Online Content: Not Available / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1840">1840</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1844">1844</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

John S. Hart Papers, 1826-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: The John S. Hart Papers contains speeches, essays, English lectures, sermons, and poems written by Hart (Princeton Class of 1830), as well as family correspondence and letters which reflect Hart's professional role in teaching and administration at the Edgehill School, Central High School in Philadelphia, the State Normal School of New Jersey, and at Princeton University.

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

William H. Tower Philatelic Collection, 1380-1950 (inclusive) 1700s-1940s (bulk)

Extent:: 20 boxes and 15.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of envelopes both used and unused (also known as covers), letters, postcards, documents, postage stamps, and a variety of other philatelic material from around the world as collected and annotated by the Reverend William Hogarth Tower (1871-1950). The collection spans the topics of English Postal History, United States Postal History, War Covers, Philatelic Miscellany, and Franking.

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

Stewart M. Robinson Collection of Colonial Sermons, 1615-1960 (inclusive) 1745-1785 (bulk)

Extent:: 42 boxes and 16.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a collection compiled by American clergyman Stewart M. Robinson (Princeton Class of 1915), including photostats of sermons, letters, pamphlets, and communications to newspapers by clergymen in colonial America, which he used as research material for a proposed book entitled "The Political Thought of the Colonial Clergy."

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

Robert McKnight Collection, 1841-1876 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence to and miscellaneous essays and notes written by Robert McKnight, a member of the Princeton Class of 1839 and, later, a Pennsylvania congressman.

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

A. W. Bradford Collection, 1843-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Contains some miscellaneous papers of A. W. Bradford, governor of Maryland during the Civil War, but the collection consists primarily of speeches, correspondence, documents, and printed matter of Bradford's son, Samuel Webster Bradford (Princeton Class of 1875).

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

Peter R. Decker Collection, 1830-1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of a nineteenth-century diary of Peter R. Decker, resident of Shawangunk, N.Y.

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

Richard Penn Smith Collection, 1828-1844 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.45 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard Penn Smith (1799-1854) was a lawyer, editor, playwright, short story writer, and novelist of Philadelphia. His collection consists of a bound volume containing two of his plays ( My Uncle's Wedding and The Sentinels), miscellaneous manuscripts, a letter in verse to his mother, a diary, documents, engraved portraits, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of the Smith family.

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

George Palmer Putnam Collection, 1813-1888 (inclusive) 1853-1855 (bulk)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of authors' correspondence, accompanied by related artwork, pertaining to G.P. Putnam & Co.'s publishing enterprise from before the Civil War. In addition to the correspondence and a scrapbook of miscellaneous material, the collection contains drafts of articles intended for the anthology Homes of American Authors (1853), as well as manuscript material by George Bethune and Francis Hawks.

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

Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family, circa 1843-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 1.45 linear feet
Abstract:: The Rossetti Family Letters to the Heimann Family collection consists primarily of letters written over a period of almost five decades by Christina Georgina Rossetti to Mrs. Adolf Heimann, the wife of a professor of German at University College, London, who was a colleague of her father, Gabriele Rossetti, a professor of Italian at King's College, London. It also contains letters by her mother, Frances, and her three siblings, Dante Gabriel, Maria Francesca, and William Michael, to various members of the Heimann family.

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

Scrapbook collection of playbills,, 1808-1967 (inclusive) 1880-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box, 483 volumes, and 48.79 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of 486 scrapbooks of playbills covering not only theater but also opera, ballet, and music.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

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