Manuscript Group 429, John Insley Blair (1802-1899), Businessman Papers, 1830-1896

429. BLAIR,JOHN INSLEY
(1802-99), businessman.

Papers, 1830-96. 16 ft.

Correspondence;
journals, 1828-83; personal financial records;

records
of Blair’s coal, iron, and railroad interests; estate papers of

William
Hankinson, Margaret Hankinson, John Harris, John

Locke,
Frederick Snover, Benjamin Titman, William Van

Campen,
and others, retained by Blair as executor; records of

various
churches and schools in Blairstown, Warren County;

Blairstown
post office records, 1830-85; papers of John D. Vail,

nephew
of John I. Blair’ s wife, Anne; correspondence, sermons,

and
records of John A. Reiley, pastor of the First Presbyterian

Church
at Blairstown and principal of Blair Academy; cor-

respondence
and financial records of Joseph F. Carroll; diary of

Jessie
Gray at Leipzig, Germany, 1908-1909; scrapbooks relating

to
John I. Blair and Blairstown; printed material and railroad

maps;
genealogical material on Blair, Vail, and related familles.

Noteworthy
is John Insley Blair’s journal recounting his ex-

periences
as a delegate to the Republican National Convention of

1860
and describing the nomination of Abraham Lincoln. The

Blair
Papers contain records of the Delaware and Hudson Canal

Company,
the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, and the

following
railroad companies:

Bangor
and Portland
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley

Blairstown
Green Bay and Minneapolis

Cayuga
and Susquehanna
Lackawanna and Bloomsbury

Cedar
Rapids and Northern Sioux
City and Pacific

Central
Railroad of NewJersey Sussex

Des
Moines and Minneapolis Warren

Included
are records or correspondence of:

Blair,
Anne
Goble, Enos Scribner,
William

Blair,
Aurelia
Hunt, Euphrenia Vail, Charles E.

Blair,
DeWitt Clinton Hunt,
Robert G. Vail, George

Blair,
Emma
Locke,John Vail,John
D.

Blair,Jacob
M.
Reiley, Anne Vail,
William Penn

Blair,James
Reiley,John A. Whitehead, Asa

Bowlby,
George
Reiley, William Winter, Peter

Condict,
T. B.
Scribner, Charles Wycoff, John W.

Frelinghuysen,
Frederick T. (1854-1930)

Gift (in part) by Dr. John Insley Blair Vail, 1959.

