Manuscript Group 12, Congar Family (Newark, NJ) Papers, 1787-1876
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Manuscript Group 12, Congar Family (Newark, NJ)
Papers, 1787-1876, 1 linear foot
Call Number: MG 12 + Box and folder number
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Account book, 1787-1812, of Samuel Congar, a weaver from Newark; correspondence and receipt book , 1831-1854, of Dr. Stephen Congar (b. 1810), a Newark physician, New Jersey State Legislator, 1852-1854, the first president of the Newark Board of Education, and superintendent of Newark public schools. Papers of Samuel Hayes Congar (1796-1872), a local historian and librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1852-1872, including correspondence, genealogical data, notes on Newark, abstracts from public records, a volume of “Monumental Inscriptions of Newark’s Earliest Settlers;” minutes of the Committee on Newark Charter Revision, 1855; Newark voting registers for 1832 and 1839, listing the names of eligible voters alphabetically with comments on their political preferences. Includes letters of Solomon Alofsen, John R. Burnet, Horace N. Congar, William A. Whitehead, and Justin Winsor. Family names mentioned in the genealogical notes include: Baldwin, Ball, Beach, Bruen, Burnet, Congar, Crane, Cumming, Dalglish, Dodd, Harrison, Morris, Peck, Parkhurst, Plume, Schenk, and Ward.
Manuscript Group 875, Samuel Hayes Congar (1796-1872) Papers
| Box | Folder | Contents | Dates |
| Dr. Stephen Congar | |||
| 1 | 1 | Letters Received | 1831, 1850-1876 |
| 1 | 2 | Certificates | 1831-1854 |
| 1 | 3 | Newark charter revision. Committee on minutes | 1855 |
| 1 | 4 | Receipts | 1823-1858 |
| 1 | 5 | Receipt book | 1831-1854 |
| Samuel H. Congar | |||
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence | 1845-1872 & n.d. |
| 1 | 7 | Letters Received, John R. Burnet | 1848-1854, 1864-1865 |
| 1 | 8 | Historical Notes re: Newark | 1800s |
| 1 | 9 | Genealogical Papers and Charts | 1800s |
| 1 | 10 | Notes | 1800s |
| David Congar | |||
| 1 | 11 | Receipts, Power of Attorney | 1805-1834, 1817 |
| General | |||
| 1 | 12 | Certificates (Samuel H. & James) | 1850, 1855 |
| 1 | 13 | Miscellaneous and Unidentified | 1833-1848 & n.d. |
| 1 | 14 | Newark public record abstracts (copies of 17th-18th century records) | 1800s |
| 2 | 1 | Election Rolls | 1832, 1839 |
| 2 | 2 | Indenture between Phebe R. Collins and David Hayes and John Daly re: John Collins will | June 20, 1833 |
| 2 | 3 | Steamboat Bibliography | n.d. |
| 2 | 4 | Monumental Inscriptions of Newarks Earliest Settlers | 1800s |
| Oversize | |||
| 3 (os) | Samuel Congar. Account Book | 1787-1812 | |
