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Dodd, Amzi, 1793-1838. Papers, 1785-1840.

Title: Papers, 1785-1840.

Chiefly legal papers relating to Dodd's law practice and his activities as prosecutor of the pleas for Essex County, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1826-1827) and Senate (1829), judge advocate of the Essex Brigade of Militia (1810-1823), and as a Freemason and National Republican.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954608 View

Nelson, William, 1847-1914. Historical manuscripts, 1693-1914.

Title: Historical manuscripts, 1693-1914.

Mss. of writings and notes for books by Nelson on the discovery and early history of New Jersey, government and governors of New Jersey, history of the Reformed church at Acquackanonk (later renamed Passaic), New Jersey civil list, New Jersey loyalists, beginnings of freemasonry in Paterson, N.J., and on Joseph Coerten Hornblower and Josiah Hornblower; and mss. of writings collected by Nelson, including sermon on Joseph (1801), bankbook (1801-1807) of Alexander C. McWhorter, receipt book (1802-1810) of John C. MacWhorter, record book (1812-1813) kept by Commander Charles Stewart aboard the Constellation, and account book (1823-1838) kept by Joseph C. Hornblower for the estate of James W. Burnett.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954879 View

Hornblower family. Hornblower family papers, 1725-1953 1804-1860.

Title: Hornblower family papers, 1725-1953 1804-1860.

The Hornblower Family papers date from 1725 to 1953, with bulk dates of 1804-1860. The collection traces the family through three generations and consist largely of the papers of Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809); his son, Joseph C. Hornblower (1777-1864); and the latter's son, William H. Hornblower (1820-1883). The collection consists of correspondence, court documents, dockets, certificates, indentures, surveys, survey maps, estate papers, pamphlets, sermons, newspaper clippings, and genealogical research into the Hornblower, Burnet, and Butler families. Topics covered in these papers include steam engines and the Schuyler Copper Mines; New Jersey politics; Joseph C. Hornblower's career as a lawyer and judge, particularly his decision in the 1836 case concerning the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 an his appointment to the Princeton Law School; estate settlements, particularly of those of James W. Burnett and Ann Ogilvie; Willam H. Hornblower's pastorship.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54105335 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Institutio Legalis (Newark, N.J.). Institutio Legalis record book, 1783-1891 1783-1817.

Title: Institutio Legalis record book, 1783-1891 1783-1817.

This collection contains the record book of the Institutio legalis of Newark, New Jersey, which mainly covers the years 1783 to 1817, with additional notations from when the society was revived in 1837, along with other notes and a membership list that were added by Joseph P. Bradley in 1891. Included in the record book are the original constitution and by-laws of the society, as well as its original membership list. However, the bulk of the volume is devoted to the particulars of the moot court cases in which the law students argued their cases, as well as the decisions issued by the moot court judge, followed by a brief performance review of the students.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53097858 View

Boyce, Thomas Jefferson, d. 1853. Thomas Jefferson Boyce Journal, 1829-1852, 1829-1839.

Title: Thomas Jefferson Boyce Journal, 1829-1852, 1829-1839.

Thomas Jefferson Boyce kept this journal from 1829-1852, with bulk dates of 1829-1839, during his time of service aboard the Peacock, St. Louis, and North Carolina. The journal has daily entries noting the weather, who came aboard the ship, which ships were spotted, destinations, and tasks performed. Since Boyce was a sail maker he spent most of his time repairing sails and awnings. A printed copy of ''The Complaint and Petition of Thomas Jefferson Boyce for Twenty Years a Sail Maker in the United States Navy'' (Newark, NJ, 1852), which has an introduction by his friend Joseph C. Hornblower, is bound into the journal. This complaint documents Boyce's troubles with the commander of the Navy Yard in New York City and pleads with the government to review his case and reinstate him.

ArchivalResource: .01 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61324772 View

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853. Mahlon Dickerson and Philemon Dickerson papers, 1774-1922 1830-1850.

Title: Mahlon Dickerson and Philemon Dickerson papers, 1774-1922 1830-1850.