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

MG 429 – John Insley Blair, Businessman

1830-1896

Box	Folder	Title	Dates

1	1	Bangor & Portland RR
	2	Blairstown RR – Right of way	June 30, 1876
	3	Blairstown RR – Right of way	July 1-December 1, 1876
	4	Blairstown RR – Right of way contracts
	5	Blairstown RR – Correspondence	1876-1888
	6	Blairstown RR – Right of way	1877-1879
	7	Blairstown RR – Checks
2	1	Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western RR
	2	Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western RR
	3	Central RR of NJ – Construction contracts, etc.	1856-1858
	4	Central RR of NJ – Construction contracts	January-June 1856
	5	Blairstown RR – Right of way	1880-
	6	Blairstown Railway Co.	1878
	7	Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RR / Iowa RR
	8	Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RR / Iowa RR
	9	Central RR of NJ – Construction contracts, etc.	1852-1855
	10	The Cayuga & Susquehanna RR
	11	Central RR of NJ
3	1	Des Moines & Minneapolis RR
	2	Des Moines & Minneapolis RR
	3	Des Moines & Minneapolis RR
	4	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg RR
	5	Green Bay & Minneapolis RR Co.
	6	Sioux City & Pacific RR
	7	Sioux City & Pacific RR Co.
	8	Sussex RR
	9	St. Louis, Hannibal, & Keokuk Rwy. contract	1881
	10	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR
	11	Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR
	12	Warren RR
4	1	Warren RR
	2	Warren RR – Construction contracts & bills	1854
	3	Warren RR – Construction
	4	Warren RR – Construction
	5	Warren RR – Construction
	6	Warren RR – Construction contracts, etc.	July 1854
	7	Warren RR – Construction	1854
	8	Blair RR papers??
	9	Warren RR – Construction contracts	1854
5	1	Correspondence to Marcus Blair (Warren RR)	1854
	2	Warren RR – Construction	1855
	3	Warren RR – Construction	1855
	4	Warren RR – Construction	1855
	5	Warren RR – Construction	1855
	6	Correspondence to Marcus Blair (Warren RR)	1855
	7	Warren RR – Construction	1855
	8	Warren RR – Construction	1855-1858
	9	Marcus Blair – Private receipts & bills
	10	Marcus Blair – Papers regarding railroads
6	1	Loose envelopes from the collection (boxes 6-10)
	2	Saltre Mountain land deeds & maps	1806-1880
	3	Saltre Mountain land deeds & maps	1806-1880
	4	Iowa RR Land Company	1872
	5	Railroad printed materials	1836-1887
	6	Railroad printed materials	1836-1887
	7	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.
	8	Maps – Railroad
	9	Printed materials – Mines
	10	Coal mines	1872
	11	Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company	1854-1859
	12	From J.H.B. Harris regarding Silver Peak Mine	1881-1896
7	1	John Hankinson
	2	Estate of William Hankinson	1820-1837, misc.
	3	Estate of William Hankinson	1820-1837, misc.
	4	Miscellaneous estates
	5	William Hankinson – Deeds in estate	1806-1829
	6	William Hankinson – Deeds in estate	1806-1829
	7	Margaret Hankinson (and her estate)	1840-1856(1857-1859)
	8	William Hankinson Estate – Deeds & release surveys	1830-1839
	9	William Hankinson Estate – Deeds & release surveys	1830-1839
	10	Benjamin Titman Estate	1842-1850
	11	John Lock (and his estate)	1798-1808
	12	William Van Campen Estate	1830-1845
	13	John Harris (d.1815) Estate	1832
8	1	Lafayette College, Easton, PA	1863-1866
	2	Wantage First Presbyterian Church	1880
	3	Blairstown letterheads
	4	Charles Cresman – Indentures	1818-1827
	5	Jonas Cresman	1830-1858
	6	Jonas Cresman	1830-1858
	7	Moses & William Van Campen; Abraham Van Campen Estate	1839-1942
	8	Account books, personal accounts
	9	Account books, personal accounts
8	10	Personal accounts – Membership cards
	11	Petitions, clubs, letters to newspapers	1834-1860
