Photostats of two papers relating to the fire which destroyed the library of the College of New Jersey in 1802, the first being a list of books donated, largely from Edinburgh, after the fire, the second recording purchases made from the collection of President Witherspoon, then owned by his son-in-law, Samuel Stanhope Smith., [1802, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.8494, folios 216-224
Dates
- Creation: [1802, or after.]
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9 Leaves
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1957, by Howard C Rice, Princeton University Library.
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The original papers are in Princeton University Library.
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