Call Number:

C1006

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 1.95 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Citations should be as follows: Samuel Beach Family Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1783-1884 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Beach, Samuel, 1761-1793

Form:

Correspondence, Diplomas--18th century., Documents--18th century., and Manuscripts, American--18th century.

Abstract:

Consists of eighteenth-century correspondence and documents of Princeton graduate (Class of 1783) Samuel Beach and mostly 19th-century material relating to the Beach and Jones families.

Samuel Beach graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in October, 1783, and was a tutor there (1783-1785).

The collection consists of correspondence and documents (1783-1793) of Samuel Beach, and items (1823-1884) relating to the Beach and Jones families. Family correspondence dates from the latter half of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Included are a letter to Beach's father, W. Enoch Beach, a letter to Mrs. H. Beach describing college life, a letter to John Croes, and one to Rev. W. Green. It also includes a letter from Paul L. Jones to the cashier of the Mechanics Bank; a letter from C. Van Rensselaer to his brother, the Rev. Samuel Beach Jones; and two letters from Keating Simons, chairman of the Bank of South America. Documents included are the certificate of Samuel Beach's membership in the American Philosophical Society, signed by its president, Benjamin Franklin; his diploma from the College of New Jersey, dated 7 October 1783; a certificate of membership in the American Whig Society, dated 2 September 1783; an obituary of Samuel Beach; and an address at his funeral (May 15, 1793) at the Old Independent Church, in Charleston, South Carolina, by the Rev. Dr. Heith.

Arranged alphabetically by family member.