Manuscript Group 23 William Nelson (1847-1914), Lawyer and historian Manuscript Collection, 1690-1875
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Manuscript Group 23, William Nelson (1847-1914), Lawyer and historian
Manuscript Collection, 1690-1875 , 3.0 linear feet
Call Number: MG 23
Letters and documents purchased at the auction of the William Nelson manuscript collection; typescripts of interviews with residents of Paterson, New Jersey and its environs, made and transcribed between 1873 and 1885. Among those interviewed were Peter Adams, John
Colt, Richard Coughlin, James Dunn, Thomas Dynan, Julia Wickham, and Philip R. George. Includes correspondence and other items of:
| James Abeel |
William Henry Harrison |
Caesar Rodney |
| J. Austin Allibone |
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) |
John Rutherfurd (1760-1840) |
| Joseph Anderson |
Philip Hone |
Richard Salter |
| Joseph Barber |
Peter Augustus Jay |
Philip Schuyler |
| John Bayard |
Reverdy Johnson |
William Gilmore Simms |
| Andrew Bell |
James Lenox |
Samuel L. Southard |
| Joseph Bloomfield |
Abraham Lincoln |
Jared Sparks |
| Joseph Borden |
William Livingston |
Alexander H. Stephens |
| Elisha Boudinot |
Ann Lyon | John Stevens (ca. 1682-1737) |
| James Caldwell |
James Madison |
John Stevens (1715-1792) |
| Thomas Bradbury Chandler |
George Perry Morris |
John Stevens (1749-1838) |
| Salmon P. Chase |
Lucien Murat |
Charles Sumner |
| Peter Colt | John Nelson |
Reuben Gold Thwaites |
| Roswell L. Colt |
John G. Palfrey |
William Winter |
| William Duer |
William Paterson (1745-1806) |
Fernando Wood |
| Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) |
Charles Pettit |
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| Paul L. Ford |
Herbert Putnam |
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| Elbridge Gerry |
Whitelaw Reid |
Purchase, 1915.
William Nelson, (1847-1914) was a lawyer and historian, as well as the corresponding secretary of The New Jersey Historical Society.
Manuscript Group 636, John Colt (1786-1883) Letters
Manuscript Group 651, Schuyler Family Papers
| Name | Item Description | Date |
| Abeel, James | Affidavit | 1802 |
| Abeel, James | to Jeremiah Van Renselaer | March 1802 |
| Acquackanonk, New Jersey | Three early Dutch documents | 1693-1723 |
| Albany | Printed document, filled in | 1816 |
| Allibone, J. Austin | to Charles Lanman | march 1857 |
| Anderson, Joseph | Letters written by | 1829-1830 |
| Anthill, Edward | to John Pierce | July 1784 |
| Appleton, N | to Publisher of the Globe | |
| Assembly, New Jersey | Petitions and other documents | 18th century |
| Aystin, James | D.s. | December 1789 |
| Barber, Joseph | to Evens Whery | May 1803 |
| Barber and Southwick | to Evens Wharry | 1794-1795 |
| Bayard, John | to William Bell | February 1790 |
| Bayard, Samuel Junior | to John Halstead | April 1785 |
| Bell, Andrew | documents of, or concerning | 19th century |
| Bergen County | Miscellaneous legal documents | 19th century |
| Bethune, George W. | to Augustus Hammond | October 1854 |
| Black, J.S. | to Howell Cobb | June 1858 |
| Blauvelt, Abraham | march 1810 | |
| Bloomfield, Joseph | power of attorney to Robert Morris | January 1789 |
| Ditto | April 1792 | |
| Ditto | to (?) Dayton | August 1792 |
| Ditto | to Jonathan Dayton | March 1806 |
| Ditto | to Samuel A. Otis | July 1808 |
| Ditto | Commission to G. Van Houten | February 1819 |
| Ditto | to Garret D. Wall | December 1817 |
| Ditto | to John Stoughton | February 1819 |
| Borden, Joseph | to Samuel Tucker | 1776 |
| Ditto | to Samuel Tucker | August 1776 |
| Ditto | to Tench Tillman | December 1785 |
| Ditto | Will of | 1789 |
| Boudinot, Junior | of council | August 1786 |
| Boudinot, Elias | 18th century | |
| Boudinot, E. | Receipt | 1762 |
| Boudinot, Elisha | to Peter Colt | |
| Ditto | to Lewis Pintard | 1779 |
| Ditto | to Robert Morris | June 1784 |
