Manuscripts

Ferdinand J. Dreer papers

Description: A collection of 274 items which contains personal and family papers of Ferdinand J. Dreer. Included are: a typescript biography of Dreer (approximately 1895), fifty letters and documents addressed to him (including a few letters from Benson John Lossing), letters addressed to Edwin Greble Dreer, grandson of Ferdinand J. Dreer, papers related to the Wichtermans, the family of his grandparents, miscellaneous tributes in verse written in memory of Dreer family members. Also included are family photographs, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. There are a few miscellaneous documents relating to Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton, and genealogies of Dreer, Annin, Miller, and Dickinson families.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1719-1936
Call number: mssDreer
Creator: Dreer, Ferdinand J (1812-1902)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Otto J. Zahn, September 1960.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Lossing, Benson J. (1813-1891.); Dickinson, Jonathan, (1688-1747.); Dreer, Edwin Greble.
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Correspondence and documents

Manuscripts

The material in this box contains letters to and from Ferdinand J. Dreer, including 3 letters from Benson John Lossing, a typewritten biography of Dreer, and material related to Edwin Greble Dreer (grandson of Ferdinand J. Dreer). Also included is material related to the Wichterman family and others, 9 of these letters are in German. Some of the material in this box is pasted down to pages from a scrapbook or album.

mssDreer

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Documents, genealogies, and ephemera

Manuscripts

The box contains material (1738-1751) related to Jonathan Dickinson, first president of Princeton; genealogies and family documents for the Dreer, Annin, Miller, and Dickinson families. Also included is miscellaneous poetry (approximately 1849-1902), and ephemera including photographs, mementos, clippings, and a Coat of Arms.

mssDreer

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The Congress of 1774

Manuscripts

Compiled by Ferdinand J. Dreer, this volume consists of extra-illustrated copies of Oration of Henry Armitt Brown : on the one hundredth anniversary of the meeting of Congress in Carpenters' Hall ... [Philadelphia] : Printed by the order of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, 1874 and of Oration delivered in Carpenters' Hall on the one hundredth anniversary of the meeting of the Congress of 1774, Philadelphia : Privately printed, 1875. The 1874 edition is lacking title page. Pages are inlaid from the original 23 cm to 27 cm. It is followed by the title page and text of the 1875 edition. Both are extra-illustrated with correspondence to and from Ferdinand Dreer. Contains various portraits and autographs of prominent individuals and manuscripts including ones by Abraham Lincoln (mssHM 25023), John Adams (mssHM 25026), George Washington (mssHM 25043), Thomas Jefferson (mssHM 25045) and Ulysses S. Grant (mssHM 25052). The presidential items have been separately cataloged and full descriptions may be found in the online catalog. The frontispiece is an original watercolor drawing of Carpenter's Hall.

mssHM 3000-3026, mssHM 25001-25058

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J. W. Stow papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W. A. Williams and Joseph Lee.

mssHM 64102-64141

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J. W. Stow papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 64102-64141

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Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller papers

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 390 items from 1887 to 1936, it consists of manuscripts of books and articles written by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, including works on ethics, eugenics, science, and philosophy. Also included are book reviews written by Schiller and other authors.

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