Nova Caesaria Chapter collection of miscellaneous manuscripts, 1731-1861.

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Nova Caesaria Chapter collection of miscellaneous manuscripts, 1731-1861.

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Consists of personal documents of various individuals dating from 1731-1839 and includes the correspondence of Charles Hoff, Jr., who was an apprentice and later manager of the iron furnace which belonged to Lord Stirling at Hibernia, in Morris County, 1775-1780; indentures for land sales of various individuals in Essex and Morrison Counties (Samuel Brown, John Fransisco, Josiah Hornblower, Joseph Jones, Peter Mead, Samuel Rutan, and John Sipp); certificates (among them stock certificates of the Centre Bridge Co. and The Newark and Pompton Turnpike Co., 1813 and 1815; the cipher book of Ann Butler, 1797-1817; and Elizabeth Skillman Wilson's book of religious verse, 1832.

20 folders.

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Hornblower, Josiah, 1729-1809

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Josiah Hornblower (February 23, 1729 – January 21, 1809) was an English-born American engineer and statesman. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786. Born in Staffordshire, England, he studied mechanics and mathematics as a young man. In 1745, he started working for his elder brother Jonathan as an engineering apprentice. They went to Cornwall, England and built Newcomen steam engines for use in tin mines. Josiah became an expert in both the engines and ...

Daughters of the American Revolution. Nova Caesaria Chapter.

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The Nova Caesaria Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized on April 15, 1891, several months after the organization of the national society. The name Nova Caesaria refers to the supposed original name of the island of Jersey near the coast of England and the colony named after it. The chapter was the second DAR organization in the nation, and the first in New Jersey. From the description of Nova Caesaria Chapter collection of miscellaneous manuscripts, 1731-1...

Hoff, Charles, 1756-1811

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