Call Number:

C0531

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1769-1847 (inclusive)

Creator:

Olden family

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Deeds -- New Jersey -- Middlesex County., Family papers., Legal documents., Manuscripts -- 18th century, Sermons., and Wills.

Abstract:

Consists mostly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of members of the Olden family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Olden, Ephraim Olden, John Olden, and Samuel Olden.

The Olden family was a prominent family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The collection consists mostly of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of members of the Olden family of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Benjamin Olden, Ephraim Olden, John Olden, and Samuel Olden. The collection contains estate inventories, a partnership agreement, leases, a will, a deed, receipts, and articles of agreement. In addition, there is a copy of a sermon (1769) by Samuel Fotheringill.

Additional accessions include twelve letters (1818-1826) from Hugh B. Ely to his father-in-law, Joseph Olden, about family matters and eight letters (1800-1810), also to Joseph Olden, from Alexander Elmslie chiefly about investments.