William Fordyce Mavor subscription list, 1803.

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William Fordyce Mavor subscription list, 1803.

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This collection consists of a document in scroll format, with original pages glued together to form one document. It contains a brief publisher's review of Mavor's Universal History, Ancient and Modern, from the earliest records of time to the general peace of 1802. It also contains a listing of the names and hometowns of the New Jersey men who agreed to purchase it through David Allinson. Notable subscribers included Elisha Boudinot, Joseph Clark, William Halsey, Alexander MacWhorter, Samuel Pennington, John Rutherfurd, and Richard Stockton.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Pennington, Samuel, 1765-1835

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Allinson, David, 1774-1858

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Clark, Joseph, 1751-1813

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Joseph Clark was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in 1751. He went to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) before the War of Independence broke out. Clark served in the Hunterdon County Militia of the Second New Jersey Regiment during the Revolution. After he finished serving in the Continental Army he returned to Princeton and obtained his bachelor's degree in 1781. He then studied theology and after two years gained his license to preach. His first congregation was the Presbyt...

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 ...

Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758-1837

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William Fordyce Mavor's work, Universal History, Ancient and Modern, from the earliest records of time to the general peace of 1802, consisted of 25 volumes, and was offered by subscription through printer David Allinson of Burlington, New Jersey. From the description of William Fordyce Mavor subscription list, 1803. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53471490 ...

Collins, Isaac, 1746-1817

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Allinson, Samuel, 1808-1883

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Samuel Allinson, son of Bernice and James Allinson of Philadelphia, was a prominent Orthodox Quaker. He was a farmer at Yardville in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, and was also a philanthropist, particularly concerned with penal justice. From the description of Papers, 1812-1856. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 19114172 ...

Halsey, William, 1770-1843

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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 ...