	12	Cresmans, misc. (Isaac, Gideon, Virgil, Walt, Nelson, Charles, & Morris)	1848
	13	George F. Snover, his widow Catherine, their son George, Jr.	1835
	14	Isaac F. Snover; James C. Snover; John, Henry, Jacob, Zebeder, A.P. Snover	1840-1864
	15	Estate of Frederick Snover	1833
	16	Jacob Cresman – Indentures & bills	1818-1821
	17	Maps, real estate	1855
	18	John Snover and his estate	1851-1868
9	1	Belvidere Bank 1	1835-1848
	2	Belvidere Bank 2	1848-1852
	3	Belvidere Bank 2	1848-1852
	4	Belvidere Bank 3	1852-1895
	5	Belvidere Bank 3	1852-1895
	6	Blairstown Fair
	7	Account against the Township of Blairstown	1845-1850
	8	Blairstown School	1849-1883
	9	Blairstown School	1849-1883
	10	First Presbyterian Church of Blairstown	1836-1859
	11	First Presbyterian Church of Blairstown	1836-1854
	12	First Presbyterian Church of Blairstown	1836-1854
10	1	John A. Reiley – Estate of Joseph F. Carroll	1855-1864
	2	Joseph F. Carroll (Attorney)	1850-1855
	3	John A. Reiley	1860-1862
	4	John Reiley to and from	1857-1859
	5	John Reiley to and from	1857-1859
	6	John Reiley to and from	1857-1859
	7	Joseph F. Carroll	1820-1829
	8	Joseph F. Carroll – Letters from Bacon	1845-1849
	9	Joseph F. Carroll – Letters from Bacon	1845-1849
	10	Joseph F. Carroll	1830-1839
	11	Joseph F. Carroll	1840-1844
	12	Joseph F. Carroll	1840-1844
11	1	John A. Reiley – from A. Reiley	1865
	2	John A. Reiley – from William Scribner	1853-1862
	3	John A. Reiley – Letters of transfer for Church
	4	John A. Reiley – Sermons
	5	John A. Reiley – Sermons
	6	Anne Carroll Reiley	1854-1865
	7	Memorandum books
	8	Memorandum books
	9	Memorandum books
11	10	Memorandum books
	11	Memorandum books
	12	Memorandum books, Wallet	1819
	13	William Reiley to John Reiley	1848-1866
	14	John Insley Blair papers	1863-1864
	15	John Insley Blair papers	1865-1870
	16	John Insley Blair papers	n.d.
12	1	Bills to & from Hunt Brothers, & Wilson Hunt & Howell	1858-1870
	2	Stocks	December 16, 1839
	3	Stocks	December 16, 1839
	4	Promissory notes of John I. Blair	1843-1846
	5	Promissory notes of John I. Blair	1843-1846
	6	Promissory notes payable to John Blair
	7	Promissory notes payable to John Blair
	8	Promissory notes payable to John Blair
	9	Promissory notes payable to John Blair
12	10	Receipts from John I. Blair	1833
	11	John I. Blair – Statement of worth, misc	April 1, 1826
	12	John I. Blair – Personal finances	1863-1869
	13	John I. Blair – Investment notes	1854
	14	Special promissory notes
	15	Belvidere Bank – Promissory notes	1836-1856
	16	Promissory notes payable to John I. Blair	1846-1854
13	1	Bills payable to John I. Blair, Hunt and other partners	1839-1869
	2	Bills payable to John I. Blair, Hunt and other partners	1839-1869
	3	Bills, receipts and accounts	1848-1851
	4	Bills, receipts and accounts	1848-1851
	5	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	6	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	7	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	8	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	9	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	10	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
	11	Bills payable by John I. Blair, Blair and Wilson, Blair and Hunt	1832-1890
14	1	Blair, from H.A. Vail
	2	Blair, from George Vail
	3	Blair, from C.E. Vail	1858-1886
	4	Blair, from C.E. Vail	1858-1886
	5	Blair, to John D. Vail	1865-1885
	6	Blair, to John D. Vail	1865-1885
	7	Blair, to John D. Vail	1865-1885
	8	J.D. Vail, Receipt book	November 1871
	9	Blair, from John Davis Vail	1836-1893
14	10	John D. Vail – Receipts	1863-1886
	11	John D. Vail – Private papers	1888-1898
	12	Blair, to Charles Vail	1869-1884
	13	Blair, to Charles Vail	1869-1884
