Papers, 1724-1960.

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Papers, 1724-1960.

Scrapbooks concerning Perth Amboy, Jewish life, and the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey; card files, notes, and writings on New Jersey colonial history and law; page proofs with marginal notes and corrections; bills, petitions, dockets, and other original court records of the Chancery of New Jersey (1724-1748), and of Middlesex County Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (1744); documents signed by James Alexander, William Burnet, Fenwick Lyell, and Lewis Morris (1691-1746); and material on court cases pertaining to John Bowne, Daniel Coxe, Richard Salter, James Seabrook, and others.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050588

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey. Court of Quarter Sessions (Middlesex County)

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Burnet, William, 1688-1729

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Burnet was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (1720-1728) and Massachusetts (1728). From the description of [Document] 1721 Dec. 6, New York / W. Burnet. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 175301317 Colonial Governor of New York. From the description of Document signed : New York, 1724 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536635 From the description of Document signed : New York, 17...

New Jersey. High Court of Chancery

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Seabrook, James, 1775-1852

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Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739

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Daniel Coxe was born in London, England, in 1673, and died in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1739. He is the eldest son of Dr. Daniel Coxe of London, who received an immense grant of land in the lower Mississippi valley from Charles II. Daniel Coxe lived in the American colonies from 1702 to 1716. After returning to England he published an account of his travels and a description of the area encompassed by his father's claim. From the description of Papers, 1699. (University of Florida)....

Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey

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Alexander, James, 1691-1756

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James Alexander was a lawyer in New Jersey and New York during the eighteenth century. Born in Scotland in 1691, Alexander fought in the Rebellion of 1715, which resulted in the exile of the Stuarts from England. That year, he moved to the United States and became the surveyor general of the Province of New Jersey. He served on both the Council of New York, from 1721 to 1732, and the Council of New Jersey, from 1723 to 1735. From 1723 to 1727, he also served as New Jersey's attorney general. Ale...

Salter, Richard, of Middlesex County, N.J.

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Morris, Lewis, 1691-1746.

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Miller, George Julius, 1895-1974

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George Julius Miller was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on January 15, 1895, the son of Julius and Lena Miller. After graduating from the New Jersey Law School in Newark in 1915, Miller immediately began practicing law. Miller became assistant Attorney General for the State of New Jersey in 1936. He also served the New Jersey Historical Society and directed the Historical Records Survey of New Jersey, Middlesex County. He was a member of the Board of General Proprietors of the Eastern Division ...

Lyell, Fenwick, 1767-1822

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Lyell was a cabinet and chairmaker in Middletown, NJ and in New York City. From the description of Account book, 1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122397586 ...

Bowne, John, 1627-1695

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Epithet: of Matlock Bank, in Matlock, husbandman, son of William Bowne late of the same British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x0003b6 John Bowne (1627-1695) of Flushing, Long Island. From the description of John Bowne's journal and related papers, 1649-1676. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660271 ...