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E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0034
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
1 box
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Citations should be as follows: E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1748-1889 (inclusive)
Creator:
Atkinson, E. Stanley (Edwin Stanley), 1887-1961
Form:
Autographs. and Correspondence.
Abstract:
Consists of letters and documents signed by historical figures from both the Revolutionary War and the pre-Civil War periods of American history, collected by E. Stanley Atkinson, a member of the Princeton Class of 1910.

Atkinson, E. Stanley (Edwin Stanley), 1887-1961

E. Stanley Atkinson, a member of the Princeton Class of 1910, was born in Philadelphia on April 15, 1887. He was interested in forestry and involved in a major citrus growing company in California. An executive of a water company in Carpinteria, California, Atkinson died on October 9, 1961.

The collection consists primarily of two parts: 1) letters and documents from the Revolutionary War period (1778-1780), most of which are addressed to or by Moore Furman, deputy quartermaster general for New Jersey at that time, or William Livingston, the New Jersey governor; 2) autograph letters by pre-Civil War (1857-1859) politicians and congressmen to A. J. Smith, autograph collector. Historical figures represented in the first group include Elias Boudinot, Nathanael Greene, John Hancock, Samuel Huntington, Henry Lee, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, and George Washington; included in the second are Schuyler Colfax, Jefferson Davis, Millard Fillmore, Samuel Houston, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren. In addition, there is a folder of autographs of congressmen (1830-1870).

Organized alphabetically into one series:

Gift of E. Stanley Atkinson on December 6, 1956.

This collection was processed in 1982.. Finding aid written by John Delaney on August 23, 2006.

No appraisal information is available.

People
Place

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
John Delaney
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Elisas Boudinot, James Burnside, John Hancock, Washington Irving, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, James Polk, and George Washington.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Alexander, William, "Lord Stirling" (1726-1783), 1779 August 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS (copy)

Physical Description

1 folder

Armstrong, Robert (1792-1854), August 2. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887), 1868 December 12. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L

Physical Description

1 folder

Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757), 1748. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

D signed by Jonathan Belcher to an ensign of the foot militia in New Jersey

Physical Description

1 folder

Biddle, Clement (1740-1814), 1778 September 25-1780 February 20. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Ls to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Biddle Owen, 1778 September 23-1778 October 9. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS

Physical Description

1 folder

Bigler, William (1814-1880), 1857 September 14. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS

Physical Description

1 folder

Binney, B, 1779 June 5. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Boudinot, Elisas (1740-1821), 1777 June 27. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to his Excellency William Livingston

Physical Description

1 folder

Brearley, David (1745-1790), 1778 February 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to John Butler

Physical Description

1 folder

Breckinridge, John Cabell (1821-1875), 1859 February 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Brown, Albert Gallatin (1813-1880), 1857 October 9. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Andrew Jackson Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877), 1868 December 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Newton Hacker

Physical Description

1 folder

Burnside, James, 1778 October 2-24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Three Ls

Physical Description

1 folder

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to President Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Clark, Horace Francis (1815-1873), 1859 February 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Colfax, Schuyler (1823-1885), 1859 February 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Corning, Erastus (1794-1872), 1859 February 28. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Cox, James (1753-1810), 1777 April 1. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Deposition

Physical Description

1 folder

Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1824-1889), 1889 February 17. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Davis, George (1820-1896), 1779 May 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Davis, Henry Winter (1817-1865), 1857 September 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to [A. J. Smith]

Physical Description

1 folder

Davis Jefferson (1808-1889), 1857 December 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Dickinson, Daniel Stevens (1800-1866), 1857 October 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

[Donelson, Andrew Jackson (1799-1891)], undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Passport

Physical Description

1 box

Donnelley, James P, 1857 December 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Petition for pardon, signed by William J. Pennington

Physical Description

1 folder

Doolittle, James Read (1815-1897), 1859 February 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to [A. J. Smith]

Physical Description

1 folder

Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861), 1857 October 1. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Durkee, Charles (1805-1870), 1857 October 1. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Everett, Edward (1794-1865), 1859 February 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS

Physical Description

1 folder

Faulkner, Charles James (1806-1884), 1859 February 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874), 1857 August 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Florence, Thomas Birch (1812-1875), 1859 February 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Foot, Solomon (1802-1866), 1857 September 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Furman, Moore (1728-1808), 1779 June 28-1780. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to William Livingston (see Livingston, William) Ds by and relating to Moore, Furman. Three pieces

Physical Description

1 folder

Giddings, Joshua Reed (1795-1864), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Gordon, Peter, 1778 July 6-September 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS

Physical Description

1 folder

Greene, Nathaniel (1797-1877), 1779. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Ls and Ds to Moore Furman. Five Pieces

Physical Description

1 folder

Grier, Robert Cooper (1794-1870), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to Charles P. McChisney

Physical Description

1 folder

Haines, Daniel (1801-1877), 1848 December 6. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

DS

Physical Description

1 folder

Halstead, William (1794-1878), 1851 March 12-1852 March 12. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Dr. C. G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Hancock, John (1737-1793), 1777 April 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to the Assembly of the State of New Jersey

Physical Description

1 folder

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886), 1880 October 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Hezehiah B. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Hardenbergh, C. L, 1833 June 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J Donelson

Physical Description

1 folder

Hickman, John (1810-1875), 1859 July 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Hill, John, 1814 August 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to David English

Physical Description

1 folder

Hobart, Garret Augustus (1844-1899), 1873-1874. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Five Ls

Physical Description

1 folder

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), 1859 April 29. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Houston, Samuel (1793-1863), 1857 September 8. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Howell, Richard (1754-1802), 1795 May 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

D, AMS

Physical Description

1 folder

Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796), 1780 July 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Irving, Washington (1783-1859), 1859 February 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS

Physical Description

1 folder

Iverson, Alfred (1798-1873), 1857 September 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845), 1835 July 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Mayor Andrew Jackson Donelson. L of Evan E. Duncan to Andrew Jackson with note of Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Jackson, Andrew Jr, 1831 August 9. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to William Donelsen

Physical Description

1 folder

Jones, George Wallace (1804-1896), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to [A. J. Smith]

Physical Description

1 folder

Jones, John Clancy (1811-1878), 1837 September 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876), 1857 September 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Johnson, Richard Mentor (1781-1850), 1836 August 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Judd, N. B, 1861 February 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to William Allen Butler, relating to Abraham Lincoln

Physical Description

1 folder

Keith, Lawrence Massillon (1824-1864), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Kennedy, Anthony (1810-1892), 1859 February 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870), 1859 March 12. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

King, Preston (1806-1865), 1857 October 30. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Knox, Henry (1750-1806), 1780 June 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to the Magistrates of the County of Middlesex

Physical Description

1 folder

Lee, Henry (1756-1818), 1780 August 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Letcher, John (1813-1884), 1859 February 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Lewis, Joseph, 1779 July 26-October 2. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS

Physical Description

1 folder

[Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)], undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

See: Judd, N. B.

Physical Description

1 box

Livingston, William (1723-1790), 1779 June 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Moore Furman L relating to appointment to Government Documens

Physical Description

1 folder

Lovejoy, Owen (1811-1864), 1859 February 28. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Marshall, Humphrey (1812-1872), 1857 September 8. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Members of Congress, 1850-1870. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Autographs

Physical Description

1 folder

Miller, Jesse (?) (1800-1850), 1849 December 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Charles G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

McChesney, Charles G, undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

See: Atkinson Autograph Collection

Physical Description

1 box

McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885), 1879 July 8. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Hezekiah B. Smith L to William Butler with note of George B. McClellan

Physical Description

1 folder

Monroe, James (1758-1831), 1816 August 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Bank of Columbia relating to Thomas T. Tucker

Physical Description

1 folder

Morris, Robert (1734-1806), 1781 December 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to William Livingston

Physical Description

1 folder

Mott, Valentine (1785-1865), 1821 February 27. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

D relating to Charles G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

New Jersey, 1750 February 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Petition to the Governor

Physical Description

1 folder

Newspapers, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Seals

Physical Description

1 folder

New York, 1840 June 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Convention of Delegates of Democratic Republican Citizens to Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Olden, Charles Smith (1799-1876), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Autograph with that of Thomas S. Allison

Physical Description

1 folder

Orr, James Lawrence (1822-1873), 1857 September 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to [A. J. Smith]

Physical Description

1 folder

[Pennington, William] (1796-1862), undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

See: Donnelley, James P.

