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Von Hemert 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.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0472
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 2 boxes
  • 0.8 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Von Hemert Autograph Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1780-1803 (bulk) and 1752-1908 (inclusive)
Creator:
Von Hemert, A. Phillipe, 1922-
Form:
Autographs. and Correspondence -- 18th century
Abstract:
Consists of photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert.

Von Hemert, A. Phillipe, 1922-

A. Philippe Von Hemert was a member of the Princeton Class of 1944.

The collection consists of photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert (Princeton Class of 1944), consisting primarily of letters to Anthony Walton White by such historical figures as Alexander Hamilton, Thaddeus Koscuiszko, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Dolly Madison, Gouverneur Morris, Baron von Steuben, and George Washington. Also represented are members of the Walton Evans family, and miscellaneous autographs and paper currency of the period are included.

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Reproduced by the library from originals in the possession of A. Philippe von Hemert.

Gift of A. Philippe von Hemert.

Folder inventory prepared by Allyse Terrell '2014 in 2011.

No appraisal information is available.

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Subject
Place

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

Description, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Signatures, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Index, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Aerthen, Guilliam, Receipt of Vouchers from Anthony W. White, Charleston, 1787 November 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Alexander, James, A.L.S. to Perth Amboy, 1753 March 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bayard, John, A.L.S. to White, New Brunswick, 1789 February 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Beckwith, George, Military Order for John King, Headquarters, Kingsbridge, 1779 October 8. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Biddle, Clement, Protest of Promisory Note, Defaulted by John Nicholson, Philadephia, 1797 March 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Bloomfield, Joseph, A.S.S to Mrs. Margaret White, Washington, 1818 March 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Book, Daniel, Certification as Deacon in Episcopal Church at Ely and Certification as Priest in Church of England, 1744-1747. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Boone, Thomas, Appointment of Anthony White as Lieutenant Colonel of Regiment of Horse Militia, 1760 October 10. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Boudinot, Elias, A.S.S to White, Philadelphia, 1792 April 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Burke, A.E., A.L.S. to White, New York, 1790 April 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.S.S to White, n.p, n.d A.L.S. to White

Physical Description

1 folder

Burke, Edward, A.L.S. to White, Jacksonborough, 1782 February 19. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Burnet, J., A.L.S. to White, Headquarters, 1782 October 19. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Burr, Aaron, A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, Albany, 1818 February 16. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Burwell, N., Extract from Orders, Lower Salem, 1779 August 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Bush, Lewis, Testimony Involving Anthony Walton White, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed, n.p., n.d.

Physical Description

1 folder

Butler, Peirce, A.L.S. to White, Charleston, 1783 October 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Campbell, George, A.S.S to White, Savannah, 1782 June 6. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Carleton, Statement on Military Status of Anthony Walton White, War Office, 1783 September 23. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Carrington, Edward, A.L.S. to White, Camp, 1782 November 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Catherwood, John, A.L.S. to White, London, 1752 October 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Clay, Henry, A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, Washington, 1824 January 6. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Corwin, Thomas, A.L.S. to Mrs. Elizabeth Evan, Washington, 1836 April 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Coutts, Thomas, A.L.S. to John Watts, Strand, 1788 April 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Dart, John Sanford, Charleston, 1788. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Autographed Manuscript: Extracts from the minutes of the Society of the Cincinnati in South Carolina, of July 4 and November 5 1787, Charleston, April 1 1788

Election of Delegates to general Meeting

A.L.S. to White, Charleston, April 1 1788

Physical Description

1 folder

Davis, William, A.L.S. to White, War Office, 1782 April 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Dawson, J., A.L.S. to White, Washington, 1802 January 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Second A.S.S, n.p., n.d.

Physical Description

1 folder

Deed New York City, 1749 June 20. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Hendrich Pieters van Hassel to John Van Scheepen, transfer of a lot

Physical Description

1 folder

Dickinson, Philomon, A.L.S. to White, 1792 May 5. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Eaton, Amos, Certification in Mathematics from Rensselaer Institute to Walton W. Evans, 1836 March 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Emmerichm, A. Orders for Passes, Camp Kingsbridge, 1779 August 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed, Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Eustace, John S., A.S.S to White, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Evans, Thomas, A.S.S to Drwell, Basset, Ausmack, 1809 February 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Draft

Physical Description

1 folder

Evans, W.W., A.L.S. to His Mother, Panama, New Granada, 1850 April 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fish, Nicholas, A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, New Brunswick, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Forsyth, John, Washington, 1826-1837. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to Walton W. Evans, May 10 1837 A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, April 20 1826

