Form: Letters -- 19th century. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Sir Edwin Arnold Letters, 1861 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of fifteen letters (1861) by the English author Sir Edwin Arnold to London publisher Smith, Elder, and Co. regarding his work The Book of Good Counsels.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Jack Randall Crawford Letters to Mason A. Stone, 1897-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of twenty-four letters of Jack Randall Crawford, Princeton Class of 1901, to his friend Mason A. Stone, who was a student at Yale University.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Francis De Haes Janvier Family Papers, 1800-1922 (inclusive)

Extent:: 6 boxes and 3.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Francis De Haes Janvier was a Philadelphia businessman and poet. Consists of correspondence of civil war poet Francis Janvier and his family as well as drafts and autograph copies of his works.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

John Story Gulick Collection of American Statesmen, 1785-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of autograph letters of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Hancock, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and other American statesmen, collected by John S. Gulick and his wife, Elizabeth Milligan Gulick.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

German Authors Collection, 1772-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.25 linear feet
Abstract:: Cnsists of autograph letters and occasional manuscripts of various, primarily 19th-century, German writers, including Hermann Bahr, Richard Dehmel, Marie Ebner-Eschenbach, Carl Hauptmann, Arno Holz, Heinrich Laube, Max Mell, and Arthur Schnitzler.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Julius Hall and Jared Kimberly Papers of the 1st California Regiment, 1861-1913 (bulk) 1804-1927 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Abstract:: Julius C. Hall and his friend Jared T. Kimberly grew up together in rural Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to California to seek their fortunes during the early days of the Civil War. Hiking through the wilderness from San Francisco to Oregon, they nearly lost their lives in an Indian attack, before enlisting together in Company K of the 1st California Infantry Regiment, which embarked on an epic march from San Francisco to Fort Craig in New Mexico. This collection contains first-hand accounts of these two men's Civil War service as they encountered the occasional Confederate sympathizer, but more often Apaches and Navajos who were resisting American encroachment into their territory.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Daniel Wadsworth Coit Letters, 1819-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists primarily of photostatic copies of the letters (1815-1828, 1844-1851) by American banker Daniel Wadsworth Coit to his family in Connecticut--from Lima, Peru, and various cities in Europe, and from the Western United States, Mexico, and San Francisco, California. This collection is also available online at Digital PUL.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Henry Clay Stewart Collection, 1882-1884 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists mostly of letters (1882-1884) Henry Clay Stewart sent to his parents while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), providing an inside look at the life of a Princeton student towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Stephen Simpson Letters to His Wife, 1813-1829 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of a group of fifteen letters by Philadelphian Stephen Simpson, who enlisted in the War of 1812 and distinguished himself at the battle of New Orleans in 1815. The letters were sent from different cities where Simpson was stationed to his wife, Mary, who was living in Philadelphia in his father's house.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

William Dean Howells Collection, 1863-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of correspondence and selected manuscripts of the American critic, novelist, poet, and playwright William Dean Howells.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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