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Woodruff Family 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:
C0740
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 3 boxes
  • 1.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Woodruff Family Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1803-1850 (bulk) and 1795-1896 (inclusive)
Creator:
Woodruff, George, 1765-1846
Form:
Correspondence -- 19th century, Deeds -- 18th century, and Family papers -- New Jersey -- Trenton -- 19th century.
Abstract:
Consists of selected papers of George Woodruff (Princeton Class of 1785), a lawyer, and various members of his family of Trenton, N.J.

Woodruff, George, 1765-1846

George Woodruff, a member of the Princeton Class of 1785, was a lawyer. George Woodruff's brother, Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, served as mayor of Trenton, N. J. (1794-1797).

The collection consists of selected papers of Woodruff (Princeton Class of 1785) and various members of his family of Trenton, N.J. Included are correspondence with his brother, Aaron Dickinson Woodruff (Princeton Class of 1779), mayor of Trenton from 1794 to 1797, concerning the construction of George Woodruff's house, "Oaklands," near Trenton; correspondence with his wife, Jean Houstoun Woodruff, concerning the deaths of their sons Elias and George; correspondence of a surviving son Patrick Houstoun Woodruff; and papers relating to the settlement of the estate of George and Ann Houstoun (George Woodruff's in-laws) of Savannah, Ga. Also present are four photographs (1896) of "Oaklands," which later became the Trenton Country Club.

Additional material to the collection contains items of Elias, Joseph, Jr., Philemon, and Samuel Woodruff. There is a deed for a house and lot on Main Street in Princeton, N.J., of Thomas Egbert, signed by Elias and Mary Woodruff and dated Feb. 14, 1780. In addition, there are receipts related to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the Rev. Aaron Burr, a typewritten record of unpublished notes of Elias Woodruff from the Princeton Historical Society, and a genealogical list of the Elizabethtown and Newark line of the Woodruff family, dated 1938.

Material arranged primarily by correspondent.

Papers are a former deposit from 1948. Various Manuscripts are a gift of Prof. Thomas H. English. Box 1 and Folders 1-7 of Box 2: AM 1993-94

Folder list prepared by Lisa Yankowitz in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

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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

Woodruff, Aaron, 1801 May 1-1810 March 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

46 ALsS George Woodruff to Aaron Woodruff concerning Oaklands, George Woodruff's house

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Aaron, 1796 June 5-1808 April 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

36 ALsS Aaron D. Woodruff to George Woodruff concerning Oaklands, George Woodruff's house

Physical Description

1 folder

Oaklands, 1802-1810. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the construction of G. Woodruff's house, Oaklands. Bills, receipts, accounts, house plans and drawings, etc., c. 150 pieces.

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Jean Houstoun, 1822 April 7-1835 January 28. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

10 ALsS to Jean Houstoun Woodruff from George Woodruff. Several of these letters were written to her on the occasion of their son George's death

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Abner, 1803 July 1-September 1. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 ALsS from Abner Woodruff (brother of George to George and Jean Woodruff

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, George Houstoun, 1816 February 24-1822 February 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

18 ALsS from George Houstoun Woodruff (son). Inclused a copy of his reply to an attack on the Episcopal Church by a Presbyterian author

Physical Description

1 folder

Houstoun, Patrick, 1822 April 8-1839 October 11. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

6 ALsS from Patrick Housoun (jean Houstoun Woodruff's brother)

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, George, 1838 September 10. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS from T. Abbott informing G. Woodruff that he has been elected President of the Trenton Institute

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, George, 1819 June 30-1837 October 26. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

19 ALsS from various friends and relatives

Physical Description

1 folder

List of Lands, Dwellings, and Slaves, 1815. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Business Papers and Accounts, 1803-1820. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

c. 39 pieces. Includes receipts, bills, legal documents, rough drafts of business letters

Physical Description

1 folder

Commission as Solicitor General of Georgia, 1795 June 23. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Accounts of Boarding and Tuition Expenses, 1802-1808. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Aaron D. Woodruff's accounts for the boarding and tuition expenses of his nephews, George H and Elias Woodruff, sons of George Woodruff

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Elias, 1819. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Papers relating to his death. ALS to George Woodruff from James Johnston, in which he advises him of the serious illness and probable death of his son Elias. Also included is a list of Elias' personal possessions made after his death and forwarded to his family. The journal of Elias A. Woodruff, kept during his voyage to Liverpool and returned to his family after his death there in August 1819.

Physical Description

1 folder

George Houstoun Woodruff: Death, 1822. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS from A. Carter to James Johnston; ALS from A. Carter to George Woodruff; 2 ALsS from J. B. Parker to Charles & Joseph Higby; ALS from J. B. Parker to Thomas Woodruff offering condolences of the congregation of Carlisle; c. 16 pieces, including copies of four letters from George Woodruff (father) about payment of burial expenses, disposition of personal effects, etc.

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Patrick Houstoun: Correspondence, 1837-1852. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 ALsS to John W. Houstoun; 14 ALsS from John W. Houstoun; 5 ALsS from Louisa Caroline Johnston Woodruff (his wife); ALS from Robert M. Charlton

Physical Description

1 folder

Houstoun, George and Ann: Estate Settlement Papers, 1801-1825. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between George Woodruff, executor of Lady Houstoun's estate, and various heirs. Includes receipts of payments from the estate, legal documents, receipts for monies recieved by various heirs, etc. c. 40 pieces

Physical Description

1 folder

Stratton, Clara C., 1880. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

ALS from Stratton to cousin George Woodruff

Physical Description

1 folder

Unidentified Poem, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 pp., religious

Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs: Oaklands, 1896. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 views, later became Trenton Country Club, NJ

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Elias, 1789-1938. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Receipt to General Anthony Wayne for Wayne's son in Princeton, signed by Woodruff; typescript of unpublished Woodruff notes, and Woodrufffamily tree

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Elias and Mary, 1780 February 14. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Deed for house and lot on Main Street, Princeton, to Thomas Egbert

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Joseph, Jr., 1755 September 4. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Receipt for money to be forwarded to Princeton fro the Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr, Elizabethtown, NJ

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Philomon, Class of 1873, 1872 November 20. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Essay on Sydney Smith

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Samuel, 1758-1762. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

DsS accounts related to the College of New Jersey

Physical Description

1 folder

Woodruff, Aaron Dickinson, 1795 March 11. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Report of the Attorney General, Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, on the Memorial of the Honorable Thomas Henderson.

Physical Description

1 box

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