Form: Correspondence -- 19th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton University Library Collection of Ashbel Green Materials, 1744-1958 (inclusive) 1783-1844 (bulk)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 4.84 linear feet
Abstract:: Ashbel Green (1762-1848) was a prominent Presbyterian minister, eighth president of the College of New Jersey, and co-founder of the Princeton Theological Seminary. The bulk of the papers consist of Green's personal writings, including diaries and sermons. The papers of Green's father, the Reverend Jacob Green (1722-1790) are also included.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Collection, 1753-1771 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted German poet and dramatist, author of Faust.

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

Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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

Ebenezer Foote Papers, 1785-1829 (bulk) 1766-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 13 boxes and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Ebenezer Foote (1756-1829) was a cattle agent for the Continental Army's Commissary Department during the American Revolutionary War, a merchant, a land agent, a politician, and a judge in New York State. Foote's papers date from 1766 to 1925, with the majority dating from 1785 to his death in 1829, and primarily document his land agency business in Delhi, Delaware County, New York. In addition to the land and financial records related to his business, the collection also contains some legal records, records documenting Foote's work as inspector of cattle for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and limited family records.

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]

Field Family Collection, 1767-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and a genealogy of the Field family of New Jersey.

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]

Thomas Picton Collection, 1768-1807 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts of New Jersey Rev. Thomas Picton.

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

John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution." One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.

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

Olden Family Papers, 1769-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of members of the Olden family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Olden, Ephraim Olden, John Olden, and Samuel Olden.

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

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