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Thorne Collection of Elias Boudinot, 1734-1924 (bulk 1777-1819): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
- Abstract:
- Elias Boudinot was an American lawyer and public official who represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress. This collection consists of correspondence, documents, and printed material relating to Boudinot and his family, collected by Langdon K. Thorne.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0001
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William R. Barricklo Collection, [17??]-1931: Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Barricklo, William R. (William Reed), 1857-1933.
- Abstract:
- The William R. Barricklo Collection consists of American Revolution era documents and letters and Barricklo family genealogy materials, all belonging to the American lawyer and collector William R. (William Reed) Barricklo (1857-1933).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0387
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Von Hemert Autograph Collection, 1752-1908 (bulk 1780-1803): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Von Hemert, A. Phillipe, 1922-
- Abstract:
- Contains photostats of a collection compiled by A. Philippe Von Hemert.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0472
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Stockton Family Papers, 1700-1866 (bulk 1775-1850): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828.
- Abstract:
- The Stockton Family Papers consists of various personal and business papers of the Stockton family of Princeton, New Jersey, particularly those of American lawyer, farmer, and politician Richard Stockton (Princeton Class of 1779).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0490
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Boudinot Family Collection, 1772-1852: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of correspondence and documents of various members of the Boudinot family of New Jersey, regarding family, business, and political affairs. Most of the correspondence is related to Elias Boudinot IV (Trustee of Princeton University, 1772-1821) and his brother Elisha but many other family members are also represented.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0725
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Oliver Ellsworth Collection, 1775-1863: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence, engravings, documents, and printed material related to Oliver Ellsworth, the eighteenth-century Connecticut senator and jurist.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1049
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John Hancock Collection, 1776-1781: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and documents of American Revolutionary patriot and statesman John Hancock.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1072
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Marquis de Lafayette Collection, 1781-1834: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the Marquis de Lafayette, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who was a general in the American Revolutionary army and a close friend of George Washington.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1105
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Jonathan Odell Collection, 1750-1780: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Odell, Jonathan, 1737-1818.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected material of Jonathan Odell, an eighteenth-century New Jersey clergyman and loyalist in the American Revolution, and his father, John Odell.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1151
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Patrick Henry Collection, 1765-1794: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected manuscript material by and about Patrick Henry, one of the most influential (and radical) advocates of the American Revolution and republicanism, especially in his denunciations of corruption in government officials and his defense of historic rights.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1165
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Randolph Family of Virginia Papers, 1771-1840: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia--one of the great extended dynastic families of late colonial Virginia.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1184
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Shippen Family Collection, 1750-1810 (bulk 1750-1783): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of several members of the prominent Shippen family of Philadelphia during the colonial, revolutionary, and early federal periods. Portions of the material are related to the College of New Jersey and its move from Newark, N.J. to Princeton, N.J.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1200
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Hugh Simm Collection, 1748-1810 (bulk 1768-1784): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Simm, Hugh, d. 1810.
- Abstract:
- Consists of twenty-two letters and documents of Hugh Simm, a mechanic from Paisley, Scotland, who, after moving to America in 1768, briefly served as Princeton University's first librarian and inspector of rooms.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1201
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John Trumbull Collection, 1768-1842: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and documents of John Trumbull, the American artist known as the "Painter of the American Revolution". One of his historical paintings, Declaration of Independence, was used for the image on the reverse of the U.S. $2 dollar bill.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1237
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Reading Family of New Jersey Collection, 1757-1787 (bulk 1765-1781): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Reading, Thomas, 1734-1814.
- Abstract:
- Consists of correspondence and documents of three members of the Reading family of New Jersey: Thomas Reading, his brother George, and their father, Governor John Reading. Most of the material deals with incidences during the time of the American Revolutionary War.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1253
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George Washington Collection, 1750-1904 (bulk 1750-1793): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence and documents by and about George Washington, first president of the United States, as well as some items of members of his family.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1264
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American Revolution Collection, 1765-1781: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected correspondence, documents, and other material related to the U.S. Continental Congress and the American Revolutionary War era, much of it concerning the state of New Jersey.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1284
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John Lott Phillips Collection, 1776-1987: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Phillips, John Lott, 1744-1802.
- Abstract:
- Consists of material by and about John Lott Phillips, a graduate of Princeton (1774), a clergyman of the Church of England, and a loyalist to the British Crown.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1290
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William Alexander Collection, 1778-1813: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Alexander, William, 1726-1783.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains documents and correspodence of and about General William Alexander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. This correspondence maninly concerns military tactics and includes Colonel Peabody, Alexander Hamilton, and General John Peter Muhlenburg.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C1326
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Anthony Wayne by Harry Emerson Wildes, 1941: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Wildes, Harry Emerson, 1890-
- Abstract:
- Consists of American historian Harry Emerson Wildes's manuscript for his 1941 biography of Anthony Wayne, the noted American Revolutionary general.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0357
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John Jay by Frank Monaghan, 1935: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Monaghan, Frank, 1904-1969.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the original typescript of history professor Frank Monaghan's John Jay (1935), a biography of the American founding father.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0332
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Princeton Revolution Collection, 1777: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Princeton University Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.
- Abstract:
- Consists mostly of receipts for supplies and services delivered/rendered to the Continental Army, given to Enos Kelsey (Princeton Class of 1760), who at that time was a major in Colonel Chambers' Battalion of the New Jersey State Army, apparently buying supplies locally in Princeton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0032
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E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection, 1748-1889: Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Atkinson, E. Stanley (Edwin Stanley), 1887-1961.
