, and editors, collected by Neilson Campbell Hannay.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Ashbel Green Materials, 1744-1958 (inclusive) 1783-1844 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4.84 linear feet
Abstract:: Ashbel Green (1762-1848) was a prominent Presbyterian minister, eighth president of the College of New Jersey, and co-founder of the Princeton Theological Seminary. The bulk of the papers consist of Green's personal writings, including diaries and sermons. The papers of Green's father, the Reverend Jacob Green (1722-1790) are also included.

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

Eva Maria Garrick Estate Papers Concerning David Garrick, 1750-1832 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of printed materials, as well as correspondence, documents, objects, and ephemera concerning British actor David Garrick from the estate of his wife, Eva Maria Garrick.

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

Philip Morin Freneau Collection, 1770-1802 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of Philip Morin Freneau, considered the "poet of the American Revolution."

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

John Hancock Collection, 1776-1781 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of American Revolutionary patriot and statesman John Hancock.

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

Remsen Family Collection, 1764-1835 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of members of the Remsen family of New York.

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

Antoine Guerry Duclaud Papers, 1771-1775 (bulk) 1759-1794 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of Antoine Guerry Duclaud, a French officer employed by the Dutch West India Company who deserted and settled in the Dutch colony of Surinam (now the independent Republic of Suriname) in 1771. The papers document Guerry Duclaud's move to Surinam with the intention of starting a plantation, his business renting the labor of enslaved Africans he brought from Guinea, and his return to Europe in 1775 after failing to make a profit. This collection offers insights into Dutch trade, economic conditions, the institution of slavery, and resistance to slavery by maroon communities in Surinam in the 1770s.

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

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