Call Number:

C0353

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 1 volume
• 0.3 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Theodore W. Tallmadge Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1840-1903 (inclusive)

Creator:

Tallmadge, Theodore W. (Theodore Wood), 1827-1904

Form:

Journals -- 19th century., Letters -- 19th century., and Speeches, addresses, etc. -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of letters by Theodore W. Tallmadge (Princeton Class of 1846), the bulk of which were sent to members of his family, especially to his parents, Darius and Sara Ann Tallmadge, from the College of Augusta in Kentucky (1841-1842), Ohio University (1842-1843), and Princeton (1844-1846).

A graduate of Princeton (Class of 1846), Theodore W. Tallmadge was a pension lawyer in Washington, D.C.

The collection consists primarily of letters by Tallmadge (Princeton Class of 1846), the bulk of which were sent to members of his family, especially to his parents, Darius and Sara Ann Tallmadge, from the College of Augusta in Kentucky (1841-1842), Ohio University (1842-1843), and Princeton (1844-1846). Tallmadge's letters to his sons (1847-1903) reflect his success as a pension lawyer in Washington, D.C., and his interest in the Grand Army of the Republic. In addition, there are a transcript of his grades from Princeton (1844-1845), an oration by him on college life (1844), and a commencement circular (1846).

Also present is a bound volume entitled "Reminiscences of Theodore W. Tallmadge, Class of 1846," containing two photographs of Tallmadge, extracts from "Sanctum Santorum," his journal of student life kept while at Princeton, and a long letter to Varnum Lansing Collins (1902) giving reminiscences of Princeton, particularly about the sophomore commencement, and including his sophomore oration of June 1844.