Manuscript Group 409, Stevens Family (Hoboken, NJ) Papers, 1663-1959

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Manuscript Group 409, Stevens Family (Hoboken, NJ)

Papers, 1663-1959, 60 linear feet

Call Number: MG 409 + box and folder number

Processed as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.


Summary:

John Stevens (ca. 1682-1737) was the founder of the Stevens family in New Jersey. His son, generally known as Hon. John Stevens (1715-1792), grew to prominence as a sea captain and merchant, a member of the New Jersey Assembly and later of the Continental Congress.  As a member of the Board of General Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, and its president in 1783, Hon. John Stevens was involved in land speculation.  His papers shed light on the Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery, and both the East-West Jersey and the New York-New Jersey boundary disputes.  Among his brothers were Campbell Stevens (1714-1770), commander of a company at Louisburg in the French and Indian War, and Richard Stevens (1723-1802), sea captain and merchant in Perth Amboy and Philadelphia who engaged in trade with the West Indies. Perhaps the best-known family member was Col. John Stevens (1749-1838), a lawyer, inventor, and founder of the town of Hoboken.  He was the builder of the first ocean-going steamship in the world, the Phoenix, and later designed and constructed the first American-built steam locomotive, which he operated on his Hoboken estate.  His sons Robert and Edwin A. Stevens were founders of the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company.  John Cox Stevens was a horse-breeder and yachtsman. The collection includes: materials on the Revolutionary War, the Fulton-Stevens ferry controversy, steamboats, public transportation, and technology; family genealogy and photographs; records of the East Jersey and West Jersey Proprietors, the Rocky Hill and Pluckemin mines, the Hoboken Ferry Company, and the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, ca. 1831-1946; estate papers of James and Mary Alexander, Fenwick Lyell, Robert Hunter Morris, and various members of the Stevens family. Among non-Stevens family correspondents are:

James
Alexander
Mahlon
Dickerson
William
Livingston
William
Alexander, Lord Stirling
Philemon
Dickerson
James
Madison
John Jacob
Astor
Jonathan
Elmer
Robert
Hunter Morris
Goldsborow
Banyor
Lewis
Evans
David
Ogden
Thomas
Bartow
Theodosius
Fowler
Ferdinand
John Paris
Clement
Biddle
William
Franklin
Elisha
Parker
Horace
Binney
Robert
Fulton
James
Parker (1725-1792)
Joseph
Bloomfield
Moore
Furman
William
Paterson (1745-1806)
Elias
Boudinot
Alexander
Hamilton
Charles
Read
David
Brearley
William
Churchill Houston
Moses
Rogers
Aaron Burr
(1756-1836)
Peter
Augustus Jay
Nicholas
Roosevelt
Philip
Carteret
Thomas
Jefferson
Perez
Rowley
DeWitt
Clinton
James G.
King
Richard
Rush
George
Clinton
Rufus King Walter
Rutherfurd
Cadwallader
David Colden
Benjamin
Henry Latrobe
John Smyth
John Colt John
Lawrence
William
Thornton
John
Redman Coxe
Peter Van
Brugh Livingston
Robert
Treat
William
Coxe
Robert R.
Livingston
John
Waddell

The
principal finding aid is the WPA Calendar of the Stevens Family Papers, 3 vols. (Newark, N.J., 1940).  In addition to the published calendars covering the years 1664-1777, there are five typescript volumes for the years 1778-1867.  The Stevens Family Papers were published in a microfilm edition numbering 46 reels.  See the Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Stevens Family Papers (Newark, N.J., 1968).

Gift of the Stevens Family and the Stevens Institute of Technology, 1958-1974.

Related Collections:
Manuscript Group 1508, Stoudinger-Alofsen-Fulton Drawings

Container List:

Box Folder Title Dates
1 1 Correspondence 1664-1699
2 Correspondence 1700-1717
3 Incomplete
documents – Instructions from Crown to  John Montgomrie, Governor of NJ
June
17, 1715
4 Instructions
to Brig. Hunter, Governor of NY & NJ from Public Records Office,
London, England
May 6,
1715
5 Quit-rent
dispute – Timothy Hall et al vs. the Proprietors
1711
6 Correspondence 1718
7 Fieldbook
– John Harrison, esq.: Notations of John Harrison & John Chapman,
review trip down  Hudson River
July
24, 1719-August 17, 1719
8 Deed
details, maps, contracts
1721-1723
9 Correspondence,
business records
1724-1727
1 10 Correspondence,
deeds, maps, contracts
1728-1731
11 Correspondence,
contracts, business records
1733-1736
12 Wills,
business records, contracts
1737-1739
13 Deeds,
business records, contracts
1740
14 Contracts,
deeds, correspondence, bills of lading, business records
1741
15 Correspondence,
estate records, business records
1742
16 Correspondence,
business records
1743
17 Correspondence,
business records
1744
18 Daybook
of John Stevens
July
26, 1744 – November 27, 1745
2 1 Correspondence 1745
2 Journal
of the surveyors appointed by the Council of Proprietors of the Eastern
Division of NJ (20 pp.)
October
1745
3 Copy of
the principal part of the proceedings of the surveyors appointed by the
Councils of East & West Jersey to inspect the
beginning of the division line between Eastern and
Western Division at Little Egg Harbor (15pp.)
October
15, 1745
4 Correspondence,
military personnel list
1746
5 Minutes
of transactions and affairs relating to the Proprietors of East Jersey
July
1746 – October 15, 1750
6 Professor
Greene’s papers – Johns Hopkins University (Correspondence)
1749-1750
7 Deeds,
correspondence, expense records, promissory notes, surveys
1747
8 Correspondence,
deeds, bills of sale, promissory notes
January-June
1748
9 Correspondence,
expense records, bills of lading, deed
July-December
1748, n.d.
2 10 Correspondence,
expense records, promissory notes, land
agreement
January-June
1749
11 Correspondence,
expense records, receipts, contract, petition,
notes re: land grant, invoice, bill of lading
July-December
1749
12 Correspondence,
expense records, invoices, promissory
notes, financial statements
January-June
1750
13 Daybook
– Frank Connell?, Perth Amboy
December
1737 – April 6, 1751
14 Contract,
correspondence, expense records, sales record, survey reports
July-September
1750
15 Invoice,
Correspondence, petition, expense records, promissory notes
October-December
1750, n.d.
16 Transfer
of land from West Jersey Society to John Stevens, et al. (Hunterdon
County)
1752-1759
3 1 Expense
records, bills of lading, correspondence, receipt, promissory notes
January-June
1751
2 Correspondence,
promissory notes, sales record, expense
records, deed, invoice, bill of lading
July-December
1751, n.d.
