Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866) /repositories/5/archival_objects/879291 Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866) 2 Volumes 1843-1863 Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866) Biographical / Historical

Stockton was the son of Richard Stockton (1764-1828) and Mary Field Stockton. He married Harriet Potter and was a naval officer and senator. Princeton Class of 1820.

Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866), "Appointments, Orders, Etc." /repositories/5/archival_objects/879296 1 volume 1843 August 12-1847 February 16 8

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Letter book (527 pages) containing copies of Stockton's letters as commander of the steamers Princeton and the Congress during the War with Mexico (1845-1848), and as governor of the territory of California, includes letters to George Bancroft, Edward F. Beale, Anthony Ten Eyck, John B. Sloat, James K. Polk, and others, also copies of speeches to King Kamehameha of Hawaii and to the "People of California," with bookplate of Bayard Stockton. Full spine title is: "Appointments, Orders, Etc. by Commodore Robert F. Stockton, Aug. 12, 1843 to Feb. 16, 1847."

Stockton, Robert Field (1795-1866), "Letters" /repositories/5/archival_objects/879297 1 volume 1845-1863 9 Immediate Source of Acquisition

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Bound letter book (205 pages) containing copies of 227 business letters, 1845-1863, on behalf of Stockton by his agent, William H. Gatzner, from Philadelphia, includes letters to James A. Bayard, Thomas Fitzpatrick, L. C. Levin, John R. Thomson, John Jacob Astor, William B. Astor, Reverdy Johnson, John H. Latrobe, John Young Mason, Robert Field Stockton, and others.