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John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen
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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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John Story Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick, were American collectors.
This collection of autograph letters, dated 1785?-1898, by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, consists of 24 letters, 3 signatures, 3 newspaper clippings, and a poem by Louisa C. Adams in pocket of front cover. Compiled by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick. Previously bound in a black lacquered binding with leather spine and pearl bosses in the four corners on upper and lower boards, with a painting of a bouquet of flowers surrounded by an ornate gold border on upper cover.
The following standard abbreviations, or their variations, are used to identify materials in this collection: ALS = autograph letter signed, TLS = typed letter signed, AMsS = autograph manuscript signed.
Maintains the folio order of the original bound scrapbook.
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
Collected by John Story Gulick and his wife (AM12800).
This collection was processed in 2004. Finding aid written in 2004.
In 2022, restrictions on two Thomas Jefferson letters where researchers were required to use surrogates were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2004
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The collection is open for research.
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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
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ALS from Frances F. (Mrs. Grover) Cleveland to A. L. Rowland asking the prices of the coal supply needed for the winter, Buzzard's Bay, MA (1 leaf and addressed envelope)
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AMs of dialogue between two girls in Mr. Terretti's school in Florence expressing their gratitude for Mrs. Elizabeth Milligan Gulick's gift to the school of an American flag (1 leaf)
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ALS from D.F. Du Pont to John S. Gulick sending best wishes for the season, Wilmington, Delaware (1 leaf)
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ALS from Rufus Choate to Miss Milligan (1 leaf)
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ALS from Rufus Choate to Miss Milligan (1 leaf)
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ALS from Rufus Choate to Miss Milligan (1 leaf)
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ALS from John Macpherson to Miss Milligan thanking her for the excellent miniature portrait of her daughter, Mrs. Berrian, which she sent him, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1 leaf)
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ALS from Henry Clay to Joseph Milligan thanking him for the copy of Milligan's book on gardening, promising him that if he finds it worthy he will recommend it to his compatriots in Kentucky, and asking Milligan for a copy of Tracy's "Economy," sent to Georgetown, Dec. 8, n.y. (1 leaf)
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N ewspaper article about actor Master Payne's first appearance in a play, undated (1 leaf)
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Newspaper article printing John Worthington's account of John Howard Payne's disinterment in Tunis (1 leaf)
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AL from John Howard Payne, the author of "Home Sweet Home," to Miss Milligan arranging a time to visit (1 leaf)
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ALS from Millard Fillmore to Miss E. Milligan referring to the illness of Mrs. Fillmore and the explosion of the USS Princeton in 1844, Buffalo, New York, to Washington City (1 leaf)
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ALS from Millard Fillmore to Miss Milligan entailing his difficult journey home from Rochester, Buffalo, New York (1 leaf)
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ALS from Millard Fillmore to Miss Milligan allowing her to use him as a reference and inquiring if she will be in Washington at the same time as his forthcoming visit on Feb. 25th, Albany, New York (1 leaf)
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ANS from George Bancroft to Mr. Gulick (1 leaf)
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ALS from George Spofford to Mrs. J. S. Gulick thanking her for lending to the Library of Congress her collection of autograph letters including a note from Thomas Jefferson to her father, The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (1 leaf)
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ALS from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan concerning the method for packing and shipping his library at Monticello to the Library of Congress, Monticello, Virginia (1 leaf), with typed transcription of the letter
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Autograph of William Fitzhugh (1 leaf)
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ALS from John Marshal regarding a question about a client's suit (1 leaf)
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ALS from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan regarding Jefferson's revision of a translation of Destutt de Tracy's work, Monticello (1 leaf)
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ALS from James Madison, Jr., regarding papers enclosed with the letter (1 leaf)
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AL from John Quincy Adams to Miss Milligan thanking her for the miniature portrait she rendered of his wife and asking her to make one of his daughter when they come to Washington D.C. later that fall, 1843 August 11 (1 leaf). AN (photostat); ALS to S. Bourne, 1797; ALS to Charles B. Cochran, 1814; ALS to G.W. Erwing, 1817; ALS from G.W. Erwing, 1817; ALS to Samuel Southard, Secretary of Navy, 1826;ALS to William Niles, 1837; AL to Miss Milligan, 1843; AN by Mrs. Benjamin Harrrison, undatedAlso includes miscellaneous photostats.
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Autograph of John Hancock and stamped seal of the State of Massachusetts (1 leaf)
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ANS from Dolly P. Todd (later Dolly Madison) to Richard Elliot receipt for rent payment, Philadelphia (1 leaf)
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ALS from Dolly P. Madison to Miss Milligan asking when she will be in town to render a portrait of Madison's friend Mrs. Berrish, President's Square (1 leaf)
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ALS from Dolly P. Madison to Miss Milligan praising one of her portraits and remarking on Madison's recent cold (1 leaf)
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ALS from Richard Rush (signed R. R.) to General John Mason regarding Oliver Hazard Perry's recent success against the British in the War of 1812 (1 leaf)
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Autograph of General Mason (1 leaf)
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ALS from James McCosh to Elizabeth (Milligan) Gulick regarding the possible donation of the portrait of Cromwell in Gulick's possession to the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey (1 leaf)
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AMsS poem from Louisa Catherine Adams to Miss Milligan (1 leaf)
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Package envelope from Mrs. Adams to Miss Milligan inscribed "with Mrs. Adams' love," (1 leaf)
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TLS, Will Carleton's poem "Coming Home at Last,", undated (1 leaf)
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Original black lacquered binding with leather spine and pearl bosses in the four corners on upper and lower boards. Painting of a bouquet of flowers surrounded by an ornate gold border on upper cover.
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