Call Number:

C1086

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1770-1820 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Hunter, Andrew, 1751 or 1752-1823

Form:

Correspondence -- 18th century, Deeds--New Jersey--18th century, and Family papers--New Jersey--18th century

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents of both Andrew Hunter, an early nineteenth-century Princeton professor of mathematics and astronomy, and his clergyman uncle of the same name.

Andrew Hunter was born in York County, Pennsylvania., but was adopted by his uncle, the Rev. Andrew Hunter, a New Jersey pastor. In 1770 Andrew Hunter entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) as a junior, and he graduated in 1772. He studied theology under his uncle, served in the army, had a distinguished record, and received the personal thanks of George Washington for his conduct in the Battle of Monmouth in the Revolutionary War. In 1788 he was elected trustee of the College of New Jersey, and in 1804 he became professor of mathematics and astronomy there.

The collection consists of selected correspondence and documents of both Andrew Hunter and his uncle, Rev. Andrew Hunter. The correspondence includes a letter from Rev. Andrew Hunter to Enoch Green, a letter from Andrew Hunter to his brother David about the deaths of their sister and their niece, a communication to Elijah Clark, and four letters to his son, Richard S. Hunter, one about the movement of troops in Washington during the War of 1812, and one about the subsequent burning of the Capitol and the president's house. The documents include an account of the estate sale of the Rev. Andrew Hunter and several deeds of sale (1770s) of properties in Princeton, N.J., to Andrew Hunter.