Repository: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1855">1855</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1859">1859</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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Chalfant Robinson Collection, 1198-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 4.75 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mainly of original manuscripts, photostats, and transcripts of German, French, and Italian Medieval and Renaissance legal documents, including papal bulls, passports, wills, deeds, petitions, wax seals, and manor rolls collected by Chalfant Robinson.

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Joseph Tucker Papers, 1841-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the ship's papers of Joseph Tucker while he was shipmaster of several Wiscasset, Maine, merchant ships. The materials reflect the trading activities of a thirty-year period (1841-1875) between ports including Charleston (SC), Savannah (GA), Liverpool, England, and Le Havre de Grâce (today, Le Havre), France.

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Charles Mackay Correspondence, 1857-1872 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of letters to Charles Mackay and George Routledge from 19th-century English and American poets giving permission for their poems to appear in the Mackay/Routledge illustratedd poetry anthology The Home Affections Pourtrayed by the Poets (1858).

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James Geddes Family Correspondence, 1797-1879 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of family correspondence of James Geddes (1763-1838), a Scottish American surveyor, civil engineer, salt manufacturer, judge, and politician who settled along Onondaga Lake in New York in the 1790s. Included is a detailed list of his expenses related to a 1804 land survey of locations in Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, and Oswego counties in New York. Geddes's correspondence, mostly dating from the 1820s and 1830s, pertains to his engineering and surveying work, politics, family matters, and other topics, and includes detailed observations he recorded on local weather patterns, plant life, and topography.

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Martha Bradstreet Family Papers, 1780-1880 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a collection of correspondence, writings, legal documents, and genealogical papers belonging to Martha Bradstreet (1780-1871) of Bennettsville, New York. Bradstreet inherited land in Oneida, Herkimer, and Delaware Counties, New York, through her step-grandfather, Major General John Bradstreet (1711-1774), and fought legal battles surrounding her land claims for much of the 19th century.

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Alaric A. Watts Correspondence, 1818-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence of nineteenth-century British poet and journalist Alaric A. Watts.

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Eli Field Cooley Papers, 1803-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:: 9 boxes and 5.3 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of sermons, correspondence, documents, diaries, commonplace books, diplomas, and miscellaneous financial papers of nineteenth-century pastor Eli Field Cooley (Princeton Class of 1806).

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John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.

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Jonathan Rhea Legal Papers, 1774-1892 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection consists of correspondence and legal documents of eighteenth-century lawyer and legal clerk Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), of Trenton, New Jersey, as well as legal records created by others following his death. The materials mainly reference land transactions, lawsuits, and the collecting of debts in the Trenton area, but also extending to New Brunswick, Burlington, Monmouth County, and other localities.

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Josiah S. Studdiford Family Correspondence, 1807-1862 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the personal correspondence of Josiah S. Studdiford (1837-1862), documenting his service with the 4th New Jersey Infantry during the U.S. Civil War, including battles in which he was involved; his capture and time as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison (Va.) in the summer of 1862; and his death during the Battle of South Mountain (Md.) on September 14, 1862. Also included is the largely personal correspondence of several of Studdiford's relatives, including his grandfather, John Neely Simpson (1770-1832); his brother, Peter Augustus Studdiford (1828-1886); and his uncles, James Hervey Simpson (1813-1883) and Josiah Simpson (1815-1874). Many of those represented were Princeton University graduates.

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Samuel Davies Collection, 1752-1759 (bulk) 1752-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and several manuscript sermons of Samuel Davies, fourth president of Princeton University.

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Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey, 1664-1961 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of copies of fundamental legal instruments of government (1664-1961) under which people have lived in New Jersey for the last 300 years, gathered by historian, Julian P. Boyd, for the book Fundamental Laws and Constitutions of New Jersey (1964), which he edited.

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Frederick T. Brown Family Papers, 1830-1959 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected papers of the Frederick T. Brown family, which originated in Ohio but at various times lived in Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey.

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James H. Morrow Papers, 1842-1865 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: James H. Morrow was a young physician with an extensive background in natural history and agriculture when Secretary of State Edward Everett appointed him to serve as agriculturist with the U.S. expedition to Japan, led by Commodore Matthew Perry, in February 1853. Included in the collection are Morrow's original autograph draft of his expedition journal (approx. 213 pp.), other expedition-related material, and a number of documents of biographical interest about Morrow.

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Princeton University Library Collection of General John Ross Delafield Family Materials, 1811-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 boxes and 2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous professional and personal papers created by various members of the Delafield, Livingston, and other related families, including Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Livingston (1740-1810), and Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), among others. Materials about family members are also included.

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Gordon Willoughby Gyll Travel Journals, 1826-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of ten manuscript travel journals (1826-1840) of English worldwide traveler Gordon Willougnby Gyll.

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Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer Family Papers, 1835-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of manuscripts and correspondence of author Evelyn Schuyler Schaeffer (1846-1942). Also included in the collection are the papers of her father, George Washington Schuyler (1810-1888), and her maternal uncle, Charles Scribner (1821-1871), founder of the publishing firm Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material, 1626-1877 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Gustave Bord was a French historian. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, legal papers, notebooks, and notes relating to French history, particularly the French Revolution, collected by Bord.

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Miscellaneous Deeds Collection, 1591-1898 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 boxes and 2.83 linear feet
Abstract:: This is an open collection of deeds and indentures from England, Ireland, North Africa, and the United States, excluding New Jersey.

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