Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1890">1890</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton University Library Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1770-1937 (inclusive) 1770-1838 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of selected correspondence, writings, and documents created or signed by James Madison, fourth president of the United States, correspondence and a document of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, as well as a small amount of material by others about James Madison.

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

George S. Rigby, Jr., Collection of Anthony Trollope, 1837-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 0.83 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of primarily correspondence of author Anthony Trollope and associates, as well as manuscript material, photographs, and drawings of Trollope.

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

James P. Kimball Papers, 1860-1910s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a variety of materials, including photographs, correspondence, reports, and ephemera, related to James P. Kimball's life and work as a geologist and engineer around the turn of the 20th century, primarily in the American West.

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

Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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

John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.

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

George B. Bacon Civil War Correspondence, 1855-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: George B. Bacon served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Serving in several blockading squadrons, Bacon was involved in notable battles and engagements, including the capture of New Orleans and the Battle of Morris Island, S.C. The collection consists primarily of detailed letters Bacon wrote to his wife during the war along with some official wartime correspondence, and biographical materials about Bacon.

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

Mary A. Livermore Collection, 1768-1928 (inclusive) 1846-1905 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5.15 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of two collections of materials created by or related to American suffragette and reformer Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1820-1905), including autograph notes, drafts, typescripts, and reprints of lectures, addresses, articles, and short stories by Livermore; correspondence; family documents and photographs; and clippings and printed materials, some of which were collected by Adelaide Witherington Boynton.

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

Andre De Coppet Collection Concerning United States History, 1566-1942 (inclusive) 1770-1865 (bulk)

Extent:: 48 boxes and 27 items
Abstract:: The Andre De Coppet Collection represents the American history-related collecting activities of American broker and collector Andre De Coppet (Princeton Class of 1915). There are numerous manuscripts, personal letters, documents, and printed material from three main periods: the Revolutionary War, the Federal Period, and the Civil War.

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

George Cruikshank Collection, 1782-1894 (inclusive) 1825-1878 (bulk)

Extent:: 35 boxes, 192 items, and 19.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection integrates numerous accessions of English artist and caricaturist George Cruikshank material, including large amounts of correspondence as well as original drawings and sketches.

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

George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet
Abstract:: George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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

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