Papers, 1784-ca. 1970.

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Papers, 1784-ca. 1970.

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Correspondence, account books, diaries, deeds, mortgages, newspapers, leases, land surveys, maps, financial papers, promissory notes, bonds and warrants, papers of Mercer County Orphans' Court, New Jersey Supreme Court, and other state courts, poems, photographs, certificates, and other papers, chiefly of Joseph J. Ely (1813-1895), Hightstown attorney, local historian, Universalist, legislator, and reformer. Also includes papers of Richard Ely (1733-1791); Joseph Ely (1782-1854); Joseph Addison Ely (1847-1927), son of Joseph J. Ely, including account book with J.V. Davison's grocery store, bills and receipts of Hightstown Water Works, articles written by Ely for newspaper publication, and poetry book entitled Ely's Poems (privately printed in 1902); Joseph J. Ely (1869-1951), son of Joseph Addison Ely, including account book recording purchases at Davison's store, funeral notices, tax notices from several municipalities, and papers pertaining to a 1923 New Jersey Supreme Court case in which Ely was involved; and Huldah Ely (1898-1972), teacher and daughter of Joseph J. Ely, including diploma (1920) from New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton and materials relating to her travels and teaching career.

ca. 18 linear ft.

Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society

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Ely, Joseph J., 1869-1951

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New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)

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Davison, Joseph W.

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Ely, Huldah, 1898-1972

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New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly

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The New Jersey Assembly had similar functions both before and after the American Revolution. In colonial days, the representatives, who were elected by adult white males over the age of 21, were sworn in, and then chose the speaker. The Governor could veto the assembly's choice for speaker but most of the time he gave his approval. To hold a meeting of the Assembly at least two members and the speaker had to be present, however, they needed sixteen votes to enact ordinary legislation and eightee...

Hightstown Universalist Church (Hightstown, N.J.)

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Universalist Church Society (also known as First Universalist Society) organized in 1839; reorganized as Hightstown Universalist Church in 1871. From the description of Records, 1858-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948779 ...

Fields, Rebecca, active 1875-1879

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Ely, Joseph J.

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Lawyer, of central New Jersey; born in 1813; resided in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, during the 1840s and 1850s (and probably later); was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in 1860; practiced law at Hightstown, Mercer County, and probably also (but for a shorter period?) at Cranbury in present-day Cranbury Township, Middlesex County; died in 1895, at which time he resided in Monmouth County. From the description of Papers, 1866-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Ely, Joseph, 1782-1854

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New Jersey. Supreme Court

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New Jersey. Orphans' Court (Mercer County)

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Ely, Joseph Addison, 1847-1927

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Joseph Ely resided in Bristol, Ct. From the description of Designs, 1817. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122598878 ...

Hightstown Water Works (Hightstown, N.J.)

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Ely, Richard, 1733-1791

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Ely family.

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Residents of Hightstown and Millstone Township, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1784-ca. 1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70942320 ...