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

T. Crofton Croker Collection, 1827-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters by Irish antiquary T. Crofton Croker or other Noviomagians, members of the English antiquarian society which Croker founded, called the Noviomagus Society.

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

Pierson Family Documents, 1800-1880 (bulk) 1713-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of documents representing at least three generations of the Pierson family of Orange, New Jersey, including Isaac Pierson (1770-1833, Princeton Class of 1789), a physician, his son William (1796-1882, Princeton Class of 1816), a physician and first mayor of Orange, and William's sons Edward (d. 1882, Princeton Class of 1854), a lawyer, and William, Jr. (1830-1900), also a physician.

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

Thomas Nast Manuscript Collection, 1860-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of American political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast's popular artwork influenced presidential elections in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and the letters in this collection reflect both the professional and personal sides of his life.

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

Mary Mapes Dodge Collection, 1873-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, the American children's writer.

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]

Edmund Yates Collection, 1876-1894 (bulk) 1865-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Edmund Yates's correspondence, photographs, and memoranda, as well as papers of others, relating to his founding and editorship of the London newspaper The World.

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

Henry C. Reppert Collection, 1862-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material relating to Henry C. Reppert's participation in the Civil War.

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

DeWitt Family Collection, 1836-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.

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

Charles W. Tinckam Collection, 1866-1873 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century English editor Charles W. Tinckam with about 45 poets, authors, songwriters, or their representatives, seeking permission to use their poems in his anthology The Poets' Year, Being Pastoral Pictures of the Season, which was published in 1874.

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]

Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott, 1829-1858 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of three hundred forty-six account sheets kept by American lawyer John Morin Scott (Princeton Class of 1805) covering his legal work in Philadelphia from June 1829 through March 1858.

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

C. A. Young Collection, 1873-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.

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

Ribeiro de Avellar Family Plantation Records, 1797-1858 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of plantation records of the Ribeiro de Avellar family documenting the accounts and operations of their sugar and coffee plantation Pau Grande in the parish of Paty do Alferes, Brazil. Materials include extracts from account books spanning from 1797 to 1810 and correspondence and receipts from the 1830s through the 1850s.

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

Ellis Voting Machine Collection, 1879-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected material relating to the Ellis Voting Machine developed by W. R. Ellis in California in the 1890s.

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

Henry Wikoff Collection, 1836-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and other material by and about nineteenth-century American author and adventurer Henry Wikoff.

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

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]

Homer Dodge Martin and Elizabeth G. Martin Letters to William Crary Brownell, 1874-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of personal letters by the American landscape painter Homer Dodge Martin and his wife, Elizabeth G. Martin, to friend and editor William Crary Brownell and his first wife, Virginia Shields Swinburne.

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

Fanny Davenport Collection, 1870s-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Fanny Davenport, a popular nineteenth-century American actress and theater manager.

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

Laurence Hutton Correspondence, circa 1851-1904 (inclusive) 1880-1900 (bulk)

Extent:: 11 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence of editor and essayist Laurence Hutton, reflecting a wide acquaintance among artistic, literary, and theatrical celebrities of the last quarter of the 19th century. In addition, the collection contains occasional manuscripts of some of the correspondents, miscellaneous autographs and clippings, and printed material.

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

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