| Ditto | to Andrew Bell | May 1802 |
| Bradish, Luther | to T.H. Jackson et. Al. | June 1835 |
| Breintnall, R. Weber | to William Nelson | October 1907 |
| Bridges, Thomas | letters written to | 1692-1697 |
| Britannia (vessel, sister ship of Titanic) | partial list of cargo | September 1771 |
| Bryant, William | March 1775 | |
| Budd, James | shipping documents | 1789 |
| Burd, Edward | to Jasper Yeates | March 1785 |
| Burlington County | petition of residents of, to Delaware and Raritan Canal |
January 1848 |
| Burlington County | Miscellaneous | |
| Burnet, William | signature | |
| Bustill, Samuel | letters addressed to | 1723-1726 |
| Ditto | March 1724 | |
| Ditto | letter to | March 1725 |
| Ditto | 1730 | |
| Cadwater, Lambert et. al. | February 1818 | |
| Caldwell, James | to (?) Geary | October 1778 |
| Ditto | November 1778 | |
| Ditto | document on death of | 1781 |
| Carleton, William | to (?) Morgan July 13, ? | |
| Chace, Philander | to ? | |
| Chandler, Thomas B. | sermon preached by | 1770-1773 |
| Chase, S.P. | to ? | October 1871 |
| Clarenden, Duke of | to ? | June 1868 |
| Clement, Samuel | to James Madison | January 1809 |
| Cobbett, William | page in autograph of | |
| Coe, Abraham | to John Brown | August 1792 |
| Colt, Russell | to J. Andrews | |
| Conner, E.S. | to ? Mckean | May 1851 |
| Corson, Hiram | to Richard Haines | November 1887 |
| Coxe, Daniel | memorial to Jonathan Belcher | 1747 |
| Coxe, Samuel | September 1697 | |
| Coxe, Tench | to Jonathan Burrall | April 1810 |
| Ditto, and Samuel Hodgdon | to ? | September 1812 |
| Coxe, W. | to Samuel Nevill | April 1756 |
| Crane, Stephen | bill to William Harriman | 1758 |
| Crowell, Ebenezer | documents concerning | 18th century |
| Cuntz, Otto | signed by Abraham Lincoln and W.H. Steward | July1863 |
| Citizens and merchants | miscellaneous NJ documents | 18th-19th centuries |
| Day, Matthias | March 1794 | |
| DeLancy, James John Lindesay and Captain Nelson | bill for wine, rum ect. | 1788 |
| Dempster, John H. | bought of Thomas Smith | October 1775 |
| Dennis, John Junior | letters written by | 1790-1795 |
| DePeyster, Catherine Elizabeth, and Sarah | to Joseph Borden | January 1782 |
| Derby, J.C. | letter to | May 1886 |
| DeWilt Thomas | to Cornelius D. Westbrook | November 1841 |
| Doremus, Francis | to Catherine Doremus | December 1839 |
| Doremus, G.W | to ? | May 1842 |
| Duer, William | to John Carter | July 1781 |
| East and West Jersey | documents re: land | 1727-1788 |
| East and West Jersey | boundary line, documents concerning | 1784-1785 |
| Ellis, Daniel | from ? | December 1773 |
| Emerson, R.W. | signature | |
| Ericksen, Hugo | letter to | September 1885 |
| Estall, John | December 1686 | |
| Essex Brigade | 1830-1831 | |
| Ferguson, John | letter from? | February 1805 |
| Fish, Hamilton | to Gales and Seaton | July 22, 1805 |
| Ford, Paul L. | to editor, Lippincotts | May 1893 |
| Forman, Ezekiel | to John Smith | July 1769 |
| Frelinghuysen | February 1787 | |
| Forage Department | disbursements | December 1778 |
| Gano, Stephen | to Matthias B. Tallmadge | February 1818 |
| Garrison, A.G. | ||
| Gilman, Nathaniel | bill | January 1802 |
| Gilmors, J.H. | ||
| Gonsales, Samuel | August 1785 | |
| Gordon, David | July, 1783 | |
| Granger, Gideaon | to Thomas Walher | |
| Grant, Moses J | 1815 | |
| Gray, J. | to ? | December 1790 |
| Haines, David | to William G. Boggs | August 1844 |
| Hall, Sarah | to William Burnett | 1723 |
| Hamilton, James | to Jonathan Serjeia | |
| Hancock, M. | to Lydis Belknap | 1772 |
| Hand, Samuel | to ? | November 1729 |
| Hardy and Page | to Stevens and Brown | September 1905 |
| Harris, Thomas | 1776 | |
| Harrison, William H. | letters written to | 1817 |
| Hayes, Samuel | to John Rutherfurd | December 1793 |
| Ditto | September 1801 | |
| Hazlitt, John | ||
| Henry, John | to Jonathan Sergeant | March 1765 |
