James Clement Moffat collection, 1832-1861.

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James Clement Moffat collection, 1832-1861.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74215579

Consists of selected manuscripts and correspondence of Moffat, the bulk of which are letters to his father, his mother, his brother John, and his sister Margaret.

.40 linear ft. (1 archival box)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114867

Princeton University Library

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1835.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Moffat family.

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Frances (Ship : 1826-1853)

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Whaling vessel; out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William Swain, Jr.; on voyage from 4 Sept. 1850-24 Dec. 1852 to the San Antonio, Tuamatos, Coast of Kamchatka, Bristol BAy, Arctic Ocean, Japan, Anadyr Sea, and On the LIne whaling grounds; owner-agent: Henry Taber & Co.; built at Mattapoisett, Mass., 1826. From the description of Logbook of the ship Frances, 1850 Sept. 2-1852 Dec. 24. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 175257867 Whaling ...

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Princeton theological seminary

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Moffat, James C. (James Clement), 1811-1890

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Church historian James Clement Moffat, son of David Douglas Moffat and Margaret Clement, was born in Scotland. He studied Latin, Greek, French, German, and Hebrew while he worked at a printing shop. He came to New York in 1833 and entered the junior class at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he graduated in 1835. He studied and tutored at Yale and also at Princeton, and in 1839 he went to Lafayette College as professor of Latin and Greek. The Presbytery of Oxford, Ohio,...