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Elizabethtown Library Company (N.J.). Records, 1792-1824.

Title: Records, 1792-1824.

Accounts, receipts, subscription lists, and other documents.

ArchivalResource: 46 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954622 View

Gibbons, William, 1794-1852. William Gibbons papers, 1804-1857, bulk 1828-1845.

Title: William Gibbons papers, 1804-1857, bulk 1828-1845.

The papers of William Gibbons consist of Gibbons' incoming correspondence and receipts for the purchase of goods. The letters and receipts contain information regarding the operation of a Georgia plantation, financial and legal matters, as well as family concerns.

ArchivalResource: 264 items (0.5 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261174492 View

War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Title: War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879

Consists of individual items acquired separately either as a gift or purchase from a variety of sources, relating to the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 3181 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAC1213 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

Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826. Letter, 1822 February 21 [n.p.], to D. Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1822 February 21 [n.p.], to D. Webster [n.p.].

A. Ogden instructed his counsel, Mr. Colden, to enter an appearance. Webster and Wirt will appear for Gibbons with D. Ogden assisting.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 leaf 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3117920 View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805

Portraits, prints, letters, and documents tipped into Volume 10 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72 ++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving, Nathanael Greene (2), Comte de Rochambeau, Timothy Pickering, Thomas Sumter (2), Francis Rawdon (2), Benjamin Tallmadge, Horatio Gates, John Andre (5), Honora Sneyd, Benedict Arnold (4), Alexander Hamilton (2), John Lawrence, William Smith (2), John Laurens, Champe, Joseph Thayendaneken, Lord Cornwallis (2), Banastre Tarleton (2), John Graves Simcoe, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Otho Holland Williams, H. William Green, Henry Lee, Colonel Stewart, unidentified (2). Prints: The Ballance of Power; Landung einer Französischen hülfs Armee in America, zu Rhode Island am 11ten Julius 1780; [Death of de Kalb]; Major Andre, taken prisoner; Arrestation du Major André an Bourg Tarry Town; Capture of Andre; (colored) Last Words of Captain Nathan Hale, the Hero-Martyr of the American Revolution; The Seventy Six Stone House at Tappan; Seventy Six Stone House Rear; [Major Andre on his way to the gallows]; [Escape of Sergeant Champe]; The South Prospect of the City of New York in North America; Battle of Cowpens--Conflict between Cols. Washington & Tarleton; Female Patriotism--Mrs. Steele & Genl. Greene; Koscuisko's Monument. Letters: ALS, Comte de Rochambeau to [?], January 4, 1764; ALS, Nathanael Greene to Thomas Jefferson, June 1, 1785; A[aman.]LS, Richard Caswell to the General Assembly, May 3, 1777; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, February 5, 1804; James McHenry to Charles Pinckney, Gov. of South Carolina, August 1, 1797; ALS, Aaron Ogden to Jonathan Dayton, February 26, 1805; ALS, Stephen van Renneselaer to Thomas Morris, December 20, 1792; ALS, Robert Stark to Jacob Reed, May 20, 1778; ALS, John Lewis Gervais to [?], January 24, 1779; ALS, ALexander Campbell to Arthur Lee, June 30, 1785; ALS, Francis Marion to [?], February 4, 1779; ALS, Tobias Lear to James Greenleaf, January 12, 1794; AL[frag.], [Anthony Wayne] to [?], March 4, 1793; ALS, Joseph Reed to Samuel Atlee, June 22, 1780; AL, [Robert Howe] to John Rutledge, Gov. of South Carolina, October 6, 1776; AL[frag.]S, James Garvey to [?], February 9, 1780; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, November 17, 1803; ALS, Henry Lee to Maj. Retion, August 13, 1794; Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, May 5, 1805. Documents: ADS[facsimile], Benedict Arnold, [Pass for John André], September 22, 1780; ADS, Benjamin Tallmadge, [receipt], June 24, 1780.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (81 items).

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2096340 View

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. Letter, 1801 Jan. 16, Washington, D.C. [to] Aaron Ogden.

