Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1880">1880</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1884">1884</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Bache and Hodge Family Papers, 1790-1890 (bulk) 1783-1957 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence representing five generations of the Bache and Hodge families as well as members of the Scott and Wistar families of Princeton and Philadelphia.

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

Pennsylvania Collection, 1728-1809 (bulk) 1728-1908 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents from the state of Pennsylvania, the bulk of which date from the eighteenth century. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1681 in order to establish a safe haven for the English Quakers, who were being persecuted in England at the time.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Andrew Fleming West Correspondence, 1894-1933 (bulk) 1873-1974 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of correspondence of Andrew Fleming West, who served as dean of Graduate Studies at Princeton University when Woodrow Wilson served as the University's president.

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

J. M. Langford Correspondence, 1848-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The J. M. Langford Correspondence consists of letters received by J. M. (Joseph Munt) Langford from an assortment of English authors and noblemen, as well as the indenture for Langford's apprenticeship as a stationer. Langford was born in 1809, the son of John Langford, a farmer in Wallingford, County of Berks, England. In 1825, Langford began a seven-year stationer's apprentice to James Nesbit, for which his brother paid £250. Later, Langford became the trusted assistant to John Blackwood, the head of William Blackwood and Sons publishing and the editor of Blackwood's Magazine. He died in 1884.

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

Bache and Wistar Family Correspondence, 1777-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: The Bache and Wistar Family Collection consists of correspondence between several members of the Bache and Wistar families of Philadelphia, Pa.

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

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Collection, 1828-1881 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection for material by and about the English poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).

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

Charles Thomson Letters, 1783-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of letters and miscellanea of the educator, merchant, and first secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson (1729-1824).

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

Elizabeth Dodge Huntington Clarke Collection of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Calligraphy, 1803-1916 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes
Abstract:: Collection of Ottoman Turkish berat (imperial certificates of award or authorization), calligraphy, mottos and tughras.

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

Matthew Davenport Hill Family Correspondence, 1820s-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a small collection of letters addressed to members of the family of English penal reformer Matthew Davenport Hill.

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

William Tinsley Publishing Correspondence, 1866-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box, 2 items, and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: The Tinsley brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries, and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. Consists of 77 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England.

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

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