The collection dates from 1774-1922, with bulk dates of 1830-1850, and consists of the correspondence, diaries, and professional papers of Mahlon Dickerson and Philemon Dickerson, with additional correspondence and business papers of extended family members, including Edward Nicoll Dickerson, John M. Gould, Jonathan Dickerson, Silas Dickerson, Mahlon Ford Dickerson, and Mary Dickerson Canfield. Correspondence is this series contains letters received by Mahlon Dickerson, and highlights his time as Secretary of the Navy and to a lesser extent, his time as New Jersey's Governor and Senator. New Jersey politics, along with national election campaigns and Jacksonian and Van Buren politics are discussed throughout the correspondence. Specific political issues of the time, such as the Second Bank of America, the Bankruptcy Bill of 1841, the Protective Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, and Southern nullification, are highlighted, as is Dickerson's strong support of protective tariffs and the iron industry. There are also a large number of letters to Dickerson both as Senator and as Secretary of the Navy requesting recommendations and/or military or political appointments. The correspondence of his brother, Philemon Dickerson, includes incoming letters regarding his legal cases as well as numerous requests for recommendations or political appointments for such offices as Postmaster and Steam Boat Inspector. Other issues brought to Dickerson's attention include the Bankruptcy Bill of 1841, miners' rights to mineral property in New Jersey, protection of the land rights of Louisiana residents during the switch from French to American rule, the Camden and Woodbury Railroad, and the relocation of various regiments along the southwestern frontier.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (7 manuscript boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52293626 View

Hornblower, Joseph C. (Joseph Coerten), 1777-1864. Letter to Mr. Ropes, 1858.

Title: Letter to Mr. Ropes, 1858.

Hornblower writes to a Mr. Ropes expressing his regrets that illness prevented him from visiting the Ropes in Boston.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (3 p.) ; 20.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234340261 View

Thomson, Jacob Stern, 1772-1831. Papers, 1765-1844.

Title: Papers, 1765-1844.

Correspondence; dockets; legal papers; records kept by Thomson as clerk, Sussex County Inferior Court of Common Pleas; and returns (1812-1817) kept as paymaster, Sussex County Brigade of Militia. Includes letters and signed documents of William T. Anderson, Joseph Bloomfield, Lewis Coryell, Mahlon Dickerson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, William Halsey, Joseph C. Hornblower, Richard Howell, Aaron Ogden, William Paterson (1745-1806), Elias P. Seeley, Edward Sharpe, Richard Stockton (1764-1828), Mark Thomson, Garret D. Wall, and Bushrod Washington.

ArchivalResource: 4 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955063 View

Brooks, John P., fl. 1877. Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1736-1914.

Title: Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1736-1914.

Reports (1877) made by U.S. Dept. of Justice detective John P. Brooks to Anthony Q. Keasbey, U.S. attorney in Newark, N.J., relating to attempted fraud in the estate of Joseph L. Lewis; docket (1886-1892) of lawyer Garret S. Byrne, relating to cases from Essex County and other New Jersey courts; legal notebook (undated) on elements of Anglo-American law derived from Blackstone's Commentaries and other treatises, probably the work of David Bayard Ogden (1775-1849) and John I. Young, lawyers, of New York, N.Y.; notebook (ca. 1822) of Richard Wayne Stites (d. 1877), lawyer, of Morristown, N.J., containing notes taken while a student at Litchfield Law School (Conn.) on lectures by Judge James Gould; docket (1810-1811) kept by John W. Taylor, judge, of Saratoga County, N.Y., containing copy letters from Edward Taylor, Monmouth County, N.J., and Taylor family biographical and genealogical material; and congratulatory letters and other papers (1906-1914), of Benjamin Augustus Vail (1844-1924) circuit court judge in Hudson, Somerset, and Union counties, N.J.; and casebook (undated) of legal precedents prepared by Elisha Boudinot, Joseph C. Hornblower, Alexander C. McWhorter, and other Newark, N.J., lawyers.

