Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents, 1703-1883
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).
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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of British Sigillography, 100-1900
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An open collection of examples of British sigillography (matrices, royal charters with seals, seal impressions, and related material), collected by Bruce C. Willsie, Class of 1986.
Seal Matrices, 0100 January 1-1809
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Charters With Seals, 1199 October 9-1965
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Bruce C. Willsie Collection of Ethiopic Magic Scrolls, 1700-1900
Consists of an open collection of Ethiopic magic scrolls, chiefly dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, collected by Bruce C. Willise (Princeton Class of 1986).
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John Wild Autograph Collection, 1548-1904 (mostly 1800-1850)
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Consists of over 2,000 autograph items of prominent English and European figures from the 16th to the mid-19th centuries compiled by the English collector John Wild.
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Vicente Llorens Collection of Blanco White Family Materials, 1713-1930 (mostly 1798-1841)
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The collection contains manuscripts related to four generations of the Blanco White family, spanning two centuries: including works, diaries, correspondence, documents, accounts and expense records, and printed material. Joseph Blanco White, the Spanish-English writer and religious figure, remains the focus of the collection; however, his brother Fernando, a politician and intellectual of 19th-century Seville, also accounts for a substantial part of the material. Of particular interest are autograph manuscripts of several of Joseph's literary efforts, as well as other genealogical material relating to the Blanco White family.
Series 1: Works by José María Blanco White, 1206-1840 October 2
Consists of the works of José María Blanco White, including "Traducciín de la autobiografía de Don José María Blanco White," notes for sermons, plays, and others.
Subseries 3I: Other Correspondents, 1715 February 28-1844 December 22
Consists of the correspondence of individuals such as Juan Gualberto González, Justo Muñoz, and Juan Batista Nouaillac, as well as others.
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William R. Weeks Papers, 1746-1897
The Papers of William R. Weeks, Esq., consist of three folders of material researched and correspondence written for the furtherance of a book on Princeton University's early history Weeks planned to write. The title of the book was to be, "History of the First Endowment of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University." It is highly doubtful that the book was ever written; there is no copy of it on record.
New Jersey Archives relating to the College of New Jersey, 1746-1761
--charters, commencement announcements, post appointments
Final research for the book, 1747-1758
Compiled in 1901: board of trustees meeting notes, reprinted editions of The First History of the College and The Diary of Rev. Samuel Davies, excerpts from records of the Presbyterian church, papers belonging to Jonathan Belcher and Nathan Fitzrandolph. 14 pages were removed for photocopying.
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Wainwright Family Collection, 1694-1910 (mostly 1810-1890)
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Consists of selected papers of the Wainwright family of New York State dating primarily from the nineteenth century.
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Henry Van Dyke Family Papers, 1694-1963 (mostly 1840-1959)
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The Henry Van Dyke Family Papers consists of papers of three generations of the prominent Van Dyke family of New York and Princeton, beginning with Henry Jackson Van Dyke (1822-1891) and his wife, Henrietta [Ashmead] Van Dyke (1820-1893), followed by their children, Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) and Paul Van Dyke (1859-1933), and ending with Henry van Dyke's son Tertius Van Dyke (1886-1958).
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William Tipping Papers, 1688-2001
Conists of personal papers of William Tipping Esq, of Brasted Park, Sevenoaks, in Kent, and Avray near Paris. He was the son of the successful Liverpool merchant John Tipping, who in his twenties traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before turning to Tory politics and serving as director of the London and North Western Railway.
Will of Sir Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield, 1688-1972
Includes the original will of Sir Thomas Tipping, nephew of William Tipping. There is also a handwritten contemporary copy of the Will dated 1972.
Papers Relating to John Tipping of Skipton and William Tipping, 1748-1859
Includes an indenture between William Tipping and John Tipping dated 1748 (has been transferred to oversize Box 4, folder 3); one indenture between John Tipping of Skipton and John Birkbeck et al. (1843); a letter from Lowndes, Bateson and Co. to John Tipping in reference to his inquiry on his will; a certification that William Tipping took duty in her Majesty's High Court of Chancery; correspondence; and two lists of hotel expenses in Rome. In addition, there are autograph manuscripts regarding the genealogical tree of William Tipping and related information of other family members; a birth certificate of William Tipping; one passport of John Tipping in French dated 1841-1842 and a few other documents (see oversize Box 4, folder 3).
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Robert Thorp of Alnwick Collection of Printed and Manuscript Music, 1729-1819
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Consists of printed and manuscript music collected by Robert Thorp of Alnwick.
'OVERTURES'. A volume of manuscript music titled thus on pastedown., 18th century
A collection of overtures for early or mid-18th century operas, including Rinaldo, Rhadamistus, Saul, Julius Caesar, Pastor Fido and many others – all of them apparently by Handel.