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Ingersoll Family Collection
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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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Jared Ingersoll, was born in New Haven, Conn. He studied law and established himself as a lawyer in Philadelphia. A signer of the Constitution of the United States, Ingersoll had a successful career in public office, and served as attorney general of Pennsylvania (1791-1800, 1811-1817); until his death he was one of the leaders of the Philadelphia Bar. His eldest son, Charles Jared Ingersoll, entered the College of New Jersey in 1796, but his college career ended in his third year. He wrote a four-volume history of the War of 1812 and was U.S. district attorney for Pennsylvania (1815-1829). He was also one of leaders of the Philadelphia Bar. Jared's other son, Joseph Reed Ingersoll, Princeton Class of 1804, was also well known at the Philadelphia Bar. He was minister to England during President Millard Fillmore's administration.
The collection consists chiefly of letters of Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), plus a few other documents of the Ingersoll family. Also included in the collection are three letters by Charles Ingersoll, one letter by Princeton president Samuel Stanhope Smith, one letter by John H. Hobart to Jared Ingersoll about Charles Ingersoll while he was a student at Princeton, a tuition receipt for Charles Ingersoll, and a note dismissing him from college in his senior year. In addition, there are two letters by Joseph Reed Ingersoll, one of which is to Benjamin Rush, Princeton Class of 1829, commenting on Rush's address delivered at the annual commencement in 1828; two photographs and an engraving of Jared Ingersoll; and a letter and a four-page list of the items given to Princeton University by Jared Ingersoll's great, great grandson, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, in 1954.
The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject.
The twenty-seven letters by Jared Ingersoll to his son Charles, the letters from Samuel Stanhope Smith and John H. Hobart, and the photographs and engraving were a gift of R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Princeton Class of 1914, on November 20, 1954.
The Joseph Reed Ingersoll letter (1865) to Benjamin Rush was a gift of Benjamin Rush.
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
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- 2005
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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.
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