3 Expense
records, correspondence, promissory notes, receipts
January-June
1752
4 Correspondence,
expense records
July-September
1752
5 Correspondence October
1752
6 Deeds,
correspondence, sales record, expense record
November-December
1752
7 Correspondence,
statements of indebtedness, promissory
notes, receipts, land conveyance, shipping expenses
January-March
1753
8 Statement
of indebtedness, correspondence, sales record, agreement for purchase of
property in NY, deeds
April-June
1753
9 Notebook
accounts – Richard to John Stevens, Statements of
indebtedness, sales records, correspondence, legal
decision
July-September
1753
3 10 Correspondence,
sales records, list of debts, court record,
deeds, statements of indebtedness, land grant, promissory note, bill
of lading, expense records
October-December
1753
11 Statements
of indebtedness, correspondence, legal complaints, deeds, peace
proposals
January-March
1754
12 Receipts,
statements of indebtedness, note re: mineral
rights, accounts, lease, correspondence, indictment
April-June
1754
4 1 John
Stevens account book: contains account for building block houses on the
Delaware River
1753-1756
2 Correspondence,
deposition, list of mine shareholders, petition,
promissory note, statements of indebtedness, deeds,
estate tally
July-October
1754
3 List of
residents, court decision
November-December
1754, n.d.
4 Correspondence,
expense records, statements of indebtedness, sale of
copper mine, deeds
January-April
1755
5 NJ
Court records, deeds, bills of sale for land, statements
of indebtedness, deeds, expense records, receipts
May-August
1755
6 Correspondence,
expense records, deeds, land sale contract,
writ, invoice, receipt, cooper ore assay
September-December
1755, n.d.
7 Business
records, correspondence
January-June
1756
8 Business
records, correspondence, deeds, maps
August-December
1756, n.d.
9 Business
records, correspondence, deposition, account book
February-December
1757
4 10 Business
records, correspondence
February-December
1758
11 Fieldwork
of south lines of Society, run by John Lawrence (survey report)
October
1758-September 1761
12 Account
No.7 of Nesasackawack rents
May 2,
1758 – December 21, 1771
5 1 Business
records, correspondence, surveys
January-September
1759
2 Correspondence,
business records, affidavit
October-December
1759, n.d.
3 Various
returns on mercantile ventures to St. Christopher
& the West Indies
April
1759 – June 22, 1762
4 Account
book – John Stevens
July
28, 1753-December 1759
5 Business
records, correspondence
January-March
1760
6 Business
records, correspondence
April-June
1760
7 Business
records, correspondence, survey maps
July-December
1760, n.d.
8 Account
with the devisees of Mrs. Mary Alexander, deceased
April
25, 1760-July 26, 1760
9 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
January-June
1761
5 10 Correspondence,
business records, deed, survey reports,
survey maps
July-December
1761
11 Correspondence,
business records, notebook, deeds, inheritance
data
January-June
1762
12 Correspondence,
business records, deeds, survey maps,
survey reports, ferry franchise
July-December
1762, n.d.
6 1 Correspondence,
business records
February-June
1763
2 Correspondence,
business records, deeds
July-December
1763, n.d.
3 Notebook
for “Mendum” lands
September
3, 1763 – March 25, 1768
4 Account
book – John M. Stevens, Eliah Drinker & John
Patton: S. Amboy ferry accts.
1763-1775
5 Correspondence,
business papers, deeds
January-June
1764
6 Correspondence,
business papers, deeds, petition
July-December
1764, n.d.
7 Correspondence,
business papers, deeds
January-June
1765
8 Correspondence,
business papers, deeds
July-September
1765
9 NJ
Blues – Account receipts and letters
April
6, 1756 – December 22, 1764
10 Correspondence,
business papers, deeds
October-December
1765, n.d.
7 1 Memo
book of lands in the province of NY
July 8,
1765 – January 9, 1791
2 Correspondence,
business records
January-June
1766
3 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1766, n.d.
4 Account
book of Society’s lands
1766-1787
5 Correspondence,
business records, maps
January-February
1767
6 Correspondence,
business records
March
1767
7 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1767
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1767, n.d.
9 Honorable
John Stevens’ memorandum book
October
1767 – April 1768
10 Daybook,
John Stevens: contains accounts & diaries
1767-1792
8 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1768
2 Correspondence,
business records, maps
April-June
1768
3 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1768
4 Deed
between Richard & Lewis Stevens for land in Hunterdon County
1768
5 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1768, n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records
January-June
1769
7 Correspondence,
business records, maps
July-December
1769
8 Correspondence 177?
9 Correspondence
(inc. invitations), deeds, business records
January-March
1770
8 10 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
April-June
1770
11 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
July-December
1770
12 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
January-March
1771
13 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
April-June
1771
9 1 Correspondence,
deeds, business records, map
July-August
1771
2 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
September-December
1771, n.d.
3 Account
book – Continental troop movement in Hunterdon County
June 5,
1771-1791
4 Correspondence,
deeds, business records
January-February
1772
5 Correspondence,
business records
March-April
1772
6 Correspondence,
business records, legal argument
May
1772
7 Legal
argument, correspondence
June
1772
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1772
9 Correspondence,
business records
August-December
1772,  n.d.
10 Will of
Lewis Stevens
1772
10 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1773
2 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
April-May
1773
3 Correspondence,
business records
June
1773
4 Correspondence,
business records
July
1773
5 Correspondence,
business records
August-December
1773, n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records
January-April
1774
7 Correspondence,
business records
May-August
1774
8 Survey
book, correspondence, business records
September-November
1774
9 Correspondence,
business records
December
1774, n.d.
10 Correspondence,
business records
January-February
1775
11 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
March-June
1775
11 1 Daybook
– John Stevens re: Mrs. Alexander, includes estate
of Mary Alexander
1756-1774
2 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1775, n.d.
3 Correspondence,
business records
January-April
1776
4 Correspondence,
business records
May-August
1776
5 Correspondence,
business records
September-December
1776, n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records
March-September
1777
7 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1777, n.d.
8 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1778
9 Correspondence,
business records
April-September
1778
11 10 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1778, n.d.
11 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
January-March
1779
12 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1779
13 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1779, n.d.
12 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1780
2 Correspondence,
business records
April-September
1780
3 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1780, n.d.
4 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1781
5 Correspondence,
business records
April-August
1781
6 Correspondence,
business records
September-October
1781
7 Correspondence,
business records
November-December
1781, n.d.
8 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
January-April
1782
9 Correspondence,
business records
May-September
1782
10 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1782, n.d.
13 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-February
1783
2 Correspondence,
business records
March
1783
3 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
April-June
1783
4 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
July-October
1783
5 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
November-December
1783, n.d.
6 Account
book – John Stevens
April
1783 – October 1790
7 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
January-June
1784
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1784
9 Correspondence,
business records, architectural drawings,
pocket notebook
October-December
1784
14 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1785
2 Correspondence
3 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1785
4 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1785
5 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1785, n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1786
7 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1786
8 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
July-September
1786
9 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
October-December
1786, n.d.
10 Steam
engine specifications
March
19, 1787
11 Daybook
– Hon. John Stevens, chronological arrangement followed by financial
records, inventories, tickets, recipes,
etc.
