Manuscript Group 252, Guide to the Amzi Dodd (1793-1838), Lawyer Papers 1785-1840

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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Restrictions
Access Points
Related Material
Administrative Information
Bibliography

Container List

Legal documents

Guide to the Amzi Dodd (1793-1838), LawyerPapers
1785-1840

Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. March 2006. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English.

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Amzi Dodd was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1793. He was the son of United States Army General John Dodd. After spending his childhood in Bloomfield, he attended the College of New Jersey in Princeton, graduating with honors in 1813. He then read law in the office of Joseph C. Hornblower, and advanced to the bar in 1817.

Dodd moved to Newark and set up a legal practice there, and he experienced immediate success. As his reputation grew, he was appointed Prosecutor of the Pleas for Essex County and served as the representative from Essex County to the state General Assembly, 1826-1827, and the state Senate in 1823. He was also very active in the Essex Brigade of Militia, from 1810-1823, and served as its Judge Advocate.

His promising legal and political career was cut short by a severe illness, and Amzi Dodd died at the age of forty-five March 19, 1838. His nephew and namesake Amzi, born in 1823, had a long and distinguished career as Vice Chancellor of the State of New Jersey, and also as president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of correspondence from 1819-1838, legal papers from 1816-1838, account books from 1822-1838, and case notes from 1826-1841. It also consists of records for the Essex Brigade of Militia from 1810-1823 and records of Mystic Lodge No. 17 (Freemasons) from 1885-1888.

Included in these materials are letters and casework involving John Warner, David Flagg, Thomas Gibbons, Aaron Ogden, William Budd, Jabez Pierson, Job and James Crowell and Nathan Squier. Materials pertaining to significant organizations in this collection include the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Co., the Morris Canal and Banking Co., and the Essex County Court of Oyer and Terminer.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Photocopying of materials is limited and no materials may be photocopied without permission from library staff.

Use Restrictions

Researchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission.

The New Jersey Historical Society complies with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions and protects unpublished materials as well as published materials.

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Access Points

The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, forms, and occupations documented in this collection.

Subject Names:

Budd, William, fl. 1831.
Crowell, James, fl. 1830.
Crowell, Job, fl. 1830.
Dodd, Amzi, 1793-1838.
Dodd, Amzi, 1823-1913.
Dodd, John, fl. 1793.
Flagg, David, fl. 1826-1834.
Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826.
Hornblower, Joseph C. (Joseph Coerten), 1777-1864.
Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839
Pierson, Jabez, fl. 1830
Squirer, Nathan, fl. 1830
Warner, John, d. 1873

Subject Organizations:

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
Morris Canal and Banking Company.
New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Essex County)
New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly
New Jersey. Legislature. Senate.
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company.

Subject Topics:

Court cases–New Jersey.
Lawyers–New Jersey.

Subject Places:

Bloomfield (N.J.)
Essex County (N.J.)
New Jersey–History–1775-1865
Newark (N.J.)

Document Types:

Correspondence.
Judicial records.
Logs (records)

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Related Material

Manuscript Group 10, Hornblower Family Papers
Manuscript Group 246, Essex Brigade of Militia Records, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 386, Ogden Family Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 525, Essex County Militia, Second Regiment Record Book, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 865, Zebina Dodd and J. C. Crowell Account Book, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 985, Morris Canal and Banking Company Record Book, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 1302, Gibbons Family Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.

Separated material: Broadside 252, Newark Railway

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 252, Amzi Dodd (1793-1838), Lawyer Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.

Acquisition Information

The source of this collection is unknown.

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Bibliography

Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. New Series, Volume III. Newark, N.J.: New Jersey Historical Society, 1918.

Shaw, William H. History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1884.

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