Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1894">1894</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

C. A. Young Collection, 1873-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.

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

Homer Dodge Martin and Elizabeth G. Martin Letters to William Crary Brownell, 1874-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal letters by the American landscape painter Homer Dodge Martin and his wife, Elizabeth G. Martin, to friend and editor William Crary Brownell and his first wife, Virginia Shields Swinburne.

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

Charles M. Shipman Papers, 1882-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence between Charles Shipman and various artists and institutions, most notably George deForest Brush and Elliott Dangerfield.

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

DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.

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

Thomas Craig Correspondence, 1882-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American mathematician Thomas Craig on various mathematical subjects.

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

Baroness Hyde de Neuville Collection, 1806-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed matter concerning the Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville.

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

Jasper E. Crane Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1783-1968 (inclusive) 1783-1897 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, documents, portraits, and other items created by or about United States President James Madison (Class of 1771) and Dolley Madison, collected by Jasper E. Crane (Class of 1901).

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

Isaac Plumb, Jr. Family Papers, 1859-1864 (bulk) 1767-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Captain Isaac Plumb, Jr. (1842-1866) served in Company A of the 61st New York Infantry of the Union Army during the Civil War from his enlistment in the fall of 1861 until his death at the Battle of Cold Harbor in 1864, and saw action at Fair Oaks, the Seven Days Battle, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Cold Harbor. During his experience as a Union soldier, Plumb's attitudes towards politics, the War, the North and South, and slavery underwent enormous transformations, from wild patriotism, to bitterness, and finally to a more realistic patriotism. This collection documents the Civil War from the soldier's perspective as well as the home front, detailing the day-to-day life of a Union soldier, with vivid descriptions of camp life, marches, battles, aftermath of battles, upheaval of the ranks, morale issues, and disillusionment; and from the perspective of family and friends not involved in the fighting, but actively offering opinions of...(see more)

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

William Yarrell Collection, 1833-1856 (bulk) 1830-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and drawings of William Yarrell, a nineteenth-century British naturalist, and related printed matter.

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

Fulton McMahon Collection, 1882-1884 (bulk) 1882-1911 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of academic documents of American politician Fulton McMahon while he was attending the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

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