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Title Dates MG
Abeel, James (1733-1825), Deputy Quartermaster General 1761-1819 110
Allen/Alling-Campfield Family (Newark, NJ) 1720-1898 482
Alphabetical Series ca. 1664-1920 1
Baldwin, Elijah (ca. 1718-1766) and Elias Baldwin (fl. 1760-1781), Shoemakers 1760-1781 73
Baldwin, Nathaniel (fl. 1769-1799), Shoemaker 1769-1799 74
Bamberger, Louis (1855-1944), Autograph Collection 1683-1929 11
Baptist Church, Middle Precinct, Cape May, NJ 1766-1775 1236
Bell, Andrew (1757-1843), Collector of Perth Amboy and Land surveyor 1745-1866 45
Bergen Township, New Jersey Land Record Book ca. 1764-1785 359
Bogart-Marselis Family (Albany, NY) 1725-1817 1077
Boggs Family 1737-1942 27
Brant, Stephen (fl. 1750-1797), Merchant 1750-1797 1238
Brinckerhoff, Catharine (d. 1828) and George Brinckerhoff (d. 1827) ca. 1765 77
Browne, Isaac (1709-1787), Episcopal minister 1736-1776 337
Burlington County, New Jersey Manuscript Collection 1678-1763 410
Burr, Aaron (1756-1836), Lawyer and U. S. Vice President 1755-1833 34
Camp Family (Camptown, NJ) 1752-1837 81
Canfield-Dickerson Family (Morris County, NJ) 1738-1928 249
Chandlee, George (1753-1823) 1771-1815 1250
Cheesman, William (d. ca. 1766), Yeoman 1759-1784 491
Cobb-Howell Family (Hanover Twp, NJ) 1758-1885 591
Colony of New Jersey: Samuel Smith (1720-1776), Treasurer of the Western Division of the Province of New Jersey 1762-1774 239
Condit-Dodd Family 1757-1925 454
Cooke, Elisha (1716/17-1799), Farmer 1745-1799 220
Cortelyou Family (Ten Mile Run, NJ) 1732-1940 594
Crane-Pierson Family 1707-1942 422
Cruger, John (fl. 1713-1715) and Elias Neau (fl. 1713-1715), Merchants 1713-1715 941
Daughters of the American Revolution, Nova Caesarea Chapter Manuscript Collection 1731-1861 1018
Dayton, Elias (1737-1807), Revolutionary War officer 1759-1783 94
Deeds 1749-1876 1523
De Zeng Family (Geneva, NY) 1729-1925 800
Dutch Reformed Church, Stone House Plains, NJ 1747-1901 447
East Jersey Manuscript Collection 1667-1873 2
Eastburn, Walter N., Manuscript Collection 1743-1956 294
Elizabethtown, NJ Manuscript Collection 1699-1804 5
Ely, Edwin A. (1836-1927), Autograph Collection ca. 1663-1890 14
Erskine, Robert (1735-1780), Engineer 1756-1782 199
Essex County, New Jersey Tax Office 1772-1779 262
First Reform Presbyterian German and English Church, Knowlton Township, NJ 1766-1804 717
Gano, John (1727-1804), Baptist minister 1752 516
Gibbs Family 1691-1834 775
Gildersleeve Family 1741-1895 607
Grassmann, Edward J. (1887-1973), Manuscript Collection 1731-1935 1085
Green, Jacob (1722-1790), Presbyterian minister 1722-1790 579
Harrison, Samuel (1684-1776), Farmer, fuller, and sawyer 1725-1772 108
Hatfield/Hetfield Family (Elizabethtown, NJ) 1709-1821 903
Hayes, Samuel (1728-1811), Surveyor and cooper 1696-1825 965
Holmes Family (Middletown, NJ) 1680-1905 282
Hornblower Family 1760-1900 10
Hunt, John (fl. 1770-1824), Farmer 1770-1800 1245
Hunt, William Southworth (1879-1940), Autograph Collection 1736-1944 22
King, Henry (d. 1781), Shoemaker and currier 1767-1782 116
Knapp, Josiah P. (1785-1862) 1759-1876 590
Leake, Andrew (d. ca. 1768), Merchant 1756-1766 118
Little Family 1723-1911 1207
Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813), Chancellor of New York 1658-1888 1194
Manning Family (Woodbridge Township, NJ) 1713-1864 1009
