Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1810">1810</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1814">1814</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

William Wordsworth Collection, 1799-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected autograph manuscript poems and correspondence of William Wordsworth, one of England's most respected poets of the nineteenth century.

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

John Forsyth Collection, 1802-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Forsyth, senator from Georgia and secretary of state under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, Materials, 1796-1840 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected letters and documents of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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

Princeton University Library Collection of William Cowper Materials, 1634-1877 (inclusive) 1770-1820 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of the correspondence of renowned poet William Cowper as well as the correspondence of family, friends, and associates, much of which relates to Cowper.

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

Manuscript Maps Collection, 1700-1900 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 9.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of manuscript maps. Included is the eastern section of the Mason-Dixon Line drawn by Charles Dixon and Jeremiah Dixon in 1768.

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

Claude-Henri Dufour Art Course Materials, 1797-1822 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The collection consists of course planning materials, manuscripts for an illustrated treatise on art and design, speech drafts, and drawings of French professional designer and art teacher Claude-Henri Dufour (1766-1845), dating from the period during and following the French Revolution, related to an art course he developed and taught at l'École Centrale d'Allier in the Auvergne region of central France. Dufour's writings depict an ardent republican who promoted the value of design education for artists during the Industrial Revolution and early years of industrial design. Course materials cover elements of design and perspective, anatomy and proportion of the human figure, aesthetics, composition, and ornamental design, as well as touch on architecture and natural history.

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

Julius Hall and Jared Kimberly Papers of the 1st California Regiment, 1861-1913 (bulk) 1804-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Julius C. Hall and his friend Jared T. Kimberly grew up together in rural Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to California to seek their fortunes during the early days of the Civil War. Hiking through the wilderness from San Francisco to Oregon, they nearly lost their lives in an Indian attack, before enlisting together in Company K of the 1st California Infantry Regiment, which embarked on an epic march from San Francisco to Fort Craig in New Mexico. This collection contains first-hand accounts of these two men's Civil War service as they encountered the occasional Confederate sympathizer, but more often Apaches and Navajos who were resisting American encroachment into their territory.

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

Olden Family Papers, 1769-1847 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of members of the Olden family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Olden, Ephraim Olden, John Olden, and Samuel Olden.

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

Selected Papers of Lemuel Cobb, 1753-1824 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of surveying documents, deeds, correspondence, and other material of American surveyor Lemuel Cobb relating, for the most part, to the Boudinot family, particularly the brothers Elias and Elisha and their nephew Tobias.

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

David Hosack Family Papers, 1793-1916 (inclusive) 1818-1850 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: David Hosack (1769-1835) was an American physician, botanist, educator, and graduate of Princeton University (Class of 1789). This collection consists of correspondence, deeds, indentures, wills, maps, printed materials, and other assorted family papers related to estates and land owned by David Hosack and his family. Many of the papers concern land in the Lackawanna River valley of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

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

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