Stockton family papers, 1795-1942 1824-1862.

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Stockton family papers, 1795-1942 1824-1862.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53311973

The majority of the collection is correspondence, both professional and private. The remainder of the collection consists of professional papers, such as court decisions, and legal documents, such as deeds and promissory notes. The letters discuss such matters as the naming of a new baby after Elias Boudinot, gunnery experiments, the creation of a New Jersey regiment to fight in the Civil War, and the shooting death of Major John Floyd.

0.2 linear ft. (22 items)

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7666958

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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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...

Floyd, John, Major, fl. 1830.

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Stockton, Robert Field, 1832-1898

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Stockton, Richard, 1764-1828

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

Stockton, Lucius Horatio, -1835

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Stockton family (Princeton, N. J.)

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Richard Stockton (1764-1828), son of Annis Boudinot Stockton and Richard Stockton (1730-1781), was a lawyer, the head of the New Jersey Bar, and a U.S. Congressman. Lucius Horatio Stockton (d.1835), son of Annis Boudinot Stockton and Richard Stockton (1730-1781), was a lawyer and the District Attorney for New Jersey. Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), son of Mary Field Stockton and Richard Stockton (1764-1828), was a Navy officer and later a Senator. He was interested in and experim...

Stockton, John P. (John Potter), 1826-1900

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Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1846-1847. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420479 Second American military governor of Calif. Territory (July 29, 1846-Jan. 19, 1847); U.S. naval officer and Commander of the U.S.S. Frigate Congress. From the description of R.F. Stockton proclamation : ms, 1847 Jan. 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122508929 American military governor of Calif. Territory (J...