Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1845">1845</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

John H. Scheide Collection on Slavery in North America, 1688-1865 (inclusive) 1766-1865 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 1.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a group of around forty documents, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, that were assembled by collector John H. Scheide on the topic of slavery in North America.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Rare Book Collection [Contact Us]

Charles K. Tuckerman Papers, 1812-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes
Abstract:: Consists of the personal papers of Charles K. Tuckerman, the first United States Minister to Greece. Included in the archive is incoming and outgoing correspondence with several military and political officials, authors, and several members of royal families of Europe. There is also a large amount of autographed letters signed from King George I.

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

Bartlett Family Papers, 1776-1859 (inclusive) 1810-1834 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, and other financial and legal documents related to the settlement of the estate of the Bartlett family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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

J. O. Simmons Papers, 1836-1889 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.4 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence, financial documents (e.g. account books and receipts), ephemera, and legal documents (e.g. permits, contracts, and affidavits) from J. O. Simmons (1821-1890). Simmons worked in a variety of professions in Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Dakota Territory, including as a merchant, storekeeper, farmer, attorney, surveyor, county clerk, justice of the peace, and homeopathic doctor. The collection largely documents agricultural and mercantile exchanges on the Mississippi River during and after the American Civil War, the employment of African American and immigrant laborers during the early Reconstruction era, and land dispute issues among white settlers in the Territory of Dakota in the 1870s.

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

Maria Edgeworth Papers, 1799-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.0 linear feet and 4 boxes
Abstract:: Consists primarily of Maria Edgeworth's notebooks and sketchbooks for various literary projects. There is also correspondence between Edgeworth and others, including letters to various publishers concerning the printing of her work, as well as a small amount of miscellaneous material including rent slips, a copy of her poem "Jacob," a copy of a will of a publisher at Baldwin & Craddock, an advertisement for an octavo edition of her work, and a leather carrying case.

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

John Whelan Luke Papers, 1838-1853 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of a group of documents and correspondence recording the activities of John Whelan Luke (1815-1896) as a store owner, postmaster, and county treasurer in Waterloo, Missouri, from 1838 to 1841, and as a farmer and trader of enslaved persons in Berryville, Virginia, in the 1840s and 1850s.

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

William Morris Davis and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis Correspondence, 1829-1863 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of correspondence of Quaker abolitionists and husband and wife, William Morris Davis (1815-1891), member of the 37th U.S. Congress, and Elizabeth M. Jacobs Davis (1817-1904) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, primarily documenting their activities during the antebellum and Civil War periods.

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

Mary Chrystie Papers, 1833-1841 (bulk) 1830s-1840s (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes, 1 volume, and 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: A collection of letters and other writings written principally by Mary Chrystie, but also other members of Chrystie/Few family, mostly from the 1830s through 1840s. Mary Chrystie is a pious, intelligent, chatty, and wealthy young lady from Fishkill Landing, New York. Unfortunately Mary dies at the early age of 17 from tuberculosis in Nice, France.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Cotsen Children's Library [Contact Us]

Richard B. Cohen Collection of Francis S. Cockran, Reuben Yocum, and Bills Family Materials, 1845-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet and 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of three groups of 19th century materials that were formerly part of the Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection. These include thirteen letters to Francis S. Cockran (1814-1886), a Maryland businessman, Navy officer, abolitionist, and Underground Railroad supporter; eight letters, bounty payments, and financial documents related to Reuben Yocum, 3rd Assistant Engineer on the U.S.S. Fort Hindman; and miscellaneous business records and letters related to the family business of John Houston Bills (1800-1871) and Leonidas Bills (1828-1881) in Bolivar, Tennessee.

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

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