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Office/Department |
Title |
MG |
Assembly – NJ | Clee, Lester Harrison (1888-1962) | 1058 |
Assembly – NJ | Congar, Stephen (b. 1810) | 12 |
Assembly – NJ | Jackson, John P. (1805-1861) | 47 |
Assembly – NJ | New Jersey Assembly | 46 |
Assembly – NJ | Ogden, Maureen B. (b. 1928) | 1379 |
Assembly – NJ | Pennington, William S. (1757-1826) | 234 |
Assembly – NJ | Resolutions | 572 |
Assembly – NJ | Spicer, Jacob (1716-1765) | 59 |
Assembly – NJ | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20 |
Assembly – NJ | Wilson, Peter (1746-1826) | 318 |
Attorney General – NJ | Bloomfield, Joseph (1753-1823) | 377 |
Board of Chosen Freeholders | See also Freeholders | |
Board of Chosen Freeholders – Essex County | Essex County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders, Committee on Buildings | 834 |
Board of Chosen Freeholders – Essex County | Special Commission to Investigate the Affairs of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders | 432 |
Boundary Commission | New York and New Jersey Boundary Dispute | 237 |
Census | Roxbury, Chester, and Washington Townships (Morris County), NJ | 925 |
Census taker | Nichols, Isaac (1773-1861) | 264 |
Chancellor of New Jersey | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20 |
Chancellor of New York | Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813) | 1194 |
Chancery Court Judge – NJ | Middleton, George (1800-1888) | 1032 |
Circuit Court Judge | Vail, Benjamin Augustus (1844-1924) | 345 |
City council – Elizabeth, NJ | Green, Robert S. (1831-1895) | 30 |
City records | See Town records | |
Civil Service – NJ | New Jersey Civil Service Commission | 1058 |
Clerk – Essex County | Essex County, New Jersey Clerk’s Office | 859 |
Clerk – Essex County | Jackson, John P. (1805-1861) | 47 |
Clerk – Essex County | Ogden, Aaron (1756-1839) | 859 |
Clerk – Essex County | Ogden, Robert (1746-1826) | 859 |
Collector – Mansfield Twp, NJ | Gibbs, Benjamin (fl. 1761) | 775 |
Collector – Port of Key West, FL | Whitehead, William A. (1810-1884) | 734 |
Collector – Port of New York | Kearny, John (fl. 1797-1801) | 72 |
Collector – Port of Perth Amboy | Bell, Andrew (1757-1843) | 45 |
Colonial Agent in England | Sherwood, Joseph | 41 |
Commission – US | U.S. Sanitary Commission | 28 |
Commissioner of Deeds | Chattel Mortgage Books, Essex County, NJ | 1514 |
Committee of Correspondence (colonial) | Smith, Samuel (1720-1776) | 41 |
Committee of Safety | New Jersey Committee of Safety | 46 |
Committees – Town/City | See Town records | |
Congress – NJ Provincial | New Jersey Provincial Congress | 6, 46, 945 |
Congress – US | Resolutions, reports, etc. | 572 |
Congressman – US | Dayton, Jonathan (1760-1824) | 379 |
Congressman – US | Dickerson, Philemon (1788-1862) | 13, 249 |
Congressman – US | Green, Robert S. (1831-1895) | 30 |
Congressman – US | Middleton, George (1800-1888) | 1032 |
Congressman – US | Pennington, William (1796-1862) | 331 |
Congressman – US | Stockton, Robert (1764-1828) | 368 |
Congressman – US | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20 |
Congressman – US | Ward, Marcus L. (1812-1884) | 28 |
Congressman – US | Wright, William (1790-1866) | 372 |
Constable – Bloomfield | Munn, Silas (1786-1873) | 416 |
Constable – Morris County | Horton, Daniel (fl. 1819-1835) | 112 |
Constitutional Convention | New Jersey Constitutional Convention of 1844 | 20, 27, 245 |
Constitutional Convention | New Jersey Constitutional Convention of 1947 | 572 |
Consular- Belfast, Ireland (US) | Savage, George W. (1819-1893) | 836 |
