Joseph Lewis diary, 1806, [ca. 1900].

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Joseph Lewis diary, 1806, [ca. 1900].

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This collection contains a transcript of the diary of Joseph Lewis, a Morris County, New Jersey lawyer, and covers the years 1783 to 1795. The diary is bound in one volume, and is 239 pages in length. Editorial corrections are handwritten in ink. Apparently, Edmund D. Halsey transcribed the diary from the original around the year 1900. The volume contains an index which precedes the text of the diary. The entries, for the most part, are made on a daily basis; Lewis reports facts such as the weather for the day, and of events occurring in his community. However, the bulk of the text is devoted to the recording of his daily activities in relation to his law practice in Morris County. The majority of his cases involved the resolution of property disputes and settlement of disagreements over financial obligations. Clients and colleagues mentioned in his diary include Elias Boudinot (1745-1821), Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853), Benjamin Halsey (1764-1853), William Livingston (1723-1790), Robert Morris (ca. 1745-1815), Moses Tuttle (1732-1819), and others.precedes the text of the diary.

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