Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1800">1800</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1804">1804</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

William Wordsworth Collection, 1799-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected autograph manuscript poems and correspondence of William Wordsworth, one of England's most respected poets of the nineteenth century.

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

John Forsyth Collection, 1802-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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]

Woodruff Family Collection, 1803-1850 (bulk) 1795-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of George Woodruff (Princeton Class of 1785), a lawyer, and various members of his family of Trenton, N.J.

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

Samuel L. Southard Papers, 1802-1846 (bulk) 1783-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 170 boxes and 73.6 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of papers of New Jersey politician, lawyer, and governor Samuel Lewis Southard, presenting a rather comprehensive view of Southard's personal and professional life, as well as the state of American politics and the law profession during the first half of the nineteenth century. Included is a significant amount of Southard's personal and professional correspondence and notebooks. Also contained in this collection are printed materials from Southard's library, other printed documents, and papers generated by family members and associates.

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

Jasper E. Crane Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1783-1968 (inclusive) 1783-1897 (bulk)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts, correspondence, documents, portraits, and other items created by or about United States President James Madison (Class of 1771) and Dolley Madison, collected by Jasper E. Crane (Class of 1901).

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]

Hyatt and Mayer Collection, 1804-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes, 46 folios, 8 volumes, and 5.1 linear feet
Abstract:: The Hyatt and Mayer Collection consists primarily of correspondence between Alfred Marshall Mayor (1836-1897), physicist, his son Alfred Goldsborough Mayor (1868-1922), biologist, and Alpheus Hyatt (1838-1902), zoologist and paleontologist, and colleagues in their various fields. Also included are eight volumes of photographs taken by Alfred M. Mayer during scientific expeditions to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

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

John James Audubon Collection, 1788-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 6 volumes
Abstract:: John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a nineteenth-century ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who published his illustrations of American birds and quadrupeds. This collection includes several original manuscripts, transcripts and photostats of manuscripts, correspondence of John James and Lucy Bakewell Audubon (originals and copies), and other printed materials related to Audubon, which have been assembled from various sources.

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

Miriam Y. Holden Collection, 1930-1969 (bulk) 1676-1993 (inclusive)

Extent:: 104 boxes and 45.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Miriam Holden Collection consists of books, periodicals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, cartoons, letters, and other materials about women and their achievements collected by Holden.

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

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