Form: Letters / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1860">1860</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1864">1864</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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

Alexander Autograph Collection, 1527-1937 (inclusive) 1775-1915 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 500 miscellaneous letters relating to the Alexander family of Princeton, N.J., including autograph letters collected by them.

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

Elias Boudinot Collection, 1773-1950 (inclusive) 1777-1820 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and Revolutionary statesman, serving as member of the Continental Congress (president, 1782), secretary of foreign affairs (1783-84), New Jersey congressman (1789-95), and director of the U.S. Mint (1795-1805). The collection consists of miscellaneous letters and documents of Boudinot, many of which concern his land dealings.

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

Herman Melville Collection, 1846-1956 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters by American author Herman Melville that were used by Willard Thorp in his selection of Melville's writings published as Representative Selections (1938), as well as other material about Melville.

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

Pre-Raphaelite collection, 1858-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

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

A. D. Power Collection, 1837-1946 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of letters received by A. D. Power, who worked for the English publishing firms of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons and W. H. Smith and Son.

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

Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1890-1925 (bulk) 1811-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10.8 linear feet (; 27 boxes)
Abstract:: Herman Joseph Heuser, D.D. (1851-1933) was a Catholic intellectual and prolific writer who influenced scholarly circles and clerical life in the United States and abroad through his literary work. Heuser edited the American Ecclesiastical Review (1889-1975) as well as published The Dolphin (1900-1908), a Catholic literary magazine. These publications reflected Heuser's varied interests from clerical subjects to the arts. He published fourteen books, eight of which appeared serially in The Dolphin. This collection includes primarily correspondence, sermons, prayers, scrapbooks, and personal writings. It also includes materials related to Patrick Augustine Sheehan.

Held at: Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center [Contact Us]

Charles Godfrey Leland Collection, 1841-1902 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 10 items, and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Charles Godfrey Leland Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and miscellanea of the American editor, humorist, essayist, and folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903).

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

Joanna Southcott Collection, 1793-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Southcott, an English domestic servant, began hearing voices at the age of 42 and believed these to be divine communications prophesying the Second Coming of Christ. She dictated her prophecies primarily to her secretaries, Ann Underwood and Jane Townley, and these were often copied by others and then circulated among the believers. Consists of a collection of manuscripts of Southcott and material related to her. Included are 12 notebooks and 63 pamphlets or loose writings containing copies (1793-1814) in various hands of Southcott's divine communications, letters, poems, and prayers.

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

R. D. Blackmore Collection, 1630-1956 (inclusive) 1873-1899 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains 120 letters, which is mostly personal correspondence, by English novelist and poet R. D. Blackmore.

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

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