ArchivalResource: 6 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954747 View

Hay, Southard, 1875-1951,. Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885 (inclusive).

Title: Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885 (inclusive).

Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and governors.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702204813 View

Mintz, Hymen B., collector. Hymen B. Mintz Collection, 1802-1911.

Title: Hymen B. Mintz Collection, 1802-1911.

This collection, 1802-1911, consists of miscellaneous legal documents including depositions, subpoenas, promissory notes, bills for court costs, deeds, attorneys' notes, incorporation acts, and other material pertinent to legal cases tried in the Essex and Bergen Inferior Courts of Common Pleas. The majority of the material relates to civil and criminal cases tried between 1805-1840. A few papers were depositions taken from witnesses who testified in murder, slander, trespass and assault and battery cases. Contains the letters and case-related material of many prominent New Jersey lawyers, including: E. Van Arsdale, Jr., Samuel Cassedy, Alonzo Church, Amzi Dodd, Edward Halsey, Joseph Hornblower, David B. Ogden, George T. Parrot, J. Herbert Potts, and Smith Scudder.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54031850 View

New Jersey. Militia. Essex Brigade. Records, 1807-1822.

Title: Records, 1807-1822.

Account book (1815-1816); and minute book (1807-1821) for the brigade's board of general and field officers.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954890 View

Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873. Papers, 1820-1893.

Title: Papers, 1820-1893.

Correspondence, diaries, case files, and other papers, reflecting Vroom's career as a lawyer in Schooleys Mountain, Hackettstown, Flemington, Somerville, and Trenton, N.J., state legislator, governor, congressman, U.S. minister to the court of Prussia (1854-1857), and law reporter for the New Jersey Supreme Court (1865-1873), and his activities in the Whig Party and Dutch Reformed Church.

ArchivalResource: 20 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955084 View

Hornblower family. Papers, 1760-1900.

Title: Papers, 1760-1900.

Correspondence, legal papers, court records, sermons, and genealogical material. Persons represented include Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809), British engineer who constructed the first steam engine in America at John Schuyler's copper mine in Belleville, N.J., and served as a member of the New Jersey Legislature (1779-1780) and New Jersey Council (1781-1784); Joseph C. Hornblower (1777-1864), Newark lawyer, who served as chief justice of New Jersey Supreme Court (1832-1846), was active in home and foreign missionary societies, and was the first president of New Jersey Historical Society; and his son, William H. Hornblower (1820-1883), pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Paterson (1844-1871), and professor of sacred rhetoric, pastoral theology, and church government at Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, Pa. (1871-1883). Includes letters of D.S. Baldwin, John Beatty, John L. Blake, Joseph P. Bradley, Abraham Brittin, Peter Carter, Salmon P. Chase, Samuel H. Cox, William L. Dayton, Benjamin Drew, Richard Stockton Field, Charles Hodge, William Holmes, C.W. Hornblower, Jonathan Hornblower, William Churchill Houston, Thomas D. Hoxsey, John Kinney, Jr., Charles Kip, Nicholas Longworth, Joseph Mico, James S. Nevius, William C. Noyes, David Bayard Ogden, William Pennington, Henry W. Pickering, Caleb S. Riggs, Sylvester D. Russell, Gerrit Smith, Henry Van Dyke, Jr., L.A. Ward, Ira C. Whitehead, William A. Whitehead, and Philip Williams.

ArchivalResource: 5 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954712 View

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. Papers, 1789-1821.

Title: Papers, 1789-1821.

Correspondence with John Beatty, Clement Biddle, Joseph Bloomfield, William Bott, Elias Boudinot, William C. Claiborne, Daniel Clark, Richard Cox, Jonathan Crane, William Crane, Lewis Dunham, Jonathan Elmer, Jonathan Forman, Joseph C. Hornblower, Richard Howell, William Norcross, Aaron Ogden, Jonathan Rhea, Israel Shreve, and Richard Stockton.

ArchivalResource: 67 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954598 View

Bloomfield Academy (N.J.). Bloomfield Academy minute book, 1826-1831.

Title: Bloomfield Academy minute book, 1826-1831.