1759-1787
15 1 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1787
2 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1787
3 Correspondence,
business records
July-October
1787
4 Correspondence,
business records, survey rules re: Convention
of NJ
November-December
1787, n.d.
5 John
Stevens, “Rules for Conducting…”
December
12, 1787
6 Correspondence,
business records, deeds
January-March
1788
7 Survey
maps, correspondence, business records
April-June
1788
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1788
9 Surveys,
correspondence, business records
October-December
1788
10 NJ
Constitution, correspondence, business records
1788,
n.d.
11 Petition
to NY for exclusive rights to steamship operation
January
9, 1789
12 Correspondence,
business records, steam engine data
January-March
1789
16 1 Survey
map, correspondence, business records
April-June
1789
2 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1789
3 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1789, n.d.
4 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1790
5 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
April-June
1790
6 Hon.
John Stevens – Notebook
1790
7 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
July-September
1790
8 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
October-December
1790, n.d.
9 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1791
16 10 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
April-June
1791
11 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps, certification of patent
July-September
1791
12 Account
book
March
1791 – September 1796
13 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
October-December
1791, n.d.
17 1 Estate
of John Stevens
1792
2 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1792
3 Correspondence,
business records
April-May
1792
4 Correspondence,
business records
June
1792
5 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1792
6 Correspondence,
business records
October-November
1792
7 Correspondence,
business records
December,
n.d.
8 Correspondence,
business records
January
1793
9 Correspondence,
business records
February
1793
17 10 Correspondence,
business records
March
1793
11 Correspondence,
business records
April
1793
12 Account
book – William Abbot with John Stevens, Esq.
1793
18 1 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
May
1793
2 Correspondence,
business records
June-August
1793
3 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1793
4 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
1793,
n.d.
5 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1794
6 Correspondence April
1794
7 Correspondence,
business records, (letter to John Fitch)
May-June
1794
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1794
9 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1794
18 10 Correspondence,
business records, survey maps
1794,
n.d.
11 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1795
12 John
Fitch’s horse drawn boat
April
1795
13 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1795
19 1 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1795
2 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
October-December
1795, n.d.
3 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1796
4 Account
book – William Abbot’s estate in acct. with Elizabeth Stevens
1796
5 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
April-June
1796
6 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1796, n.d.
7 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1797
8 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1797
9 Correspondence July-September
1797
19 10 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1797
11 Correspondence,
business records, date re: operating a steam engine
1797,
n.d.
12 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1798
13 Correspondence,
business records, deed
April-June
1798
14 Correspondence,
business records
August-December
1798, n.d.
20 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-May
1799
2 Correspondence,
business records, survey map, diagram of air pump
June-September
1799
3 Correspondence,
business records, patent for rotary engine
October-December
1799
4 Correspondence,
business records, technical notes
1799,
n.d.
5 Rates
of ferry from NY to Hoboken
1799,
n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records, NJ Treasurer’s accounts,
map & resident names in Cheesequake, horticultural notes
179?
7 Correspondence,
business records, estate of John Stevens
January-March
1800
8 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1800
9 Correspondence,
business records, will of Elizabeth Stevens
July-September
1800
20 10 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1800, n.d.
11 Correspondence,
business records, horticulture lists
18??
12 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
January-June
1801
13 July-December
1801, n.d.
21 1 Correspondence,
business records, survey map
January-June
1802
2 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1802, n.d.
3 Correspondence,
building records
January-March
1803
4 Correspondence April-August
1803
5 Correspondence,
business records, boiler/piston diagrams
September-December
1803, n.d.
6 Correspondence,
business records
January-April
1804
7 Correspondence,
business records
May-September
1804
8 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1804
9 Correspondence,
business records, Hoboken lot sales,
Hoboken boundary description, steam calculations
1804,
n.d.
10 Correspondence,
steam boiler diagrams, railroad diagrams
1804,
n.d.
22 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1805
2 Correspondence,
business records
April
1805
3 Account
book – John Stevens with David Frazier
April
25, 1805
4 Correspondence,
business records
May
1805
5 Correspondence
(inc. journal), business records
June
1805
6 Correspondence,
business records
July
1805
7 Correspondence,
business records
August-September
1805
8 Correspondence
(inc. letter re: ship’s propeller), business records
October-December
1805
9 Correspondence
(inc. journal), business records
1805,
n.d.
10 Correspondence,
business records
January-June
1806
11 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1806, n.d.
23 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1807
2 Correspondence,
business records
April-September
1807
3 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1807
4 Correspondence,
business records
1807,
n.d.
5 Patent
controversy – John Stevens vs. R. Livingston & Robert Fulton
January
1808
6 Correspondence,
business records, controversy with Fulton,
Defense of NY City
January-March
1808
7 Correspondence,
business records, controversy with Fulton
April-July
1808
8 Correspondence,
business records, controversy with Fulton
August-December
1808
9 Correspondence,
business records, Hoboken boundary
survey, controversy with Fulton
1808,
n.d.
10 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1809
11 Correspondence,
business records
April-May
1809
24 1 Correspondence,
business records
June-August
1809
2 Steamboat
Phoenix with Rowland Ellis – Account book
August
1809
3 Correspondence,
business records
September-October
1809
4 Correspondence,
business records
November-December
1809
5 Correspondence,
business records
1809,
n.d.
6 Blank
forms – Deed, Steamboat Co. Incorporation, miscellaneous
1810
7 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1810
8 Correspondence,
business records
April-July
1810
9 Correspondence,
business records
August-October
1810
10 Correspondence,
business records
November-December
1810
25 1 Correspondence,
diagram of Hudson River tunnel and
floating bridge, diagram of Hudson River ferry routes
1810,
n.d.
2 Correspondence January
1811
3 Correspondence,
business records, comments on railroads
vs. canals
February-March
1811
4 Correspondence,
business records, diagram of steam engine/paddle
wheel machinery
April
1811
5 Correspondence,
business records
May
1811
6 Correspondence,
business records
June-September
1811
7 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1811
8 Correspondence,
business records
1811,
n.d.
9 Correspondence,
business records
1811,
n.d.
26 1 Specifications
for improvements on steam engine and
boilers patented in 1810
January
1812
2 Correspondence,
business records
January-February
1812
3 Correspondence,
business records
March
1812
4 Correspondence,
business records
April
1812
5 Correspondence,
business records
May
1812
6 Correspondence,
business records
June
1812
7 Correspondence,
business records, plans for Washington Market, NYC
July-September
1812
8 Correspondence,
business records
October-November
1812
9 Correspondence,
business records
December
1812
10 Correspondence,
business records
1812,
n.d.
27 1 Design
for horse boat, documents re: railroads vs. canals, documents re:
Fulton-Stevens-Livingston ferry dispute
1812,
n.d.
2 Deed,
correspondence
1813
3 Correspondence January
1813
4 Correspondence February-March
1813
5 Correspondence,
business records
April-May
1813
6 Correspondence,
business records
June-August
1813
7 Correspondence,
business records
September-November
1813
8 Correspondence,
business records
December
1813
9 Correspondence,
business records, railroad proposals
1813,
n.d.
