Papers, 1765-1844.

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Papers, 1765-1844.

Correspondence; dockets; legal papers; records kept by Thomson as clerk, Sussex County Inferior Court of Common Pleas; and returns (1812-1817) kept as paymaster, Sussex County Brigade of Militia. Includes letters and signed documents of William T. Anderson, Joseph Bloomfield, Lewis Coryell, Mahlon Dickerson, Theodore Frelinghuysen, William Halsey, Joseph C. Hornblower, Richard Howell, Aaron Ogden, William Paterson (1745-1806), Elias P. Seeley, Edward Sharpe, Richard Stockton (1764-1828), Mark Thomson, Garret D. Wall, and Bushrod Washington.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8050732

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Coryell, Lewis.

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Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 1787-1862

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Thomson, Mark, 1739-1803

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Wall, Garret D. (Garret Dorset), 1783-1850

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Garret Dorset Wall was born in Middletown Township, New Jersey, on March 10, 1783. At the age of 15, Garret Wall moved to Trenton, and became a student-at-law in the office of General Jonathan Rhea, who was the clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Wall studied common law, focusing on the areas of real estate, inheritance, and titles. When he turned 21, Wall was licensed as an attorney and began practice in Trenton. Wall served during the War of 1812, commanding the Phoenix Infantry Corps, a vo...

Howell, Richard, 1754-1802

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Epithet: alias 'Curio'; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000222 ...

Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823

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Bloomfield was a lawyer and a soldier in New Jersey. He was educated at the Rev. Enoch Green's Academy. He served as Mayor of Bloomfield (1795-1800), clerk of the state assembly, register of the court of admiralty, and attorney general of New Jersey. In 1801 he was elected governor of the New Jersey legislature over Richard Stockton; re-elected in1804, he served till 1812. As governor, he signed the gradual emancipation act in 1804, which reduced the slave population in New Jersey from six perce...

Paterson, William, 1745-1806

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Patterson immigrated from Ireland as a child, and practiced law from 1769. He was attorney general of New Jersey (1776-1783), a member of the Constitutional Convention (1787), and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1793-1806). From the description of Letters to George Simpson, 1796, 1806. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339803 William Paterson (1745-1806), was a prominent New Jersey attorney, senator (1789), and governor (1791) who became an associa...

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. (...

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 ...

Sharpe, Edward

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Thomson, Jacob Stern, 1772-1831

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Lawyer and state legislator, of Marksborough, N.J., active in Whig and Federalist politics; sometimes spelling his surname Thompson. From the description of Papers, 1765-1844. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70955063 Jacob Stern Thomson was born in Changewater, New Jersey, circa 1772. He lived and practiced law in Marksborough, Sussex (later Warren) County, New Jersey. Thomson was admitted to the bar in 1796, and was the Clerk for Sussex County, ...

Dickerson, Mahlon, 1770-1853

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Mahlon Dickerson (April 17, 1770 - October 5, 1853) was an American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. From the description of Document, May 26, 1837. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168849 Richard Dale was a naval officer. From the guide to the Richard Dale papers, 1780-1845, 17...

Seeley, Elias P., 1791-1846

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Halsey, William, 1770-1843

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New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Sussex County)

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Anderson, William T., 1777-1850

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Federal Party (U.S.)

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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New Jersey. Militia. Sussex Brigade

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