Consular – Dundee, Scotland (US) | Savage, George W. (1819-1893) | 836 |
Consular – Hong Kong (US) | Congar, Horace N. (1817-1893) | 408 |
Consular – Prague (US) | Congar, Horace N. (1817-1893) | 408 |
Consular – Prussia (US) | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20 |
Coroner – Essex County | Essex County, New Jersey Coroner’s Office | 829 |
Council – NJ | Smith, Samuel (1720-1776) | 41 |
Courts? – Gloucester County | Deptford Township court dockets | 1079 |
Courts? – Sussex County | Sussex County court documents | 45 |
Court of Common Pleas – Bergen County | Mintz, Hymen B. (1909-1986), Manuscript Collection | 1287 |
Court of Common Pleas – Essex County | Essex County Clerk’s Office | 859 |
Court of Common Pleas – Essex County | Grassmann, Edward J. (1887-1973), Manuscript Collection | 1085 |
Court of Common Pleas – Essex County | Mintz, Hymen B. (1909-1986), Manuscript Collection | 1287 |
Court of Common Pleas – Union County | Savage, George W. (1819-1893) | 836 |
Court of Small Causes – Essex County | Essex County, New Jersey Court for the Trial of Small Causes | 871 |
Court of Small Causes – Morris County | Horton, Daniel (fl. 1819-1835), Justice | 112 |
Court of Small Causes – Passaic County | Cory, James (1801-1880), Justice | 19 |
District Court Judge – US | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13, 249 |
District Court Judge -US | Dickerson, Philemon (1788-1862) | 13, 249 |
Election records | Bedminster Township voting register | 895 |
Election records | Monmouth County election records | 282 |
Election records | Morris County voting register | 945 |
Election records | Newark voting registers | 12, 265 |
Election records | Paterson voting register | 1075 |
Elector – Presidential | Savage, George W. (1819-1893) | 836 |
Freeholders | See also Board of Chosen Freeholders | |
Freeholders – Monmouth County | Monmouth County Freeholders List | 1123 |
Freeholders – Morris County | List of Morris County freeholders, 1793 | 824 |
Freeholders – Woodbridge | Woodbridge, New Jersey Records | 68, 1009 |
Governor of NJ | Abbett, Leon (1836-1894) | 362 |
Governor of NJ | Bloomfield, Joseph (1753-1823) | 377 |
Governor of NJ | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13, 249 |
Governor of NJ | Dickerson, Philemon (1788-1862) | 13, 249 |
Governor of NJ (Acting) | Frelinghuysen, Joseph Sherman (1869-1948) | 848 |
Governor of NJ | Green, Robert S. (1831-1895) | 30 |
Governor of NJ (Royal) | Hyde, Edward (Lord Cornbury) | 41 |
Governor of NJ (Royal) | Morris, Lewis (1671-1746) | 16 |
Governor of NJ | Murphy, Franklin (1846-1920) | 686 |
Governor of NJ | Paterson, William (1745-1806) | 42, 542 |
Governor of NJ | Pennington, William (1796-1862) | 331 |
Governor of NJ | Pennington, William S. (1757-1826) | 234 |
Governor of NJ | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20 |
Governor of NJ | Ward, Marcus L. (1812-1884) | 28 |
Governor of NJ | Werts, George T. (1846-1910) | 363 |
Governor of NJ | Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) | 33 |
Governor of NJ | Wright, William (1790-1866) | 372 |
Governor of PA | Morris, Robert Hunter (ca. 1700-1764) | 17 |
Inspector – Port of Albany | Bogart, Hendrick I. (1729-1821) | 1077 |
Justice of the Peace – Berwyck, York County, ME | Savage, Joseph (b. 1756) | 204, 836 |
Justice of the Peace – Essex County | Baldwin, Noah (ca. 1782-1832) Family | 976 |
Justice of the Peace – Essex County | Crane, David D. (1763-1838) | 52 |
Justice of the Peace – Essex County | Lloyd, John C. (1796-1881) | 122 |
Justice of the Peace – Essex County | Munn, Silas (1786-1873) | 416 |
Justice of the Peace – Essex County | Nettleship, Ichabod C. (1832-1886) | 208 |
