Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Form: Letters -- 19th century. / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1869">1869</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Charles Lamb Collection, 1814-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and manuscripts by and about the English essayist and poet Charles Lamb, as well as twelve of Lamb's letters to Maria Fryer and others.

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Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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Civil War Letters of Adam Badeau, 1862-1909 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 79 autograph letters from Adam Badeau to Union general James Harrison Wilson, dated 1862 to 1865, most of which were written while Badeau was General Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary in the Civil War.

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Otto von Corvin Letters to Richard Bentley & Son, 1867-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 122 letters by Polish-German author Otto von Corvin to his London publishers, Richard and George Bentley.

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Richard and Cosima Wagner Letters, 1858-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters of both German composer Richard Wagner and his second wife, Cosima Wagner, chiefly about Wagner's operatic works.

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Orlando F. Weber Collection, 1791-1903, 1820-1832 (bulk) 1791-1903 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of mostly nineteenth-century material collected by Orlando F. Weber, a prominent industrialist with an interest in the history of corporate practices and economics.

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Julius Hall and Jared Kimberly Papers of the 1st California Regiment, 1861-1913 (bulk) 1804-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Julius C. Hall and his friend Jared T. Kimberly grew up together in rural Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to California to seek their fortunes during the early days of the Civil War. Hiking through the wilderness from San Francisco to Oregon, they nearly lost their lives in an Indian attack, before enlisting together in Company K of the 1st California Infantry Regiment, which embarked on an epic march from San Francisco to Fort Craig in New Mexico. This collection contains first-hand accounts of these two men's Civil War service as they encountered the occasional Confederate sympathizer, but more often Apaches and Navajos who were resisting American encroachment into their territory.

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Mary Randolph Letters to Penelope Pennington, 1813-1819 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of seventeen letters of English socialite Mary Randolph to her literary friend Penelope Pennington.

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Samuel Warren Letters to Charles Kent, 1848-1871 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 37 autograph letters by English novelist Samuel Warren to his friend Charles Kent, an editor of the London Sun and the Weekly Register.

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Francis De Haes Janvier Family Papers, 1800-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Francis De Haes Janvier was a Philadelphia businessman and poet. Consists of correspondence of civil war poet Francis Janvier and his family as well as drafts and autograph copies of his works.

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