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Papers, 1776-1805.

Title: Papers, 1776-1805.

Papers relating to Nicholas Covenhoven include a 1777 petition to General Howe for payment of horses seized on Long Island, an account book which lists the amounts advanced to American prisoners and other loans and bonds. Also included are accounts kept by his son, John N. Covenhoven of fishing income, 1790-1804; and a listing of following receipts: George Covenhoven to Nicholas Groenendyck, Nicholas Covenhoven to Johannis Remsen and William Kouwenhoven for a slave, and Nicholas Covenhoven's purchase of a horse.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155461132 View

Schenck family. Papers associated with Schenck family Bible.

Title: Papers associated with Schenck family Bible.

Contains materials inserted into Bible: certified copy of indenture of May 14, 1737, documenting sale by John, Thomas, and Richard Penn of land in Middlesex County, New Jersey, to John Covenhoven and Garrett Schenck; biographical sketch of Samuel Jackson (1754-1839) by his son; and photostat of Schanck genealogy.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122442442 View

Warne, Stephen. Deed, 1755 Dec. 2.

Title: Deed, 1755 Dec. 2.

Deed (unrecorded) to Albert Schenck, John Covenhoven, and others, relating to a tract of 100 acres adjoining Benjamin Clarke at Stony Brook, Princeton, N.J.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70966202 View

Frederick Smyth papers, 1756-1816, 1756-1816

Title: Frederick Smyth papers, 1756-1816 1756-1816

These papers relate principally to Smyth's career in New Jersey before the American Revolution, and includes addresses to grand juries and their reports, and a copy of a petition to the Earl of Carlisle and its response (1778).

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet, 56 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sm95-ead.xml View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View