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18th-century French Documents, 1700-1799 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 100 miscellaneous eighteenth-century French documents.

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

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).

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

Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1703-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of almost 200 eighteenth-century documents, mostly deeds to land, relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield, collected by Samuel Ross Winans (Princeton Class of 1874).

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

Alexander Autograph Collection, 1527-1937 (inclusive) 1775-1915 (bulk)

Extent:: 3 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of approximately 500 miscellaneous letters relating to the Alexander family of Princeton, N.J., including autograph letters collected by them.

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

George Simpson Eddy Collection of Benjamin Franklin, 1684-1947 (inclusive)

Extent:: 23 boxes and 22.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material by and about American patriot and founding father Benjamin Franklin collected by George Simpson Eddy in the process of pursuing various projects on and studies of Franklin.

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

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.

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

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.

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

John H. Scheide Collection on Slavery in North America, 1688-1865 (inclusive) 1766-1865 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a group of around forty documents, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, that were assembled by collector John H. Scheide on the topic of slavery in North America.

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

William Penn Charter School archives, 1611-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17 linear ft. (24 boxes, 1 oversized drawer, 150+ books, 24 microfilm reels, 1 box of 3-dimensional objects, 1 box of stereopticon photographs)
Abstract:: The William Penn Charter School archives contain the financial, historical, business, and social records of the school, dating back as far as 1611. Documents signed by William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and former Philadelphia mayors William Hudson and Edward Shippen, are included as well as a variety of school texts and memorabilia, which illuminate the traditions and history of the William Penn Charter School.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Simon Gratz autograph collection, 1343-1928

Extent:: 190.0 linear feet (; 633 boxes (18 volumes in boxes))
Abstract:: The collection was assembled by Simon Gratz, Philadelphia lawyer, school board member, and trustee of the Free Library. He began collecting at age 17 and, by the time he died, amassed about 175,000 manuscripts and portrait engravings and lithographs. Many of the latter he personally commissioned. In 1916 he became a vice-president of the Historical Society. Gratz continued until the end of his life to deal with such notable American collectors as George Brinley, Louis J. Cist, Adrien Joline, Charles J. Jones, E.H. Leffingwell, and Joseph J. Mickley. The dealers with whom he dealt included Charavay in Paris, Naylor and Maggs in London, Cohn in Berlin, Benjamin in New York, and A.S.W. Rosenbach in Philadelphia. The records of his transactions survive from 1861 to 1925 in his "Autograph Journals." On January 1, 1925, Gratz noted that his collection had, because of astute sales and exchanges, "cost less than nothing." Gratz acquired his collection by exchange with and purchase from a...(see more)

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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