Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1851">1851</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton University Library Collection of John Maclean Family Materials, 1795-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected personal and family papers of John Maclean (1771-1814), Princeton's first professor of chemistry, including correspondence and documents of Maclean and other family members, including John Maclean Jr. (1800-1886), Archibald Maclean (1810-1894), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), Phebe Bainbridge Maclean, and Mary B. Maclean, as well as a genealogy of the Maclean, Bainbridge, and Taylor families.

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

John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.

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

James Geddes Family Correspondence, 1797-1879 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family correspondence of James Geddes (1763-1838), a Scottish American surveyor, civil engineer, salt manufacturer, judge, and politician who settled along Onondaga Lake in New York in the 1790s. Included is a detailed list of his expenses related to a 1804 land survey of locations in Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, and Oswego counties in New York. Geddes's correspondence, mostly dating from the 1820s and 1830s, pertains to his engineering and surveying work, politics, family matters, and other topics, and includes detailed observations he recorded on local weather patterns, plant life, and topography.

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

James H. Morrow Papers, 1842-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: James H. Morrow was a young physician with an extensive background in natural history and agriculture when Secretary of State Edward Everett appointed him to serve as agriculturist with the U.S. expedition to Japan, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, in February 1853. Included in the collection are Morrow's original autograph draft of his expedition journal (approx. 213 pp.), other expedition-related material, and a number of documents of biographical interest about Morrow.

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

Felix Limongi Collection of Louisiana Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1722-1872 (inclusive) 1802-1872 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several small groups of papers regarding slavery, the American Civil War, and related legal matters in Louisiana, primarily during the 19th century, which were assembled by collector Felix Limongi. Materials include estate records of Marie Claire Chabert (1769-1847), a formerly enslaved free African American woman who purchased and manumitted her family members and owned land in New Orleans; correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893); papers of the law firm Durant & Hornor regarding legal cases brought against the Union Army after the Civil War; as well as some miscellaneous documents and correspondence pertaining to Louisiana history.

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

Joseph Henry Collection, 1834-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), the American physicist, inventor, and first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution.

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

Eli Field Cooley Papers, 1803-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of nineteenth-century pastor Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806).

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

Frederick Warne & Co. Collection, 1850-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Frederick Warne & Co., the London publishers, with prospective authors.

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

Henry Robert Taylor Family Papers, 1849-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a group of family papers documenting Henry Robert Taylor's role in a California gold prospecting company called Cunningham & Co. from 1849 to 1851, his travels in South America from 1852 to 1857, his survey work in the Nebraska Territory in 1858 and 1859, and his family's efforts to publish his travel journals in the early 20th century.

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

George Maxwell Robeson Collection, 1842-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of George Maxwell Robeson, attorney general of New Jersey, relating to his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in June 1869.

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

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