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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Pidgin, Charles Felton, 1844-1923
- Title:
- Charles Felton Pidgin Correspondence on Aaron Burr
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5425k973x
- Dates:
- 1871-1910
- Size:
- 1 box, 0.4 linear feet, 1 box, and 0.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists primarily of letters to American author/inventor Charles Felton Pidgin relating to his study of Aaron Burr (1756-1836).
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists primarily of letters to Pidgin relating to his study of Aaron Burr. Correspondents include Edward Everett Hale, Charles Burr Todd, James Parton, Sarah Jane Lippincott, Varnum Lansing Collins, Moncure Daniel Conway, Rossiter Johnson, John Alexander Joyce, Eugene Didier, Philip Alexander Bruce, Lillie Devereux Blake, Walter Flavius McCaleb, William Pickens, William Leete Stone, and Alexander Wilder. Several descendents of Aaron Burr are among the correspondents, offering both family reminiscences and encouragement to the author.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Pidgin, Charles Felton, 1844-1923
Charles Felton Pidgin was an American inventor of statistical tabulating machines and author, primarily, of fiction.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
AM17423
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Charles Felton Pidgin Correspondence on Aaron Burr; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5425k973x
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
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- Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
- Names:
- Burr family
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Wilder, Alexander
