Sergeant family collection, 1746-1843.

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Sergeant family collection, 1746-1843.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/264001490

Consists of selected correspondence and documents of and about Jonathan Sergeant, his son Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, and his grandson John Sergeant, the majority of which is related to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). There is also miscellaneous official or family related material of Charles Chauncey, Daniel Cox, John Ewing, Samuel Harvey, John Keen, William Montgomery, Aaron Musgrove, Charles Pettit, William Semple, Samuel Stanhope Smith, John Smyth, Job Stockton, and Henry Waddell.

.40 linear ft. (1 archival box)

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7162270

Princeton University Library

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Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 1746-1793

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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 – October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. He later served as Attorney General for the state of Pennsylvania. Born in Newark in the Province of New Jersey, he moved with his parents to Princeton as a child. After completing his initial studies, he attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), receiving his degree in 1762. After Sergeant's...

Sergeant, John, 1779-1852

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Pennsylvania congressman. From the description of Testimonial : Philadelphia, 1835 Oct. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316936 From the description of ALS : tp S. W. Wager, 1808 Oct. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122586017 From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John D. Steele, 1840 Oct. 31. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475392 From the description of ALS (copy): Phila...

Sergeant family.

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Sergeant, Jonathan, 1712-1777.

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Jonathan Sergeant was a trustee of the College fo New Jersey from 1750 to 1777. Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, a lawyer, was a member of the Princeton Class of 1762. John Sergeant, also a lawyer, was a member of the Princeton Class of 1795. From the description of Sergeant family collection, 1746-1843. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 264001490 ...