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Thomas Potts Johnson Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Johnson, Thomas Potts, fl. 1761-1838

Thomas Potts Johnson practiced law in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex counties of New Jersey and served as New Jersey attorney general.

The collection consists of documents and miscellaneous financial papers relating to Johnson's legal practice covering the New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Essex; papers pertaining to his position as New Jersey attorney general; and two family photograph albums. The collection contains petitions, deeds, mortgages, estate surveys, articles of agreement, results of sheriffs' sales, indentures, wills, promissory notes, bills, and receipts. In addition, there is miscellaneous material on the Stockton family of Princeton.

Arranged chronologically.

Files of the Works Progress Administration at Mudd Library include an index to the Johnson collection compiled by the Federal Writer's Project around 1940.

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Folder inventory prepared by Gregory Kohles '2013 in 2011.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1796. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1797. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1798. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1799. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1800. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1801. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1802. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1803. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1804. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1805. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1806. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1805. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1806. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1807. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1808. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1809. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1810. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1811. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1812. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1813. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1814. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1815. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1816. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1817. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1818. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1819. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1820. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1821. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1822. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1823. 1 folder.
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Indentures, Deeds, Mortgages, Legal Documents, 1824. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1807. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1808. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1809. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1810. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1811. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1812. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1813. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1814. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1815. 1 folder.
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Wills and Estates, Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents, 1816-1824. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1825. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1826. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1827. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1828. 2 folders.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1829. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1830. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1831. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1832. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1833. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1834. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1835. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1836. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1837. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1838. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1839. 1 folder.
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Cases Arising in The Courts Of Hunterdon, Somerset, Monmouth, and Middlesex Counties, The New Jersey Supreme Court, and Chancery, Appeals, Bills, undated. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, undated. 3 folders.
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Baltimore County Cases and Mary Pierson's Estate, Documents, 1804-1842. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1840. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1841. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1842. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1843. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1844. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1845. 1 folder.
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Official Legal Papers, Financial Documents, Correspondence, 1846. 1 folder.
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Family Photo Albums, undated. 1 folder.
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Stockton Family, Notes On The Stockton Family of New Jersey, 1760-1810. 1 folder.
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Notes On Richard Stockton's Will, 1748. 1 folder.
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Deed From John Stockton To Robert Stockton, 1769 April 10. 1 folder.
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Stockton, Robert, Letter To A. Duglas and James Colter, Correspondence, 1798 January 30. 1 folder.
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Stockton, Robert, Two Indentures, 1802 February 20-1803 January 21. 1 folder.
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