10 Correspondence,
business records
1813,
n.d.
11 Correspondence,
business records, Fulton dispute
1813,
n.d.
28 1 Promissory
notes and data re: revenue stamps
January
1814
2 Correspondence January-February
1814
3 Correspondence,
business records
March-April
1814
4 Correspondence May-July
1814
5 Correspondence August-December
1814
6 Correspondence 1814,
n.d.
7 Correspondence,
railroad data
1814,
n.d.
8 Correspondence January-February
1815
9 Correspondence,
business records
March-June
1814
10 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1815
11 Account
book (in several different hands)
1815-1818
12 Correspondence 1815,
n.d.
13 Correspondence,
business records
1815,
n.d.
29 1 Correspondence January-February
1816
2 Correspondence March
1816
3 Correspondence July-December
1816
4 Correspondence 1816,
n.d.
5 Correspondence
6 Russian
correspondence
1817
7 Correspondence,
business records, deed
January-June
1817
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1817
9 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1817, n.d.
29 10 Correspondence January-April
1818
11 Correspondence
(inc. letter to Czar of Russia)
Mary-August
1818
12 Correspondence October
1818
13 Correspondence October
1818
14 Correspondence November-December
1818, n.d.
15 Business
records
1818-1819
30 1 Correspondence,
business records
January-June
1819
2 Correspondence,
business records
July-November
1819
3 Correspondence 1819,
n.d.
4 Business
papers
182?
5 John
Stevens A.L.S. to John Jay (1 volume)
June
28, 1819
6 Correspondence,
business records
January
-June 1820
7 Steven’s
plow – printed material
1820s
8 Correspondence,
business records
July-October
1820
9 Correspondence November-December
1820, n.d.
10 Correspondence January-March
1821
11 Correspondence,
business records
April-June
1821
31 1 Correspondence,
business records
July-December
1821
2 Expenditure
book – Dr. Richard Stevens?
1821
3 Correspondence,
business records
1821,
n.d.
4 Correspondence,
business records
1821,
n.d.
5 Correspondence,
business records
January-February
1822
6 Correspondence,
business records
March-June
1822
7 Correspondence,
business records
July-September
1822
8 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1822, n.d.
9 Richard
Stevens – notebook re: travels
1822?
31 10 Richard
Stevens – South American diseases, Inca Indians
1822-1824
11 Correspondence January-March
1823
12 Correspondence April
1823
13 Hoboken
– J.S. to Horace Binney
April
30, 1823
14 Correspondence May-June
1823
32 1 Correspondence July-September
1823
2 Correspondence October
1823
3 Correspondence November
1823
4 Correspondence December
1823
5 Notebook
of Phila & Columbia Railroad
July
14-27, 1823
6 8 sick
books
-1823
7 Correspondence 1823,
n.d.
8 Correspondence January-February
1824
9 Correspondence March
1824
32 10 Richard
Stevens – South America – description and travel
May 1,
1824
11 Col.
John Stevens’ bank book
May
1824-December 1826
12 Correspondence April-September
1824
13 *Missing* 1824
14 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1824
15 Correspondence 1824,
n.d.
33 1 Correspondence 1824,
n.d.
2 Dr.
Richard Stevens – notebook re: South American climate
1824?
3 Dr.
Richard Stevens – notebook re: South American Indians
1824?
4 Correspondence January
1825
5 Correspondence February-April
1825
6 Correspondence,
invoices
May-July
1825
7 Correspondence August-December
1825
8 Correspondence 1825,
n.d.
9 Correspondence,
business records
January-February
1826
33 10 Correspondence March-September
1826
11 Correspondence October-December
1826
12 Correspondence 1826,
n.d.
13 Correspondence,
business records
January-June
1827
14 Correspondence,
business records
August-September
1827
15 Correspondence,
business records
1827,
n.d.
34 1 Correspondence,
military pension, subpoenas
January-March
1828
2 Correspondence,
subpoenas
April-August
1828
3 Correspondence,
business records
October-December
1828, n.d.
4 Correspondence,
business records
January-March
1829
5 Correspondence,
business records
April-July
1829
6 Correspondence,
business records
August-November
1829
7 Correspondence December
1829, n.d.
8 Correspondence,
business records
February-March
1830
9 Correspondence,
business records
April-May
1830
10 Correspondence,
business records
June-December
1830, n.d.
11 John
Stevens – Account book
1831-1833
12 Correspondence,
business records
1831
13 Correspondence,
business records
1832
35 1 Correspondence,
business records
1833
2 Early
checkbook – North River Bank, NYC
1833-1835
3 Correspondence,
business records
1834
4 Correspondence 1835
5 Correspondence 1836
6 Correspondence 1837
7 Power
of attorney, will
1838
8 Business
records
1839
9 Correspondence
(roll 21)
183?-1898
35 10 Correspondence,
business records, will of Rachel Stevens
1840
11 Correspondence
re: armor plate
1841
12 Correspondence,
business records
1842
13 Correspondence,
business records
1843
14 Correspondence,
Navy contract amendment
1844
15 Correspondence,
business records
1845
16 Memo
re: patent rights
1847
17 Amendment
to Navy contract
1848
18 Correspondence
(inc. re: Navy contract)
1849
19 Correspondence,
business records, will of Robert L. Stevens
1850-1859
35 20 Copies
of will of Edwin A. Stevens
1867
21 Tracing
taken from Commissions map (1765)
February
18, 1854
22 Correspondence,
business records
1860-1869
23 Correspondence,
business records
1870-1879
24 Photocopies
– Last will & testament & codicil of Esther B. Stevens
October
5, 1874
25 Sale of
the Stevens Battery
May 17,
1880
26 Correspondence,
business records
1880-1889
36 1 Correspondence,
business records
1890-1900
2 Papers
relating to the estate of Martha Bayard Stevens, Business records
1899
3 Correspondence,
business records
1900-1909
4 Correspondence,
business records
1900-1909
5 Banking
records, correspondence, business records
1910-1919
6 Correspondence,
business records, estate of Edwin A.