	14	Blair, to Charles Vail	1869-1884
15	1	Security gifts to John D. Vail & family	1871-1877
	2	Letters to John D. Vail and Mrs. Vail	1886-
	3	Letters to John D. Vail and Mrs. Vail	1890-1900
	4	From William Penn Vail
	5	Letters to misc. Vails	1832-1848
	6	John D. Vail letters	1871-1895
	7	Letters to John D. Vail and Mrs. Vail	1888-1889
	8	Mrs. Mary Holmes Megill Gregory (Mrs. Casper R.) – Letters to and from her son, Casper Gregory
	9	Blair, from Lewis E. Vail	1885
	10	Blair, from Theo. N. Vail	1870-1885
	11	Blair, letters from William H. Vail
	12	Recollections of Dr. William H. Vail
16	1	Letters to and from J.D. Vail, his family	1885-1910
	2	Letters to and from J.D. Vail, his family	1885-1910
	3	Letters to and from J.D. Vail, his family	1885-1910
	4	Blair, misc. William Penn Vail
	5	Diary of Jessie Gray at Leipzig	1908-1909
	6	Writing book
	7	John D. Vail	1870-1895
	8	John D. Vail	1870-1895
	9	To Mrs. John D. Vail (Melissa Gregory)
	10	To Mrs. John D. Vail (Melissa Gregory)
	11	To Mrs. John D. Vail (Melissa Gregory)
17	1	Misc. printed material	1855-1868
	2	Misc. printed material	1855-1868
	3	Misc. printed material	1850-1879
	4	Misc. printed material	1850-1879
	5	Civil War	1861-1864
	6	Sewing machines
	7	College pamphlets
	8	Legal briefs	1862-1884
18	1	Bills of Mary Shipman and Company	April-November 1833
	2	R. Blair, Butter purchases	September-October 1838
	3	Francis Corporation ?
	4	Judgments, executions, searches, mortgages vs. Isaac Wildrick (folder 1)	1874-1878
	5	Judgments against Isaac Wildrick (folder 2)
	6	Judgments against Isaac Wildrick (folder 3)
	7	Scrapbook – Blairstown	1879, 1883, 1897
	8	Receipt book, Fall Mills, and bills of building the mill	1842
	9	Bear Swamp lands – deeds and maps
18	10	Bear Swamp lands – deeds and maps
	11	Blair, Butter – sales by Blair & Co.	1838-1839
	12	Papers in purchase of Henry Freeman estate (by J.D. Blair)	1886
	13	Papers in chancery suit: J. Blair, Wm. Whitehead, Jas., John & Henry Ball	1826-1827
19	1	Blair, Wilson cotton bills	To April 4, 1831
	2	Blair, papers relating to business of NJ (J. & J.D. Blair)	1817-1826
	3	Blair, papers relating to business of NJ (J. & J.D. Blair)	1817-1826
	4	Settlement with John B. Raub – S.R. Shiner, Geo. Titman	1840-1841
	5	Settlement with John B. Raub – S.R. Shiner, Geo. Titman	1840-1841
	6	Blair, Poll books
	7	Blairstown – 1872 Presidential election	1872
	8	Blair and Wilson
	9	Wilson and Hunt
19	10	Blair & Wilson – Jacob Raub papers of down and back loading
	11	Blair & Wilson – Jacob Raub papers of down and back loading
	12	Blair and Hunt
20	1	David B. Blair	1840
	2	William W. Wilson, Cotton Mfg, Blair and Wilson
	3	Bills to J.I. Blair and Co.	1833-1855
	4	J.I. Blair – Notes, bills, checks, receipts of value	1839, 1843
	5	Blair, old bank notes, all paid and cancelled
	6	Joseph Jackson	1842-1855
	7	Joseph Jackson	1842-1855
	8	Grand jury notes	1850
	9	Journals
20	10	Journals
	11	Journal
	12	Journal
21	1	Family bills	1813-1859
	2	Anne Blair (mother of John Insley)	1850-1869
	3	Aurelia Blair Mitchell (John I.s daughter)
	4	DeWitt Clinton Blair (John I.s son)	1843-1860
	5	DeWitt Clinton Blair (J.I.s son)	1843-1860
	6	From Marcus to J. Blair	1843-1860
	7	From Marcus to J. Blair	1843-1860
	8	From Marcus to J. Blair	1843-1860
	9	C.G. Mitchell
	10	From Emma Blair Scribner (Johns daughter)
	11	Passports – Aurelia A. Blair, DeWitt C. Blair
	12	Emma Scribner Larned – granddaughter
	13	Charles Scribner	1850-1872
	14	Letters from D.C. Blair, Marcus Blair, Aurelia while in Europe, also bank letters re: trip
22	1	Mill Farm
	2	Blair, Jacob M. Blair	1850-1855
	3	James A. Blair (President Fidelity Trust)	1845-1855
	4	Blair – P.W. Blair, Jr. (prison – debtor)