Mehelm, John (1733-1809) and Sidney Berry (1745-1820), Merchants 1772-1774 847
Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection 1664-1956 25
Montgomery-Burnet Family (Monmouth County, NJ) 1700-1857 574
Morris, Lewis (1671-1746), Royal Governor of New Jersey 1704-1750 16
Morris, Robert Hunter (ca. 1700-1764), Chief Justice of New Jersey and Governor of Pennsylvania 1726-1770 17
Morris Township, New Jersey Tax Rate Book 1768 972
Nelson, William (1847-1914), Lawyer, historian, and corresponding secretary of The New Jersey Historical Society 1693-1914 43
Nelson, William (1847-1914), Manuscript Collection 1690-1875 23
New Jersey Legislature 1751-1808 46
New Jersey Manuscript Collection 1669-1840 7
New York and New Jersey Boundary Dispute Manuscript Collection 1663-1865 237
Newark Town Records 1714 219
Niagara Expedition 1755-1756 962
Nichols Family (Newark, NJ) 1765-1904 1012
Ogden Family (Newark and Elizabeth, NJ) 1767-1822 386
Ogden Family (Newark and Elizabeth, NJ) 1733-1777 905
Parker Family (Perth Amboy, NJ) 1676-1946 18
Philadelphia Baptist Association, Philadelphia, PA 1755-1828 259
Piatt, John (fl. 1765-1785), Cobbler 1765-1785 820
Pierson, Caleb (1738-1801) and Elijah Pierson (1780-1862) 1769-1876 533
Proprietary Era Manuscript Collection 1664-1703 1218
Reformed Church of Jesus Christ, Totowa, NJ 1756-1814 644
Ringwood Company supply store, Newark, NJ 1760-1764 160
Ross, David (1720-1795), Cooper and bell maker 1756-1794 155
Rutgers, Anthony (fl. 1809-1810), Student 1763-1834 346
Rutherfurd Family 1760-1845 398
Savage Family 1758-1938 836
Schuyler Family (New Barbados Neck, NJ) 1724-1885 651
Scotch Plains Baptist Church, Scotch Plains, NJ 1747-1809 968
Ship Logs Collection 1732-1839 49
Sign of the Unicorn Tavern (Graham’s Tavern), Elizabeth, NJ 1765-1794 107
Smith, Caleb (1723-1762), Presbyterian minister 1742-1761, 1866 389
Smith, Samuel (1720-1776), Treasurer of the Western Division of New Jersey and Historian 1748-1768 41, 239
Smith, Stuart C., Manuscript Collection 1741-1868 19
Smith Family 1667-1960 824
Somerset County Legal Brief 1730 1589
Spicer, Jacob (1716-1765), New Jersey Provincial Assembly member 1737-1846 59
Statesmen Autograph Collection ca. 1680-1993 31
Stevens Family (Hoboken, NJ) 1663-1959 409
Stockton, Annis Boudinot (1736-1801), Poet 1753-1791 1221
Sutphen, Guisbert (1720-1796), Farmer 1759-1787 917
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Raccoon and Penns Neck, NJ 1713-1791 299
Sydenham Family (Newark, NJ) 1717-1779 1010
Sydenham/Sidman Family (Newark and Bloomfield, NJ) 1759-1909 485
Trinity Cathedral in Newark, Newark, NJ 1743-1973 882
Vanderveer, Ferdanandus (fl. 1771-1787), Merchant 1771-1787 705
Van Horne Family (Communipaw, NJ) 1707-1827 1006
Waldron Family (Hunterdon County, NJ) 1764-1892 906
Ward, Marcus L. (1812-1884), Governor of New Jersey and U. S. Congressman 1683-1912 28
West Jersey Manuscript Collection 1648-1829 3
Wheeler Family (Newark, NJ) 1714-1892 1007
White, Anthony Walton (1750-1803), Cavalry Officer 1740-1868 674
Whitehead, William A. (1810-1884), Historian 1680-1885 177
Woodbridge, New Jersey Records 1668-1875 68
Woodruff, Seth (1742-1915), Weaver 1761-1812 190
Woodruff, William (fl. 1771-1803), Gravedigger and merchant 1771-1803 192
Wright, Helen M., Historian 1726-1935 127

 

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