Papers of the Leaming family and related families, prominent in the history of New Jersey: West New Jersey Land Society deeds, 1716-1753; land warrants, surveys, drafts, indentures, agreements of sale of lands in Cape May, N.J., and adjacent counties, 1706-1855; bills, receipts, inventories of goods, records of commercial transactions, 1717-1840; Thomas Leaming memorandum book and survey, 1763-1785; memorandum book, 1781-1797, 1794-1795; receipt book, 1778-1796; 15 booklets of Leaming's notes and accounts, 1791-1797; accounts of red cedar posts for Seven Mile Beach, 1786-1791; Leaming's correspondence with Lieutenant Benjamin P. Griffith, relating to Griffith's release on parole in the Revolutionary War, 1781; family papers, estate papers, 1736-1828; Rebecca Leaming's receipt book, 1797-1809; expense book, 1797; account book, 1791-1797; account book, 1797-1799; letterbook, 1808; Isaac Sharp account book and surveys, 1796-1801; Thomas Murgatroyd contracts, 1803-1817; receipt book of the Sarah P. Murgatroyd estate, 1824; wills, 1715-1833; Mary Maxwell expense and receipt book, 1837-1838; Anthony P. Morris receipt book, 1826-1854. In addition there is a group of J. Fisher Leaming's papers and correspondence, 1810-1861: his letters to his wife (a daughter of Robert Waln) relate to travel, society, theatre, and culture in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century; invoice book, China trade, 1819; memorandum book of his ship Scattergood, 1819; memorandum book, Canton trade, 1819-1822; daybook, 1819; invoice and ledger book, 1819; memorandum book, 1819-1844; account book, 1818; ledger books, 1819-1823; invoice book, 1817; price records, 1817-1818; bills of lading, 1816-1819; and other items of personal and business character.