Justice of the Peace – Hunterdon County | Smith, Benjamin (fl. 1788-1792) | 254 |
Justices of the Peace – Livingston, NJ | Livingston, New Jersey Overseers of the Poor | 1024 |
Justice of the Peace – Monmouth County | Monmouth County Justice of the Peace docket | 948 |
Justice of the Peace – Monmouth County | Vanderbeek, Cornelius (fl. 1833-1847), Justice of the Peace | 184 |
Justice of the Peace – Morris County | Horton, Phinehas (fl. 1809-1835) | 112 |
Justice of the Peace – Morris County | Knapp, Josiah P. (1785-1862) | 590 |
Justice of the Peace – Morris County | Smith, Benjamin (fl. 1790-1831) | 824 |
Justice of the Peace – Warren County | McCain, John (fl. 1838-1847) | 276 |
Mayor of Jersey City | Hague, Frank (1876-1956) | 1058 |
Mayor of Millburn | Ogden, Maureen B. (b. 1928) | 1379 |
Mayor of Morristown | Werts, George T. (1846-1910) | 363 |
Mayor of Newark | Biographical Sketches of Newark Mayors – 1836-1905 | 92 |
Mayor of Newark | Frelinghuysen, Theodore (1787-1862) | 380 |
Mayor of Newark | Wright, William (1790-1866) | 372 |
Mayor of Portage, WI | Munn, Henry Benson (1826-1910) | 416 |
Mayor of Trenton | Vroom, Garret D. W. (1843-1914) | 20 |
Mediation Board | New Jersey Mediation Board | 1058 |
Minister – US | See Consular | |
Notary Public | Middleton, George (1800-1888) | 1032 |
Orphans Court – Monmouth County | Middleton, George (1800-1888) | 1032 |
Overseer of Highways – Newark | Crane, David D. (1763-1838) | 52 |
Overseers of Highways – Randolph Township, NJ | Randolph Township Committee | 159 |
Overseers of the Poor – Chester Township, NJ | Chester Township, New Jersey Overseers of the Poor | 85 |
Overseers of the Poor – East Windsor Township, NJ | East Windsor Township, New Jersey Overseers of the Poor | 1034 |
Overseer of the Poor – Essex County | Baldwin, Noah (ca. 1782-1832) Family | 976 |
Overseer of the Poor – Essex County | Crane, David D. (1763-1838) | 52 |
Overseers of the Poor – Livingston, NJ | Livingston, New Jersey Overseers of the Poor | 1024 |
Overseers of the Poor – Randolph Township, NJ | Randolph Township Committee | 159 |
Parole Board | New Jersey Parole Board | 1058 |
Postmaster – Belleville | Lloyd, John C. (1796-1881) | 122 |
Postmaster – Vernon Township | Denton, Richard Smith (1790-1864) | 314 |
President – US | Wilson, Woodrow | 33, 824 |
Presidential candidate | Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) | 40 |
Prison – NJ | Board of State Prison Inspectors | 1046 |
Prison – NJ | Dickson, William B. (1864-1942), Member of the Board of State Prison Inspectors | 1046 |
Prison – NJ | New Jersey Prison Inquiry Commission | 1046 |
Recorder – Trenton | Ewing, Maskell, Jr. (1758-1825) | 790 |
Republican Party | Essex County, New Jersey Republican Party | 931 |
Republican Party | Hamilton, Alice B. (fl. 1936-1940), Republican National Convention delegate | 1528 |
Republican Party | New Jersey’s Republican State Executive Committee (Horace N. Congar Papers) | 408 |
Sanitary Commission – US | U. S. Sanitary Commission | 28 |
Secretary of State | Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (1817-1885) | 380 |
Secretary of the Navy | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13, 249 |
Senate – NJ | Resolutions | 572 |
Senator – NJ | Canfield, Augustus C. (1842-1891), Autograph Album | 353 |
Senator – NJ | Clee, Lester Harrison (1888-1962) | 1058 |
Senator – NJ | Frelinghuysen, Joseph Sherman (1869-1948) | 848 |
Senator – NJ | Werts, George T. (1846-1910) | 363 |
Senator – US | Dayton, Jonathan (1760-1824) | 379 |
Senator – US | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13, 249 |