Stevens
1920-1929
7 Correspondence,
business records
1930-1939
8 Correspondence,
banking records
1930-1939
9 Estates
of Edwin A., Emily & Richard Stevens; correspondence; inventory of old
papers
1940-1949
37 1 Estate
litigation, correspondence, banking records
1940-1949
2 Wills
of Richard & Martha Stevens; correspondence;
business & banking records
1940-1949
3 Correspondence 1950-1959
4 Correspondence 1950-1959
5 Boundary
material – Brief description of other folders
6 Boundary
dispute between NJ & NY, Vol.A
1719-1731
7 Boundary
dispute between NJ & NY, Vol.A
March
28, 1719 – December 19, 1731
8 Boundary
dispute between NJ & NY, Vol.A
March
28, 1719 – December 19, 1731
38 1 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
2 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
3 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
4 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
5 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
6 “Collections
concerning the Line between NY and
NJ, Bound Vol.1”
1719-1731
7 Boundary
disputes – Part II
1744-1745
39 1 Boundary
disputes – Vol.I
1745-1750
2 Boundary
disputes – Vol.I
1745-1750
3 Boundary
disputes – Vol.I
1745-1750
4 Boundary
dispute, Notebook II
1753-1754
5 Boundary
dispute, Notebook III
1753-1754
6 Boundary
dispute, Notebook III
1753-1754
7 Boundary
dispute, Notebook III
1753-1754
40 1 Commission
and instructions to John Harrison on his
journey down the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers and back for the
purpose of discovering the branches of the Delaware River
June
1719
2 John
Harrison – Field book
June
1719
3 John
Harrison, Esq. – Notations of his trip down the Delaware River in search of its
branches (gives course & observations,
several drawings)
July
1719
4 Anthony
Dennis – Notebook-Field book (includes various boundary descriptions
& references to expenses)
September-October
1745
5 Legislative
journals and laws (early NJ & NY)
6 Quit-rent
dispute between settlers and proprietors
1749-1753
7 Manuscripts
re: boundary dispute with NY
1753
8 Manuscript
re: border dispute with NY
9 Votes
and proceedings of the NJ General Assembly
1750-1751
40 10 Affirmation
of Richard Gardner re: NJ-NY border dispute
1754
11 Elizabethtown
bill in Chancery, claims for lands under
Indian title
1752
12 Incomplete
copy of answer to Elizabethtown bill
1752
13 NJ
Council of Proprietors answer to complaint of NY Assembly
1753
14 Laws,
legislative material and letters
1779-1874
41 1 Printed
documents 1
2 Printed
documents 2
3 Printed
documents 3
4 Treatise
re: use of steam engines to propel boats; Remarks on John Fitch’s
reply to James Rumsey’s treatise; Stevens Family
printed material
5 Petition
of John & Robert Livingston re: steamboat Operation; Incomplete pamphlet on
Hackensack & Passaic River bridges;
pamphlets
6 Conspectus
of the Pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh
& Dublin Colleges of Physicians
1825
7 Legislation
re: passengers on vessels; Water
Commissioner’s report; American Polytechnic Journal
 1852
42 1 Stevens
Battery – Chancery
2 Stevens
Battery – NJ Supreme Court; Stevens
Battery – The Court of Chancery
1874;1875, 1877, 1878
3 Litigation
– Estate of Edwin A. Stevens
4 Letter
& manuscript book – John Alexander (re: riots in NJ re: Indian deeds)
5 Letter
re: riots in NJ
6 Letter
& manuscript book – John Alexander (re: Riots in NJ re: Indian deeds)
7 Printed
documents
8 John
Stevens’ Book of Accounts “C”; Estate of Fenwick Lyell
1742-1764,
(1730)
9 Hon.
John Stevens’ Perth Amboy Daybook
1745-1756,
(1761)
43 1 Orations,
essays, etc.
2 39
essays on 19th century writers
3 39
essays on 19th century writers
4 39
essays on 19th century writers
5 39
essays on 19th century writers
6 39
essays on 19th century writers
7 39
essays on 19th century writers
8 39
essays on 19th century writers
9 39
essays on 19th century writers
10 39
essays on 19th century writers
11 39
essays on 19th century writers
44 1 Correspondence
re: historical biography of John Stevens
to be written by John Turn Bull
1925-1928
2 Hoboken
Land Improvement Co.
3 Hoboken
Land Improvement Co.
1839-1843
4 Hoboken
Land Improvement Co.
1839-1843
5 Hoboken
Land Improvement Co.
1839-1843
6 Copies
of letters of James G. King
1842
7 Copies
of letters from James G. King to Horace Binney
1842
8 Copies
of letters from Horace Binney to James G. King
1842
9 Copies
of letters from Horace Binney to James G. King
1842
10 Miscellaneous
– H.L.I. Co. Correspondence
45 1 Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Copy of charter,
by-laws, etc.
1838-1844
2 Supplement
to the Act entitled “An Act to Incorporate
the H.L.& I. Co.”
February
21, 1838
3 Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – By-laws
1840
4 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1843
5 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1851
6 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1855
7 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1859
8 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
March
30, 1860
9 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1860
45 10 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1868
11 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1870
12 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1871
13 Supplement
to Act to Incorporate H.L.& I. Co.
1875
14 Typed
copy of 1838 charter and list of later amendments
March
17, 1875?
15 Certificate
of amendment of charter, H.L.& I. Co.
1936
16 Certificate
of extension of corporate existence of H.L.& I. Co.
1936
17 H.L.&
I. Co – payroll sheets
1937
18 H.L.&
I. Co – payroll sheets
1937
19 H.L.&
I. Co – payroll sheets
45 20 Certificate
of decrease of authorized capital stock and reduction of capital of
H.L.& I. Co.
May 29,
1944
21 Certificate
of reduction of capital of H.L.& I. Co. and accompanying affidavits
June 6,
1944
22 Certified
copy of amendment to charter of H.L.& I. Co.
1946
23 H.L.&
I. Co. – Condensed financial reports
1933-1945
24 Share
certificates, List of shareholders, memoranda, bond certificates
1842
25 H.L.&
I. Co. – Checks & receipts
26 H.L.&
I. Co. – President’s reports
May 6,
1850; May 5, 1851; May 3, 1852
27 Certificate
of dissolution of H.L.& I. Co. with affidavit of publication of
certificate
1946-1949
28 Certificate
of dissolution of H.L.& I. Co. with affidavit and publication of
certificate
1946-1949
46 1 H.L.&
I. Co. –  Arbitration Orders 1-6
2 H.L.&
I. Co. – Related arbritrated material: letters, plans, etc.
3 Richard
Stevens to Ed A. Stevens – Power of Attorney
April
7, 1835
4 Agreement
btw. J.C. Stevens and others to convey in H.L.& I. Co. to trustees
– to secure debts to John C., Robert L. & Ed. A.
Stevens
1839
5 Copy of
agreement btw. John C. Stevens & others to convey stock of H.L.& I. Co.
to NY Life Insurance & Trust Co.
February
1, 1839
6 Documents
re: stock transfer balances
1842
7 Search
and certificate by J.H. Berry, Clerk of Bergen, as to judgment; deeds and
mortgages for the Hoboken Estate; list of 98
deeds of Stevens family, 21 deeds of H.L.&
I. Co., 3 judgments, various other deeds
June 2,
1843
8 Copy of
George Wood’s opinion for Riparian rights on the Hudson river
September
15, 1846
9 Assignment
of mortgages of H.L.& I. Co. to Ed. A. Stevens
June 1,
1850
46 10 Calculation
of number of shares each is to transfer
November
30, 1850
11 Ed. A.
Stevens to Robert L. Stevens – Power of Attorney
April
25, 1850
12 Opinion
for E.A. and J.C. Stevens by A.O. Zabriskie on validity of title of H.L.&
I. Co.
May 3,
1852
13 Opinion
for E.A. and J.C. Stevens by J.B. Bradley on opinion of A.O. Zabriskie on
validity of title of H.L.& I. Co.