Title: Letter, 1801 Jan. 16, Washington, D.C. [to] Aaron Ogden.

N.J. Congressman and signer of the Constitution. Letter concerning Lucius Horatio Stockton's nomination as Secretary of War and how this appointment can be halted.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7312017 View

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. Papers, 1783-1819 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1783-1819 (inclusive).

Letters received, copies of letters sent, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: ca. 23 items (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122414520 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

Essex County (N.J.). Clerk's Office. Warrant book, 1784-1787.

Title: Warrant book, 1784-1787.

Official book of writs issued as a result of civil litigation in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newark, New Jersey. The writs were written by Robert and Aaron Ogden, junior clerk and clerk of Essex County, to the sheriff of Essex County, variously Joseph Crane or Caleb Camp (1737-1817). Among those named in suits are members of the Ball, Crane, Meeker and Winans families. This volume also includes some information on the settlement of estates forfeited by loyalists during the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53915951 View

Murray, Nicholas, 1802-1861. Nicholas Murray notes, 1776-1853.

Title: Nicholas Murray notes, 1776-1853.

This collection contains the notes of Reverend Nicholas Murray, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The notes were compiled cover the years 1776 to 1853, and are Murray's research on the death of his predecessor, Reverend James Caldwell. Based upon these notes, Murray presented a paper to the New Jersey Historical Society in 1848, in which he asserts that Caldwell was indeed murdered by James Morgan, an American soldier on sentry duty, in 1781. Murray's supporting evidence is documented in the affidavits, correspondence, and other research notes included in this collection. Amongst the witnesses submitting affidavits are Hannah Austin, William Clark, Samuel Downer, Mary Grover, Shepard Kollock, Elizabeth Ross, James Ross, John Stiles, Belcher Woodruff, Henry Woodruff, and Stephen Woodruff. Notes contain Murray's incoming letters, which covers the years 1807 to 1853, all of which is in reference to his research on Caldwell. Correspondents include J.F. Caldwell, Samuel Miller, Aaron Ogden, and William S. Pennington.

ArchivalResource: 41 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53343361 View

Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839. Papers, 1783-1833 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1783-1833 (inclusive).

Papers consisting chiefly of letters received. Also a couple of documents signed.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122510462 View

United States. Army. Broadside, ca. 1776.

Title: Broadside, ca. 1776.

One copy and one negative photostat of a broadside recruiting "healthy, able bodied, and well disposed young men" to join Washington's army and fight for independence under Colonel Aaron Ogden. The army was offering a $12.00 bounty for enlisting and $60.00 per year in gold.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49347938 View

Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

Title: Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

The core of the collection consists of incoming correspondence of Pierpont and Ogden Edwards, with some individuals letters retained, evidently, for their autograph value. Many letters contain annotations identifying famous authors or addressees. The annotations are penned in the same hand as a list of famous historical personages, which appears to be a catalog and/or list of collector's desiderata; the names represented in the Edwards collection are ticked off. include his incoming correspondence and miscellaneous documents documenting Edwards's political and legal career. The correspondents include James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860), William Irving (1766-1821), Eliphalet Nott (1773-1866), Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), Stephen Allen, Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) (1782-1850), William Bristol, Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779 -- 1847), William Alexander Duer (1780-1858), Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870), Francis Granger (1792-1868), Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842), and William Kent (1802-1861). Some letters discuss the 1824 Presidential elections and the New York politics. Also included are individual documents pertaining to military careers of Ogden Edwards's sons George Pierpont Edwards and Alfred Edwards. include letters from David Dagget (1764-1815), Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Aaron Ogden, Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Alexander Hamilton, Roger Minot Sherman (1773-1844), Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 and Aaron Burr. The letters discuss local politics, Edwards's legal practice, and his social life. Also included a receipt for 250 pounds for purchasing & fitting out a privateer (October 1776). The rest of the collection are letters retained for their autograph value. This portion consists individual letters by Thomas Gage, Samuel Huntington, Stephen Girard (1750-1831), William Gaston (1778-1844), Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833), William North (1755-1836), and Marie Joseph Lafayette, and and indemnification bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Dover Hundred (Delaware, 1761).

