Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1804">1804</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.

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

Sidney P. Clay Family Collection, 1783-1846 (inclusive) 1800-1844 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The Sidney P. Clay Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and photographs of Clay (Princeton Class of 1821) and members of his family, and includes some correspondence of the Reed family.

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

Pearce Family Collection, 1820-1863 (bulk) 1802-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.

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

Walter Savage Landor Correspondence, 1797-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.20 linear feet
Abstract:: Walter Savage Landor was an English poet and prose writer. This correspondence includes some of his letters to family members and friends and a collection of transcribed letters to and from Landor.

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

Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk) 1799-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 2.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

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

Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes, 46 folios, 8 volumes, and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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

John James Audubon Collection, 1788-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 6 volumes
Abstract:: John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a nineteenth-century ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who published his illustrations of American birds and quadrupeds. This collection includes several original manuscripts, transcripts and photostats of manuscripts, correspondence of John James and Lucy Bakewell Audubon (originals and copies), and other printed materials related to Audubon, which have been assembled from various sources.

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

Green Family Collection, 1771-1969 (inclusive) 1810-1895 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Green Family Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Green family of Trenton and Mercer County, New Jersey, including Henry Woodhull Green (Princeton Class of 1820), his parents, Elizabeth and Caleb Green, his brother, John Cleve Green, and his son, Charles Ewing Green.

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

William Wordsworth Collection, 1799-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected autograph manuscript poems and correspondence of William Wordsworth, one of England's most respected poets of the nineteenth century.

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

Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, engravings, documents, and printed material related to Oliver Ellsworth, the eighteenth-century Connecticut senator and jurist.

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

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