Online Content: Has Online Content / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1800">1800</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1849">1849</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Luzern Humphrey Collection, 1852-1854 (bulk) circa 1838-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of material relating to Ohio farmer Luzern Humphrey's overland journey from Kanesville, Iowa, to the Oregon Territory in 1852, his life there through 1853, and his return to Iowa in 1854, including his journal and 51 letters to his wife in Ohio. Also included are some papers relating to the family of William Miller, the founder of Adventism.

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

Sergeant Family Collection, 1746-1843 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about three members of the Sergeant family and their relationship with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) during the Colonial period: Jonathan Sergeant, his son Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, and his grandson John Sergeant.

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

Captain John Matthews Papers, 1785-1797 (bulk) 1785-1842 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of Captain John Matthews (d. 1798), a British naval officer involved in the transatlantic commerce in enslaved Africans in Sierra Leone in the 1780s and 1790s. Four detailed journals document Matthews's employment as an agent for the African Company of Merchants between 1785 and 1787; as captain of the HMS Vulcan and the HMS Courageux in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1793 campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars; and as captain of the HMS Maidstone, a British patrol ship monitoring trade in Sierra Leone and the Caribbean in 1797 and 1798. Also present are watercolor illustrations of colonial forts along the West African coast and several personal and family documents of John Matthews, including an anti-abolitionist deposition Matthews gave regarding the slave trade.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Clarke Family Materials, 1732-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke.

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

John Payne Todd Correspondence, 1810-1824 (bulk) 1792-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence of John Payne Todd, stepson of President James Madison.

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

Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico), 1562-1903 (inclusive) 1720-1830s (bulk)

Extent:: 11 boxes and 4.20 linear feet
Abstract:: The Records of Colonial Tlalpujahua (Michoacán, Mexico) consists of papers pertaining to the Convento de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, as well as miscellaneous papers that document matrimonial and criminal legal cases, land transactions in Tlalpujahua and Toluca, and genealogical information compiled by Austacio Rulfo. Additional papers to the collection include documents, accounts, religious petitions, assorted documents, and correspondence, many pertaining to the Benavides family.

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

Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 0100-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 126 boxes
Abstract:: An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.

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

Allison Delarue Collection, 1820-1990s (inclusive)

Extent:: 32 boxes and 153 items
Abstract:: The Allison Delarue Collection consists of a draft of Delarue's unpublished autobiography, letters received by Delarue from various friends, associates, and people involved in dance and the theater, and prints, photographs, and objects collected by Delarue relating to ballet and its history.

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

William Seymour Family Papers, 1870-1933 (bulk) 1733-1967 (inclusive)

Extent:: 89 boxes and 42 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of the professional papers of prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century American theatrical stage manager and director William Seymour (1855-1933). The majority of papers include correspondence as well as numerous production-related materials, such as playscripts, promptbooks, and sheet music. Family members, particularly other well-known theater figures, such as Seymour's sister-in-law Fanny Davenport (1850-1898), are also represented in the collection through correspondence, production materials, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.

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

Jason Chamberlain Ledger on Hemp Production and Farming, 1846-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a ledger, along with some receipts, advertisements, and correspondence, of Missouri farmer and hemp producer Jason Chamberlain (1804-1901), documenting Chamberlain's business accounts from 1853 to 1880, as well as the accounts of an anonymous Kentucky hemp producer and merchant from 1846 to 1851. These materials provide insight into hemp and other agricultural production in Missouri and Kentucky before, during, and after the American Civil War and document the employment of African American and immigrant laborers during the early Reconstruction era.

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

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