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Taylor 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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Taylor, Joseph D. (Joseph Danner), 1830-1899

Joseph D. Taylor, grandfather of Robert Hill Taylor (Princeton Class of 1930) and a teacher and lawyer, served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. During the Civil War, Taylor was a captain in the Eighty-Eighth Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

The collection contains correspondence of Joseph D. Taylor (grandfather of Robert Hill Taylor, Princeton Class of 1930) of Cambridge, Ohio, and his wife, Elizabeth Ann (Hill) Taylor, from their marriage in 1866 to her death in 1887; correspondence with their children William and Gertrude; letters by Elizabeth Ann to her father, William Hill of Maine, and two of her commonplace books; an autograph album presented to Elizabeth Ann in 1850; a journal of a train trip from Trenton, N.J., to Washington, D.C., in 1865; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (1859-1860); two letters (1868, 1889) by Rutherford B. Hayes to Joseph D. Taylor; and miscellaneous correspondence and documents of other members of the Taylor and Hill families.

Arranged in the following sections: Elizabeth Ann Hill Taylor, Joseph D. Taylor, Gertrude Taylor, William Hill Taylor, Caro M. Taylor, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Hill, newspaper clippings.

Folder list written by Lisa Yankowitz ('13) in 2012.

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

Checklist and Biographies, 1985-2000. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1872-1873. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1874. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1875. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1876. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1877. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to William Hill, 1878-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to Joseph D. Taylor, 1865. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to Joseph D. Taylor, 1866. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to Joseph D. Taylor, 1867. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to Joseph D. Taylor, 1882-1884. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Letters to Joseph D. Taylor, 1885. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Correspondence with John E. Butler, 1863-1866. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes miscellaneous poetry

Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Miscellaneous Sent Letters, 1867-1883. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes letters to David D. Taylor, William Hobbs, Jennie, and William & Mollie

Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Miscellaneous Received Letters, 1866-1885. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Ella Betts, El Cooper, Hanna, Charles E. Hill, Edward Hill, and Marry (Hill) Hobbs

Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Journals and Albums, 1850-1865. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Letters to Elizabeth Ann Hill Taylor, 1864-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Letters to William Hill, 1875-1881. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Letters to William and Gertrude Taylor, 1881-1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Letters to George Fox, 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Miscellaneous Received Letters, 1866-1891. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Taylor, Joseph D., Miscellaneous Papers, 1886-1896. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes stocks, receipts, certificate, speeches, and documents

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1 folder

Taylor, Gertrude, Letters to Parents and Grandfather, 1881-1885. 1 folder.
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Daughter of Elizabeth Ann and Joseph D. Taylor

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1 folder

Taylor, William Hill, Letters to Parents, 1883-1891. 1 folder.
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Son of Elizabeth Ann and Joseph D. Taylor

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1 folder

Taylor, Caro M., Miscellaneous Papers, 1896-1904. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Second wife of Joseph D. Taylor

Physical Description

1 folder

Hayes, Rutherford B., Letters to Joesph D. Taylor, 1868-1889. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Hill, William, Miscellaneous Papers, 1881. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Newspaper Clippings and Notebook, 1859-1923. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest