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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)

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Collection, 1856-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and manuscripts of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, an influential nineteenth-century American poet, short story writer, and editor.

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

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Walter B. Roberts and Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company Correspondence, 1865-1867 (bulk) 1850-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
U.S. Civil War veteran Colonel E.A.L. (Edward Augustus Leonard) Roberts (1829-1881), of New York, revolutionized the nation's burgeoning oil industry with his invention of an explosive device, or "torpedo," which greatly increased oil wells' production. Upon the first successful explosion of one of his torpedoes in Titusville, Pennsylvania on January 21, 1865, Roberts and his brother, Walter B. Roberts (1823-1889), established the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company. For almost two decades, the company controlled oil well production as Roberts was awarded sole rights to the highly contested torpedo patent in the fall of 1866. This collection consists primarily of incoming letters to Walter B. Roberts, mostly from E.A.L. Roberts, about the Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company and to a lesser degree one of its affiliated companies, Houghton, Roberts, & Company. Other correspondents include L.L. Houghton, various business associates, and patent attorneys. Also included are some financial...(see more)

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Symmes H. Stillwell Family Papers, 1862-1864 (bulk) 1848-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Symmes H. Stillwell (1840-1934) of Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, served in the Union Army with the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry from September 1861 until October 1864 during the American Civil War. This collection consists mostly of Stillwell's Civil War papers, including a sizeable number of letters as well as diaries and various documents that provide information about Stillwell's experiences as well as those of his regiment. The letters, in particular, provide detailed descriptions and offer insight into various aspects of the war, such as camp life, battles, the aftermath of battles, and widespread sickness amongst the troops. They also reveal Stillwell's political leanings, his opinions about African Americans, specifically black military regiments, and his enthusiasm for the war. The collection also consists of some Stillwell family correspondence and legal documents.

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Arnold Guyot Collection, 1829-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.93 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and related material by and about Arnold Guyot, the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

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

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Chester W. Burton Family Papers, 1850-1910 (bulk) 1809-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 boxes and 4.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists mostly of correspondence along with some financial records, legal documents, such as deeds and land indentures, ephemera, and photographs dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries that relate to Chester W. Burton, a farmer from Chautauqua County, New York, and his family. Among other topics, the collection documents aspects of the Civil War and early settlement and gold mining in the west.

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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.

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