Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1740">1740</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1744">1744</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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.

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

John Hinsdale Scheide Collection of Three Centuries of French History, 1510-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:: 10 volumes and 1.00 linear feet
Abstract:: Collection consists of 386 letters and documents of royalty, nobility, statesmen, and other celebrities of France, from the reign of Louis XII to the commencement of the French Revolution.

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

Felix Limongi Collection of Louisiana Slavery and Civil War Materials, 1722-1872 (inclusive) 1802-1872 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of several small groups of papers regarding slavery, the American Civil War, and related legal matters in Louisiana, primarily during the 19th century, which were assembled by collector Felix Limongi. Materials include estate records of Marie Claire Chabert (1769-1847), a formerly enslaved free African American woman who purchased and manumitted her family members and owned land in New Orleans; correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893); papers of the law firm Durant & Hornor regarding legal cases brought against the Union Army after the Civil War; as well as some miscellaneous documents and correspondence pertaining to Louisiana history.

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

Mowry Family of Rhode Island Collection, 1722-1785 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of account books of members of the Mowry family, who were among the first settlers of Providence, Rhode Island.

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

George Pretyman Collection, 1741-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of material of British clergyman and bishop George Pretyman (also known as George Pretyman Tomline) related to William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) and others.

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]

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]

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.

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

Jonathan Edwards Family Collection, 1723-1798 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of selected correspondence, sermons, and documents of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and his three sons, Timothy, Jonathan, and Pierpont Edwards.

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

Jonathan Dickinson Collection, 1704-1763 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists chiefly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of clergyman Jonathan Dickinson relating to his establishment of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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

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