May 24,
1852
14 Opinion
in reference to title of lands in Hoboken, abstract by Jos. P. Bradley
March
1, 1870
15 H.L.&
I. Co., Bradley’s abstract of title of
16 W.W.
Shippen’s report to stock holders, H.L.& I. Co.
April
1850
17 Legal
brief in NJ Supreme Ct: H.L.& I. Co., the State, et al. vs. the Mayor &
Council of the City of Hoboken
1879
18 H.L.&
I. Co. – Note re: deeds, legal papers, etc.
19 Translation
of deed of Governor Stuyvesant to Nicholas
Varlet
February
5, 1663
46 20 Copy of
deed from P. Carterett to Nicholas Varlet
May 12,
1668
21 Deed
between Cornelius Haring & J. Stevens, Jr. for lands in Saddle River precinct
March
1779
22 Forfeiture
sale of property of William Bayard by Cornelius
Haring to Jacobus Bogert
May 11,
1784
23 Copy of
a 1784 deed – Property of William Bayard, forfeiture sale by Cornelius
Haring to John Stevens, Jr.
1874
24 John
Jay to John Stevens – Deed to 10 acres of salt
meadow
June 5,
1794
25 Deed
from sale – Morsales to J. Stevens
February
3, 1795
26 Deed
from John Stevens to Jacob Newkirk
September
21, 1795
27 Deed
from Henry Jackson to John Stevens
May 25,
1807
47 1 Bond
for $20,000, J. Stevens to John Rutherford, trustee for Susan Niemsewicz
February
1, 1809
2 Copy:
John Jay to William Edgar, assignment of mortgage and bond
February
13, 1809
3 $10,000
bond from John Stevens to John Jay
December
20, 1809
4 John
Stevens to John Longstreet, Deed & $2000 bond for land in Bloomsburg
December
15, 1813
5 Deed
& bond for land in Nottingham, Burlington Co., John Stevens to Barzillai
Wright
December
15, 1813
6 Bounds
of Hoboken meadows conveyed to S. Swartwout
April
15, 1814
7 Bond of
John Stevens to John Jay
April
15, 1815
8 John
Stevens to William Post, et al., Mortgage $14000
July
29, 1817
9 Deed
between Daniel D. Smith & John Stevens for lots in Hoboken
April
13, 1818
47 10 Deed
– John Stevens & Rachel, his wife, to Robt. L. Stevens
August
21, 1819
11 Deed of
Robt. L. Stevens to John Stevens
November
30, 1821
12 Lease
from John Stevens to Robt. L. Stevens for 999 years for a lot in Hoboken
November
30, 1821
13 John,
Robt L., & J.C. Stevens bound unto Wm. Edgar for $80,000 for Hoboken
property
December
21, 1821
14 John
Stevens to Wm. Edgar – Mortgage
December
1, 1821
15 Deed
from Ed. A. Stevens to John C. Stevens
June
22, 1824
16 Deed
from John Ackerman to John Stevens
June
28, 1824
17 Bond of
J. Stevens & Ed. A. Stevens to Herman Thorn for $7,000
August
13, 1829
18 John
& Ed. A. Stevens to Herman Thorn
August
13, 1829
19 Wm.
Bucknor to Eliza Thomson & executors of Jas. Thomson, deceased: mortgage,
assignment
April
3, 1830
47 20 Sylvester
Van Beuren & Garrit Sip to Henry Trappagen,
executor’s deed
September
25, 1832
21 List of
conveyances from Hoboken property 1805-1832
December
31, 1834
22 John C.
Stevens & his wife Maria to Ed. A. Stevens, Deed for Hoboken estate
February
14, 1835
23 John C.
Stevens & Maria his wife & Robt. L. Stevens to Ed. A. Stevens –
Deed for Weehawken Ferry Lot
February
14, 1835
24 Copy of
deed from John Stevens to Ed. A. & Robt. L. Stevens
February
14, 1835
25 Deed
– John & Rachel Stevens to Edwin Stevens
February
14, 1835
26 Release
from John Hickey to J. Stevens & others
August
28, 1837
27 Bond of
Ed. A., John C., Robt. L., Esther C., Sophia & James A. Stevens &
Joshua R. Sands & Thomas Conover to Rachel Stevens for
$5,000
May 6,
1839
28 Draft
of deed of submission: Joshua & Harriet Sands, Thomas & Eliz. Juliana
Conover, John C., Robt. L., James A., Ed. A.,
Esther B., Sophia C., Van C. Stevens, H.L.& I.
Co., NY Life Insurance & Trust Co.
May
1842
29 H.L.&
I. Co. deed: Edwin A. Stevens, et al. to H.L.& I. Co.
May 6,
1839
47 30 Deed
– Thomas & Elizabeth Conover et al to John, Robert & Edwin Stevens
September
10, 1842
31 Deed
– Wm. Headley to Ed. A. Stevens
March
15, 1844
32 Mortgage
between John & Mahala Stevens & Ed. A. Stevens for Jefferson lands
March
20, 1844
33 Letter
of Albert D. Dodd to Robert L. Stevens, refers to original Hoboken patent
February
20, 1845
34 Transfer
of Hoboken villa & lot 3 to Robt. L. Stevens
July
1849
35 Award
of shares & lot of H.L.& I. Co. of H. Binney
December
9, 1853
36 Copy of
deed from John Stevens to Jacob Newkirk for a soft marsh lot
March
9, 1861
37 Deede
H.L.& I. Co. to Michael Ryan
December
30, 1865
38 Certified
copy of mortgage to secure $600,000 in bonds
1870
39 Copy of
deed from Robt. Hickman to Samuel Bayard,
showing chain of title from Peter Stuyvesant to Samuel Bayard
and Robert Hickman
April
14, 1874
47 40 Memo of
agreement
August
27, 1889
41 Mr. A.
Marcy – corrected mortgage
November
1890
42 3
agreements
1902,
1905, 1913
43 Bounds
of Wright’s and Nafie’s lots in Hoboken
?
44 Bounds
of land sold by John Stevens, esq. to Charles Loss, bounds of Seely’s lot
?
45 Abstract
of title & remarks on property mortgaged by Col. Stevens to William Edgar
?
48 1 B.M.
Stevens – clippings
2 B.M.
Stevens – clippings
3 B.M.
Stevens – clippings
4 Alumni
Assoc. of Stevens Institute of Technology
5 Basil
Stevens – scrapbook
6 Basil
Stevens – scrapbook
7 Basil
Stevens – scrapbook
8 H.L.&
I. Co. dissolution – misc., letterhead, etc.
9 E.A.
Stevens III – will, obits, estate papers
48 10 E.A.
