The missing or alienated
original documents listed below are public records of the State of New
Jersey as defined by
47:3-16 and subject
to legal demand and recovery under 47:3-27 & 28. Be advised that
New Jersey State Archives has reported the theft of these and other
documents to the New Jersey State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). This list and similar postings are not intended to represent
the entirety of missing public documents of the State of New Jersey
and its subdivisions. Further, this list and similar postings are not
intended to necessarily represent the entirety of documents missing
from specific record groups.
Please be advised,
further, that New Jersey State Archives welcomes the voluntary return
of public documents. For more information about statutory authority
and procedures as well as
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May 1779 |
An
Act to repeal five several Acts therein named, exempting certain Persons
employed in manufacturing Salt and Iron from military Duty.
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| 24
May 1779 |
An
Act to confirm the Last Will and Testament of George Brown, late of
the Township
of Woodbridge, in the County of Middlesex, deceased.
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| 26
May 1779 |
An
Act for vesting in Moses Tucker a Title for certain Lands in the County
of Essex,
purchased of Samuel Smith, now a Fugitive with the Enemy.
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May 1779 |
An
Act to amend an Act, intitled, An Act for the better enabling the
Judges and Justices
of this Colony to ascertain and tax Bills of Cost, and for making
Provision by Law for the
Payment of the Service of the several Officers of the Colony, and
for preventing the said
Officers from taking exorbitant Fees; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned.
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May 1779 |
An
Act for vesting the Estate of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling,
within this State, in
Trustees, to discharge by the Sale thereof, or of so much as may suffice,
the Debts
and Incumbrances affecting the same, and to convey to him the Remainder,
if any be.
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| 8
June 1779 |
A
Supplementary Act to an Act, intitled, An Act for the Support of the
Government of
the State of New-Jersey, to commence the thirteenth Day of October,
One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy-eight, and to end the second Tuesday in
October, One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine; and to discharge the publick
Debts and
Charges thereof.
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June 1779 |
An
Act to raise the Sum of One Million Pounds in the State of New-Jersey.
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| 8
June 1779 |
An
Act for calling out of Circulation, and for sinking all Bills of Credit
heretofore emitted
in this State which the same was a Colony.
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| 8
June 1779 |
An
Act to amend an Act, intitled, An Act for the Settlement and Relief
of the Poor.
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| 8
June 1779 |
An
Act to amend an Act, intitled, An Act subjecting Real Estate in the
Province of
New-Jersey to the Payment of Debts, and directing the Sheriff in his
Proceedings,
thereon.
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| 9
June 1779 |
An
Act to empower the Clerks of the several Counties to administer the
official and
other necessary Oaths to certain Officers in such Counties, and for
procuring to the
Secretary of the State, Returns of the Names of such Officers.
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| 9
June 1779 |
An
Act more effectually to apprehend and bring to Justice, Persons charges
with
certain atrocious Offences against the Peace of the State.
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| 9
June 1779 |
An
Act for recruiting by voluntary Enlistment the three Regiments of
this State, in the
Service of the United States.
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| 10
June 1779 |
An
Act to continue an Act, intitled, An Act for regulating the Election
of the Members
of the Legislative Council and Assembly, Sheriffs and Coroners of
the State of New-
Jersey; and to revive the Supplement thereto.
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| 10
June 1779 |
An
Act to enable the Owners and Possessors of certain Meadows within
Holmes Bank
in the Township of Hopewell, in the County of Cumberland, to make,
repair, and maintain
a Road leading into the same, by a Tax on the said Meadow.
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| 10
June 1779 |
An
Act to prevent Persons from passing through the State without proper
Passports.
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| 10
June 1779 |
An
Act for the Relief and Support of maimed and disabled Officers, Soldiers
and
Seamen and of the Widows and Children of such as fall in Battle, or
otherwise lose
their Lives in the military or naval Services.
