Business records, 1727-1958.

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Business records, 1727-1958.

Account books, daybooks, construction estimates, ledgers, histories, reports, and financial and other records, of tradesmen and business firms, chiefly in New Jersey.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051424

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Sharpsboro Iron Works (Hardistonville, N.J.)

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Bucks Harbour Mountain Granite Company

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Evans Engineering Corporation (New York, N.Y.)

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Middleton, Enoch, builder

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Enoch Middleton (fl. 1830-1850) was a mason living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who worked in Burlington and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey. At some point in the 1820s, he had an apprentice named Nathan Hunt Conrow (b. 1808), who later became a farmer in Cinnaminson Township and Moorestown, New Jersey. Later in life, it appears that Middleton farmed near Chesterfield (Burlington County), New Jersey, and was a member of the Chesterfield Society of Friends. From the description of En...

White, N. A. (Nathaniel A.)

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Nathan White (fl. 1780-1786) was a currier in either Middlesex or Somerset County, New Jersey. From the description of Nathan White account book, 1780-1786. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53914276 ...

Woodruff, William, active 1771-1806

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William Woodruff (fl. 1771-1806) was a gravedigger and merchant in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Founded in 1665 by John Woodruff (1637-1691) and Sarah Ogden (ca. 1643-after1675), Elizabethtown was home to generations of Woodruffs, many of whom became prominent public figures, soldiers, and merchants in the town. From the description of William Woodruff papers, 1771-1803 1799-1800. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53040033 ...

Brown, Nathaniel, active 1803-1834

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Nathaniel Brown (fl. 1803-1834) was a cooper, teamster, and laborer in Jefferson Village (now called Maplewood), Essex County, New Jersey. From the description of Nathaniel Brown record book, 1803-1834. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53914397 ...

Martha Furnace (Washington, N.J.)

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Iron foundry located in Washington Township, Burlington County, N.J.; opened in 1793; closed 1844. From the description of Martha Furnace diary transcript, 1808 Mar. 30-1815 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977799 From the description of Martha Furnace diary transcript, 1808-1815.. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70977193 Martha Furnace was built by the Pennsylvania ironmaster Isaac Potts (1750-1803) in 1793 on a branch of the Wading River two miles...

Ross, David, active 1756-1794

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Pierson, Theodore, 1813-1901

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Theodore Pierson attended Mendham Seminary, which was probably either an academy for boys established by William Rankin or the Hilltop School established by Ezra Fairchild. From the description of Theodore Pierson student essay, 1830 Apr. 8. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53875613 ...

Walter F. Osgood and Company (Little Falls, N.J.)

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Osgood and Company was a textile manufacturer that used the water power of the Passaic River in Little Falls, New Jersey. This enterprise was owned by Walter F. Osgood and predates both of the town's better-known mills, the Beattie Manufacturing Company Carpet Mill and the New Jersey and Little Falls Carpet Mill. From the description of Osgood and Company records, 1814-1817. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53172368 ...

Roberts, Eleazar

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Wilcox, Jonathan M.

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Jonathan Mulford Wilcox was a mason, cobbler, and handyman working in New Providence, New Jersey. He was the son of Levi Wilcocks (ca. 1760-1840), a Revolutionary War soldier, and Esther Valentine (1763-1840). Jonathan married Sally Tucker (1790-1849) and had three children: John Tucker (b.1814), Silas, and Mehitabel. From the description of Johnathan M. Wilcox record book, 1815-1836 1815-1816. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 52993233 ...

Camden and Atlantic Railroad Co.

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American Smelting and Refining Company

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Lyon, Henry G.

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Henry G. Lyon was a cabinetmaker working in Sussex County, New Jersey between the years 1800 and 1838. From the description of Henry G. Lyon account book, 1800-1838. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53172178 ...

Elizabethtown Steam Manufacturing Company

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Leonard, James, active 1825-1837

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Harbourt, Enoch A.

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Roberts, Amos, active 1772-1828

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Amos Roberts was an Essex County carpenter and landowner. He was a capable political organizer who viewed defending the rights of English land settlers in the American colonies as paramount. In his later years, Roberts and his son Eleazor owned and operated a sawmill and gristmill in Irvington. These mills operated for the purpose of processing grain from the local farmland. From the description of Amos Roberts and Eleazor Roberts record book, 1772-1838. (New Jersey Historical Societ...

Succasunny Mining Company (Morris County, N.J.)

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It is probable that the Lenni Lenape, the American Indians of the region, knew of and used the Dickerson Mine, located in what is now Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey. John Reading, however, discovered what became known as Suckasunny Mine in 1715 and sold it the following year to Joseph Kirkbride. Kirkbride's descendants owned it until 1779 when Jonathan Dickerson (1747-1805) and his partner Minard Lefevre began purchasing shares. By the time of Dickerson's death in 1805, he owned ap...

Lefferson, Arthur, -1804

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Arthur Lefferson, born April 22, 1739, was a tanner, currier, shoemaker, and repairman in Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey. A son of Leffert Lefferson (1711-1755) and Janetje Williamson, Arthur's siblings included Oukey Lefferson (1747-1809), Anna Van Cleef (b. 1741), Jane Lefferson (1745-1818), and Mary Polhemus (fl. 1739-1781). Prior to the General Militia Muster of 1776, Lefferson volunteered for the local militia. At the time of his death Arthur Lefferson was unmarried ...

Woodruff, Seth

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Seth Woodruff was born July 22, 1742 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, to Timothy Woodruff (1715-1798) and Elizabeth Parsons (1712-1776). Timothy Woodruff was the great grandson of John Woodruff (1637-1691), founder of Elizabethtown and progenitor of the city's prominent Woodruff family. Seth Woodruff, a weaver and stonemason by trade, married Phebe Haines (1742-1823) and had the following children: Parsons (1764-1805), Sophia (1766-1844), Obediah (1768-1847), Stephen (1770-1850), Flavel (1772-1819)...

Stimis, H. L.

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Jackson Glass Works

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Thomas H. Richards (d. 1860) established the Jackson Glass Works in Waterford Township, Camden County, New Jersey in 1827. His sons, Samuel H. and Thomas Albert (b. 1809) continued the operations until 1877 when a fire destroyed the factory. From the description of Jackson Glass Works receipts, 1832-1833. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53881152 ...

Lindsey, Joseph, active 1812-1850

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Northern Liberties (Lumber company)

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Woodruff, Thomas.

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Potts, Thomas, active 1727-1743

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Young, Isaac

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Isaac Young was a butcher in Irvington, New Jersey in 1807. From the description of Isaac Young daybook, 1807. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53922313 Epithet: Chief Sanitary Inspector Battersea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000322 ...