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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]

George Palmer Putnam Collection, 1813-1888 (inclusive) 1853-1855 (bulk)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of authors' correspondence, accompanied by related artwork, pertaining to G.P. Putnam & Co.'s publishing enterprise from before the Civil War. In addition to the correspondence and a scrapbook of miscellaneous material, the collection contains drafts of articles intended for the anthology Homes of American Authors (1853), as well as manuscript material by George Bethune and Francis Hawks.

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

The Rochester Courier Collection, 1850-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.20 linear feet
Abstract:: The Rochester Courier was a weekly, local newspaper published on Friday nights in Rochester, New Hampshire, beginning in 1864. The collection consists of manuscript speeches, articles, editorials, and correspondence from the newspaper, reflecting some of the national issues which dominated American political life leading up to and following the Civil War, including the antislavery movement, the Missouri Compromise, and temperance.

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

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.

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]

Compton Townsend Correspondence, 1816-1832 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of early nineteenth-century correspondence between Townsend Compton in London, England, and his relatives and friends in Philadelphia.

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

Dickinson Family Collection, 1790-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence and documents from 1861-1862 when S. Meredith Dickinson was commissioned as a paymaster in the United States Navy, assigned to the U.S. sloop of war Dale.

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

Nineteenth-Century New Mexico Military Collection, 1847-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of nineteenth-century correspondence and documents relating to the procurement of supplies at Forts Craig, Cummings, Union, and Sumner in New Mexico.

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

John Hamilton Townley Family Papers, 1836-1855 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family papers of New Jersey Presbyterian minister John Hamilton Townley (Princeton Class of 1837).

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

Daniel Hoit anti-slavery correspondence, 1838-1845 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several anti-slavery letters and circulars, dating from 1838 to 1845, to New Hampshire state legislator and abolitionist, Daniel Hoit (1778-1859).

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

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