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McFarlane Family Papers

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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.

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Consists of correspondence, deeds, indentures, genealogical notes, and other documents of the McFarlane, Buchanan, and Haslett families who came to Somerset County, New Jersey, from England and Canada in the 19th century. Included are the marriage contracts (1834) of Henry McFarlane with Ann Buchanan; some of their correspondence; manuscripts, correspondence, and documents of their daughter, Kate E. McFarlane; and business papers relating to the flax-cotton industry of England and New Jersey and McFarlane's N.J. Flax Cotton Co.

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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

Genealogy of Buchanan and McFarlane Families, 1829-1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Genealogy of Haslett, Buchanan, and McFarlane Families, 1914-1932. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters of Catherine Gibson, circa 1848. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters of Buchanan Family, 1834-1872. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letterpress Copybook of Henry McFarlane, 1834-1835. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Marriage Articles of Anne Buchanan and Henry McFarlane, 1834. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Business Correspondence of Henry McFarlane, 1854. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to Anne and Henry McFarlane, 1848-1873. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters of A. Stone, 1848-1857. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters of Henry McFarlane to Anne Buchanan McFarlane, 1852-1886. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters between Joseph Tracy and William B. McFarlane, 1887-1896. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Letters of Henry McFarlane, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Household Inventory, circa 1887. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Manuscripts by Kate McFarlane, circa 1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Claussens' Patent Flax Co., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Farewell to Rocky Hill" by William Tooth, Esq., undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1830s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1840s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1850s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1860s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1880s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1890s. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Various Documents, 1900-1921. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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