New Jersey correspondence, 1773-1954.

Osgood, Samuel, 1747-1813

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Samuel Osgood (February 3, 1747 – August 12, 1813) was an American merchant and statesman. He served in the Massachusetts and New York State legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the fourth Postmaster General of the United States (the first under the current Constitution), serving from 1789 to 1791. Born in Andover in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay (now North Andover, Massachusetts), Osgood attended Dummer Academy (now The Governor's Academy) and Harvar...

Houston, William Churchill, c. 1746-1788

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William Churchill Houston (c. 1746 – August 12, 1788) was an American teacher, lawyer and statesman. He was a delegate to both the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention for New Jersey. Houston was born in the Sumter District of central South Carolina. His parents, Archibald and Margaret Houston, were farmers who had emigrated to the then British colony from Ireland. He studied at the Poplar Tent Academy before attending the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), ...

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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Elias Boudinot (May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as President of Congress from 1782 to 1783. He was elected as a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed by President George Washington as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805. Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Boudinot received a classica...

Nevius family.

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Drinkhouse, Lena

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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 ...

Wynkoop, S. R. (Stephen Ross), 1806-1876.

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Hoffman, Harold Giles, 1896-1954

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Kirkbride, Joseph, 1761-

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Welsh, Keziah L., Mrs.

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Winans, Samuel Ross, 1855-1910

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Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918

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Kilmer was an American poet who died in World War I. From the description of Papers, 1904-1905. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468920 From the guide to the Joyce Kilmer papers, 1904-1905., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Poet. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : New York, to Dr. Arthur Jacobson, 1916 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270923821 Journalist and poet Alfred Joyce Ki...

Lapsley, John W.

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Selma (Dallas Co.), Ala. officer in the Cave Spring Guards. From the description of Papers, 1848-[ca. 1900?]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635511 ...

Maryland State Colonization Society

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Founded in 1817 as an auxiliary of the Washington-based American Colonization Society, the Maryland State Colonization Society's primary functions were to gather funds for the parent society and to recruit colonists for the American Society's settlement, Liberia, founded on the West African coast in 1822. Ten years later, the Maryland Society decided to chart a course independent of the American Society by founding a separate colony for Maryland's free blacks, called "Maryland in Liberia." Confl...

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

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American astronomist and political economist. From the description of Typed letter : [Washington, D.C., to the editors of The Critic, Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder, 1884 Aug. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645229686 American astronomer. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1886 Mar. 16-1883 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612661 Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. ...

Boudinot, Elisha, 1749-1819

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Lawyer in Newark, N.J.; brother of Revolutionary statesman Elias Boudinot. From the description of ALS, [s.d.], to Elias B. Dayton. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626006 Revolutionary War patriot, lawyer, and jurist; of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975357 ...

Voorhees, John Vredenburgh, 1819-1899

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Wyckoff, Peter, fl. 1778-1779.

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Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853

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Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 - October 5, 1853) was an American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. From the description of Document, May 26, 1837. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168849 Richard Dale was a naval officer. From the guide to the Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845, 17...

Halsted, William, 1794-1878

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William Halsted served as a Member of Congress from New Jersey and as United States Attorney for the State of New Jersey. During the Civil War, he raised the First Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry of New Jersey and served as colonel. From the description of William Halsted letter to John Neafie, 1868 February 15. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 745468823 ...

Prentiss, Robert Woodworth

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