Stevens III – will, obits, estate papers
11 Newspaper
article, certificate of dissolution, legal advertisement and related stories
November
13, 1946
12 Notes
13 Clippings
14 Essays
49 1 Notes
re: early processing
2 NJ law
re: clearing of Delaware River for operation of steamboat Philadelphia
n.d.
3 John
Stevens – Daybook
1761-1768
4 Fragmented
papers
5 Fragmented
portion of map of Hoboken
6 Fragmented
papers
7 H.L.&
I. Co. copy of the Charter By-laws
8 Photocopies
of correspondence (see handwritten note)
9 Blank
checks/Drafts
10 Blank
business forms
11 Account
book of Theodosivs Fowler & Co.
1788-1791,
1792-1824
12 Receipt
book of John Stevens for shares in The New Brunswick & New York Steam
Boat
1808
50 1 Facsimiles
and demos
1842
2 Facsimiles
and demos
3 H.L.&
I. Co. – An Act to Incorporate
4 Litigation
re: will of Robert L. Stevens, includes data re: Stevens Battery
1873
5 Book(?)
Railroads vs. Canals
1825
6 Stevens
Battery – Litigation
7 Errors
in filming Stevens papers
8 “Scraps”
9 Location
data – Stevens papers in the Lieb room
10 List of
important manuscripts
51 1 Filming
instructions (for microfilm project)
2 Assorted
documents – Very bad condition
3 Assorted
documents – Very bad condition
4 Assorted
documents – Very bad condition
5 Assorted
documents – Very bad condition
6 Assorted
documents – Very bad condition
7 Assorted
papers
8 Assorted
papers
9 Assorted
papers
10 Forms,
photos, pamphlets and accounts (re: Stevens Institute, Essex Troop 1st
Cavalry, NJ Constitution…)
Early
1900s
11 Forms,
photos, pamphlets and accounts; John Stevens,
Basil M. Stevens obit, Edwin A. Stevens will; Dissolution of H.L.&
I. Co. – written by Basil Stevens for press release
Early
1900s
52 1 Proposals
of Peace? Targets? Both titles on old folder,
Boundary dispute
1754
2 Correspondence,
misc. papers
171?-1802
3 Incomplete
& undated manuscripts: Stevens/Fulton agreement re: NY-Paulus Hook
Ferry
4 Undated
material & fragments, on steam frigates, proprietary matters, legislative,
Hoboken improvements, taxes
5 Maps,
surveys, proprietary papers
6 Memo
re: drawings of inventions *missing*
7 Proprietary
papers – Canal brook lots (State survey)
8 Problems
9 Duplicates
– Harbor defense, Stevens battery, Claim of R.L.
Stevens against U.S.
52 10 Duplicates
11 Duplicates
12 H.L.&
I. Co. – Stock certificates and bonds, copy of Act of Incorporation, history of
H.L.& I. Co. & Stevens family, photos of
piers, 14th St. waterfront
13 H.L.&
I. Co. – Rentals at #1 Newark St., Hoboken
1946
53 1 Survey
map of B&O Railroad, typed data, proposal for improvement of Hoboken
1824
2 Papers
3 “Material
to be returned to Stevens Collection”
4 Genealogy
data, weights, measurements data
5 Correspondence n.d.
6 Correspondence n.d.
7 Correspondence n.d.
8 Miscellaneous
papers
9 Miscellaneous
papers – typed noted describe documents
– most of which are missing
53 10 Statement
of R.L. Stevens property, Petition to U.S. Congress re: steam engine
1850
11 Newspaper
clippings – Basil M. Stevens wedding announcement; H.L.& I. Co.
dissolution
12 Notes
re: maps
13 Excepted
lots – street names indicate Hoboken
1804-1824
14 Picture
of Edwin A. Stevens
1795-1868
15 Unidentified
fragments in hand of John Stevens
16 Copies
of miscellaneous papers
1777-1794
17 17th
century documents
1678
18 Petition
of rights of settlers against proprietors
n.d.
19 Index
to materials relating to the NY-NJ Boundary dispute
20 NY-NJ
Boundary dispute – typed & handwritten data
21 Miscellaneous
documents
54 1 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
Pre-1860
2 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1860s
3 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1870s
4 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1880s
5 Correspondence:
Francis M. Stevens family letters
1890s
6 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1891
7 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1891
8 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1893-1894
9 Correspondence:
Francis B. Stevens family letters
1895-1896
10 Correspondence
from Elsie, Francis, Alexander to Mrs.
Francis Stevens, Castle Point
1897
55 1 Correspondence
from Francis, Henry & others to Mrs.
Francis Stevens
1898-1899
2 Correspondence
to Mrs. Francis Stevens
1900-1903
3 Correspondence
to Mrs. Francis B. Stevens
1904
4 Correspondence
to Mrs. Francis B. Stevens
1905-1909
5 Obituaries:
Francis M. Stevens, and his wife Elizabeth C.H. Stevens
1908,
1916
6 Correspondence
to Mrs. Francis M. Stevens
1910-1913
7 Correspondence
to Mrs. Francis M. Stevens
1910-1913
8 Correspondence
to Elsie Stevens
1893-
9 Correspondence
to Elsie Stevens
1893-
10 Correspondence
to Elsie Stevens
1893-
11 Correspondence
to Elsie Stevens re: her engagement
1893
12 Correspondence
to Elsie Stevens re: her engagement
1893
56 1 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
2 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
3 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
4 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
5 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
6 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
7 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
8 Correspondence
to Mrs. F.B. Stevens
n.d.
57 1 Miscellaneous,
special interest?
2 Photographs,
prints, negatives & written notes of steamboats, trains &
mechanical inventions of Stevens Family
3 Broadside
– “A Steamboat from New York to New Brunswick…”
4 Stevens
family papers – fragments
5 Copy of
portrait of John Stevens (1747-1838) from National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian
ca.1830
6 John
Stevens – Indenture
November
6, 1752
7 Stevens
manuscripts
1780-1791
8 Thomas
Jefferson to John Stevens
November
23, 1818
9 William
Churchill Houston to John Stevens
June
20, 1780
57 10 David
Ackerman – Certificate
October
11, 1780
11 Stephen
Crane – Certficate
January
19, 1781
12 Nicholas
De Belleville to (   ) Stevens
n.d.
13 Aaron
Forman to Lewis Stevens
January
13, 1771
14 Elizabeth
Hamilton – Indenture
June
10, 1749
15 Garrit
Heyer – Bill
n.d.
16 Adolphus
Loss – Survey
November
8, 1821
17 Fenwick
Lyell to (   ) Foster
May 1,
1768
18 John
Stevens (1749-1838) – Acount
n.d.
19 Richard
Stevens to John Stevens (1715-1792)
n.d.
20 Petrus
Stuyvesant – Deed
February
5, 1663
21 Philosophical
papers
1825
22 Boundary
dispute
February
1754
23 Basil
Stevens West Point photographs
1913
24 Basil
Stevens – miscellaneous notes
25 Correspondence
between Millicent Fenwick & Irvin House
re: Stevens Family, Other papers
1970
26 Miscellaneous,
Stevens Battery document, Weehawken
Inc.
