Call Number:

C1400

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sarah Anne Vinton Papers on Leonard Alden, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1816-1889 (inclusive)

Creator:

Vinton, Sarah A.

Form:

Letters -- 19th century. and Eulogies -- 19th century.

Abstract:

Consists largely of correspondence between Sarah Anne Vinton and her cousin Leonard Case Alden, a Harvard graduate and lieutenant in the Civil War.

Sarah Anne Vinton was a cousin of Leonard Case Alden, a Harvard graduate who served as a lieutenant in the Civil War and died of illness in 1863. Her uncle Frederic Vinton was the librarian of the Chancellor Green Library at Princeton University, 1873-1890.

Consists of letters to Sarah Anne Vinton from her cousin Leonard Alden, her uncle Frederic Vinton, and her sister Charlotte Vinton. Also included is a eulogy book on Leonard Alden compiled by Frederic Vinton, containing two albumen portraits of Leonard and Sarah, and a Harvard University medal awarded to Sarah's father, George. The collection is of special interest both for Alden's references to student life at Harvard and Mount Holyoke (where Sarah was enrolled) and for his narrative of life as a civil war soldier after he enlisted in 1863. Included in the correspondence are extensive exchanges on class readings and accounts of specific seminars and faculty.

Arranged into the following file groups: Correspondence, 1859-1889; Leonard Alden Eulogy Book, 1864; Genealogical Material, undated; Miscellaneous, 1816-1880.