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Holmes family. Holmes family papers, 1680-1905 1770-1850.

Title: Holmes family papers, 1680-1905 1770-1850.

The papers date from 1680-1905 with bulk dates of 1770-1850. The Holmes Family Papers consist of correspondence, indentures, Monmouth County sheriff papers, and receipts of primarily Captain John Holmes (1730-1804), John S. Holmes (d. 1821), Daniel Holmes (1792-1851), and Daniel Hendrickson (d. ca. 1797). In addition the collection also contains Revolutionary War and Monmouth County documents. The documents of the people not directly related to the Holmes family include correspondence, wills, slave deeds of sale, indentures, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of letters to Catherine Beers from James Lake (1847-1850); a letter from Jos. Hornblower to Mess. Blackwell and McFarlan (1805); and a letter from Hermann Romünder to William H. Martin, the director of the Trenton, Lakewood, and Atlantic Railway containing a printed advertisement for a convertible cable car (ca. 1905). It also includes the wills of James Paul (1730), Thomas Rudyard (1701), and Joseph Vanmater (1788 and 1790); and indentures of Samuel Wardell, Jr., William Little, William Parker, John Willett, James Morris, and William Gardon Forman. Of particular note are five slave bills of sale (1755-1810) and the apprentice indenture of thirteen-year-old Margaret Robert (1808).

ArchivalResource: 3.0 linear ft.

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