Senator – US | Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (1817-1885) | 380 |
Senator – US | Frelinghuysen, Joseph Sherman (1869-1948) | 848 |
Senator – US | Frelinghuysen, Theodore (1787-1862) | 380 |
Senator – US | Paterson, William (1745-1806) | 42, 542 |
Senator – US | Rutherfurd, John (1760-1840) | 398 |
Senator – US | Smathers, William H. (fl. 1940-1941) | 1331 |
Senator – US | Thomson, John R. (1800-1862) | 367 |
Senator – US | Wright, William (1790-1866) | 372 |
Sheriff – Elizabeth (Borough) | Grassmann, Edward J. (1887-1973), Manuscript Collection | 1085 |
Sheriff – Essex County | Camp Family (Camptown, NJ) | 81 |
Sheriff – Essex County | Pierson, William (1796-1882) | 242 |
Sheriff – Essex County | Price, Jeremiah (fl. 1835-1853), Deputy sheriff | 158 |
Sheriff – Monmouth County | Hendrickson, Daniel (1736-ca. 1797) | 282 |
Sheriff – Monmouth County | Holmes, Daniel (1792-1851) | 282 |
Sheriff – Morris County | Smith, Hiram (1756-1832) | 824 |
Sheriff – Newark | Mead, Jacob K. (1782-1848) | 929 |
Supreme Court Justice – NJ | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13, 249 |
Supreme Court Justice – NJ | Morris, Robert Hunter (ca. 1700-1764), Chief Justice of the Province of New Jersey | 17 |
Supreme Court Justice – NJ | Pennington, William S. (1757-1826) | 331 |
Supreme Court Justice – NJ | Werts, George T. (1846-1910) | 363 |
Supreme Court Justice – US | Bradley, Joseph P. (1813-1892) | 26 |
Supreme Court Justice – US | Paterson, William (1745-1806) | 42, 542 |
Surrogate – Union County | Green, Robert S. (1831-1895) | 30 |
Surveyor | See Surveyors’ records | |
Tax collector – Essex County | Baldwin, Noah (ca. 1782-1832) Family | 976 |
Tax collector – Little Egg Harbor Township | Crane, Silas (fl. 1805-1825) | 565 |
Tax collector – Morris County | Smith, Hiram (1756-1832) | 824 |
Tax collector – Somerset County | Southard, Isaac (1783-1850) | 957 |
Tax office – Essex County | Essex County, New Jersey Tax Office | 262 |
Tax office – Hanover Twp. | Tax ratables | 824 |
Tax office – Morris County | Morris County, New Jersey Tax rate book | 972 |
Town records/City records | Chester Township Overseers of the Poor | 85 |
Town records/City records | East Windsor Township Overseers of the Poor | 1034 |
Town records/City records | Hanover Township tax ratables, | 824 |
Town records/City records | Hanover Township voting registers | 824 |
Town records/City records | Livingston, New Jersey Overseers of the poor | 1024 |
Town records/City records | Mendham Township Committee | 159 |
Town records/City records | Middletown Town Committee report | 282 |
Town records/City records | Montclair Township poll book | 1500 |
Town records/City records | Nettleship, Ichabod C. (1832-1886), Newark secret service investigator | 208 |
Town records/City records | New Providence Township Committee | 132 |
Town records/City records | Newark Census | 264 |
Town records/City records | Newark Charter Revision Committee | 12 |
Town records/City records | Newark Police Department | 203, 1249 |
Town records/City records | Newark Town Jail | 929 |
Town records/City records | Newark Public Aid Committee | 28 |
Town records/City records | Newark voting registers | 12 |
Town records/City records | Randolph Township Committee | 159 |
Town records/City records | Saddle River Township, NJ Record book | 166 |
Town records/City records | Woodbridge, New Jersey Records | 68 |
Treasurer – West NJ | Smith, Samuel (1720-1776) | 41, 239 |
Vice President – US | Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) | 34 |
Works Progress Administration | W. P. A. Historical Records Survey, New Jersey | 1079 |