ArchivalResource: 45 pieces, also ephemera.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79070570 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

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

Parker, James, 1725-1797. New Jersey manuscripts, 1669-1840.

Title: New Jersey manuscripts, 1669-1840.

Correspondence, deeds, indentures, lottery tickets, certificates, and legislative documents, relating to royal government in colonial New Jersey, boundary dispute with New York, landed estates, and East and West Jersey Proprietors.

ArchivalResource: 399 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954903 View

Gibbons, William. Letter to Thomas Gibbons, 23 February 1824.

Title: Letter to Thomas Gibbons, 23 February 1824.

Letter to his father discussing the impending steamboat case (Gibbons v. Ogden) before the U.S. Supreme Court. He comments on the direction the court will take based on private conversations with Daniel Webster, Gibbons' attorney.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 24.8 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236087517 View

William Gibbons papers 1804-1857 1828-1845 Gibbons, William

Title: William Gibbons papers 1804-1857 1828-1845 Gibbons, William

The papers of William Gibbons consist of Gibbons' incoming correspondence and receipts for the purchase of goods. The letters and receipts contain information regarding the operation of a Georgia plantation, financial and legal matters, as well as family concerns.

ArchivalResource: 264 items (0.5 linear feet)

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4088gib?rgn=main;view=text View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Miscellany, 1755-1835

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Miscellany, Volume XI, Miscellany, 1755-1835

Portraits, prints, letters, and documents tipped into Volume 11 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856)

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (84 items)

https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/6048496 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866

Title: Jared Sparks collection of documents concerning the American Revolution, 1740-1866 .

Documents copied or collected by American historian and president of Harvard Jared Sparks.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00303/catalog 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

Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839. [Bill of complaint in the case of Ogden vs. Gibbons], 1818 October 20 [Elizabeth Town, N.J.?], to James Kent, Albany, N.Y.

Title: [Bill of complaint in the case of Ogden vs. Gibbons], 1818 October 20 [Elizabeth Town, N.J.?], to James Kent, Albany, N.Y.

John Fitch had had sole rights to the invention & use of steam-powered boats, but these were given to R.R. Livingston and Robert Fulton. They granted rights to J.R. Livingston, and Ogden. Thomas Gibbons is violating those rights. Enclosure: Kiss, I.L. Order for writ against Thomas Gibbons, 1818 October 21, Albany, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 23 p. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3113150 View

Newark Young Men's Society (N.J.). Newark Young Men's Society membership list, 1833-1839.

Title: Newark Young Men's Society membership list, 1833-1839.

This collection contains the membership list belonging to the Newark Young Men's Society, and covers the years 1833 to 1839. Amongst the members listed are James Congar, Charles H. Halsey, Aaron S. Ogden, Marcus L. Ward, and William Wheeler. Along with the names of each member, the date of admission for each member is included, as well as any remarks, such as expulsion from the society for nonpayment of dues, or in other instances, the amount in dues collected from the member.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53466059 View

Lynch, Jasper. Letter "on board the Eagle St. boat Tuesday evg." to Littleton Waller Tazewell [manuscript] 1816?.

Title: Letter "on board the Eagle St. boat Tuesday evg." to Littleton Waller Tazewell [manuscript] 1816?.

Written on printed form Elkton Way Bill, apparently of a stage line. Concerning a bill before a Congressional committee regarding steamboat routes, also monopolies, Robert Fulton; he mentions Stephen Decatur, Aaron Ogden, James Monroe, and John Stevens.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647929439 View

Allaire-Gibbons papers 1822-1963 1822-1856 Allaire-Gibbons papers

Title: Allaire-Gibbons papers 1822-1963 1822-1856 Allaire-Gibbons papers

The Allaire-Gibbons papers contain letters, receipts, and other material related to the early steamboat industry and, more specifically, to the 19th-century business affairs of James P. Allaire, Thomas Gibbons, and William Gibbons.

