Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1819">1819</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet
Abstract:: George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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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.

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William W. Belknap Papers, 1849-1890 (bulk) 1814-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 2.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence, documents, and miscellaneous material of William Worth Belknap (Princeton Class of 1848) and his father, William Goldsmith Belknap (1794-1851), of Newburgh, New York.

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Stephen Simpson Letters to His Wife, 1813-1829 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a group of fifteen letters by Philadelphian Stephen Simpson, who enlisted in the War of 1812 and distinguished himself at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. The letters were sent from different cities where Simpson was stationed to his wife, Mary, who was living in Philadelphia in his father's house.

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Stoddard Family Collection, 1806-1839 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected nineteenth-century documents of Increase Billings Stoddard and his father, Robert Stoddard, landowners and farmers in New York State and Connecticut.

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David Hellyer Business Records, 1793-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of busines records relating to David Hellyer's ninetheenth-century weaving business in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Remsen Family Collection, 1764-1835 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of members of the Remsen family of New York.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Collection, 1807-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of selected correspondence of the Duke of Wellington, chiefly with Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. Wellington is best known as the British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

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Horace Walpole Family Collection, 1724-1786 (bulk) 1724-1857 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: A collection of letters and documents of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, the English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright, and novelist, and of his father Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, who was to become England's longest running Prime Minister.

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John Macpherson Berrien Collection, 1768-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several letters and a few family documents of John MacPherson Berrien, Princeton graduate (Class of 1796) and senator from Georgia.

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