- Abstract:
- Consists of letters and documents signed by historical figures from both the Revolutionary War and the pre-Civil War periods of American history, collected by E. Stanley Atkinson, a member of the Princeton Class of 1910.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0034
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Andre De Coppet Collection, 1566-1936 (bulk 1770-1865): Finding Aid
- Collector:
- De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953.
- Abstract:
- The Andre De Coppet Collection represents the American history-related collecting activities of American broker and collector Andre De Coppet (Princeton Class of 1915). There are numerous manuscripts, personal letters, documents, and printed material from three main periods: the Revolutionary War, the Federal Period, and the Civil War.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0063
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Straus Autograph Collection, 1637-1905 (bulk 1778-1850): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Straus, Roger W. (Roger Williams), 1891-1957.
- Abstract:
- Consists of Americana dating, primarily, from the period of the American Revolution and the thirty years immediately following, collected by Straus.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0077
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) Collection, 1771-1958 (bulk 1782-1830): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
- Abstract:
- Consists primarily of letters by Aaron Burr (Princeton Class of 1772) to members of his family and associates.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0089
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Thomas Foxcroft Correspondence, 1729-1759: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Foxcroft, Thomas, 1697-1769.
- Abstract:
- Thomas Foxcroft served as a Congregational minister at the First Church of Boston. The collection consists primarily of letters sent to Foxcroft by acquaintances and colleagues, notably Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) and Experience Mayhew (1673-1758). Several manuscripts, including sermons by Jonathan Dickinson (both written and printed) and lengthy responses to theological debates, are also included.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0160
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Stimson Collection of Elias Boudinot, 1758-1898 (bulk 1777-1819): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
- Abstract:
- The Stimson Collection of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) consists of papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the Boudinot family, particularly the brothers Elias and Elisha, from the Revolutionary War period and several decades thereafter, collected by Frederick B. Stimson.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0228
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Selected Papers of Lemuel Cobb, 1753-1824: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Cobb, Lemuel.
- Abstract:
- Consists of surveying documents, deeds, correspondence, and other material of American surveyor Lemuel Cobb relating, for the most part, to the Boudinot family, particularly the brothers Elias and Elisha and their nephew Tobias.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0229
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Elias Boudinot Collection, 1773-1950 (bulk 1777-1820): Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821.
- Abstract:
- Elias Boudinot was a lawyer and Revolutionary statesman, serving as member of the Continental Congress (president, 1782), secretary of foreign affairs (1783-84), New Jersey congressman (1789-95), and director of the U.S. Mint (1795-1805). The collection consists of miscellaneous letters and documents of Boudinot, many of which concern his land dealings.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0230
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Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1703-1883: Finding Aid
- Collector:
- Winans, Samuel Ross.
- Abstract:
- Consists of almost 200 eighteenth-century documents, mostly deeds to land, relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield, collected by Samuel Ross Winans (Princeton Class of 1874).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0234
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George Washington Letters, 1750-1799: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Abstract:
- Consists of photostats of over 100 George Washington letters in the private collection of Edward Ambler Armstrong, as well as 14 original Washington letters and documents, and several supplementary items.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0235
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Benjamin Tallmadge Collection, 1756-1846: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835.
- Abstract:
- Consists mostly of selected papers of American Revolutionary intelligence officer Benjamin Tallmadge relating to his Revolutionary War experience.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0243
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Varnum Lansing Collins Collection on Stephen Sayre, 1898-1903: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Collins, Varnum Lansing, 1870-1936.
- Abstract:
- Consists of material gathered by historical writer Varnum Lansing Collins (Princeton Class of 1892) in preparation for his biography of American patriot Stephen Sayre (Princeton Class of 1757).
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0289
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James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist by Irving Brant, 1940: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Brant, Irving, 1885-1976.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the original typed draft with holograph corrections of Irving Brant's biography James Madison, the Virginia Revolutionist
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0296
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Dayton Family Papers, 1734-1868: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824.
- Abstract:
- Consists of selected papers of several members of the Dayton family of Elizabeth, N.J., including Jonathan Dayton (Princeton Class of 1776) and his father, Elias Dayton.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0302
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Philip Vickers Fithian Journal Edited by John Rogers Williams, 1899-1900: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Fithian, Philip Vickers, 1747-1776.
- Abstract:
- Consists of the textural material used by John Rogers Williams for his edition of Philip Vickers Fithian: Journal and Letters, 1767-1774. Fithian's journal of his life tutoring on a Virginia plantation is one of the most valuable sources of information on early Virginia plantation life and slavery.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0307
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The Life and Writings of James Wilson (1742-1798) by Burton Alva Konkle, 1946: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Konkle, Burton Alva, 1861-1944.
- Abstract:
- Consists of an unpublished manuscript by history professor Burton Alva Konkle on the American Revolutionary activist and Supreme Court justice James Wilson.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0317
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George Simpson Eddy Collection of Benjamin Franklin, 1684-1947: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Eddy, George Simpson, 1867-1947.
- Abstract:
- Consists of material by and about American patriot and founding father Benjamin Franklin collected by George Simpson Eddy in the process of pursuing various projects on and studies of Franklin.
- Location:
- Manuscripts Division.
- Call Number:
- C0330
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Clinton A. Decker Papers, 1917-1922: Finding Aid
- Creator:
- Decker, Clinton A. (Clinton Augustine), 1893-1952.
- Abstract:
- Clinton A. Decker traveled to Russia as part of the American Advisory Commission to Russia of Railway Experts (1917) and later became a member of the Inter-Allied Technical Board (1919-1922). The collection contains personal and business correspondence and photographs documenting Decker's travels in Russia, China, and Japan.
- Location:
- Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Public Policy Papers.
- Call Number:
- MC043
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