This collection contains the minute book of the Bloomfield Academy, spanning the years 1826 to 1831. Included in the minute book are the proceedings of the meetings held by the school's board of trustees. The minute book also contains the rules and regulations for the academy. The board of trustees included Theodore Frelinghuysen, Reverend Asa Hillyer, and Joseph C. Hornblower. Following the last entry on November 17, 1831, are undated newspaper clippings glued into the minute book; these clippings are mainly poetry with religious themes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53343406 View

Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. Papers, 1836-1937.

Title: Papers, 1836-1937.

Correspondence, diaries (1843-1891), speeches, journal of law cases (1842-1869), legal papers, genealogical material, and other papers. Other correspondents include Melville W. Fuller, Archer Gifford, Horace Grey, John Marshall Harlan, Benjamin Harrison, Joseph Henry, George F. Hoar, Joseph C. Hornblower, William Hornblower, John P. Jackson, James G. King, Thomas T. Kinney, L.Q.C. Lamar, Martha J. Lamb, S.P. Langley, Robert Todd Lincoln, Arthur MacArthur, A.W. Markley, Weir Mitchell, Lot M. Morrill, Franklin Murphy, William Nelson, Cortlandt Parker, William Pennington, Benjamin Perley Poore, Rodman M. Price, Theodore F. Randolph, Charles H. Reed, George M. Robeson, Elihu Root, Martin Ryerson, Carl Schurz, Thomas Scott, John Sherman, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., Ellen L. Stanton, R.H. Stevens, John P. Stockton, Robert Field Stockton, William Howard Taft, Peter D. Vroom, Morrison Remick Waite, John Wanamaker, Marcus L. Ward, Stephen Wickes, Joseph G. Wilson, and Beatrice Winser. Correspondence is indexed in the manuscripts catalog.

ArchivalResource: 15 ft.

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01530/catalog View

Jackson, John Peter, 1805-1861. John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

Title: John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

The papers consist largely of letters received by John P. Jackson, and date from 1821-1887, with bulk dates of 1830-1860. The correspondence mostly pertains to John P. Jackson's business matters and contains complaints concerning the various railroads Jackson oversaw; requests for free tickets or passes; information regarding the railroad company's stock; discussion of New Jersey and United States politics; invitations to dinners, meetings, lectures, and visits; and inquiries into money owed. Correspondents include Samuel Bayard, John J. Chetwood, John Davis, William L. Dayton, Edward Everett, Richard Stockton Field, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Charles Gayarré, Chauncey A. Goodrich, Dudley S. Gregory, Joseph C. Hornblower, Peter Jackson, Jacob W. Miller, J. Phillips Phoenix, Robert Schuyler, George Sheldon, Samuel L. Southard, Richard Stockton, Robert Field Stockton, John R. Thomson, Peter D. Vroom, Asa Whitehead, and William A. Whitehead. There are a few letters from family members, including one from John P. Jackson's brother, James Jackson, describing the state of the slaves at Mount Vernon. There are also a number of letters discussing the various organizations and societies that Jackson was involved in, including the New Jersey Colonization Society, the Essex County Bible Society, Princeton University, South Park Church, and an unspecified temperance society. The papers also contain editorials; a small number of receipts and bills; court documents; one Newark land deed; and a few letters to other people, including John Darcy Stevens, the President of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 small manuscript box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52262943 View

Burnett, Abi H. Papers, 1823-1938.

Title: Papers, 1823-1938.

Principally receipts from Joseph C. Hornblower (Newark, N.J.) as executor of the will of James W. Burnett, who was Burnett's husband.

ArchivalResource: 84 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70956108 View

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. Jonathan Dayton papers, 1788-1821.

Title: Jonathan Dayton papers, 1788-1821.

