Call Number:

C1041

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Citations should be as follows: George Mifflin Dallas Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1815-1864 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Manuscripts--19th century., and Orations--19th century.

Abstract:

Consists primarily of selected correspondence of George Mifflin Dallas, nineteenth-century American senator and vice-president.

George Mifflin Dallas, a senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president (1845-1849) of the United States, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 10, 1792. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1813. He died in Philadelphia on December 31, 1864.

The collection consists of selected correspondence of Dallas, as well as a rough draft of an oration he gave at Princeton on September 27, 1831. Correspondents include James Carnahan, Louis Jacob Cist, Alexander James Dallas (grandfather), H. C. Dallas (brother), James M. Mason, William S. Pennington, and John L. Wolff.

Arranged by accession number.