New Jersey State Census, 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, and 1915 (211 reels): Several counties are missing from the 1855, 1865, and 1875 schedules. Though the information provided varies, it generally includes: individual names (except for 1855, which only states head of household), age or age ranges, and nationality.

Colonial Marriage Bonds, 1711-1797 (8 reels); Index (2 reels): records the names of the bride and groom, county of residence, and the date of the marriage bond. States parents of parties only when their consent was needed. The index is an alphabetical listing by both bride and groom.

County Tax Ratables, 1772-1822 (25 reels; Not currently available): each tax ratable book covers a specific township or municipal ward for a specific year and enumerates the taxable assets of all landowners, household heads, and single adult males. Several partially complete name indexes are available in printed form.

Revolutionary War Damages (4 reels): property owners' appraisals of damage by British troops in Bergen, Burlington, Essex, Middlesex, and Somerset counties; and by American troops in Bergen, Burlington, Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties. Includes name index.

Wharton Tract Land Records, 1762-1900 (12 reels): business records of the fish canneries, glass, and iron works of the Wharton Tract in Burlington, Camden, and Atlantic counties, a 96,000-acre tract of land accumulated by Joseph Wharton, Philadelphia industrialist. Collection includes deeds, maps, and survey tract books.

Papers of Ringwood Manor, 1864-1880 (11 reels): accounts, correspondence, and railroad shipping records relating to the iron industries of Ringwood, Passaic County, as well as a few local retail businesses. Covers the period when Ringwood's iron industry was owned by New York industrialist Peter Cooper and his son-in-law, Abraham S. Hewitt. The present Ringwood Manor was built by Hewitt in the 1850s.

Arthur Pierce Batsto Collection, 1827-1881 (19 reels): business records from the iron and glass industries of Batsto, Burlington County. The collection includes accounts, invoices, and shipping records. Long owned by the local Richards family, the Batsto industries went out of business in 1867. After several years in receivership, the property was sold to Joseph Wharton in 1876 and later to the State of New Jersey as part of the Wharton Tract.

N.J. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Reports, 1878-1910 (7 reels): The reports provide statistics on: wages, working hours, labor unions, employment rates, child labor, industry profit and loss, and work-related accidents; also briefly describes major events of the previous year including accidents, strikes, sales of companies, and the construction of new industrial plants.

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