Papers of Isaac and Benjamin Williamson, 1782-1904.

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Papers of Isaac and Benjamin Williamson, 1782-1904.

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Legal correspondence and documents; and casebook (1794). Correspondents include Enoch Abel, James W. Arrowsmith, Ezra Baker, John Colt, Roswell L. Colt, Silas Condit (1778-1861), Charles David, Smith Scudder, Samuel Shotwell, Charles Sitgreaves, Elias Van Arsdale, Asa Whitehead, Thomas R. Wood, and A.D. Woodruff.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Williamson, Isaac H. (Isaac Halsted), 1767-1844

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Isaac Halstead Williamson and his son Benjamin Williamson were two of the most distinguished men who practiced law in New Jersey during the nineteenth century. Isaac H. Williamson became involved in New Jersey's political process, and as a Democrat was elected to represent Essex County in the New Jersey State Assembly in 1815. When Governor Dickerson resigned to accept his election to the United States Senate, Isaac was elected Governor of New Jersey and was re-elected for 12 consecutive years. ...

Sitgreaves, Charles, 1803-1878

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Van Arsdale, Elias, 1770-1846

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Shotwell, Samuel

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Woodruff, Aaron Dickinson, 1762-1817

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Williamson, Benjamin, 1809-1892

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Lawyer, of Elizabeth, Union (earlier Essex) County, New Jersey; born 1809, the son of Isaac H. Williamson; graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), 1827; admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1830 and as a counselor in 1833; Prosecutor of the Pleas of Essex County, 1848-1852; Chancellor of New Jersey, 1852-1858 or 1859; married Elizabeth Beasley, sister of New Jersey Chief Justice Mercer Beasley; died 1892. From the description of Papers, 1831-1889 (incl...

Whitehead, Asa, 1793-1860

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Baker, Ezra, active 1765-1818, Representative from N.J.

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Colt, Roswell L. (Roswell Lyman), 1779-1856

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Wood, Thomas R.

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David, Charles

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Colt, John, 1786-1883

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Abel, Enoch

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Condit, Silas, 1778-1861

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Scudder, Smith

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Arrowsmith, James W.

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