This collection is composed of sixty-nine items, all letters between Jonathan Dayton and other notable individuals. It is unknown if final copies of some of the materials were sent, as they appear to be drafts of letters. A few of the letters were addressed to Aaron Ogden Dayton and Elias Dayton. The materials range in date from 1788 to 1821. Included in the collection are letters of: E. Beatty, Clement Biddle, Joseph Bloomfield, William Bott, Elias Boudinot, Ethan Brown, William C.C. Claiborne, Daniel Clark, Richard Cox, William Crane, Ezra F. Dayton, Lewis Dunham, Ebenezer Elmer, Jonathan Elmer, Jonathan Forman, Joseph C. Hornblower, Richard Howell, Andrew Hunter, Andrew Kirkpatrick, J. Lillie, William Norcross, Aaron Ogden, Jonathan Rhea, Israel Shreve, Richard Stockton, Isaac Ward, I.H. Williamson.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54028964 View

Hornblower, Caroline Bradley,. Literary clubs (Newark, N.J.) record book, 1786-1799.

Title: Literary clubs (Newark, N.J.) record book, 1786-1799.

This collection consists of the records from three men's literary societies of Newark: the Belles-Lettres Society, the Minerva Society, and the Union Society. The bound volume contains a separate section for each group, each containing the constitution, rules and bylaws of the organization, and a full membership list. The minutes and notes from meetings are recorded for each group, as well as a listing of discussion topics for each meeting.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53404359 View

Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. Joseph P. Bradley papers, 1836-1943.

Title: Joseph P. Bradley papers, 1836-1943.

This collection consists of items from Joseph P. Bradley, his son Charles Bradley, and his daughter Caroline Bradley Hornblower, as well as his grandson Joseph Gardner Bradley. The majority of the material is from Joseph P. Bradley, from 1836-1892, and consists of correspondence, diaries, law practice and case notes, court opinions and records, searches, deeds, wills, statements and a legal directory. There are writings on non-legal subjects, as well as speeches, written articles, and ephemera. Materials relating to Bradley's nomination to the Supreme Court, including a letter of recommendation from Frederick T. Frelinghuysen to President Ulysses Grant, are also included. In addition to correspondence between members of the Bradley family, the collection also includes letters from Chester A. Arthur, John Jacob Aster, Robert F. Ballantine, Hamilton Fish, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Benjamin Harrison, John Cotton Dana, Joseph C. Hornblower, Cortlandt Parker, William Pennington, John P. Stockton, William Howard Taft, and Peter D. Vroom. Major court cases documented in the legal records includes those involving the American Telegraph Co., the Morris Canal, the Camden and Amboy Railroad and the Delaware and Raritan Canal.

ArchivalResource: 22.5 linear ft. (45 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54025698 View

Statesman autograph collection, 1680-1965.

Title: Statesman autograph collection, 1680-1965.

Letters and other documents signed by prominent New Jersey and national political figures, including John Adams, John Bayard, Elisha Boudinot, David Brearley, William Jennings Bryan, Abraham Clark (1726-1794), Richard Watson Gilder, Robert S. Green, Nathanael Greene, Joseph C. Hornblower, Robert Morris (ca. 1745-1815), David Ogden, Ferdinand John Paris, Cortlandt Parker, Joel Parker, John Cleves Symmes, and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 120 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955034 View

Dodd, Amzi, 1793-1838. Amzi Dodd papers, 1819-1888.

Title: Amzi Dodd papers, 1819-1888.

This collection consists of correspondence from 1819-1838, legal papers from 1816-1838, account books from 1822-1838, and case notes from 1826-1841. It also consists of records for the Essex Brigade of Militia from 1810-1823 and records of Mystic Lodge No. 17 (Freemasons) from 1885-1888. Included in these materials are letters and casework involving John Warner, David Flagg, Thomas Gibbons, Aaron Ogden, William Budd, Jabez Pierson, Job and James Crowell and Nathan Squier. Materials pertaining to significant organizations in this collection include the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Co., the Morris Canal and Banking Co., and the Essex County Court of Oyer and Terminer.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54025312 View

Pennington, William, 1796-1862. William Pennington papers, 1795-1915 1820-1865.

Title: William Pennington papers, 1795-1915 1820-1865.

