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Armstrong and Kaines Autograph Collection

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

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.

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Armstrong, Edward Ambler, 1858-1932

Edward Ambler Armstrong was a second-generation Irish-American of South Jersey birth who rose to wealth and top managerial positions in finance, utilities, communications, and transportation in Atlantic, Camden, and Cape May Counties around the turn of the 20th century. He was an avid collector of historical Americana, particularly letters written by George Washington.

The collection consists of letters, mostly autograph, from twenty-one United States Supreme Court justices, collected by Edward Ambler Armstrong and Richard Kaines.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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

Samuel Blatchford Autographs, 1880-1883. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Joseph P. Bradley Autographs, 1867-1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

David J. Brewer Autographs, 1877-1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pierce Butler Autograph, 1923. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nathan C. Clifford Autograph, 1833. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Benjamin R. Curtis Autograph, 1868. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Stephen Johnson Field Autographs, 1840-1884. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Horace Gray Autograph, 1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

John M. Harlan Autograph, 1869. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Lucius Quintus C. Lamar Autograph, 1869. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Stanley Matthews Autograph, 1885. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

John Maclean Autograph, 1828. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Samuel F. Miller Autographs, 1884. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Samuel Nelson Autographs, 1831-1844. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rufus W. Peckham Autograph, 1878. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Mahlon Pitney Autograph, 1920. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Edward T. Sanford Autograph, 1923. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

George Shiros Autographs, 1892-1893. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

William Strong Autographs, 1884-1896. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

George Sutherland Autographs, 1922. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bushrod Washington Autographs, 1803-1818. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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