Physical Description

1 folder

Frelinghuysen, Frederick, A.L.S. to White, 1799 May 29. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fray, Baron de, A.L.S. to White, Camp, 1782 October 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gates, Horatio, 2 A.L.S. to Col. White, Hillsborough, 1780. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gibbons, William & Others, S.S. to White, 1796 July 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Grant, Ulysses S., Headquaters, 1866 November 6. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Grayson, William, A.L.S., Philadephia, 1780 March 8. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Green, Nathaniel, A.L.S. to Gov. Burke, Headquaters, 1782 April 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hamilton, Alexander, 1777-1799. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to Anthony Walton White, September 23 1777 A.L.S. to Lieut.Boote, New York, March 18 1799

Physical Description

1 folder

Hammond, L., A.L.S. to White, 1784 April 20. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hand, Edward, A.L.S. to White, Camp Near York in Virginia, 1781 October 25. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hardy, Josiah, A.L.S. to White, London, 1764 September 2. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Heard, John, A.L.S. Wishes to Withdraw the Charges Against Colonel, Yorktown, 1781 October 21. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hoto, Baron, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A. Ms, Verse in German and English, 5 pages, n.p., n.d.

Physical Description

1 folder

Howe, Robert, A.L.S. to White, Lower Salem, 1779 August 11. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Howell, Richard, Trenton, 1796. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Hunt, Aaron, A.L.S. to White, Fort Knyphausen, 1779 October 12. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Izard, George, A.L.S. to William Caldwell, Philadephia, 1815 June 7. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Jackson, Andrew, Paten Rights to Stephen S. Song for Improvements on Locomotive Steam Engine, Washington, 1833. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 Documents Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Jefferson, Thomas, A.L.S. to White, Richmond, 1780 May 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Koscuiszki, Philadephia, 1797. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. and copy

Physical Description

1 folder

Lafayette, Gilbert de, Motier, Marguis de, 1781. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

5 A.L.S. to Colonel White

Physical Description

1 folder

Kirkptrick, Andrew, A.L.S. to Margaret White, 1818 January 19. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Lambert, John, Appointment of Margaret White as Guardian of Elizabeth Mary White, Trenton, 1803 September 16. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Lee, Henry, S.S. to General White, Pittsburg, 1794 November 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Photostatic Copy

Physical Description

1 folder

Livingston, William, A.L.S. to William Boote, Elizabeth, 1792 December 22. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Loring, Joseph A., A.S.S to White, New York, 1779 September 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Luzerne, Chevalier de la, A.L.S. to Baron von Steuben, Philadelphia, 1783 June 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

McHenry, James, A.L.S. to William K. Boote, War Deparment, 1798 April 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

McIntosh, John, 1784 February 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

McKnight, Charles, A.L.S. to White, 1791 October 12. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Madison, Dolly, 1844. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Quotation and Signature, February 27, 1844 A.N. to Dear Mary

Physical Description

1 folder

Marshall, John, Richmond, 1783-1789. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to "Dear Pierce", February 12, 1783 A.L.S. to White, March 15, 1789

Physical Description

1 folder

Mifflin, T., A.L.S. to Captain Otto Williams, Encapment Orders from General Washington, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Morris, Gouverneur, 1784-1814. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to White, Philadelphia, April 3, 1784 A.L.S. to Thomas M. Crans Morrisania, August 18, 1809 A.L.S. to My Dear Cousin, Morrisania, February 7, 1814

Physical Description

1 folder

Morris, Lewis, 1753-1782. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.L.S. to White

Physical Description

1 folder

Morris, Robert, A.L.S. to White, Greensburgh, 1799 June 16. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Morris, Robert H., White, Anthony, Agreement Between Robert Morris, Anthony White, James Alexander to Divide Their Proportions of Ten Thousand Acres, 1755 May 5. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Document Signed

Physical Description

1 folder

Moulthriem, William, A.L.S. to White, Charlestown, 1783 March 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Muhlenburgh, P., A.L.S. to White, 1782 January 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Neilson, John & Others, A.L.S. to Miss Ellis, New Brunswick, 1786 September 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nemsewitz, Julian, Count, 1798. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to Mrs. White, Philadelphia, April 5,1798 A.L.S. to Colonel White, Elizabethtown, October 24, 1798

Physical Description

1 folder

Ogden, Aaron, A.L.S. to White, Browns Ferry, 1794. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Colonial Paper Currency, 1775-1781. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Eight pieces (photostats).

