Call Number:

C1045

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1836-1907 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and DeWitt, William Radcliffe, 1792-1867

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Manuscripts, American--19th century., and Poems--19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania clergyman.

William Radcliffe DeWitt, the son of John Radcliffe DeWitt, was a clergyman and a pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Harrisburg, Pa. John DeWitt, one of the sons of the Rev. William Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Wallace, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 10, 1842. He attended the Harrisburg Academy, and in 1858 entered the sophomore class at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), from which he graduated in 1861. He died in 1923.

The collection consists of correspondence and documents of members of the DeWitt family, particularly William Radcliffe DeWitt. Some of the correspondence is related to the purchase of a tract of land to erect the "Upper" college of Marion College (Mo.). Correspondents include John Holmes Agnew, William Warner Bishop, Calvin Blythe, Henry Clay Cameron, Samuel Cross, Ezra Stiles Ely, and William S. Potts. The documents include receipts of payments, bills, and an idyllic poem written by John DeWitt, titled "The Star of the Lake," for the 70th birthday of his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wallace.

Arranged by accession number.