Frederick T. Brown Family Papers, 1830-1959

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Brown, Frederick T. (Frederick Thomas) (1822-1893)

Title:

Frederick T. Brown Family Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/n296wz188

Dates:

1830-1959

Size:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of selected papers of the Frederick T. Brown family, which originated in Ohio but at various times lived in Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of selected papers of the Frederick T. Brown family, which originated in Ohio, but at various times lived in Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey. Included are letters by Brown (Princeton Class of 1845) to his children, sermons, notes on his ancestry, a document appointing him chaplain (1862) of the U.S. Hospital at Georgetown, D.C., signed by Abraham Lincoln, and Presbyterian newspapers ( New Orleans Protestant, 1846-47, Presbyterian Standard, 1865) containing articles by Brown. Also present are letters by son Frederick Walworth Brown (Princeton Class of 1897), letters by daughter Mary Lanier Brown, a scrapbook compiled by her including photographs taken on a trip to Mexico in 1897, and letters, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of other members of the Brown family.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Collection Creator Biography:

Brown

Frederick T. Brown was an American Presbyterian clergyman, who served as chaplain (1862) of the U.S. Hospital at Georgetown, D.C.

Collection History

Acquisition:

AM83-34 and Various

Custodial History

Katherine S. Pearce (now deceased), a niece of Frederick Walworth Brown and former employee of Princeton University Library, began donating Brown family papers to the Library in 1951 and made many subsequent gifts until 1982. These different accessions were then gathered together to form the present collection.

Appraisal

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Processing Information

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012.

In 2022, restrictions on the Abraham Lincoln document where researchers were required to use a surrogate were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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