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| 11
June 1779 |
An
Act to enable the Owners and Possessors of certain Meadows, in the
Township
of Newark, in the County of Essex, to erect a Dam across Maple Island
Creek; and
for other Purposes therein mentioned.
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| 11
June 1779 |
A
Supplement to an Act, intitled, An Act to embody, for a limited Time,
One Thousand
of the Militia of this State, for the Defence of the Frontiers thereof.
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| 11
June 1779 |
A
Supplementary Act to an Act, intitled, An Act for the more easy and
expeditious
Recovery of Penalties on forfeited Recognizances, and for the Appropriation
of the
Monies arising from the same, and from Fines and Amercements; and
for other
Purposes therein mentioned.
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| 11
June 1779 |
An
Act to provide for the better Subsistence of the Troops of this State,
in the Service
of the United States.
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| 11
June 1779 |
An
Act to provide for the Cloathing of the Quota of Forces raised or
to be raised in
this State for the Service of the United States, and to repeal the
laws now in Force for.
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| 12
June 1779 |
An
Act to secure to the Owners and Possessors of such Lands, lying in
the Townships
of Woodbridge and Piscataway, in the County of Middlesex, the Inclosures
of which
have been destroyed in the Course of the present War, the Use and
Benefit of the said
Lands, as Common of Pasture, under certain Regulations.
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| 12
June 1779 |
A
Supplementary Act to an Act, intitled, An Act for the regulating,
training and arraying
of the Militia.
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| 12
June 1779 |
An
Act for the Removal of Criminals, for their more safe Custody; and
for other
Purposes therein mentioned.
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| 12
June 1779 |
An
Act for the defraying sundry Incidental Charges.
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| 27
September 1779 |
An
Act to procure a Supply of Flour for the Use of the Army.
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| 30
September 1779 |
An
Act for the Relief of John Gill, of the Township of Newtown, in the
County of
Gloucester, one of the Commissioners of the Loan-Office, respecting
the Loss of a
Sum of publick Money, taken by the Enemy.
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| 5
October 1779 |
A
Supplement to an Act, intitled, An Act to render certain Bills of
Credit a legal
Tender within this State, and to prevent the counterfeiting of the
same and other Bills
of Credit.
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| 6
October 1779 |
A
Supplementary Act to an Act, intitled, An Act to raise the Sum of
One Million Pounds
in the State of New-Jersey.
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| 7
October 1779 |
An
Act to prohibit the Exportation of Provisions from the State of New-Jersey.
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| 7
October 1779 |
An
Act to continue an Act, intitled, An Act to revive and continue the
Process and
Proceedings returnable to, and depending in, the Supreme Court of
Judicature of this
State, and to ascertain the Times and Places of holding the said Court.
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| 7
October 1779 |
An
Act for defraying sundry incidental Charges.
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| 9
October 1779 |
A
Supplement to an Act, intitled, An Act the better to prevent the concealing
of stray
Cattle, Horses and Sheep.
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| 9
October 1779 |
An
Act to embody, for a limited Time, Four Thousand of the Militia of
this State, by
voluntary Enlistment.
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| 16
November 1779 |
An
Act to divorce Christiana Saunders, late Longstreat, from her Husband
John
Saunders.
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| 22
November 1779 |
An
Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Gifford with Elizabeth his
Wife.
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| 29
November 1779 |
An
Act for altering the Place of holding the Inferior Court of Common
Pleas and Court
of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of
Bergen, and for
repealing Part of the Act, intitled, An Act to revive and continue
the Process and
Proceedings of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Quarter Sessions
of the
Peace for the County of Bergen, and to alter the Place of holding
the same.
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| 30
November 1779 |
An
Act for altering certain Parts of the Main Road, leading through the
County of
Gloucester, from Salem to Burlington.
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| 4
December 1779 |
An
Act to alter the Place of holding the Supreme Court of Judicature
of this State,
and to ascertain the Times for holding the same; and also to alter
and ascertain the
Times of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of General
Quarter
Session of the Peace for the County of Hunterdon.