	5	Blair – Abram, Elias and Charles W. Angle
	6	Blair – George Bowlby	1850-1854
	7	Blair, from Eunice and John Bunnell (brother & sister)	1843-1862
	8	Blair – Moses D. Chambers	1859
	9	Blair – Abe and Ben Cole
22	10	Blair, from J.W. Condict (cross-ref. To John Arndt Reiley)
	11	Blair – Andrew Calvin and Daniel D. Decker	1840-1856
	12	Blair, from Fred T. Frelinghusen, NJ	1857
	13	Blair – David A. Depew	1858
	14	Blair, from George Green	1818-1849
	15	Blair, from A.L. Howell
	16	Blair – George Ct., Isaac, Philip, Samson G. Howell
	17	Blair, from Aaron H. Kelsey (postmaster)	1836
	18	Blair, from Isiah Kidney	1856
	19	David B. Blair (brother to John)	1839
22	20	From P.W. Blair	1840-1841
	21	Blair, from Robert Blair
	22	Samuel Blair	1838-1863
	23	A.Beatty and Henry B. Beatty; George E.; George E. and Sarah L. Beatty	1842-1843
	24	Joseph G. Ball	1842-1845
	25	From Edwin Britton (Bulton?), also Benj. L. Britton
	26	From John A. Bunting	1836-1848
	27	From Daniel W. Butz	1823-1846
	28	T.B. Condict (cross-ref. To John Arndt Reiley)	1856
	29	Elisha Cook
22	30	William Daly and Co., Eaton & Blairstown	1841
	31	From J. M. Fair	1834-1839
	32	From Enos Goble (employee)	1839-1856
	33	From and about John Harris, in war	1815
	34	John Hull	1855
	35	From John Jordon and Henry Jordon & Co.	1834-1844
	36	Lanternman, Jacob, John, Peter, Samuel , Wilhem	1841-1842
	37	The National Park Bank, NY
	38	Isaac W. Nuttman	1849-1855
	39	Blair-Mayberry, Richard and Samuel
23	1	Mulford Martin Accounts
	2	Blair – John W. Wyckoff	1850s
	3	Blair – Abram and Isaac Wildrick and Charles Kilseys indebtedness to John I. Blair	1830s
	4	From Asa Whitehead
	5	From Abe Wildrick	1830s
	6	Vermilye and Co. (J.I.B.s broker); Carpenter, and Vermilye	1850s-1860s
	7	Joe R. Ogden	1830s
	8	John Quick and John Quick, Jr.	1840s
	9	Jacob Raub	1860s
23	10	Andrew, Michael, William Raub	1857
	11	John O. Rice
	12	Scribner, Armstrong and Co. (publishers)
	13	From J.G. Shipman	1842
	14	Uriah Still	1850s
	15	Elias and George Titman	1850s
	16	Ambrose Tompkins	1838
	17	Peter Wyckoff	1851-1858
	18	Peter Winter (nephew of Blair)	1851-1858
	19	William W. Wilson	1830s-1840s
23	20	John A. Wildrick and Joseph, Jacob Wildrick	1840s
	21	Isaac Wildrick	1830s
	22	George and Matthias Nelson; John Wass	1850s
	23	From John L. Ward	1840s
	24	A. Peck
	25	David Park	1850s
	26	Stephen Personett
	27	John A. Raub
	28	John A. Reiley	1840s-1860s
	29	Peter M. Ryerson
23	30	Scranton, S.T., and Charles and George W.	1859
	31	Will Sears	1830s-1840s
	32	From Charles T. Shipman
	33	B.T. Shoemaker and Samuel Shoemaker	1830s-1840s
	34	Promissory notes to and from Jacob John, Jonas, Daniel and Philip Smith	1840s
	35	Isaac B. Swisher and Robert B. Swisher	1830s-1860s
	36	Moses Taylor
	37	James B. and John R. Titman and Kilsey	1840s
	38	Philip Titman	1850
	39	From John J. Van Kirk	1862
24	1	To the Hunts	1833-1859
	2	To the Hunts	1833-1859
	3	To the Hunts	1833-1859
	4	From A. Hemingway	1860
	5	Elizabeth D. Cooper	1850s
	6	From Marshall Blair
	7	From Marshall Blair
	8	Insurance policies	1830s-1880s
	9	To the Hunts	1863
	10	To the Hunts	1863
25	1	Wilson Hunt (estate of)	1840s
	2	Hunt – Miscellaneous	1850s
	3	D.T. Cooper	1856-1858
	4	From Euphenia Hunt	1850s
	5	From T.F. Hunt
	6	From Martha E. Hunt	1850s
	7	From Robert G. Hunt, Accounts	1850-1879
	8	Robert G. Hunt packet of letters bound together	1860s
	9	Promissory notes to and from Marshall and Robert G. Hunt	1850s-1860s
25	10	Hunt Family miscellaneous	1850s
	11	Articles of Agreement	1826-1877
	12	Articles of Agreement	1826-1877
	13	Articles of Agreement	1826-1877
26	1	No Title	1835-1858
	2	Bonds and Attorney warrants	1820s-1850s
	3	Judgments: Admissions of debt
