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Society of Friends Collection, 1775-1829 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected manuscripts, epistles, minutes and other documents related to the Society of Friends, members of which are informally known as Quakers.

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Hunt Family Collection, 1776-1835 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists primarily of photostats of letters, deeds, wills, indentures, receipts, and other documents of the Hunt families of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and Urbana, Ohio, dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Paterson Family Papers, 1750-1882 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 boxes and 8.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected papers of members of the Paterson family of New Jersey, chiefly those of William Paterson (Princeton Class of 1763), his father, Richard Paterson, his son, William Bell Paterson (Princeton Class of 1801), and twin grandsons, William and Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (Princeton Class of 1835). The collections provides 17th, 18th, and 19th-century source material for the history of the College of New Jersey and of the Colonial and post-Colonial history of the State of New Jersey.

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John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution." One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.

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French Intelligence Reports on the United States, 1804-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
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At the start of the 19th century, the tumultuous events of Europe and the new government of the United States prompted the government of France employing agents to report on American politics, economics, diplomacy, geographic expansion, and military affairs. This collection consists of thirty-eight confidential, anonymous reports from French agents in the United States over a period of forty years, from the period immediately following the Louisiana Purchase into the early 1840s.

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Maclean Family Materials, 1795-1874 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Consists of selected personal and family papers of John Maclean (1771-1814), Princeton's first professor of chemistry, including correspondence and documents of Maclean and other family members, including John Maclean Jr. (1800-1886), Archibald Maclean (1810-1894), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), Phebe Bainbridge Maclean, and Mary B. Maclean, as well as a genealogy of the Maclean, Bainbridge, and Taylor families.

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Saqui de Sannes Family Correspondence, 1756-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
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Consists of professional and personal correspondence of an aristocratic family from Provence. Most of the letters date from 1756 to 1848 and illustrate how the family negotiated its place during France's Revolutionary era.

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