58 1 U.S.
Congress – House of Representatives
1818-1819
2 Col.
Basil Stevens – notes
3 Col.
Basil Stevens – notes
4 Typed
extract – Will of Mrs. Ogden H. Hammond (Mary Picton Stevens)
5 Newspaper
clippings & correspondence
6 Miscellaneous
papers – Martha B. Stevens
7 Papers
and letters, obituary of E.A. Stevens IV
1959
8 Miscellaneous
newspaper clippings, obits – E.A. Stevens, notes re: ship
“America”
1918
9 Newspaper
illustrations of the Stevens Battery
1862
58 10 Stevens
family – Biographies & obituaries
11 B.M.
Stevens – Clippings (many obits)
12 B.M.
Stevens – Clippings
13 B.M.
Stevens – Clippings
14 Basil
M. Stevens – Clippings re: his speeches for revision of the NJ State
Constitution
1843
15 Basil
M. Stevens – Diaries; Basil M.
Stevens – Petty cash book
1949,
1956, 1957; 1955
16 Scrapbook:
clippings re: E.A. Stevens
1890s
17 Stevens
Family Crest
59 1 Deeds
(blank), Stevens plough (typed)
2 History
of Hoboken, Land & Improvement Co., “Materials at NJ State
Library,” Miscellaneous documents, By-laws of
H.L.& I. Co.
3 Emily
Stevens – Misc. schoolwork, school yearbook,
magazine note
1926,
1934, 1937
4 Tape
– Col. Stevens (Hoboken) interview by Frank Towey, 23 Grover Lane, W.
Caldwell
5 Coxe
Family – Genealogy & history with pedigree of George Washington
60 1 Basil
Stevens and the Stevens of Castle Point
2 Basil
Stevens – Notes: Campbells, Alexander, Coxe
3 Basil
Stevens – Notes on descendants of Col. John Stevens
4 Basil
Stevens – Family notes; Hoboken notes: Various & John Stevens
5 Basil
Stevens – Hoboken notes: Col. John Stevens
6 Basil
Stevens – Hoboken notes: E.A. Stevens
7 The
Stevens Family of Castle Point
61 1 Basil
Stevens – Stevens Family History (copy 1)
2 Basil
Stevens – Stevens Family History (copy 2)
3 Basil
Stevens – Family notes: Hoboken
62 1 Basil
Stevens – Family history notes: Stevens Institute, Stevens, Bayard, other
2 Basil
Stevens – Family history notes: Lewis family, Washington, Curtis, Park
3 Basil
Stevens – Family history notes: Lewis family, Park, Dandridge, Johnson, Bowie
63 1 Basil
Stevens – Family notes: Stevens family photo/scrapbook
2 Basil
Stevens – Family notes: Stevens family photo/scrapbook
3 Basil
Stevens – Family notes: Stevens family photo/scrapbook
4 Basil
Stevens – Family notes: Stevens family photo/scrapbook
5 Bsil
Stevens – Family history: Custis-Lewis families
6 Castle
Stevens photographs, as known by Martha Bayard Stevens, Lady of Castle
Stevens from 1854-1899
64 OVERSIZE
BOX
– Scrapbook pages(?)
65 1 WPA,
Index cards project
2 WPA,
Index cards project
3 WPA,
Index cards project
4 WPA,
Index cards project
5 WPA,
Index cards project
6 WPA,
Index cards project
7 WPA,
Index cards project
8 WPA,
Index cards project
9 Microfilm
count data, WPA
10 Calendars
of the Stevens Family Papers as prepared by the WPA
11 Corresp.
Abstracts 1,  July 1828 (WPA notes)
66 1 WPA
Work papers 1
2 WPA
Work papers 2
3 WPA
Work papers 3
4 WPA
Work papers 4
5 Roll
notes, WPA
67 1 H.L.&
I. Co. – Executive Committee Minute book No.1
April
18, 1839 – January 27, 1870
2 H.L.&
I. Co. – Executive Committee Minute book No.1
May 25,
1896 – September 29, 1897
3 Hoboken
Land and Hudson City Horse Car RR Co.
4 Arbitrations,
Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. (Reel
39)
5 Hoboken
Railroad Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co. –
Lease, Agreement, etc. (reel 39)
6 H.L.&
I. Co. – Letterbook (reel 31)
7 Hoboken
Ferry Day Book B (reel 39)
1837-1839
8 Hoboken
Ferry correspondence VII (reel 39)
9 Theodosius
Fowler – Letterbook

Oversize boxes:

Title Dates
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Minutes (3 vol.)
1897-1899,
1899-1901, 1901-1905
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Share book (reel 37A)
1839-1946
-John
Stevens – “Ledger B” (roll 30)
1756-1760
-Rent
account book (roll 30)
1758-1771
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Letter book (roll 31?)
1870-1874
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Director’s Minutes
(roll 32)
1839-1947
-Hoboken
Ferry – Receipts
1821-1827
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Minute books #3 &
#4
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Minute book #5, #6, #7 (roll 33)
1905-1906,
1906-1910, 1910-1915
-Hoboken
Ferry Co. – Account book (roll 38)
1827-1835
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Account book (roll 39?)
1821
-John
Cox, Robert Livingston, E.A. Stevens – Private
accounts  (roll 39)
1848-1850
-Estate
of E.A. Stevens – Account with Shippen (roll 41)
1866-1892
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Account (roll 41?)
1860-1865
-Book of
Deeds re: settlement of James & Mary Alexander (roll
30)
1707-1764
-John
Stevens – “Journal for Ledger B” (roll 30)
-Hoboken
& Newark Railroad – Daybook (roll 39)
1860-1862
-Hoboken
Ferry (roll 39)
-Cox,
Stevens, Livingston – Private accounts (roll 39)
1852-1856
-Estate
of Martha B. Stevens – Ledger #1 (roll 40)
1899-1912
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Letter book
1886
-E.A.
Stevens – Executor’s accounts (roll 40)
-Martha
B. Stevens – Ledger #4 (roll 40)
1881-1896
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Director’s Meeting
Minutes #8
1915-1925
-Hoboken
Ferry – Receipts (roll 38)
1821-1822
-Folder
of papers
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Minute book #2 (roll
32)
1869-1888
-Martha
Bayard Stevens Estate
1899-1902
-Director’s
Meeting Minutes #11 & #12 (roll 34)
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Executive Committee #5
& #6 (roll 36)
-Martha
B. Stevens – Ledger #5 (roll 41)
1896-1899
-Hoboken
Ferry Co.
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Bradley Abstract
-Loose
papers
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Executive Committee
Minute book #7
1912-1924
-E.A.
Stevens – Daybook (2 vols.)
1860-1865,
1866-1870
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Director’s Meeting
#9 (roll 34)
1925-1932
-Hoboken
Land & Improvement Co. – Executive Committee Minute book #8
1924-1932
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