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Collection Overview

Creator:
Scott, John Morin, 1789-1858
Title:
Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vh53wv770
Dates:
1829-1858
Size:
1 box and 0.2 linear feet
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists primarily of three hundred forty-six account sheets kept by American lawyer John Morin Scott (Princeton Class of 1805) covering his legal work in Philadelphia from June 1829 through March 1858.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of three hundred forty-six account sheets kept by Scott (Princeton Class of 1805) covering his legal work in Philadelphia from June 1829 through March 1858, and a letter to the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College accepting an honorary membership (Jan. 29, 1838).

Collection Creator Biography:

Scott, John Morin, 1789-1858

A graduate of Princeton (Class of 1805), John Morin Scott was a lawyer and served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1841 to 1847.

Collection History

Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '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:

Legal Accounts of John Morin Scott; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vh53wv770
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1