Manuscript Group 122, John C. Lloyd (1796-1881), Tailor and Justice of the peace Papers, 1824-1861

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Manuscript Group 122, John C. Lloyd
(1796-1881), Tailor and Justice of the peace

Papers, 1824-1861, 1.0 linear feet / 7 volumes

Call Number: MG 122 + Box number

• Summary

• Biographical
  Note

• Provenance
  Note

• Scope
  and Content Note

• Related
  Collections

• Box /Folder
  List

Summary:

Lloyd’s daybooks and account books as a tailor in Belleville,
New Jersey; his docket as an Essex County justice of the peace; and periodicals
subscription list retained possibly as postmaster of Belleville.  Periodicals were
delivered to Theodore Dwight Weld, the antislavery advocate, among others.

Gift of the Reverend Aaron Lloyd’s Estate,
ca. 1918.

Biographical
Note:

John C. Lloyd (1796-1881), originally from
Erie, Pennsylvania moved to Belleville, New Jersey with his young son, Aaron
(1817-1905).  He opened a tailor shop on Main Street in Belleville, and
later was a Justice of Peace for Essex County (1833-1855) and a member of the
Belleville Town Committee (1839).  On May 19, 1824, John C. Lloyd married
Belleville resident Harriet Joralemon, the daughter of Abraham Joralemon, who
was presumably his second wife.

Provenance
Note:

The papers were donated to The New Jersey
Historical Society by the Estate of Reverend Aaron Lloyd, ca. 1918.

Scope
and Content Note:

The collection consists of the dockets,
account books, and daybooks of John C. Lloyd, used during his term as Justice of
the Peace for Essex County and in his tailoring business in Belleville, New
Jersey.  The collection also contains a subscription list to various
periodicals.

The papers contain three volumes of John
C. Lloyd’s docket, dating from 1833-1839, 1839-1851, and 1851-1855
respectively.  Lloyd largely dealt with debt cases and in his docket
recorded any actions taken, his decision on the matter, and any fees.
These volumes also contain a small number of loose papers including such items
as affidavits, summons, and bills.

There are also three record books in the
collection that record the business transactions of Lloyd’s tailoring business
in Belleville.  All of these volumes document such tasks as making,
mending, or trimming such items as coats, shirts, and pants.  The first
volume contains both account information and daybook entries – the first
dating from 1824-1825, and the latter from 1827-1832. The second volume is an
account book from 1830-1849 and the third volume is a daybook from
1832-1861.  Each of these books contains loose receipts, bills, and
accounts inserted between its pages.  These items have been left in their
original locations as some deal with the financial information located on that
page.  None of the accounts in these volumes are indexed.

Lastly, the collection contains a
periodical subscription list dating from 1845-1860.  The list includes the
name of the subscriber, the name of the “paper,” and a record of
payment.  Periodicals subscribed to include Missionary Magazine, New
Jersey Farmer, Temperance Enterprise, Godey’s Ladies Book, Advocate
& Journal, and Christian Intelligence.  It is unclear what
role John C. Lloyd had in the delivery of these magazines, and it is possible
that he was the postmaster of Belleville during this time period.

Related
Collections:

Manuscript Group 682,
Lloyd Family (Belleville, NJ) Papers

Manuscript Group 1045, Reverend Aaron
Lloyd (1817-1905) Registry book

Box/Folder
List:

OS = Oversize

Processed by Kim Charlton, October-November 2000 as part of the “Farm
to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission.

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