Call Number:

C0436

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1710-1875 (inclusive) and 1809-1842 (bulk)

Creator:

Gulick (family)

Form:

Correspondence., Deeds., Legal documents., and Wills.

Abstract:

The Gulick Family Papers consists of family bills, receipts, wills, letters, contracts, stock certificates, warrants, deeds, a genealogy, and an autograph book.

The Gulick family was of German and Dutch descent, most likely having its origins in the Duchy of Gulick in Germany. The Gulicks' ancestors had settled in the Netherlands by the early 1600s. By the mid-1600s, Hendrick Gulick had established the Gulick family in America when he immigrated to New Amsterdam, present day New York. In the early 1700s, four of Hendrick's grandsons, Hendrick, Jochem, Pieter, and Johannes, settled in New Jersey.

Jochem Gulick, the oldest son of Johannes, moved his family to Middlesex County, New Jersey. William Gulick, the author of the majority of the documents in this collection, was Jochem's youngest son. William lived with his family on a farm near Kingston, N.J., until 1835 when they moved into a house in nearby Princeton.

From the 1810s to the 1840s, William ran a coach service with lines running in Middlesex and Somerset County and beyond to Philadelphia and New York City. The main lines were the Columbia Coach Co., Federal Coach Lines, and the New Union Line. The horse-drawn coaches transported various shipped goods as well as passengers.

Consists of correspondence and documents of the Gulick family of Middlesex and Somerset counties, New Jersey. The collection contains some personal family correspondence and documents, especially of William Gulick, but consists mainly of material regarding the running of stagecoach lines of those counties, including the Columbia Coach Co., Federal Coach Lines, and the New Union Line. The correspondence deals with such subjects as the care of horses, repair to coaches, stables, extra loads, and steamboat connections. The documents include bills, receipts, wills, a genealogy, bonds, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale, arrest warrants, an insurance policy, a promissory note, general statements of account, and a certificate of stock shares.

The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: ALS = autograph letter signed, TLS = typed letter signed, ACS = autograph card signed, TCS = typed card signed, ANS = autograph note signed, TNS = typed note signed, AMsS = autograph manuscript signed, and TMsS = typed manuscript signed.

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or company.