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Belcher, Jonathan (1682-1757), 1748
D signed by Jonathan Belcher to an ensign of the foot militia in New Jersey
Series 1: Correspondence, 1748-1889
Consists of correspondence with individuals such as Elisas Boudinot, James Burnside, John Hancock, Washington Irving, Andrew Jackson, James Monroe, James Polk, and George Washington.
E. Stanley Atkinson Autograph Collection, 1748-1889
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.
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Hugh Simm Collection, 1748-1810 (mostly 1768-1784)
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.
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Brown, John, 1749
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Series 1: Diplomas from the Princeton University Archives Oversize Collection, 1749-1998
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Series 1: Diplomas from the Princeton University Archives Oversize Collection, 1749-1998 (bulk 1749-1926) consists of 183 original diplomas and photostats, as well as a small number of blank, sample or spoiled diplomas.
Princeton University Diploma Collection, 1749-1998 (mostly 1749-1926)
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Since its first class of six graduates and one honoree in 1748, Princeton University has awarded over 80,000 diplomas. This collection contains 213 original diplomas and photostats, including executed diplomas as well as blank, sample or spoiled diplomas.
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Lottery Records, 1749-1954 (mostly 1749-1772)
The collection consists of contemporary documents pertaining to five of the lotteries held in the eighteenth century to raise funds for the colonial College of New Jersey. Also included is some secondary source material about the lotteries.
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Condit Family Papers, 1750-1883
Consists of account books and ledgers, a diary (1750), documents, photographs, a few letters, and printed material of the Condit family of East Orange, N.J.
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Jonathan Odell Collection, 1750-1780
Consists of selected material of Jonathan Odell, an eighteenth-century New Jersey clergyman and loyalist in the American Revolution, and his father, John Odell.
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Letter Book of Joseph Shippen Jr., 1750-1751
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Letters from Joseph Shippen Jr. to his father Edward Shippen and others, 1750-1752
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Paterson Family Papers, 1750-1882
Consists of selected papers of members of the Paterson family of New Jersey, chiefly those of William Paterson (Princeton Class of 1763), his father, Richard Paterson, his son, William Bell Paterson (Princeton Class of 1801), and twin grandsons, William and Stephen Van Rensselaer Paterson (Princeton Class of 1835). The collections provides 17th, 18th, and 19th-century source material for the history of the College of New Jersey and of the Colonial and post-Colonial history of the State of New Jersey.
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Series 4: Alumni Files, 1750-1940
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Series 4 contains mostly non-graduate student files. Also included are student files without known graduation dates.
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Series 1: Gerald Breese Papers, 1750-1985
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Series 1: Gerald Breese Papers, 1752-1976, contains photocopies of maps and deeds, mortgages and correspondence collected by Breese concerning the transfer of tracts of land to the University. Some of Breese's research notes are also included. Most of the papers relate to transactions made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The series contains a folder on woodlots and close-in properties from 1752 to 1785, as well as digital research materials such as scanned maps, development plans, and photographs.
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Hamilton Cottier Papers, 1752-1977
Consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, account books (1925-1975), financial papers, and printed matter of Hamilton Cottier (Princeton Class of 1922, professor of English, 1925-1962), and material relating to "Southlawn," the home of his father, Alonzo Cottier, in Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Collection, 1753-1771
Consists primarily of selected correspondence and documents, both original and copies, of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most prominent of the founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States.
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Samuel Davies Collection, 1752-1931 (mostly 1752-1759)
Consists of selected correspondence and several manuscript sermons of Samuel Davies, fourth president of Princeton University.
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John Newton Collection, 1763-1801
Consists of selected manuscripts and letters of eighteenth-century English clergyman and hymnist John Newton.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Collection, 1753-1771
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Consists of selected correspondence and documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted German poet and dramatist, author of Faust.
Miscellaneous Material, 1796-1949
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Last page of a letter to K.F.E. Fromman, 1816 July 13
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