	4	Judgments: Admissions of debt
	5	Forced sales, overdue bills	1830s-1840s
	6	Miscellaneous contracts
	7	Copies of deeds, power of attorney, confiscated lands	1760s-1810
	8	No Title (e)	1830s-1860s
	9	Summons
27	1	Leases	1830
	2	Leases	1830
	3	Leases	1830
	4	Deeds (cards typed)	1804-1881
	5	Deeds (cards typed)	1804-1881
	6	Deeds (cards typed)	1804-1881
28	1	From John I. Blair	1826-1849
	2	From John I. Blair	1826-1849
	3	From John I. Blair	1826-1849
	4	Estate of John I. Blair	1880s-1900
	5	History of estate of John I. Blair (M.L. Bonner)
	6	Estate of John I. Blair – Arguments in chancery (D.C.) Blair vs. Charles Scribner et al	1902
	7	Estate of John I. Blair – D.C. Blair executors vs. Scribner, Exhibit A: Will of J.I. Blair
	8	From John Blair	1850-1899
	9	From John Blair	1850-1899
29	1	Letters to John I .Blair	1835-1837
	2	Letters to John I. Blair	1843-1844
	3	Letters	1845-1846
	4	Letters	1845-1846
	5	Letters concerning John I. Blair – Paperback grouping
	6	Letters to John I. Blair	1825-1831
	7	Letters to John I. Blair	1832-1834
	8	Letters to John I. Blair	1838-1839
	9	Letters to John I. Blair	1840-1842
	10	Letters to John I. Blair	1847-1848
	11	Letters to John I. Blair	1847-1848
	12	Letters to John I. Blair	1849
30	1	To John I. Blair	1860-1900
	2	To John I. Blair	1860-1900
	3	Letters to John I. Blair	1853
	4	To John I. Blair	1855
	5	To John I. Blair	1857
	6	To John I. Blair	1858
	7	To John I. Blair	1859
	8	Letters to John I. Blair	1850
	9	Letters to John I. Blair	1851
	10	Letters to John I. Blair	1852
	11	Letters to John I. Blair	1854
	12	Letters to John I. Blair	1856
31	1	Blairstown Post Office	1875
	2	Blairstown Post Office	1875
	3	Blairstown Post Office – 2^nd quarter	1875
	4	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 3^rd quarter	1875
	5	Blairstown Post Office	October-December 1875
	6	Blairstown Post Office	October-December 1875
	7	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 1^st quarter	1876
	8	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 2^nd quarter	1876
	9	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 3^rd quarter	1876
	10	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 4^th quarter	1876
	11	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 4^th quarter	1876
32	1	Blairstown Post Office	1875-1884
	2	Blairstown Post Office	1875-1884
	3	Blairstown Post Office	1875-1884
	4	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 1^st quarter	1877
	5	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 2^nd quarter	1877
	6	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 3^rd quarter	1877
	7	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 4^th quarter	1877
	8	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 1^st quarter	1878
	9	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 2^nd quarter	1878
32	10	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 3^rd Quarter	1878
	11	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 1^st Quarter	1879
	12	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 2^nd Quarter	1879
	13	Blairstown Post Office – Registered receipts, 3^rd quarter	1879
33	1	-Table of the Post Offices in the U.S.-Laws, instructions, and forms -Account with the Post Office Dept.	18301832 1820
	2	Blairstown Post Office	1885
	3	Blairstown Post Office	1885
	4	Blairstown Post Office – Registered letters	1874-1876
	5	Blairstown Post Office – Registered letters	1876
	6	Blairstown Post Office – Registered letters	1876-1877
	7	Blairstown Post Office – Registered letters	1878-1879
	8	-G.H. Veldons Account-J.I. Blair – Morris County Bank -J.I. Blair – Coupon book -J.I. Blair – Docket, Judgments of Jonas Hanness, Esq. and others	1840s-1850s

