Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1787">1787</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Blair and Lee Family Papers, 1640-1946 (inclusive) 1812-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 474 boxes and 253 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests.

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

Vicente Llorens Collection of Blanco White Family Materials, 1713-1930 (inclusive) 1798-1841 (bulk)

Extent:: 19 boxes, 28 items, and 7.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection contains manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White family, spanning two centuries: including works, diaries, correspondence, documents, accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White, the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts, as well as other genealogical material relating to the Blanco White family.

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

Charles H. McIlwaine Papers, 1707-1946 (inclusive) 1894-1946 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 boxes
Abstract:: Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The American Revolution (1923), Charles H. McIlwaine (Princeton Class of 1894) was a professor of history and government at both Princeton (1905-1910) and Harvard University (1926-1946). His papers include notes, lectures, and other miscellaneous personal papers.

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

Green Family Collection, 1771-1969 (inclusive) 1810-1895 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Green Family Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Green family of Trenton and Mercer County, New Jersey, including Henry Woodhull Green (Princeton Class of 1820), his parents, Elizabeth and Caleb Green, his brother, John Cleve Green, and his son, Charles Ewing Green.

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

Daniel Chamier Revolutionary War Financial Documents, 1777-1798 (bulk) 1774-1798 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of financial documents and letters pertaining to the accounts of Daniel Chamier, Commissary General of the British Army in North America from 1774 to 1777, detailing the funds expended for provisioning the British Army at the beginning of the American Revolution.

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

Chambers Family Papers, 1772-1962 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 boxes and 9.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of diaries, correspondence, documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter of the Chambers family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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

Condit Family Papers, 1750-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of account books and ledgers, a diary (1750), documents, photographs, a few letters, and printed material of the Condit family of East Orange, N.J.

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

Thomas Potts Johnson Collection, 1769-1846 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Potts Johnson's legal practice covering the New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex; papers pertaining to his position as New Jersey attorney general; and two family photograph albums.

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

Reading Family of New Jersey Collection, 1765-1781 (bulk) 1757-1787 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of three members of the Reading family of New Jersey: Thomas Reading, his brother George, and their father, Governor John Reading. Most of the material deals with incidences during the time of the American Revolutionary War.

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

John Beatty Family Collection, 1768-1804 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of 18th-century letters and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1769) and New Jersey politician John Beatty and other Beatty family members.

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

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