Record books, 1850-1859.

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Record books, 1850-1859.

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Record books, 1850-1859, consist of financial records, and dockets of writs and executions kept by Dr. William Pierson as Sheriff of Essex County. Includes two volumes of common law and chancery execution cases brought before the Essex County Circuit Court and the N.J. Superior Court (Essex County). Includes references to Amzi Dodd (1823-1913), a lawyer. Other volumes, a daybook and ledger, are daily account registers of cases brought before the court, listing court and attorney expenses and payments. Also, two volumes of personal and real estate auctions held by the sheriff's office with itemized lists of property and goods, purchaser's names and payments. Also, advertisements for each auction, with names of defendants (1850-1859).

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New Jersey. Superior Court

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Pierson, William, Jr., physician, 1830-1900.

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Pierson, William, Essex County (N.J.) Sheriff, 1796-1882.

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Dodd, Amzi, 1823-1913

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Lawyer and judge, of Newark and Bloomfield, New Jersey; became president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, in 1882. From the description of Letters received, 1882-1886 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122582689 ...

Pierson, William, 1796-1882

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Physician, city and county official, and New Jersey state legislator; born in Orange, New Jersey, December 4, 1796; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1816; attended medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City; licensed by the Medical Society of New Jersey, 1820; practiced in Orange (at first in association with his father, Isaac); served in the New Jersey Assembly, 1837, as sheriff of Essex Coun...