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Walter Savage Landor Correspondence, 1797-1887 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.20 linear feet
Abstract:
Walter Savage Landor was an English poet and prose writer. This correspondence includes some of his letters to family members and friends and a collection of transcribed letters to and from Landor.

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

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James Clement Moffat Collection, 1832-1861 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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Consists of selected manuscripts and corresondence of the nineteenth-century Scottish-born church historian and educator James Clement Moffat.

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

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W. J. Linton Collection, 1840-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
William James Linton was an English-born engraver and political activist. The collection consists of 36 of Linton's letters, related correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials. Three manuscripts of poems, possibly Linton's, a manuscript of a novel by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, and unidentified artwork complete the collection.

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

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Thomas Adams Papers, 1852-1859 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Thomas Adams (1830-1900) was a civil engineer, topographer, and surveyor who traveled west with Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), the newly-appointed governor of the Washington Territory. From 1853 to 1859, Adams served the party as meteorologist, topographer, sketch artist, and eventually, as assistant to Lieutenant John Mullan (1830-1909), who was in charge of the surveying. This collection consists of four journals and one letter book documenting Adams's life from 1852 to 1859. In addition to detailed descriptions of Adams's experiences, the journals also contain expertly drawn sketches of landscapes and forts, Native Americans, and animals, as well as home-made dictionaries of the Flathead language.

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

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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Records, 1821-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
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The John A. Roebling's Sons Company was a family-run wire rope manufacturing business based in Trenton, New Jersey, and established in 1848 by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), a German-born American civil engineer best known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge. The records consist of 10 bound volumes of business records, correspondence, and clippings kept by the company during the 19th and early 20th centuries, including typescript copies of John A. Roebling's professional correspondence, a company address book and manufacturing specifications catalog for wire rope, Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.'s business ledger, a minute book for the Roebling Construction Company, a volume of John Ferreol Monnot's patents, and a two-volume scrapbook on the German civil engineer and bridge-builder Karl Bernhard.

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

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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]

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