1887

A1
– Unidentified Material

1840s-1850s

A2
– John Blair Contract book

November
1843

Signs
for celebrating John I. Blairs 97^th
birthday

1899

John
Insley Blair

Blair
– All deeds

1850s-1860s

Blair
– All deeds

1850s-1860s

Blair
– ?, Summons

Blair
– (e)

1860s

Vail
genealogy

A1
– (Vail & Blair genealogy)

Blair A

1900s

Blair A

1900s

Blair B

Blair A
– Genealogy, family of Elisha Cook

1934-1936

Blair

Vail
genealogy – North Carolina class

20^th
century

Sketch
of Alfred Vail

Doctors
of Northwest New Jersey, Papers by Wm.

H. Vail

Dr.
Jabez Gwinnup

1773-1843

William
P. Vail

1948

William
P. Vail clippings

(August
1941)

Newspaper
clippings in notebook

From
J.W. Edgerton to William Penn Vail (re:

University papers)

Dr.
William H. Vail and his line

J.D.
Vail line

Miscellaneous
stories by Wm. H. Vail

File

1953

File

1953

File,
Melissa Vails lands

1953

Wm.
Penn Vail; Sarah Locke genealogy – Ch.21

Davis Vail & Wm. P. Vail genealogy
– Ch.19

Wm.
Penn Vail; Sarah Locke genealogy – Ch.21

Davis Vail & Wm. P. Vail genealogy
– Ch.19

The
Old Pig Driver of New Jersey – Story by

W.H. Vail

File
55E

Robert
Anderson Accounts

1924

M.E.
Hamlin, Emma C. Hamlin

Lewis
Vail, Ohio

1784-1856

Stephen
Vail line

1920

Jabez
Gwinnup family

Barbers
Pole – Story by W.H. Vail

Moses
Vail line – genealogy

File
55G – Hannah Smith Branch

File
55G – Georgiana Holmes family

John I.
Blair and Anne Locke line – File 54E

John I.
Blair and Anne Locke genealogy – File 54E

Blair
Coat of Arms

Early
information on Plainfield, NJ

Penn
Vail / Earnest Lodge Vail

20^th
century

Vail
genealogy – Pioneer Families of NW NJ
series, by Thomas Vail

John I.
Blair and Anne Locke line: How the Blairs &
Vails of Northern NJ Were Locked Together

Penn
Vail – Death of slave, Nancy Mason

A.L.H.
Anderson

Kelsey
Branch – Genealogy

20^th
century

File
55B – James Blair and genealogies

File
55D

Letters
Ai./Miscellaneous

John
Insley Blair papers

Mary
Valentine, Photo of bridge. Re: Vail?

