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New Jersey Documents Collection, 1750-1890 (bulk) 1601-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:

4 boxes and 1.5 linear feet

Abstract:

Westfield, New Jersey, was part of Elizabethtown from the time it was settled in late 1664 until 1794, when the Township of Westfield was created. The New Jersey Documents Collections, 1601 to 1983, consists of New Jersey legal documents, the bulk of which are from the town of Westfield, Union County, and include land records, financial records, estate records, and court records, many of which were created by various members of the Baker, Downer, Hetfield, Johnson, Miller, Pierson, Ripley, Ross, and Woodruff families. The majority of the collection material dates from 1750 to 1890.

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Green Family Collection, 1771-1969 (inclusive) 1810-1895 (bulk)

Extent:

3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

Abstract:

The Green Family Collection consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Green family of Trenton and Mercer County, New Jersey, including Henry Woodhull Green (Princeton Class of 1820), his parents, Elizabeth and Caleb Green, his brother, John Cleve Green, and his son, Charles Ewing Green.

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Hobart Family Collection, 1791-1954 (inclusive)

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1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists primarily of family correspondence of John Henry Hobart, a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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George Willing Clymer Papers, 1814-1919 (inclusive)

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6 boxes and 3.87 linear feet

Abstract:

George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds. This collection provides documentation of the United States Navy during the early and mid nineteenth century; and in particular, naval medicine, diplomacy, and rank. In addition, the collection documents the families of naval officers, both from the perspective of the officer, and the family who remained at home, coping...(see more)

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Pearce Family Collection, 1820-1863 (bulk) 1802-1917 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and other material of members of the Pearce family of Maryland.

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Taylor Family Papers, 1865-1890 (bulk) 1850-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Contains miscellaneous nineteenth-century papers of several members of the Taylor family.

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French Family Collection, 1835-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

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Consists of nineteenth-century papers of Lewis French and his family of Frenchtown, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Blue Grass, Illinois, including papers of his brother, David S. French.

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Blanckley Family Papers, 1813-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of family correspondence and documents of the Blanckley family, centering on Henry Stanyford Blanckley (1752-1820), British consul in Algeria and the Balearic Islands, and his children and grandchildren. Materials also document the Tonna, Philippides Cammenos, Androutsos, and Rogers families in Great Britain, Malta, the Balearic Islands, France, and Greece.

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Clawson Family Papers, 1800-1886 (inclusive)

Extent:

3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence, documents, and printed matter of the Clawson family of Salem County, N.J.

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MacMartin Family Correspondence, 1827-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:

2 boxes and 0.8 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists predominantly of nineteenth-century correspondence between members of the MacMartin family of New York and New Jersey.

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