Charles A. Philhower collection, 16-- - 19--.

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Charles A. Philhower collection, 16-- - 19--.

Sizable collections of papers of New Jersey notables, including Johnathan Rhea, Ryerson family, Charles Stokes, Jedediah Swan, Peter D. Vroom, Garret D. Wall, and Zebedee M. Wills; and extensive collections of papers of Belloff family (New York), De Russey family (New Jersey), Hemingway family (Connecticut), Ogden Hoffman (U.S. district attorney for New York), Keeler and Brown families (Burlington County, N.J.), Richard Stockton (New Jersey), Roper family (New Jersey), Van Etten family (Orange County, N.Y.), Van Gorder family (New York and New Jersey), Van Hunter family (Massachusetts), J.B. Wick (merchant, of New Jersey and Savannah, Ga.), and Wickham and Wisner families (New York).

ca. 170 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258817

Rutgers University

Related Entities

There are 22 Entities related to this resource.

Ryerson family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m13c64 (family)

Rhea, Jonathan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg0d58 (person)

Lawyer, of Trenton, New Jersey (in present day Mercer County); born in 1754 or 1758; served in the Continental Army, New Jersey Line, 1777-1783, attaining the breveted rank of captain; was admitted to the New Jersey bar, 1784; served as clerk of the Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas; removed to Trenton from Monmouth County by 1794; served as clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1793-1807, and as New Jersey Quartermaster General, 1807-1813; also served as president of Trenton Banking Compan...

Wick, J. B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v8v95 (person)

Wall, Garret D. (Garret Dorset), 1783-1850

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x9287h (person)

Garret Dorset Wall was born in Middletown Township, New Jersey, on March 10, 1783. At the age of 15, Garret Wall moved to Trenton, and became a student-at-law in the office of General Jonathan Rhea, who was the clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Wall studied common law, focusing on the areas of real estate, inheritance, and titles. When he turned 21, Wall was licensed as an attorney and began practice in Trenton. Wall served during the War of 1812, commanding the Phoenix Infantry Corps, a vo...

Swan, Jedediah

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dn7jr7 (person)

Van Etten family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6842zqf (family)

Belloff family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wj1wrd (family)

Hoffman, Ogden, 1766-1837.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x2rj1 (person)

Keeler family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf72gq (family)

Stokes, Charles, 1791-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v0920 (person)

Farmer, teacher, surveyor, conveyancer, local office holder and state legislator, of Burlington County, New Jersey; lived in Willingboro Township, removing in 1863 to Rancocas (but evidently still in Willingboro, not Westhampton, Township); served as a delegate to the New Jersey constitutional convention of 1844. From the description of Papers, 1796-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86148609 ...

Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff3qgf (person)

New Jersey lawyer, politician, and diplomat. In 1838 he was elected to Congress, but because of irregularities in the returns, he and several other winning candidates were not confirmed. The dispute, which became known as the Broad Seal War, was finally settled in their favor by the courts. From the description of ALsS : Trenton, N.J., to Aaron Ogden Dayton, 1839-1845. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506970 Attorney in Trenton, N.J., Governor of New ...

Wickham family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63292mr (family)

Hemingway family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x2m2q (family)

Philhower, Charles A. (Charles Alpaugh), 1878-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp8rqj (person)

Wills, Zebedee Moore, 1791-1866

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g45c3b (person)

Van Hunter family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t530tw (family)

Van Gorder family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f85kb1 (family)

Brown family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj2stb (family)

Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr0jgb (person)

Lawyer, politician, and landowner, of Princeton, N.J. From the description of Degree, 1783 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965716 ...

Roper family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw3qfv (family)

De Russey family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6300c60 (family)

Wisner family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60097zp (family)