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| 8
December 1779 |
An
Act for the Relief of Joshua Stout, the Purchaser of a certain Tract
of Land, in the
County of Hunterdon, of Thomas Leonard, now a Fugitive with the Enemy.
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| 8
December 1779 |
An
Act to vest the Justices of the Supreme Court with Power to grant
Process to
compel the Attendance of Witnesses at Court-Martial.
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| 14
December 1779 |
An
Act granting unto Henry Guest, for a limited Time, the sole Right
if making and
selling the Blubber by him lately invented.
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| 15
December 1779 |
An
Act to continue an Act, intitled, An Act to alter the Place of holding
Inferior Court of
Common Pleas and General Quarter Session of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex.
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| 15
December 1779 |
An
Act to prevent Engrossing, Forestalling and Enhancing the Prices
of Produce,
Manufacture and Merchandize, within this State.
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| 18
December 1779 |
An
Act to raise the Sum of Three Million Three Hundred and Seventy-five
Thousand
Pounds, in the State of New Jersey.
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| 21
December 1779 |
An
Act for limiting the Prices of various Articles, and to prevent the
Withholding from
Sale the Necessaries of Life.
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| 22
December 1779 |
An
Act to enable the Owners and Possessors of Meadow lying between
Mud Creek
Sluice and Wright's Landing, bounding on Salem Creek, in the County
of Salem, to
erect and keep in Repair the Dams, Banks, Sluices and other Water-Words,
to open
and keep clear the necessary Water-Courses, and to make such Line-Ditches
as are
therein described lawful Fences.
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December 1779 |
An
Act to provide for the Payment of the several Officers of the Government
of the State of
New-Jersey, to commence the thirteenth Day of October, One Thousand
Seven Hundred and
Seventy-nine, and to end the second Tuesday in October, One Thousand
Seven Hundred and
Eighty inclusive, and to discharge the publick Debts and other contingent
Charges thereof.
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| 24
December 1779 |
An
Act for regulating the Election of Members of the Legislative Council
and Assembly,
Sheriffs and Coroners of the State of New-Jersey, and also to direct
the Election of
Delegates to represent the said State in the Congress of the United
States.
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| 24
December 1779 |
An
Act to empower the Justices of the Peace for the County of Somerset
to commit
Offenders to Gaol in any of the neighbouring Counties.
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| 25
December 1779 |
An
Act to continue an Act, intitled, An Act to prohibit the Exportation
of Provisions from
the State of New-Jersey.
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| 25
December 1779 |
A
Supplementary Act to an Act, intitled, An Act for granting an annual
Salary to the
Secretary of State, in Lieu of his Fees on the Commissions of Justices,
Coroners and
Militia Officers.
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| 25
December 1779 |
An
Act to revive and continue and Act, intitled, An Act to provide for
the better
Subsistence of the Troops of this State, in the Service of the United
States.
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| 25
December 1779 |
An
Act for augmenting the Fees of certain Civil Officers and others,
and for raising
the Fines and Forfeitures to which they are liable for Neglect or
Refusal of Duty,
and for suspending Parts of sundry Acts therein mentioned.
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December 1779 |
An
Act for defraying sundry Incidental Charges.
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The missing or alienated
original documents listed below are public records of the State of New
Jersey as defined by New Jersey Statutes 47:3-16 and subject
to legal demand and recovery under 47:3-27 & 28. Be advised that
New Jersey State Archives has reported the theft of these and other
documents to the New Jersey State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). This list and similar postings are not intended to represent
the entirety of missing public documents of the State of New Jersey
and its subdivisions. Further, this list and similar postings are not
intended to necessarily represent the entirety of documents missing
from specific record groups.
Please be advised,
further, that New Jersey State Archives welcomes the voluntary return
of public documents. For more information about statutory authority
and procedures as well as amnesty and donations, click 
