Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1878">1878</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of family correspondence of John Henry Hobart, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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

Civil War Papers of Philip Kearny, 1861-1863 (bulk) 1861-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Philip Kearny while he was brigadier general of volunteers in command of the 1st New Jersey Brigade during the American Civil War.

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

Mark Twain Collection, 1872-1908 (bulk) 1872-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection consists of material by or about the celebrated American writer Mark Twain, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

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]

James McNeill Whistler Collection, 1892-1903 (bulk) 1868-1910 (inclusive) 1952 January 9 1953 April 1955 February 23 1956 November 19 1993 October

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of selected autograph letters and notes of the American-born, England-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler addressed to his friend Jonathan Sturges, Princeton Class of 1885, the majority of which relates to the affair of the "Baronet and the Butterfly," a public scandal which concerned an oil portrait of Lady Eden.

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]

Selected Correspondence of Horace N. Pym, 1870-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of English nineteenth-century editor and author Horace N. Pym.

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

Edwin A. Parrott Collection, 1859-1896 (bulk) 1837-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents by and about Edwin A. Parrott, who represented Ohio in the House of Representatives in 1863.

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

Samuel A. Farrand Collection, 1848-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand, an American educator who was headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908.

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

George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material of British clergyman and bishop George Pretyman (also known as George Pretyman Tomline) related to William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) and others.

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

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