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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_b_015 |
Title |
[Statement of Account between Dr. Absolom Bainbridge and Richard Stockton] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A photograph of a statement of account between Dr. Absolom Bainbridge, who was renting Bainbridge House, and Richard Stockton, the owner. The document is dated June 22, 1789, and concerns rent due for 13 months from 1776 through May 1, 1777 as well as interest accrued through July 25, 1786. Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, currently houses the Historical Society of Princeton. In the past it has been used as a private residence, accommodations for the Continental Congress in 1783, a doctor's office, a boarding house, and a public library. Job Stockton, grandson of Richard Stockton (an early English settler in the area) and cousin of Richard Stockton (signer of the Declaration of Independence), built Bainbridge House in 1766. Bainbridge House is named after William Bainbridge, born in the house on May 7, 1774, son of Absalom Bainbridge, to whom the house was leased earlier that year. William Bainbridge was a future Commodore in the U.S. Navy and commanded the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides"). He emerged as a hero of the War of 1812. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Buildings Houses Libraries Historical societies Boarding houses Documents |
People |
Stockton, Job, -1771 Stockton, Richard Bainbridge, Absalom Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 |
Search Terms |
Nassau Street Bainbridge House Stockton Family |
Notes |
In pencil on back: A-9b Not scanned. |