The papers largely consist of the correspondence, court documents, contracts, and financial documents of William Pennington (1796-1862), dating from 1795-1915, with bulk dates of 1820-1865. Most of the correspondence in the collection is written to William Pennington (1796-1862), with a lesser number of letters to Caroline Burnet Pennington, William Pennington (1869-1922), and Albert P. Condit. Correspondents of William Pennington (1796-1862) include Alexander M. Cumming, Israel Crane, Robert Campbell, John Cox, Joseph C. Hornblower, James Robertson, and Anthony Rutgers, and the letters mostly pertain to legal matters and court cases. Pennington's legal career is also documented in the court records contained in these papers. There are briefs, arguments, notes, opinions, pleas, notices, depositions, warrants, summons, subpoenas, and power of attorneys for various cases Pennington was involved in. There are also the charges in a case brought by Samuel Pennington (1765-1835) and Stephen Gould against Robert Hays regarding a breach of contract to sell and deliver the Newark newspaper, The Centinel of Freedom. The papers contain, too, contracts and financial documents of William Pennington (1796-1862) and his business acquaintances, friends, and family. These items include land deeds for Newark and Pequannock, New Jersey, bonds, an inheritance agreement, promissory notes, checks, court bills, and a small collection of signatures including the autograph of Buffalo Bill.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (16 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53316425 View

Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885

Title: Southard Hay autograph collection 1750-1885

Correspondence, legal documents, financial papers and other items chiefly relating to the history of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. A large proportion of the papers concern the business affairs of Joseph Higbee of Trenton, Nathaniel Pendleton of New York, Thomas Woodruff and John Beatty, presidents of the Trenton Banking Company and Robert Morris of Philadelphia. Also in the papers are letters by several United States presidents, cabinet officers, Supreme Court justices and governors.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 linear foot

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0268 View

Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873. Peter D. Vroom papers, 1783-1891.

Title: Peter D. Vroom papers, 1783-1891.

This collection consists of general correspondence from 1783-1869, individual legal case files from 1813-1891, letter books from 1840-1857, personal financial records from 1813-1861, diaries from 1850-1874, subscription and nominations lists from 1832-1868, and written personal opinions from 1822-1870. The collection also contains record books from various New Jersey churches, organizations, and individuals from 1821-1856 and Supreme Court cases from 1840-1894. Included in this collection are materials from prominent people in New Jersey history, including: Robert Adrain, Andrew Allen, William T. Anderson, Augustus W. Bell, John S. Blauvelt, Joseph P. Bradley, Lewis Cass, Salmon P. Chase, Cadwallader Colden, John S. Darcy, Edward Nicoll Dickerson, Philemon Dickerson, Amzi Dodd, Andrew Dutcher, Alphonse L. Eakin, Lucius Q.C. Elmer, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Daniel Haines, William Halsey, Joseph C. Hornblower, Richard W. Howell, John P. Jackson, P.B. Kennedy, James S. Nevius, Charles Parker, James Parker, Joel Parker, William Pennington, Stacy G. Potts, Joseph F. Randolph, Theodore F. Randolph, George M. Robeson, John M. Sherrerd, Samuel L. Southard, Robert Field Stockton, Elias Van Arsdale, Martin Van Buren, James Vroom, John P. Vroom, Garret D. Wall, Marcus L. Ward, Asa Whitehead, and Isaac H. Williamson.

ArchivalResource: 20 linear ft. (42 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54025984 View

Thomson, Jacob Stern, 1772-1831. Jacob Stern Thomson papers, 1765-1844.

Title: Jacob Stern Thomson papers, 1765-1844.

This collection contains the legal papers, dockets, financial records, notes, and military records belonging to Jacob Stern Thomson, which were mainly related to his position as an attorney in private practice and as Clerk of Sussex County, New Jersey, and spans the years 1765 to 1844. The papers include documents signed by Joseph Bloomfield, Mahlon Dickerson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, William Halsey, Joseph C. Hornblower, Samuel Leake, William Paterson (1745-1806), and Richard Stockton (1764-1828).

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53210333 View