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Edward Everett Collection, 1828-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence of the nineteenth-century American statesman Edward Everett.

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

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Frothingham Family Collection, 1850-1950 (inclusive)

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7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists mainly of correspondence between family members of Arthur L. Frothingham, who was a Princeton professor of archaeology (1886-1905). The collection includes correspondence and family photographs from his father, Arthur L. Frothingham, mother, Jessie Peabody Frothingham, and sister, Jessie Peabody Frothingham. Also present are manuscripts concerning Arthur L. Frothingham's study (ca.1912) on arches in the Roman Empire.

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

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"Archives: Being the History of a Family, 1775-1899," by Thomas Clinton Pears, 1920s (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of a copy of an unpublished manuscript by Thomas Clinton Pears (Princeton Class of 1907), entitled "The Archives: Being the History of a Family, 1775-1899," which constitutes his transcription and editing of original Pears family papers in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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

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William Alexander Collection, 1778-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains documents and correspodence of and about General William Alexander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. This correspondence maninly concerns military tactics and includes Colonel Peabody, Alexander Hamilton, and General John Peter Muhlenburg.

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

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Samuel A. Farrand Collection, 1848-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand, an American educator who was headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908.

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

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William Vans Murray Collection, 1786-1800 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of four commonplace books kept by William Vans Murray, an American diplomat and minister to the Netherlands, during the years 1786 to July of 1800.

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

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Theophilus Parvin Collection, 1823-1834 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of manuscripts of Theophilus Parvin III, a nineteenth-century Presbyterian missionary from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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

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Stephen Thurston Farwell Collection, 1856-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists mainly of diaries of Stephen Thurston Farwell, a retail clerk living in Chicago during the Civil War who later travels overland to Denver.

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

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Walter Minto Collection, 1787-1793 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the eighteenth-century Scottish mathematician Walter Minto, who was one of Princeton University's earliest teachers of mathematics.

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

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Hale Family Collection, 1884-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected family papers of Princeton resident and historian Henry Ewing Hale.

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