Call Number:

C1051

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Citations should be as follows: Ewing Family Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1797-1844 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Ewing, Charles, 1780-1832

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century and Documents--19th century.

Abstract:

Consists of selected correspondence and documents of the nineteenth-century New Jersey chief justice Charles Ewing and two other family members.

Charles Ewing, jurist, was born in Burlington County, N.J., on July 8, 1780, and died in Trenton, N.J., on August 5, 1832. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1798, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1802, and practiced in Trenton. In 1812 he became a counselor, and from 1824 till his death was chief justice of New Jersey. Ewing Township was named after him. His father, James Ewing, was mayor of Trenton from 1797 to 1803.

The collection consists of selected correspondence and documents of Charles Ewing, his father (James Ewing), and his son (James Ewing). Correspondents include James W. Alexander, James Carnahan, Thomas P. Johnson, and Peter Dumont Vroom. Some of the documents are signed by James Stevenson, John Phillips, and Garret D. Wall. There is also an 1844 Princeton and Kingston Branch Turnpike Company stock certificate made out to James Ewing, signed by the president and treasurer of the company.

Arranged by accession number.