Call Number:

C0408

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

6 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1750-1883 (inclusive)

Creator:

Condit family.

Form:

Account books -- 19th century., Diaries -- 18th century., Family papers., and Newspapers -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of account books and ledgers, a diary (1750), documents, photographs, a few letters, and printed material of the Condit family of East Orange, N.J.

The Condit family was a prominent family from East Orange, N.J.

The collection consists of account books and ledgers, a diary (1750), documents, photographs, a few letters, and printed material of the Condit family of East Orange, N.J. The collection contains material from the Oranges and Newark including a paper by Jotham H. Condit, "An Easy History of Orange," 19th-century newspapers of the Orange and East Orange areas, and miscellaneous clippings. The diary chronicles a trip by John Condit and Daniel Lawson from Newark to London. In addition, there are eighteen issues of The New York Times for April, 1865, detailing the assassination of Lincoln and subsequent events.