New Jersey miscellaneous personal papers, 1732-1949.

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New Jersey miscellaneous personal papers, 1732-1949.

Correspondence, certificates, and memorabilia (1902-1934), of Angelo F. Bianchi, Italian American physician and alderman, of Newark; register of Union County deaths and births (1812-1855), compiled by Nancy Bonnel; property record book (1898-1919) of Alfred J. Crane, of Montclair, including genealogical materials and records of his estate in Monroe, N.Y.; documents (1813-1840) pertaining to John Drew, of Essex County; memorial album (1949) presented to Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, relating to New Jersey Committee for the French Gratitude Train (49 railroad cars, sent to the U.S., from the people of France in 1948 as an expression of gratitude for supplies sent by Americans during World War I and II); lottery ticket collection (1751-1794) of Edward A. Ely (1836-1927); military papers and permits (1862-1917), of Leonhard Heindel, laborer, from Linden, Germany, who settled in Newark; indentures and other documents relating to the Johnston, Shotwell, Vail, and other Union County families, compiled by Oliver B. Leonard, genealogist; financial receipts and militia papers (1732-1778) of Peter Middaugh; land records (1820-1868) of John Palmer, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County; notebook, including genealogical materials (1763-1866) of Caleb Pierson, miller, and his family, of Caldwell; copybook (1766-1786) of William Peartree Smith, of Elizabeth; and deeds and indentures (1808-1870) of John Wilcox, of New Providence.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050625

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Committee for the French Gratitude Train

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Wilcox, John, of New Providence, N.J.

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Johnston family.

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Heindel, Leonhard, 1862-

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Pearson family.

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Shotwell family.

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Crane, Alfred J.

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Bonnel, Nancy

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Palmer, John, active 1820-1868

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Vail family.

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Smith, William Peartree

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Member of Council of Safety; Provincial Congress; fifth mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey. From the description of William Peartree Smith copybook, 1739-1786. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 54317490 ...

Pierson family.

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Driscoll, Alfred E., 1902-

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New Jersey. Militia

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The Continental Congress called upon New Jersey in 1775 to form a militia to support Continental forces in New York. Early in 1776, the New Jersey Militia under Colonel Nathaniel Heard was ordered to take about 500 men to Long Island to disarm dissenting Loyalists. While encamped in New York City, Heard was promoted to brigadier general. His brigade, composed of sixteen companies of 160 officers and 1762 enlisted men, took part in Washington's evacuation of New York City on September 12, 1776, a...

Pierson, Caleb, 1738-1801

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Ely, Edwin A. (Edwin Augustus), 1836-1927

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Leonard, Oliver B., 1839-1918

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Drew, John, of Essex County, N.J.

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Middagh, Peter

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Peter Middagh, a resident of Hunterdon County in New Jersey, served in the New Jersey Provincial Assembly in the year 1754. In 1760, he acted as paymaster for the New Jersey Regiment. Middagh's grandfather, Aert Middagh (Meddach), emigrated from Heikop, Utrecht Province, the Netherlands in 1661. His father, Jan Aertsen Middagh, was born in 1662, and married Elizabeth Smit on January 4, 1690. In addition to Peter, they had five other children: Dirck, Catherine, Johannes, Cornelius, and Matthew. M...

Bianchi, Angelo R. (Angelo Raffaele), 1873-1966

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