Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1828">1828</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Delafield Family Papers, 1393-1985 (inclusive) 1800-1950 (bulk)

Extent:: 164 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 70 linear feet
Abstract:: The Delafields were avid collectors of family history and family-related memorabilia in the Hudson River Valley region of New York state. This collection consists of the papers of the Delafield family and related families, most prominently the Livingstons, containing both personal papers and papers collected for their genealogical and historical significance.

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Donald and Robert M. Dodge Collection of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1814-1961 (inclusive) 1866-1936 (bulk)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.00 linear feet
Abstract:: Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and editor of St. Nicholas magazine. This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, financial records, and photographs of Mary Mapes Dodge, as well as an unfinished biography of her by Spencer Mapes.

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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).

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John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (inclusive) 1800-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 2 items, and 36 volumes
Abstract:: Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.

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Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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Bartlett Family Papers, 1776-1859 (inclusive) 1810-1834 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and other financial and legal documents related to the settlement of the estate of the Bartlett family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Marquis Du Bouzet, Letters to his Mother, 1826-1831 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of 62 ALsS by Marquis du Bouzet to his mother, written while on service in the French Navy in the Mediterranean. The letters range in date from 1826 to 1831.

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Maria Edgeworth Papers, 1799-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of Maria Edgeworth's notebooks and sketchbooks for various literary projects. There is also correspondence between Edgeworth and others, including letters to various publishers concerning the printing of her work, as well as a small amount of miscellaneous material including rent slips, a copy of her poem "Jacob," a copy of a will of a publisher at Baldwin & Craddock, an advertisement for an octavo edition of her work, and a leather carrying case.

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Cook Almy Ledgers, 1795-1836 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.6 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: This collection consists of three ledgers and a daybook kept by Cook Almy (1765-1861), a white farmer based in Puncatest Neck in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Almy's homestead farm was situated on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag (Wôpanâak) people, and many of the customers and employees documented in the ledgers are Wampanoag and/or African American. Entries relate to the operation of a grist mill, masonry and stone sales, lumbering, and spinning and weaving, as well as to Almy's activities as a landlord, raising livestock for sustenance, and selling corn, barley, and other grains.

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