Call Number:

C0550

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 6 boxes
• 2.1 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Clarke Family of New Jersey Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1732-1870 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Clarke, Elisha Lawrie, d. 1850.

Form:

Account books -- New Jersey., Deeds -- New Jersey., Family papers -- New Jersey., Insurance policies -- 19th century., Land surveys -- 18th century., and Wills -- New Jersey.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke.

The Clarke family was a prominent family of New Jersey.

The collection consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke. Among the documents are deeds, wills, receipts, account books, estate memoranda, inventories of goods, bonds, statements of account, articles of agreement, receipt books, maritime insurance policies (1845) on ship cargo, and a survey map (1749) of land owned by David Brearley in Maidenhead, now Lawrence Township. There are also two autograph albums, a school copy book, a day book, a ledger, two school books having to do with mathematics exercises (1715, 1810), and a diary (1689-1720; this in box 2).