ArchivalResource: 28 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-4162.1all?rgn=main;view=text View

Elizabethtown Library Company (N.J.). Elizabethtown Library Company records, 1792-1812.

Title: Elizabethtown Library Company records, 1792-1812.

This collection consists of invoices and receipts for the acquisition of books. It also consists of book acquisition and missing book lists, an autograph collection of members, and record sheets of member's subscription payment history. Most of the invoices and receipts were signed by Elias B. Dayton, treasurer, and Jonathan Dayton. Later receipts were signed by W.R. Williamson, treasurer. Subscribers of record on the subscription lists include John Chetwood, David Austin, Jeremiah Ballard, Caleb Halsted, Shepard Kollock, Jonathan H. Lawrence, Isaac Morse, Robert Munn, Aaron Ogden, John C. Rudd, Samuel Smith, Isaac Williamson, and Lewis Woodruff.

ArchivalResource: 46 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53872928 View

Essex County (N.J.). Records, 1772-1919.

Title: Records, 1772-1919.

Book of warrants (1784-1787) comprised of writs issued by Aaron and Robert Ogden, clerk and junior clerk of Essex County, to the sheriff of Essex County as a result of litigation in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newark, including material on Loyalist forfeited estates; account book (1772-1779) kept by county tax office for the communities of Acquackanock (now Passaic), Connecticut Farms (Union Township), Elizabeth, Newark, Rahway, Springfield, and Westfield, including Samuel H. Congar's notes for his Genealogical Notices of the First Settlers of Newark (1866); and transcripts of hearings (1919) of a commission investigating alleged irregularities in the operation of Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954638 View

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821. Autograph letter signed : Newark, to Aaron Ogden, Esq., 1793 Dec. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Newark, to Aaron Ogden, Esq., 1793 Dec. 26.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270525740 View

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

Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822. Autograph letter signed : Cranberry Place, to Aaron Ogden, 1809 Dec. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Cranberry Place, to Aaron Ogden, 1809 Dec. 5.

Concerning debts owed him by Capt. Lewis.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270573395 View

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824. Papers, 1783-1819.

Title: Papers, 1783-1819.

Correspondence and other papers, including letter to Alexander Hamilton and letters from Joseph Bloomfield, Elias Boudinot, David Brearley, Richard Howell, Aaron Ogden, Matthias Ogden, and Richard Platt.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28413018 View

Newark Young Men's Society (N.J.). Newark Young Men's Society record book, 1833-1838.

Title: Newark Young Men's Society record book, 1833-1838.

This collection contains the record book belonging to the Newark Young Men's Society, and covers the years 1833 to 1838. Included in the record book are the constitution, bylaws, membership lists, and minutes of the meetings of the society. Amongst the members listed are James Congar, Charles H. Halsey, Aaron S. Ogden, Marcus L. Ward, and William Wheeler.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53400104 View

Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826. Letter, 1821 April 2 [Elizabethtown] N.J., to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1821 April 2 [Elizabethtown] N.J., to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Captain Vanderbilt led him to expect advice from Webster regarding Gibbons vs. Ogden. Would like to hasten the trial before the Supreme Court.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3117942 View

Adlum, John, 1759-1836. Letter : Philadelphia, to Aaron Ogden, 1799 June 17.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, to Aaron Ogden, 1799 June 17.

Holograph signed. Requests permission from Col. Ogden to take three weeks from duty to see to his farm duties.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22191383 View

Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826. Brief; Ogden vs. Gibbons, 1822?, n.p.

Title: Brief; Ogden vs. Gibbons, 1822?, n.p.

General Dayton is mentioned, as are J.R. Livingston and the steamboats on New Jersey waters. Gives details of arrest and case against Ogden.

ArchivalResource: 28 p. 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3117883 View

De Hart, John, 1728-1795. Autograph letter signed : to Aaron Ogden, Esq., 1787 Oct. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Aaron Ogden, Esq., 1787 Oct. 27.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270529249 View