• Introduction
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Introduction

Range of Collection Dates: 1834-1874
Range of Collection Bulk Dates: 1834-1841

Size: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)

Photocopying, literary rights, and citation: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright. Citations should be as follows: Jonathan Pennington Alward Collection, Box #, Folder #, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Collection Description

Consists of works, correspondence, and journals of Alward. Included are sermons, school essays, letters to his parents, brother, and sisters while a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and the Princeton Theological Seminary, and as a missionary. Alward's journals (1839-1840) describe his lengthy ocean voyage to Africa on board the Saluda, visits to various places in Liberia, West Africa, where he and others were seeking to establish a mission in the interests of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, and their return to the United States after deciding on Cettra Kroo, Liberia, as a suitable place for the mission. Also present are a letter (ca.1840) by Alward to Walter Lowrie presenting an account of his travels and letters by his younger brother, Joseph (Class of 1853), and other family members.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged as follows: Correspondence, Journals, Miscellaneous.

Added Entries

The following added entries have been assigned to this collection to highlight significant sources (other than the main entry), subjects, and forms of the collection's materials. Where possible Library of Congress Subjects Headings have been used, and the forms of names reflect international cataloging standards. As a result, all of these entries may be searched in the Library's online catalog, the Department's database (MASC), and other bibliographic catalogs, to find related material.

    Subject Headings (in uppercase) / Form Headings (in upper and lower case):

    AFRICA, WEST--DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL--TO 1850
    ALWARD FAMILY
    Clergy--United States--19th century--Correspondence
    Clergy--United States--19th century--Sermons
    Family papers--New Jersey--Basking Ridge--19th century
    Journals, American--19th century
    LIBERIA--HISTORY--TO 1847
    Missionaries--Liberia--19th century--Correspondence
    MISSIONS--LIBERIA--19TH CENTURY
    OCEAN TRAVEL--19TH CENTURY
    Princeton University--Alumni (Class of 1836)--Correspondence
    Princeton University--Alumni (Class of 1836)--Sermons
    Princeton University--Alumni (Class of 1853)--Correspondence
    Princeton University Class of 1836
    Princeton University--Students (Class of 1836)--Correspondence
    Princeton University--Students (Class of 1836)--Essays
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE U.S.A. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
    SALUDA (SHIP)

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