Hornblower family papers, 1725-1953 1804-1860.

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 ...

Beatty, John, 1749-1826

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John Beatty (December 10, 1749 – May 30, 1826) was an American slave owner, physician, and statesman from Princeton, New Jersey. Born in Neshaminy in the Province of Pennsylvania (now part of Warrington Township), Beatty graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), studied medicine in Philadelphia under Founding Father Benjamin Rush, and practiced in Hartsville, Pennsylania. He rose to the rank of major in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Army during th...

Houston, William Churchill, c. 1746-1788

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William Churchill Houston (c. 1746 – August 12, 1788) was an American teacher, lawyer and statesman. He was a delegate to both the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention for New Jersey. Houston was born in the Sumter District of central South Carolina. His parents, Archibald and Margaret Houston, were farmers who had emigrated to the then British colony from Ireland. He studied at the Poplar Tent Academy before attending the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), ...

Burnet, William, 1730-1791

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William Burnet (December 13, 1730 – October 7, 1791) was an American political leader and physician from New Jersey. He served in the Continental Army and the Continental Congress. Born on December 13, 1730 in Elizabethtown in the Province of New Jersey, Burnet graduated from Princeton University in 1749 and studied medicine under Dr. Staats in White Plains, New York before starting his practice in Newark, New Jersey. He was a member of Newark's Committee of Safety in 1775 before he joined th...

Butler, William A., 1816-1884.

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Hornblower, William B. (William Butler), 1851-1914

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Hornblower, Joseph C. (Joseph Coerten), 1777-1864

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Hornblower served as Chief Justice for New Jersey from 1832-1846. After his retirement, he practiced law in Newark, New Jersey. In 1860 he was president of the electoral college of New Jersey. From the description of Letter to Mr. Ropes, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234340261 ...

Field, Richard Stockton, 1803-1870

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Hornblower, Josiah, 1767-1848.

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

First Presbyterian Church (Paterson, N.J.)

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Macwhorter, Alexander, 1734-1807

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Alexander MacWhorter graduated Princeton University in 1757; was D.D. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, N.J. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1803-1806. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 79063252 Alexander Macwhorter (1734-1807) was a Presbyterian minister of Scottish descent. His maternal ancestors were among the first emigrants from Scotland to the North of Ireland, and his direct maternal ancestors and their children were wi...

Hornblower, William, 1765-1795.

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Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Papers, 1836-1937. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 84019822 Bradley served as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870-1892. From the description of Letters and autograph of Joseph P. Bradley, 1870-1891. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339480 Joseph P. Bradley, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born of English descent in Berne...

Schuyler Copper Mine (New Barbados Neck, N.J.)

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Hoxsey, Thomas D.

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Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839

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U.S. senator and governor of New Jersey, ship builder, and army officer. From the description of Receipts of Aaron Ogden, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454779 Governor of New Jersey and United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Major Elias B. Dayton, 1802 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611449 U.S. senator and governor of New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1783-1833. (...

Woodruff, Lewis B. (Lewis Bartholomew), 1809-1875

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Hornblower, William B.,

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Hornblower, George Sanford,

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Hornblower, Jonathan, 1717-1780

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Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903

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Colt, John, 1786-1883

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Ogilvie, Ann, -1813

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Ann MacWhorter Ogilvie (1759-1813) married the Reverend George Ogilvie but the couple remained childless. At the time of her death Ann bequeathed her estate to her nephew John McWhorter (son of Alexander C. McWhorter) and willed other belongings to her nieces Julia Ann McWhorter (daughter of Alexander C. McWhorter) and Anne Maria Beebe (daughter of Ann's sister Mary Beebe and Samuel Beebe). Joseph C. Hornblower acted as her executor. She died in Newark on October 29, 1813. From the d...

Burnett, James W., 1789-1822.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Western Theological Seminary (Allegheny, Pa.)

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Hornblower, Joseph C. (Joseph Coerten), 1848-1908

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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

Hornblower family.

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Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) was a civil engineer who built the first steam engine in America at the Schuyler Copper mines in New Barbadoes Neck (currently in the vicinity of Kearny), New Jersey. After settling in Second River (now Belleville), New Jersey, Hornblower ran the mines, established himself as a merchant, and served as a New Jersey Assemblyman, Speaker of the Assembly, a New Jersey Council member, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He ma...

Butler, Francis Eugene, 1825-1863

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Butler, Francis E., d. 1863 Rank : Chaplain Regiment : 25th New Jersey Infantry Regiment (1862-1863) Service : 1862 October 6-1863 May 4 Francis E. Butler was mustered in as chaplain of the 25th New Jersey Infantry on October 6th, 1862, at Trenton, joined his regiment at Camp Cadwallader in Beverly, and departed for Washington, D.C. on October 10th. He remained with his unit stationed in the defenses surrounding Washington until Novemb...

Rigs, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith), 1756-1825.

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