Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1802">1802</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

New Granada Slavery Collection, 1757-1812 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 58 manuscript leaves, comprising 27 Spanish documents, relating to the buying and selling of slaves in the Kingdom of New Granada (now Colombia).

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George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material of British clergyman and bishop George Pretyman (also known as George Pretyman Tomline) related to William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) and others.

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Selected Papers of George Alexander Thompson, 1797-1828 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.21 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of corrected proofs, printed ephemera, and autograph letters of nineteenth-century English scholar and author George Alexander Thompson.

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Hugh Simm Collection, 1768-1784 (bulk) 1748-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.33 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty-two letters and documents of Hugh Simm, a mechanic from Paisley, Scotland, who, after moving to America in 1768, briefly served as Princeton University's first librarian and inspector of rooms.

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Samuel Beach Family Collection, 1783-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.95 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1783) Samuel Beach and mostly 19th-century material relating to the Beach and Jones families.

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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, 1700-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes, 2702 items, and 20.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of Ethiopic magic scrolls, chiefly dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, collected by Bruce C. Willise (Princeton Class of 1986).

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Von Hemert Autograph Collection, 1780-1803 (bulk) 1752-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert.

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Straus Autograph Collection, 1637-1905 (inclusive) 1778-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.

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John Hinsdale Scheide Collection of Three Centuries of French History, 1510-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 volumes and 1.00 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection consists of 386 letters and documents of royalty, nobility, statesmen, and other celebrities of France, from the reign of Louis XII to the commencement of the French Revolution.

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William L. Dayton Papers, 1791-1897 (inclusive) 1861-1864 (bulk)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: William Lewis Dayton, Princeton Class of 1825, served as U.S. senator (1841-1850) and U.S. minister to France (1861-1864). His papers are largely from his years in France and consist of diplomatic dispatches, legation accounts, personal correspondence, documents pertaining to household affairs in Paris (insurance policies, leases, etc.), and material relating to his sudden death. Also included is a box of correspondence to and from his son, William Lewis Dayton Jr., Princeton Class of 1858, along with other papers concerning other members of the family.

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