Physical Description

1 box

Pennington, William Sandford (1757-1826), 1839 April 9. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Dr. Charles G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Petition, 1750 February 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Petition to the House of Representatives at Burlington on the multiplicity of taverns

Physical Description

1 folder

Pettit, Charles (1736-1806), 1780 July 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Phillips, Henry Myer (1811-1884), 1859 February 14. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Polk, James Know (1795-1849), 1844 July 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Major Andrew Jackson Donelson with draft of speech

Physical Description

1 folder

Polk, Trusten (1811-1876), 1859 February 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Quincy, Josiah (1772-1864), 1859 March 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Quitman, John Anthony (1798-1858), 1857 November 21. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Raymond, Henry Jarvis (1820-1869), 1859 February 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Read, Charles (1715-1774), 1751 May 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Tax Bill

Physical Description

1 folder

Reid, David Settle (1813-1891), 1859 February 14. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS

Physical Description

1 folder

Rice, Henry Mower (1817-1894), 1859 February 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS

Physical Description

1 folder

Rush, Benjamin (1746-1813), 1777 December 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

D relating to Benjamin Stockton

Physical Description

1 folder

Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870), 1859 March 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Andrew Jackson, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

See: Atkinson, E. Stanley, collector

Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Delazon (1816-1860), 1859 February 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Southard, Samuel Lewis (1787-1842), 1833 December 2. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to General Bernard ALS to Dr. Charles McChesney ANS to Isaac Southard ALS to Isaac Southard

Physical Description

1 folder

Stephens Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883), 1859 February 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Two ANSs signed to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Stevens, Edwin Augustus (1795-1868), 1838 April 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Dr. Charles G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Stockton, Benjamin, 1779 May 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

DS by Major Bloomfield

Physical Description

1 folder

Stockton, Robert, 1780 March 6. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Moore Furman

Physical Description

1 folder

Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866), 1839-1854 December 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L to Dr. McChesney ALS to Dr. McChesney ALS to Dr. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Stoddert, Benjamin (1751-1813), 1780 June 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Quartermaster

Physical Description

1 folder

Stratton, Charles Creighton (1796-1859), 1848 March 27. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Dr. Charles G. McChesney ALS to Dr. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Swartwoot, Samuel (1783-1856), 1829 April 29. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Andrew Jackson

Physical Description

1 folder

Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864), 1857 September 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith "Revolutionary Claims" signed by R. B. Taney

Physical Description

1 folder

Thayer, Eli (1819-1899), 1859 March 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Thompson, John (1809-1890), 1859 February 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Toombs, Robert Augustus (1810-1885), 1837 September 12. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Trist, Nicholas Philip (1800-1874), 1857 December 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Andrew Jackson Donelson

Physical Description

1 folder

Tyler, John (1790-1862), 1857 August 27. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862), 1859 October 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith ALS to Andrew Jackson Donelson

Physical Description

1 folder

Vaughan, Charles R. (1759-1839), 1829 October 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to Earl of Belmore ALS to Charles E. Fleming

Physical Description

1 folder

Washington, George (1732-1799), 1799 March 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to William Livingston Note of thanks in third person from George Washington, Trenton

Physical Description

1 folder

Westcott, James Diament, 1831 December 17. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS to his son, James D. Westcott ALS to Dr. Charles G. McChesney

Physical Description

1 folder

Williamson, Isaac Halstead (1767-1844), 1822 December 6. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

DS by Issac Williamson DS by Issac Williamson

Physical Description

1 folder

Wilson, Henry (1812-1875), 1857 August 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ANS to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894), 1857 September 10. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Autograph only to A. J. Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Autographs - Miscellaneous, 1830-1870. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Print, Suggest