Physical Description

1 folder

Paterson, William, 2 A.L.S. to White, 1787-1788. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Payne, John Howard, A.L.S. to Miss Caldwell, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pendleton, Nathaniel, A.L.S. to White, Savannah, 1793 May 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pickering, Timothy, A.L.S. to Thomas Evans, Washington, 1804 February 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pierce, William, A.L.S. to White, Headquarters, 1782 June 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 2 A.L.S. to C.W. White, Newark, 1798 November. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pratt, C., Case Involving the Will of John Pitman and Euphenma Norris, 1758 August 19. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Putman, Israel, A.L.S. Certifying That Anthony Walton White is Raising Men for the Comgaign, Camp in Cambridge, 1778 October 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ramsay, David, 2 A.L.S. to Miss Mary Ellis, Charleston, 1790-1791. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Randolph, Edmund, A.L.S. to White, Headquarters, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Randolph, John, A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, Washington, 1824 January 10. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rochefontaine, Stephen, A.L.S. to William R. Boote, West Point, 1797 November 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rutherfurd, John, A.L.S. to White, Phildelphia, 1792 November 17. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

St. Clair, Arthur, A.L.S. to Anthony Walton White, Camden, 1781 December 26. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sedan, Cornelius, A.L.S. to White, Philadelphia, 1793 August 30. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Describes plague in Philadelphal; laying of Masonic cornerstone in Trenton

Physical Description

1 folder

Simmons, William, A.L.S. to William R. Boote, Accountants Office, 1798 April 23. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Smith, Samuel Stanhope, A.L.S. to White, Princeton, 1818 March 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Southard, Samuel L., A.L.S. to Mrs. Margaret White, Washington, 1838 January 30. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Stanley, F.W., A.L.S. to Thomas W. Knox, Romsey, 1890 July 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Steuben, Baron von, 1781-1783. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. Richmond, May 10, 1781 A.L.S. August 7, 1781 A.L.S. to Major General Green, West Point, 1783

Physical Description

1 folder

Stockton, Richard, A.L.S. to White, New York, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Sumner, Charles, 1864 January 26. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

S.S. to W.W. Evans, Senate Chambers

Physical Description

1 folder

Symmes, John Cleves, A.L.S. to White, New Brunswick, 1787 December 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, John, A.L.S. to White, Albany, 1793 March 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Theus, Simeon, A.L.S. to White, Philadelphia, 1793 January 10. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tucker, St. George, A.L.S., 1881 June 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Tucker, Thomas T., A.L.S. to White, Philadelphia, 1792 March 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Upshur, Abel P., A.S.S to T.E. Evans, Washington, 1843 September 1. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Van Berekel, L.P., 1792. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. to White, New York, September 20, 1792 A.L.S. to White, Philadelphia, June 25, 1792

Physical Description

1 folder

VanderHorst, Elias, A.L.S. to Miss Mary Ellis, Bristol, 1801 October 13. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Van Rensselar, Stephen, A.L.S. to Walton, Mann House, 1833 December 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 Copies

Physical Description

1 folder

Wall, Garret D., A.S.S to Mrs. Margaret White, Burlington, 1836 September 28. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Walton, John, A.L.S. to White, Brunswick, Virginia, 1780 April 14. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Washington, G. A., A.L.S. to White, Wilton, 1781 May 11. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Washington, George, 1778-1779. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Washington, T.S., Certificated that Anthony W. White Has Posted Bonds, Gerogia, 1782 October 25. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Watts, John, Accounts of Money Received for Mrs. Elizabeth White, London, 1788 May 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Also contains A.L.S. to White from same date

Physical Description

1 folder

Webster, Daniel, A.L.S. to John Scott, Washington, 1838 May 5. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

White, Anthony W., 1786-1911. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

D.S. Addressed to Elisha Lawrence, Vice President, New Jersey Notice of Election of Officers, March 26 Broadside Calvary Orders, Bedford, December 5, 1794 A.L.S. Headquarters, February 19, 1780 A.L.S. Cavalry Quarters, 28, 1780 A.L.S. Philadelphia, September 24, 1783 A.L.S. June 18, 1782 A.L.S. to John Marshall, New Brunswick, September 29, 1793 A.S.S to Edmund Randolph, New York, July 3 , 1786 Extract Copied from the Virginia State Records about Acres Presented to Colonel White on January 29, 1787 copied May, 1911 Ms. Invitation to Dinner from the President of the United States Newspaper Clippings Relating to 1779, 1908

Physical Description

1 folder

Wilkinson, James, A.L.S. to General White, Pittsburgh, 1788 May 2. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Williamson, Benjamin, A.L.S. to White, 1795 January 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wise, Henry A., A.S.S to Dear Sir, Washington, 1833 December 19. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Wilcott, Oliver, A.L.S. to Thomas Evans, New York, 1803 August 18. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Woodbury, Levi, A.L.S. to Thomas W. Bagly, Navy Department, 1833 October 17. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest