Call Number:

C0427

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1835-1893 (inclusive)

Creator:

French, Lewis

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Family papers -- 19th century., Journals -- 19th century., and Photographs -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.

The French family was a prominent family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois.

The collection consists of correspondence, journals, photographs, a cemetery plot deed, and printed matter of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French. The correspondence and journals contain comments regarding preaching, religious beliefs, visits among family members, personal monies, and farm conditions.