Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1800">1800</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Iturbe e Iraeta Papers, 1754-1878 (inclusive) 1781-1845 (bulk)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of records of three successive generations of the Iturbe e Iraeta, a prominent, Mexican merchant family of Basque origin, active in Mexican colonial and interregional trade from the 1760s to the 1840s.

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

Charles Carroll Marden Collection of Spanish Documents, 1347-1887 (inclusive) 1505-1637 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 boxes, 1 folder, and 6.50 linear feet
Abstract:: The Charles Carroll Marden Collection of Spanish Documents consists of 637 Spanish documents, collected by philologist and university professor Charles Carroll Marden. The documents are divided into two groups: documents originating from the town of Burgos and several towns around Soria and documents from the town of Alarcon. Later additions to the collection include the earliest document in the collection, dated 1347.

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

Samuel Comfort Family Papers, 1860-1963 (bulk) 1799-1963 (inclusive)

Extent:: 8 boxes and 2.75 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection, which consists primarily of correspondence but also includes diaries, official and legal documents, ephemera, and photographs, largely relates to Samuel Comfort (1837-1923), a U.S. Civil War veteran, diplomat, inventor, and foreign representative for the Standard Oil Company in Europe and India. Documentation of Comfort's Civil War experience is particularly robust. To a lesser extent, the collection documents the family of Comfort's daughter Emma Walraven Comfort (1869-1954) and her husband, Harry Maule Crookshank (1948-1914), a distinguished physician who served as British Controller-General of the Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt from 1897 to 1907. British Conservative politician Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank (1893-1961) as well as several other members of the Comfort family, particularly Samuel's father, George Comfort (1808 -1887), are also represented.

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

Alfred Goddard Kay Autograph Collection, 1753-1875 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 5 items
Abstract:: The Alfred Goddard Kay Autograph Collection consists of letters, documents, and other miscellanea signed by significant 18th and 19th century American and French figures collected by American stock broker Alfred Goddard Kay (Princeton Class of 1912).

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

Prieto and Maíz Family Business Records, 1760-1974 (inclusive) 1890-1945 (bulk)

Extent:: 17 boxes and 6.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of the records (1760-1974) of a large business conglomerate in northern Mexico founded by Pedro R. Prieto and owned by branches of the Prieto family, including Maíz family members, for three generations.

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

Benjamin Tallmadge Collection, 1756-1846 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of papers from a family album of American Revolutionary intelligence officer Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835) relating to his Revolutionary War experience.

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

Osborn and Dodge Family Papers, 1726-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 14 boxes and 5.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, printed material, and miscellanea of three generations of the Osborn and Dodge families.

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

John James Audubon Collection, 1788-1970 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 6 volumes
Abstract:: John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a nineteenth-century ornithologist, artist, and naturalist who published his illustrations of American birds and quadrupeds. This collection includes several original manuscripts, transcripts and photostats of manuscripts, correspondence of John James and Lucy Bakewell Audubon (originals and copies), and other printed materials related to Audubon, which have been assembled from various sources.

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

Delaware Boundary Case Collection, 1664-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 5.9 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of photostats of documents collected by assistant New Jersey attorney general Duane E. Minard regarding a state boundary case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, October term, 1929, in which New Jersey was the plaintiff and Delaware the defendant.

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

New Jersey Collection, 1648-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 boxes and 3.75 linear feet
Abstract:: The New Jersey Collection, dating from 1648 to 1931, is a grouping of material relating to New Jersey history, with emphasis on some of the more notable people involved in politics, government, and the legal system. The collection includes correspondence, legal records, financial records, land records, estate records, government records, and military records.

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

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