Manuscript Group 2, East Jersey Manuscript Collection, 1667-1873
Archive Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript Group 2, East Jersey
Manuscript Collection, 1667-1873, 173 items
Call Number: MG 2
Miscellaneous documents relating to East Jersey, including correspondence and documents of James Alexander; Philip Carteret; William Dockwra; Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury; Robert Hunter; William Livingston; James Parker (1725-97); Richard Partridge; Peter Sonmans; George Willocks; and Benjamin Wright. Indexed in the manuscript card catalog.
This collection has been compiled by the New Jersey Historical Society throughout the years through numerous donations from various donors. A list of the names of donors follows, but a complete document/donor list is contained in the data file.
| Mr. Littleton White | Mr. Thomas Gordon |
| Chas. S. Boggs, U.S. Navy | T.L. White Esquire |
| Lewis C. Boggs, U.S.N. | William Cassidy |
| William F. Johnson | D. Dodd |
| William A. Whitehead |
The East Jersey Manuscript Collection contains 173 miscellaneous manuscripts pertaining to East Jersey spanning the years 1667-1873. The documents include correspondence and documents of James Alexander; Philip Carteret; William Dockwra; Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury; Robert Hunter; William Livingston; James Parker (1725-1797); Richard Partridge; Peter Sonmans; George Willocks; and Benjamin Wright. A nineteenth-century list is available in the data file for more exact reference, but has been reproduced here.
Other Collections concerning East Jersey:
Manuscript Group 177, William A. Whitehead (1810-1884) Papers
Manuscript Group 1218, Proprietary Era Manuscript Collection
Item List:
|
No. |
Date |
Description |
| 1 | January 15, 1679/80 | Patent from the proprietors to Judah Allen for lands in Shrewsbury Township |
| 2 | April 1, 1693 | Letter from William Dockwood, the proprietors’ secretary and register in London to Governor Hamilton |
| 3 | August 9, 1694 | Marriage certificate of Robert White to Frances Stanley of New York |
| 4 | May 24, 1695 | Marriage certificate of Thomas Foreman to Mary Allen of Monmouth |
| 5 | April 21, 1699 | Letter from the town of Newark to other towns |
| 6 | January 8, 1722 | Summons, Monmouth County |
| 7 | March 3, 1736/7 | Letter from Philip Kearny of Perth Amboy to Thomas Holmes, Law Matters |
| 8 | January 7, 1761 | Marriage certificate of William Chadwick and Jenafer Tabor |
| 9 | February 6, 1762 | Marriage certificate of Benjamin Hance and Cath. Brannon |
| 10 | November 1, 1764 | Marriage certificate of Noah Chadwick and Huldah Tabor of Monmouth |
| 11 | 1764, 1761 | Assessors list for Poor Rate in Shrewsbury and Assessments for Middletown from Asher Taylor |
| 12 | May 16, 1706 | Letter from Lord Combury to the Inhabitants of Bergen |
| 13 | September 20, 1769 | Marriage license of Joseph Price and Lydia Haime of Shrewsbury |
| 14 | August 11, 1776 | Printed ordinance of the New Jersey Convention, respecting the militia |
| 15 | December 30, 1692 | Commission to Lewis Morris of Trenton Manor, Lewis Morris of Passage Point and John Hance – to be judges and Thomas Hebley to be clerk of court of small causes for Shrewsbury |
| 16 | May 11, 1698 | Commitment of Lewis Morris for contempt of court |
| 17-20 | 1774 | Copies of papers referring to the robbery of the Eastern Treasury |
| 21 | June 13, 1774 | Letters from the committee of Elizabethtown to the inhabitants of Monmouth |
| 22 | January 11, 1775 | Letter from Edward Taylor of Middletown to Josiah Holmes of Shrewsbury |
| 23 | September 22, 1774 | Copy of proceedings of Boston Committee |
| 24 | January 2, 1775 | Advertisement for a meeting at Shrewsbury to choose a Committee of Inspection |
| 25 | March 6, 1775 | Letter from the Committee of Inspection of Freehold to the people of Shrewsbury |
| 26 | 1746, 1775 | Proceedings of the Shrewsbury Committee of Safety |
| 27 | December 11, 1693 | Bill for goods, John Bowne Doctor to John Tudor |
| 28 | May 5, 1707 | Petition of General Assembly of New Jersey to the Queen -draft |
| 29 | March 27, 1713 | An indenture of apprenticeship, Abraham Hanson, son of Benjamin to Joseph Ward, Newark |
| 30 | September 27, 1720 | The king’s additional instructions to the Governor in Chief of New Jersey, relative to act for issue of paper money |
| 31 | November 30, 1721 | The king’s additional instructions to the Governor of New Jersey, relative to the clergy of the Church of England |
| 32 | June 3, 1722 | The King’s additional instructions to the Governor of New Jersey, relative to the observance of the laws of trade |
| 33 | July 23, 1723 | The Lord Justices’ additional instructions to the Governor of New Jersey, relative to the approval of the private act |
| 34 | February 23, 1726-7 | The Kings additional instructions to Governor Burnet relative to appeal |
| 35 | February 29, 1727-8 | The King appoints a chief justice of New Jersey, Robert Lettice Hooper |
| 36 | February 14, 1729 | Greenwich Hospital Commission to Governor Montgomerie, New Jersey relative to hospital dues |
| 37 | February 14, 1729 | List of receivers for Greenwich Hospital |
| 38 | May 19, 1738 | Paper binding John Neville and Andrew Hay to Captain Matthew Morris. 75 L |
| 39 | October 16, 1742 | Lewis Morris appointment of Luke Carter as Lieutenant |
| 40 | March 29, 1742 | A doctors bill. Amos Williams Doctor to Ichabod Burnet |
| 41 | April 29, 1763 | Hester Rynder’s Will of New York |
| 42 | 1729 | Account of Estate of John Harrsion of Pamby |
| 43 | February 14, 1756 | Richard Partridge to Samuel __ |
| 44 | March 5, 1759 | Agreement about a Tract of Land John C__, Captain Thomas Kearny |
| 45 | May 29, 1765 | Particulars and conditions of an estate in east Jersey, belonging to James Drummond Lundin to be sold at auction |
| 46 | November 5, 1767 | Thomas Bourne’s affidavit relative to a bill of exchange |
| 47 | September 3, 1773 | Report concerning the employment of a schoolmaster at Perth Amboy |
| 48 | August 29, 1773 | Report concerning the same business as above |
| 49 | 1773 | Memorandum of schoolhouse money |
| 50 | February 1, 1775 | Extract from a letter from Governor Franklin to Earl/Dartmouth, relating to Proceedings of Congress |
| 51 | Lieutenant Nathan Wilkinson’s return of men during the revolution | |
| 52 | 1784 | Naval Officers Port, of Perth Amboy, account book beginning June 8, 1784 |
| 53 | March 12, 1802 | Obligation of Adam Rap, Bergen County to John Vreeland for $500 |
| 54 | 1752 | Articles of agreement about a tract of land in Monmouth County, Obadiah Bowne and Jas. Hassett |
| 55 | 17?? | Certificate of record of association of the Baptist Society of Middletown |
| 56 | March 21, 1705-6 | A record of two highways from Middletown Westward to the county line and from Middletown to Chingonnes |
| 57 | 1776 | A list of all ratables in the township of Freehold, Monmouth County with assessments |
| 58 | November 18, 1777 | A detail of officers and privates in general Newcombe’s Brigade, Woodbury |
| 59 | December 1, 1778 | Articles delivered by Arthur Wilkinson’s Brigade to… |