| Hill, Henry | to Lamar, Hill Bisset | May 1861 |
| Hill, Thomas C. | to ? Aitkin | November 1861 |
| Hoffman, David | to Jonathan Meredity | May 1833 |
| Holmes, R | to William Davis | February 1862 |
| Holmes, Oliver W. | to | |
| Hone, Philip | to Luther Bradish | January 1836 |
| Hooper, Isaac T. | to Abigail H. Gibbons | June 1833 |
| Housler, David | December1826 | |
| Husten, Henry | to William Nelson | November 8, 1906 |
| Imlay, Gilbert | letters and documents concerning | 1775 |
| Interviews | and biographical data | 19th century |
| Jay, Peter Augustus | to W.B, Ludlow | (May 1826) |
| Kerr, Charles | to ? Wood | April 1782 |
| Kilborne | April 1855 | |
| Kissack, William M. | to council and assembly | November 1807 |
| Kneeland Bart | ? To Thomas Fayeweather | 11-5-1763 |
| Lacy, Isreal | to James Kennedy | 6-21-1795 |
| Lane, William C. | to William Nelson | 11-20-1908 |
| Lee, John | letters written by | 1775 |
| Lee, John | agreement with Ebenezer Crowell | 2-25-1784 |
| Ditto | to John Ridgeway | 1-21-1792 |
| Lees, John | to John Halstead | 1785 |
| Leech, G. Granville | to William Nelson | 3-24-1898 |
| Legal documents | miscellaneous | 18th and 19th centuries |
| Lenox, James | to W. Phelps | 4-28-1852 |
| Livingston, William | memorial to | |
| Ditto | to Elias Boudinot | 12-23-1782 |
| Ditto | letters written by | 1790-1792 |
| Logan, John and Philip Bright | to William Patterson and Elisha Boudinot | 9-30-1788 |
| Loyalists | claims of copy | 18th century |
| Lynch, Henry | 11-29-1781 | |
| Lyon, Ann | to ? | 2-2-1869 |
| McCosh, James | to Lloyd Bryer | 5-19-1891 |
| McCrum, Henry | petition to operate publick house | 18th century |
| McKinley, William and Garret A Hobart | cards sent to William Nelson | |
| Machen, James P. | commission signed by Henry A Wise | 6-28-1858 |
| Merchants and citizens of New Jersey | miscellaneous documents | 18th and 19th centuries |
| Mersereau, Joshua | to ? | 8-24-1784 |
| Middlesex and other counties | miscellaneous documents | 1722-1840 |
| Millrun, W.H | to Editor New York Press | 9-7-1875 |
| Mitchell, Weir | to William Nelson | |
| Montgomery, John | printed form | |
| Morgan, James | two documents concerning | |
| Morris, George P. | to Rufus King | 7-23-1840 |
| Murat, Lucien | to ? Schrediker | 10-9-1836 |
| Nielson, John | letters and documents by | 1776-1779 |
| Ditto | document coincerning | 10-3-1808 |
| Ditto | and Elias Boudinot | 10-14-1810 |
| Nelson, Henry A. | to Reverend Doctor ? Darling | 12-16-1875 |
| Nelson, Hugh | to Robert S. Garrett | 2-24-1824 |
| Nelson, John | 2-17-1680 | |
| Nelson, John | letters written by and autobiography | 1823-1843 |
| Nelson, Paschal | 10-29-1739 | |
| Nelson, Roger | to Robert Smith | 12-6-1806 |
| Nelson, S. | to J.J. Owen | 12-23-1862 |
| Nelson, S. | letters written by | 1844-1857 |
| Nelson, S. | to George Harding endorsing J.P. Bradley | 4-13-1869 |
| Nelson, Thomas | to ? Morgan | 10-19-1794 |
| Nelson, William | A Red RoseSpringfield, 1780, and after | |
| Nelson, William | History of Counties in New Jersey | |
| Nelson, William | to John M. Moses | 6-28-1905 |
| Nielson, William | 10-17-1789 | |
| Ogden, Robert | 3-1-1776 | |
| Otis, Samuel A. | to president of council of New Jersey | 10-29-1796 |
| Palfrey, John G. | to ? Poole | 3-3-1846 |
| Parker, John | 1757 | |
| Parker, Nathaniel | to Henry Roberts | 10-14 1714 |
| Paterson, William | 7-1779 | |
| Ditto | document written by | 18th century |
| Ditto | life of, by William Nelson three documents | |
| Patterson, R. | to William A. Leech | 10-5-1868 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | subscribers to | |
| Perth Amboy | document re: land | 12-1-1719 |
| Pettit, Charles | letters written by | 1772 |
| Peterson, Hassel | 3-19-1778 | |
| Pierson, Jonas | to Charles Nicolls | 1-3-1777 |
| Pope, John | 6-1-1786 | |
| Pratt, John | list of vessels | 1758-1759 |
