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Papers, 1760-1900.

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Correspondence, legal papers, court records, sermons, and genealogical material. Persons represented include Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809), British engineer who constructed the first steam engine in America at John Schuyler's copper mine in Belleville, N.J., and served as a member of the New Jersey Legislature (1779-1780) and New Jersey Council (1781-1784); Joseph C. Hornblower (1777-1864), Newark lawyer, who served as chief justice of New Jersey Supreme Court (1832-1846), was active in home and foreign missionary societies, and was the first president of New Jersey Historical Society; and his son, William H. Hornblower (1820-1883), pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Paterson (1844-1871), and professor of sacred rhetoric, pastoral theology, and church government at Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, Pa. (1871-1883). Includes letters of D.S. Baldwin, John Beatty, John L. Blake, Joseph P. Bradley, Abraham Brittin, Peter Carter, Salmon P. Chase, Samuel H. Cox, William L. Dayton, Benjamin Drew, Richard Stockton Field, Charles Hodge, William Holmes, C.W. Hornblower, Jonathan Hornblower, William Churchill Houston, Thomas D. Hoxsey, John Kinney, Jr., Charles Kip, Nicholas Longworth, Joseph Mico, James S. Nevius, William C. Noyes, David Bayard Ogden, William Pennington, Henry W. Pickering, Caleb S. Riggs, Sylvester D. Russell, Gerrit Smith, Henry Van Dyke, Jr., L.A. Ward, Ira C. Whitehead, William A. Whitehead, and Philip Williams.

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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 ...

New Jersey Historical Society

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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), ...

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

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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...

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

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Congressman, philanthropist, reformer. From the description of Letter, 1840 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379141 Gerrit Smith resided in Peterboro (N.H.?) at the time of these writings and was a strong supporter of emancipation and African American rights. Upon his death the African American citizens of Buffalo paid him a formal tribute. From the description of Letters and broadsides, 1868-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 34178334 ...

Brittin, Abraham

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Whitehead, Ira C., 1798-1867

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Whitehead, William A. (William Adee), 1810-1884

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Carter, Peter, 1825-1900

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Publisher and author; member of the publishing firm Robert Carter and Brothers, New York, N.Y. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], to Rev[erend] D[octo]r [P.D.] Gurley, 1861 Aug. 1. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28106920 ...

Kinney, John, -1850

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Ward, L. A.

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Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933

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American clergyman, educator and writer. From the description of Letter to Joseph LeRoy Harrison, 1916 April 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926632 From the description of Papers of Henry Van Dyke, 1895-1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51926567 Clergyman, Princeton University professor of English literature, and sports writer. From the description of Letters to Eugene V. Connett, 1919-1920. (Manchester City Library)...

Noyes, William Curtis, 1805-1864

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, 1861 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610595 ...

Ogden, David Bayard, 1775-1849

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David B. Ogden was born on October 31, 1775 in Morrisania, New York. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1796 and as a counselor in 1799. He settled in New York City where he set up a law practice. David B. Ogden married Margaretta Ogden and they had eight children together. He died on Staten Island, New York on July 16, 1849. From the description of David Bayard Ogden legal notebook, [ca. 1796-1849]. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53920654 ...

Pennington, William, 1796-1862

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William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843, and served as Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1813 and then studied law with Theodore Frelinghuysen. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and served as a clerk of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (where his...

Dayton, William L. (William Lewis), 1807-1864

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American lawyer, politician and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trenton, to Gordon L. Ford, [18]58 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530519 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trenton, to Horace Greeley, 1859 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530524 Epithet: American statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x000005 ...

Hoxsey, Thomas D.

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Field, Richard Stockton, 1803-1870

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Holmes, William, 1919-1979

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The Sheet Music Collection was acquired in 1961 through the joint efforts of Lloyd Engelbrecht, Pierce Grove (Acquisitions Librarian), and Dr. Eugene Vest (English Department). It was originally part of a large private collection owned by William Holmes of Chicago. The books (on music, literature, and fiction as well as some by and about Scandinavian authors) were cataloged and added to the regular library collection. The music material, which consisted mostly of popular song sheets circa 1890 t...

Pickering, Henry W.

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Hornblower, C. W.

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New Jersey. Legislature

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Cox, Samuel H. (Samuel Hanson), 1793-1880

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Sidney V. Lowell (1844-1931) was a Brooklyn lawyer who specialized in prosecuting taxation cases, and also served as Assistant Corporation Counsel of Brooklyn. He was also a lifelong member of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society), as well as the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn, located at Monroe Place and Pierrepont Street. He married Josephine Champney in 1869. From the guide to the Sidney V. Lowell papers, 1862-1925, (Brooklyn Historical Socie...

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...

Mico, Joseph

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Schuyler, John Emmanuel

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Nevius, James Schureman, 1796-1859

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Baldwin, D. S.

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New Jersey Council

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Longworth, N. (Nicholas), 1782-1863

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Biographical Note 1869, Nov. 5 Born, Cincinnati, Ohio 1891 Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1894 Graduated, Cincinnati Law School, Cincinnati, Ohio 1891 Elected to the Cincinnat...

Hornblower, Jonathan, 1717-1780

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First Presbyterian Church (Paterson, N.J.)

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Kip, Charles

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Blake, John L. (John Lauris), 1831-1899

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New Jersey. Supreme Court

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Hornblower family.

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Hornblower, William H. (William Henry), 1820-1883

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Hodge, Charles, 1797-1878

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Charles Hodge was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1822-1878. From the description of Lectures on theology, [18--]. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 60354684 Hodge, Presbyterian clergyman and author, was a professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary from 1820-1878. From the description of Charles Hodge papers, 1773-1930 (bulk 1811-1886). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122414109 Presbyterian minister ...

Russell, Sylvester D.

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Williams, Philip, 1803-1877

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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 ...

Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903

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