Call Number:

C1333

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samuel A. Farrand Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1848-1906 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections, Farrand, Samuel Ashbel, 1830-1908, and Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century, Invoices -- 19th century., Letters of recommendation -- 19th century., and Licenses -- New Jersey -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand, an American educator who was headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908.

Samuel Farrand was an American educator, and headmaster of the Newark Academy from 1859 to 1865 and 1875 to 1908. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1879.

This collection consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about Samuel Ashbel Farrand. Included is a signed typed letter by Farrand to Ira Remsen, president of Johns Hopkins University, about his recollections of the physicist Henry A. Rowland. There are two letters and two invoices regarding securing rifles and bayonets from the New Jersey State Arsenal for use at the Newark Academy during the Civil War period. There are also nine notes and letters (1866-1870) from Samuel F. B. Morse to Farrand regarding Morse's son William who attended school under Farrand, as well as an academic record booklet for Morse's second son, Edward, covering the period from January to April 1872. There are testimonials and letters of recommmendation for Farrand from educators or friends, including Isaac Ferris, Arnold Guyot, Thomas Hastings, Samuel F. B. Morse, Charles Scribner, Peter Stryker, and the Trustees of the Boonton Iron Works. In addition, there are certifications and teaching licenses for Farrand dating from 1848 to 1853; miscellaneous minutes and receipts of the New Jersey State Teachers Association where Farrand was president; resolutions of the students of Newark Academy upon Farrand's departure (1865); and receipts (1855) for teachers' salaries at Boonton Public School in Boonton, N.J.