Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Harold E. Pickersgill Collection
Pickersgill, Harold E. (1872)
C0546
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1 box
0.2 linear feet
1809-1939
Consists of historical papers of New Jersey collected by New Jersey historian Harold E. Pickersgill and related correspondence and newspaper clippings.
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English
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Pickersgill's correspondence, historical papers of New Jersey collected by him, and newspaper clippings. Included are correspondence with historical societies and individuals interested in New Jersey history; 19th-century speeches, including two Fourth of July orations given in Perth Amboy by Mayor Solomon Andrews; a description of deeds in the Henry Reeves estate; an unpublished, typed manuscript (carbon) of a history of newspaper publishing in New Jersey; and a typed transcript of board meeting minutes entitled "East New Jersey's Proprietors Journal, 1685-1705." There are also genealogical notes on the Jennings family of New Jersey and the Vroomans of New York.
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Open for research/
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Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harold E. Pickersgill Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '15 in 2013.
Pickersgill, Harold E. (1872)
Biographical / Historical
Harold E. Pickersgill was an American jurist and New Jersey historian.
Fourth of July orations. -- 19th century
Newspaper publishing -- New Jersey -- History.
New Jersey -- History.
Perth Amboy (N.J.) -- History. -- 19th century -- Sources
Correspondence
Genealogies.
Minutes.
Speeches.
Vrooman family
Jennings family
Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey
Reeves, Henry
Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456771 folder1899-193911Autograph Manuscripts with transcripts of Fourth of July Orations/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456781 folder1828 July 412Typescripts of History of Newspaper Publishing in N.J./repositories/5/archival_objects/8456791 folderundated13Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey - Minutes of Meetings/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456801 folder1685-170514Miscellaneous Notes and Extracts, ephemera/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456811 folder1755-193615Notebooks/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456821 folder1809-188016Printed Matter/repositories/5/archival_objects/8456831 folder1891-193917Conditions Governing AccessOpen for research.