Blair-Insley
genealogy

20^th
century

Vail
genealogical material – Book

Theodore
N. Vail Papers – genealogy

1934

C.
Ledyard Blair

Blair
lines and Blair chart, Scribner lines

Newspapers:
Newark Daily Advertiser, Beaver Dam

Republican

September
1853, May 17, 1854

Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad – 2^nd

Annual Report

January
1855

News
clippings, broadsides (4^th of July
celebration)

Frank
Leslies Illustrated Newspaper

January
12, 1856

Warren
Railroad; An Act to Incorporate

Miscellaneous

Warren
Railroad Co., Affidavit of Charles Scraton

Railroad
maps

Railroad
miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
newspaper clippings

Library
Inventory

1897

Bills
relating to Blairstown RR or Warren RR, also DL&W RR

Blairstown
mill

Promissory
notes, misc.

Letters
to and from miscellaneous people

Miscellaneous,
unsorted

Miscellaneous
accounts

Wm.
Penn Vail, Master of Science thesis, submitted to
Princeton University

1907

3 rolls
of paper

Wm. P.
Vail Scrapbook

1838-1870

C&W
Invoices Inward (Blair, Vail, Carroll)

Account
book & Ledger

1822-1827

John
Davis Vail photo album – San Antonio, TX

(loose item)

May 29,
1886

John
Davis Vail photo album – San Antonio, TX

May 29,
1886

John I.
Blair & Co. Receipt book

1837-1847

John I.
Blair & Co. Time book

1862-1882

John I.
Blair lists of securities

1892-1897

Account
book (Wm. Hankinson estate, John I. Blair,

Blairs aunt, John D. Vail)

John I.
Blair – Invoice ledger

1863-1885

John I.
Blair – Cash book

1860-1871

Blairstown
RR receipt stubs and notebook

1878-1879,
1878

Check
stubs

1854-1855

Account
book

1825-1829,

1863-1866

Blair
& Hunt letterbook

1853-1858

Scrapbook:
Political statements (news clippings)

1844-1869

Belvidere
Bank – Hunt & Howell

1866-1870

Hunt
& Howell cash book

May
1866-August 1870

Vail
genealogy: Wm. Penn Vail

Descendents
of Thomas Vail, Salem 1640, by Wm.

Penn
Vail – Ch.I-XXXIX

Vail
genealogy II, by Wm. Penn Vail

Descendents of Thomas Vail, Salem 1640, by Wm. Penn
Vail – Ch.XL-XLIX plus index 1-80

Descendents of Thomas Vail, Salem 1640, by Wm. Penn
Vail – Index

Wm. Penn Vail Genealogy – pages 1-200

Wm.
Penn Vail Genealogy – pages 201-400

Wm.
Penn Vail Genealogy – pages 401-525, and loose pages

Wm.
Penn Vail Genealogy – pages 527-676

Alfred
Vail Family sheets (Vosburg sheets

Alfred
Vail Family record sheets

Alfred
Vail Family records

Alfred
Vail Family record

John I.
Blair Cashbook (folder 1)

May
1824-September 1862

John I.
Blair Cashbook (folder 2)

May
1824-September 1862

John I.
Blair Cashbook (folder 3)

May
1824-September 1862

John I.
Blair Cashbook (folder 4)

May
1824-September 1862

Gregory-Jones
Genealogy

Gregory
& McMurtrie Family Scrapbook

John I.
Blair travel records – transcribed by Wm. Penn Vail,
MD

March-May
1943

John D.
Vail Letter book

January
1882-July 1897

John D.
Vail Rent book / Account book

1893-1906,

1908-1918

Account of Wm. M. Smith; Address book

Township
(Road) Committee Accounts

1891

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