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Guide to the Samuel Wharton Manuscript [ca. 1770-1772] MG 115

…venture. Nevertheless, these plans never came to fruition. Wharton returned to America later that year, and served as a delegate from Delaware to the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783….

Guide to the Papers of Joseph Black 1870-1877 MG 125

…“dropsy in the chest” in Newark, New Jersey on November 8, 1837. Rev. Alexander Macwhorter was born in New Castle, Delaware on July 26, 1734. He was a graduate of…

Guide to the Papers of Alexander Macwhorter Pastor, Patriot 1795-1807 MG 128

…Quantity: 2 items Collection Number: MG 128 Biographical Note The Reverend Alexander Macwhorter was born in Newcastle County, Delaware, on July 15, 1734. He entered the College of New Jersey…

Guide to the Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845), Farmer Records 1830-1843 MG 275

…Mainly self-educated, he was primarily a merchant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but also owned a farm near Imlaystown (Monmouth County), New Jersey and several iron furnaces in New Jersey and Delaware….

Guide to the Journal of Daniel Roberts 1794-1800 MG 570

…traveled along the Hudson, Delaware, and Susquehanna Rivers via schooner and canoe. Twice he was able to settle in and teach his craft to schools for periods of one year…

Manuscript Group 162, Calvary Of America, Montclair Mounted Troop

…York), U.S. War Department (Washington, D.C., Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission, City of New York Police Department, New York Military Academy, Times & Rollinson (New York), U.S. Treasury Department (Washington,…

Guide to the T.P. Howell and Company Records 1861-1865 MG 1571

…Receipt Delaware Lackawanna & Western Rail Road Co. 1863 July 6 1 6 Receipt Davis & Harrington 1863 July 15 1 6 Receipt Harrington & Murray 1863 July 18 1…

Guide to the Keuffel & Esser Company Papers 1800-1990s MG 1639

…in Puerto Rico 1968-1985 2 3 Incorporation records of Keuffel & Esser in NJ and Delaware 1968-1985 2 4 Keuffel & Esser of Wisconsin stock certificate books (2) ca. 1950s…

Guide to the Kenneth Gibson Papers 1955-1984 MG 1684

…(n.d); NCE blueprint by S. Deneka (1957); two (2) topography maps of Delaware Water Basin (1950); NCE chart by R. J. Carlin (1956) ca. 1950-ca. 1970 Return to the Table…

Manuscript Group 3, West Jersey Manuscript Collection, 1648-1829

…1829 Copy of basis agreed upon by Commissioners from New Jersey and Pennsylvania regarding the mutual use of the Delaware River water for canal and other purposes 43 June 1801…

Manuscript Group 7, New Jersey Manuscript Collection, 1669-1840

…7 March 10, 1709 (?) Tailors bill – Philadelphia 8 1762 Letter from George Otter to Dr. Lewis Johnston in relation to an island in the Delaware between Burlington and…

Manuscript Group 13, Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) and Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) Papers, 1774-1922 (Bulk dates: 1830-1850)

…7 5 – Sylvester Seely vs. Thomas Jaccobus 1843 7 5 – George Rundle, et al, trustees of the estate of John Savage, deceased vs. the Delaware and Raritan Canal…