Archive Record
Metadata
Manuscript Number |
MS582 |
Title |
Stockton family papers |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Date |
1774-1911 |
Creator |
Stockton family |
Other Creators |
Hunter Family |
Scope & Content |
Papers of the Stockton, Hunter and related families, 1774-1911. Included in the collection are papers of Annis Boudinot Stockton, Horatio Stockton, John Potter Stockton, Lucius Horatio Stockton, Mary Field Stockton, Richard Stockton (1764-1828), Richard Stockton (1791-1827), Richard Stockton (1824-1876), Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), Robert Field Stockton (1832-1918), Samuel Witham Stockton (1751-1795), Samuel Witham Stockton (1801-1836), Samuel Witham Stockton (1834-1899), William Bradford Stockton, Amey Stockton Hunter, Andrew Hunter (d. 1775), Andrew Hunter (1750-1823), Ann Riddell Hunter, Charles Hodge Hunter, David Hunter, Lewis B. Hunter, Maria Kinzie Hunter, Mary Stockton Hunter (1761-1846), Mary Stockton Hunter (b. 1850), Moses Hunter, Richard Stockton Hunter (1798-1825), Catherine Wistar Bache (1805-1886), Richard Bache, Elias Boudinot, Susan Stockton Cuthber, Mary Stockton Harrison, Caspar Wistar Hodge, Charles Hodge, Mary Manners Hunter Stockton Hodge, Sarah Blache Hodge, Charles G. Hunter, Hannah Field Olmstead, Julia Stockton Rhinelander, John Renshaw Thomas. Also miscellaneous correspondence, including a 1776 letter of Richard Stockton (1730-1781) to Abraham Clarke, poetry of Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson and others, sermons, recipe book, pencil drawings, map, genealogical chart, photographs. In their correspondence the Stocktons exchanged family news, gossiped with friends and traded political opinions with the statesmen of their day. The diaries and correspondence of another Stockton son-in-law, Andrew Hunter, and his family are an important source for early history of the US Army and Navy. Bills and financial papers of all periods provide evidence of the economic and social history of Princeton and central New Jersey. Stockton involvement in the mining and land speculation in California and elsewhere is also documented. |
Extent of Description |
12 boxes (2412 items) |
Admin/Biographical History |
This is the largest collection of papers of the Stockton Family of Princeton, a family prominent in local, state, and national affairs from the Revolutionary era through the early twentieth century. Beginning with Richard Stockton and his son-in-law, Benjamin Rush, both signers of the Declaration of Independence, succeeding generations of Stocktons attended the College of New Jersey, served in congress, led disguished military careers, and played leading roles in the development of New Jersey's railroads and canals. |
Credit line |
Francis J.. Miles, Mary Stockton Ruigh... See notes |
Access Conditions |
This collection is open for research use. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Stockton family Bayard family Boudinot family Clark, Abraham Cuthbert family Dod family Fergusson, Elizabeth Graeme, 1737-1801 Field family Gatzmer, William H. Harrison family Hodge family Hunter family Potter family Rush family Thomson, John R. (John Renshaw), 1800-1862. Bache family Hunter, Mary Stockton, 1761-1846 Clark, Abraham Clark, Abraham |
Search Terms |
California Delaware and Raritan Canal Company Fort Chicago Monmouth County, N.J. Morven Springdale Tusculum Westland |
Collection |
Stockton family papers |
Child Records |
MS582.12.1a MS582.7.12 MS582.12.7.1 MS582.13.9.1 |