| Price Edward and William Herbert | indictment | 1782 |
| Prices | for various commodities | 18th century |
| Putnam, Herbert | to William Nelson | 11-27-1906 |
| Read, William | to ? | 11-5-1770 |
| Ditto | 1-7-1785 | |
| Regnier, J. | 7-24-1784 | |
| Reid, Whitelaw | to Leigh R. Smith | 11-7-1873 |
| Reynolds, David | petition to operate tavern | 18th century |
| Rittenhouse, David | receipt | 8-11-1781 |
| Roberts, Charles G.D. A. | poem An Easter Lilly | |
| Rogers, John | and others | 4-25-1785 |
| Ross, John | 10-1-1782 | |
| Rutherfurd, John | letters written by | 1794-1796 |
| Salem County | documents concerning | 1732 |
| Salem County | petition to William Franklin | 1771 |
| Salter, Richard | to Samuel Bustill | 7-14-1725 |
| Saunders, John | bill to William Adams | 1781 |
| Schenck, Peter | 8-31-1773 | |
| School document | ||
| Schuyler, Arent | to ? | 5-31-1772 |
| Schuyler, Philip | and Nathianiel Peabody to Caesar Rodney | 7-10-1780 |
| Scott, Abraham | to ? | 9-23-1728 |
| Sedgwick, Theodore | to George W. Briggs | 4-24-1836 |
| Severn, Theodore | to ? Blackwood | 7-3-1760 |
| Shinn, Barzilla | 11-4-1771 | |
| Simms, William Gilmore | to Thomas C. Reynolds | 7-16-1844 |
| Smith, Elizabeth Oakes | to James Van Varden | 8-14-1882 |
| Smith, J. | 11-19-1726 | |
| Smith, Samuel F. | transcript of America | 19th century |
| Sonmans, Peter | documents signed by | 1707-1713 |
| Southard, Samuel L. | to Gustavus H. Scott | 9-12-1830 |
| Southtown | Payment On Delivery. West Coast | |
| Southwick, S. | to Elisha Jenkins | 5-24-1804 |
| Sparks, Jared | to Phillip H. Nicklin | 9-30-1824 |
| Stage Coach travel | document concerning | 4-15-1801 |
| Stedman, E.C. | to ? Osgood | 10-27-1874 |
| Stephens, Alexander W. | to Thomas H. Wynne | 1-22-1867 |
| Stevens, B.F. and Brown | to William Nelson | 8-12-1905 |
| Stevens, John | document signed by | 12-16-1726 |
| Stevens, John | document signed by | 12-11-1781 |
| Stewart, Anthony | and Thomas Knox to ? | 4-7-1784 |
| Steward, Charles | to ? ? | 4-24-1780 |
| Strippel, Henry C. | to William Nelson | 2-14-1911 |
| Stockton, Robert | ADS | 2-14-1771 |
| Sumner, Charles | to James M. Barnard | |
| Supreme Court of New Jersey | various documents | 18th and 19th centuries |
| Surveys | of New Jersey land | 18th century |
| Sussex County | petition to William Franklin | 1-14-1775 |
| Sykes, Anthony | to William Coxe | 5-23-1780 |
| Thwaites, Ruben C. | and William Nelson letters of | 1906 |
| Trumbull, Joseph | to Elbridge Gerry | 6-8-1777 |
| Van Buskirk family | letters concerning | 1908-1909 |
| Van Houten | Documents, two folders | 1800-1833 |
| Vermont | document concerning | 4-16-1814 |
| Wallace, James | commission signed by Martin Van Buren | 9-1-1838 |
| Wallis, John | to Garrabrant Van Houten | 4-24-1818 |
| Walton, Elisha | legal document, handwritten by William Patterson | |
| Watson, Elkannak | to Archibald McIntire | 11-23-1812 |
| Webster, John | to ? Frelinghuysen | 8-18-1777 |
| Webster, Peter G. | commission signed by Samuel Nelson | 1-12-1838 |
| Weglin, Oscar | to William Nelson | 11-9-1906 |
| Wescoat, Richard | to ? | 6-14-1783 |
| Wetherill, Thomas | concerning | 12-10-1726 |
| Wheeler, John H. | to James H. Causten | 8-22-1834 |
| Whistler, George W. | letters written by | 1833-1843 |
| Whitehead, Isaac | and John Blanchard to ? Cooper | 12-27-1711 |
| White, Anthony W. | to Theodorick Bland | 18th century |
| Williams, Mary Willoughby | to William Nelson | |
| Wills, Daniel | document signed by | 2-19-1849 |
| Wilkins, Mary E. | to Miss Booth | 12-23-1886 |
| Williams, W.S. | letter to | 10-9-1845 |
| Williamson, Isaac | commission to G. Van Houten | 11-4-1818 |
| Ditto | 11-3-1823 | |
| Winter, William | to John T. Townshend | 4-16-1884 |
| Wood, Fernando | to ? Alvin | 10-5-1827 |
| Young, Henry | to Joshua Merserreu | 9-14-1784 |
| Miscellaneous and unidentified |
