Online Content: Has Online Content / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1802">1802</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of autograph letters, with typed transcriptions, of New Jersey's first governor, Philip Carteret.

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

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of several members of the prominent Shippen family of Philadelphia during the colonial, revolutionary, and early federal periods. Portions of the material are related to the College of New Jersey and its move from Newark, N.J. to Princeton, N.J.

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

Extent:: 398 boxes
Abstract:: Princeton University's Dean of the Faculty is the senior administrator responsible for the quality and well-being of the faculty and professional staff of the university. The collection consists of personnel files for nearly every individual at one time employed as a member of Princeton University's faculty or professional staff.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.5 linear feet (13 boxes)
Abstract:: Gordon Alexander Block (1885-1964) was a Philadelphia lawyer and collector of Lincoln documents and memorabilia. The collection includes twenty-three documents either signed by Lincoln or in his hand including a number of pleadings and court documents from his years as a lawyer in Illinois. The collection also contains a variety of ephemera from the Civil War era, including campaign ribbons and songbooks from 1860 and 1864 as well as broadsides, ribbons, and mourning cards issued after Lincoln's assassination. In addition, researchers will find a rich selection of visual representations of Lincoln in the collection, including lithographs, prints, photographs, and engravings of the sixteenth president.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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