Papers, 1796-1854.

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Papers, 1796-1854.

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Canceled checks, 1835; miscellaneous correspondence; list of voters, 1837, and election returns, 1838-1840, for Willingborough Township; receipts, an account and related proposals, 1838-1839, pertaining to the construction of a toll bridge across the Rancocas River; papers, 1834-1850, relating to the settling of various estates for which Stokes served as an executor or administrator; and other papers. Also miscellaneous papers, 1859-1869, of son Jarret Stokes (1823-1870). Among the estate papers for Hope Haines are one or two letters (and several receipts for legal services) from Peter D. Vroom, as well as two receipts (for legal services rendered to Haines) from Samuel L. Southard. Included among the miscellaneous papers is "A list of the members of friends and those stiled orthodox belonging to Old Springfield preparative meeting" which is endorsed: "Statement Friends & Orthodox at Separation in 1827." For each person named the total number of persons in the family is stated and enumerated by category: ministers, elders, overseers, male and female adults and male and female children. Also among the miscellany is an unsigned commentary on slavery, 1838, in the form of a letter.

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Willingboro (N.J. : Township)

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Vroom, Peter Dumont, 1791-1873

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New Jersey lawyer, politician, and diplomat. In 1838 he was elected to Congress, but because of irregularities in the returns, he and several other winning candidates were not confirmed. The dispute, which became known as the Broad Seal War, was finally settled in their favor by the courts. From the description of ALsS : Trenton, N.J., to Aaron Ogden Dayton, 1839-1845. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506970 Attorney in Trenton, N.J., Governor of New ...

Stokes, Jarret, 1823-1870.

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Haines, Hope

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Old Springfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827)

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A meeting for worship during the winter months was established at Esiskunk Creek by Burlington Monthly Meeting in 1682/3; later that year the meeting was permitted to meet on a year-round basis. From 1685-94, the name of the meeting was Birch Creek. In 1694, it became known as Springfield. After the establishment of Upper Springfield in ca. 1728, the meeting was known as Old Springfield or, occasionally, Lower Springfield; it was also known informally as Copany. A preparative meeting was establi...

Stokes, Charles, 1791-1882

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Farmer, teacher, surveyor, conveyancer, local office holder and state legislator, of Burlington County, New Jersey; lived in Willingboro Township, removing in 1863 to Rancocas (but evidently still in Willingboro, not Westhampton, Township); served as a delegate to the New Jersey constitutional convention of 1844. From the description of Papers, 1796-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86148609 ...