Form: Correspondence -- 19th century / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1810">1810</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1814">1814</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet
Abstract:: George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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

Rae Family Estate Collection, 1800-1857 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of nineteenth-century legal and financial records relating to the estates of Scotchmen James Rae and his brothers, John and William, in England, Scotland, and Jamaica. These family records shed light on the economic conditions in Jamaica and the administration of estates there, which, in turn, reflect the island's social and racial conditions and the importance of trade between England and its colonies in the West Indies.

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

John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.

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

Blanckley Family Papers, 1813-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family correspondence and documents of the Blanckley family, centering on Henry Stanyford Blanckley (1752-1820), British consul in Algeria and the Balearic Islands, and his children and grandchildren. Materials also document the Tonna, Philippides Cammenos, Androutsos, and Rogers families in Great Britain, Malta, the Balearic Islands, France, and Greece.

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

Nicholas Biddle Collection, 1800-1838 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material, primarily correspondence, relating to Nicholas Biddle, one of the first directors of the Bank of the United States and author of the official Lewis and Clark narrative.

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

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]

Princeton University Library Collection of James and Dolley Madison Materials, 1770-1937 (inclusive) 1770-1838 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of selected correspondence, writings, and documents created or signed by James Madison, fourth president of the United States, correspondence and a document of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, as well as a small amount of material by others about James Madison.

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

John Payne Todd Correspondence, 1810-1824 (bulk) 1792-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of John Payne Todd, stepson of President James Madison.

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

Ewing Family Collection, 1797-1844 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the nineteenth-century New Jersey chief justice Charles Ewing and two other family members.

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

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Collection, 1807-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of selected correspondence of the Duke of Wellington, chiefly with Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. Wellington is best known as the British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

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

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