Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1815">1815</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Princeton University Library Collection of Church Slavic Manuscripts, circa 1700-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 items and 1.5 linear feet
Abstract:: Includes 2 Russian Orthodox tropers and 2 quadriptychs dating from the 18th-19th centuries.

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

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.

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

Tennent Family Papers, 1770-1795 (bulk) 1755-1936 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.65 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of miscellaneous eighteenth-century papers of several members of the Tennent family of New Jersey and South Carolina.

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

Selected Papers of Sparse Grey Hackle, 1765-1954 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected manuscripts and documents of Sparse Grey Hackle, an American author of books about angling.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Mathews Family Papers, 1815-1865 (bulk) 1790-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:: 7 boxes and 2.8 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of papers of the Mathews family, a 19th-century English theatrical family whose members performed and wrote for the stage and achieved fame as gifted mimics and comedians. Much of the correspondence in the collection is between the family members. Also included are manuscripts of autobiographies written by both the father and son, as well as some manuscripts of monologues, songs, roles, and music.

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

Herbert S. Auerbach Collection on Mormons and Indians, 1808-1935 (inclusive)

Extent:: 12 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of copies of letters, documents, stories, newspaper articles, reports, tables, artifacts, and extracts relating to Mormons and Indians, as collected by Herbert S. Auerbach, an American renaissance man, involved in music, writing, politics, and philanthropy.

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

Hubbell Family Papers, 1788-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: 158 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, documents, a diary (1838), genealogies, documents, legal papers, financial records, and printed matter of the Hubbell family of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.

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

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