Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Online Content: Not Available / Language: English / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1855">1855</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1859">1859</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Martha Bradstreet Family Papers, 1780-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a collection of correspondence, writings, legal documents, and genealogical papers belonging to Martha Bradstreet (1780-1871) of Bennettsville, New York. Bradstreet inherited land in Oneida, Herkimer, and Delaware Counties, New York, through her step-grandfather, Major General John Bradstreet (1711-1774), and fought legal battles surrounding her land claims for much of the 19th century.

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Charles Mackay Correspondence, 1857-1872 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters to Charles Mackay and George Routledge from 19th-century English and American poets giving permission for their poems to appear in the Mackay/Routledge illustratedd poetry anthology The Home Affections Pourtrayed by the Poets (1858).

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Benson Lossing Collection, 1853-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material of the nineteenth-century American author and illustrator Benson Lossing.

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David Laurence Pierson Scrapbooks, 1927-1937 (bulk) 1817-1953 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 5.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty scrapbook volumes (1927-1937) of letters, documents, photographs, newspapers clippings, and printed matter concerning the observance of Constitution Day (Sept. 17), compiled by David Laurence Pierson, who was instrumental in getting national recognition for that day.

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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.

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Alaric A. Watts Correspondence, 1818-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century British poet and journalist Alaric A. Watts.

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Josiah S. Studdiford Family Correspondence, 1807-1862 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the personal correspondence of Josiah S. Studdiford (1837-1862), documenting his service with the 4th New Jersey Infantry during the U.S. Civil War, including battles in which he was involved; his capture and time as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison (Va.) in the summer of 1862; and his death during the Battle of South Mountain (Md.) on September 14, 1862. Also included is the largely personal correspondence of several of Studdiford's relatives, including his grandfather, John Neely Simpson (1770-1832); his brother, Peter Augustus Studdiford (1828-1886); and his uncles, James Hervey Simpson (1813-1883) and Josiah Simpson (1815-1874). Many of those represented were Princeton University graduates.

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Frederick T. Brown Family Papers, 1830-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of the Frederick T. Brown family, which originated in Ohio but at various times lived in Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey.

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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.

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Samuel J. Wilson Papers, 1860-1886 (bulk) 1856-1926 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, and printed matter of Samuel J. Wilson, a ninteenth-century clergyman and teacher at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.

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