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Mercer County - Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous
Mercer County was formed 22 February 1838 as follows: Trenton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence Twps. from Hunterdon; Nottingham (Hamilton) Twp. from Burlington; East & West Windsor from Middlesex; and part of Montgomery Twp. (now Princeton) from Somerset.
Consult the Hunterdon, Burlington, Middlesex and Somerset County pages linked below for pre-1838 records. The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines. Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for information on court jurisdictions. |
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See also:
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Hunterdon County - Clerk's Office
Burlington County - Clerk's Office Middlesex County - Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous Somerset County - Clerk's Office | |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Original Recorded Deeds, 1795-1930s |
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Control #:
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CMECL001 |
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Format:
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19 c.f. (38 boxes) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Marriage Returns, 1815, 1832, & 1841-1887 |
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Control #:
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CMECL002 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by officiant |
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Notes:
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For post-1848 records, see Dept. of Health vital statistics (available in the search room) which are more complete. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Record of Sheriff's Executions on Judgments of Award for Wage Collection, 1936-1955 |
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Control #:
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CMECL003 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Record of Commissioned Officers, 1909-1923 |
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Control #:
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CMECL004 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Records commission dates of notary publics, commissioners of deeds, and justices of the peace. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Oaths and Bonds of Sheriffs and Coroners, 1839-1938 |
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Control #:
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CMECL005 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Control #:
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CMECL006 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Non-Resident Marriage License Applications, 1897-1910 |
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Control #:
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CMECL007 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Deeds, 1838-1904 and Indexes, 1838-1919 |
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Control #:
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CMECL008 |
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Format:
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160 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Special Deeds, 1860-1913 |
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Control #:
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CMECL009 |
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Format:
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12 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Indexes to Assignments of Mortgages, 1853-1970 |
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Control #:
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CMECL010 |
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Format:
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22 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Assignments of Mortgages were not filmed. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Mortgages 1838-1858 and Indexes, 1838-1919 |
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Control #:
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CMECL011 |
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Format:
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18 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Road Returns, 1838-1997 |
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Control #:
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CMECL012 |
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes ordinances relative to roads and maps. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Supreme Court Partitions of Real Estate, 1798-1900 |
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Control #:
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CMECL013 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Court of Oyer and Terminer Trial Transcript, State v. Charles Lewis, 1863 |
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Control #:
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CMECL014 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Notes:
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Lewis was tried for the murder of James Rowand. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Justice of the Peace Dockets [extant], 1834-1870 |
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Control #:
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CMECL015 |
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (6 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by justices' name |
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Notes:
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These appear to be the only surviving justice of the peace dockets for Mercer County. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Book, 1931-1949 |
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Control #:
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CMECL016 |
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Mercer County Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas/Court of Quarter Sessions and Special Sessions Minute Book, 1940-1941 |
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Control #:
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CMECL017 |
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Notices of disfranchisements sent to the clerk by the Mercer County Probation Office are transcribed in the final pages of the volume. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Court of Common Pleas Applications for Tavern Licenses, 1840-1881 |
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Control #:
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CMECP001 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical |
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Series:
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Mercer County Court of Common Pleas Peddler's Licenses, 1850 |
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Control #:
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CMECP002 |
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Format:
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0.02 c.f. (2 items) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by petitioner |
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Series:
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Mercer County Court of Common Pleas Naturalization Records, 1838-1940 |
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Control #:
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CMECP003 |
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Format:
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60 c.f. (113 vols. and 4 boxes); 12 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Various |
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Series:
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Mercer County Engineer's Office Aerial Photographs, 1925-1940 |
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Control #:
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CMEEN001 |
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By number |
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Notes:
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Includes Fairchild Aerial Survey, 1926; and a vertical survey, 1929-1931. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Mercer County Sheriff Samuel T. Atchley (1862-1936) Cash Books, Record of Sales and Parole Book, 1899-1903 |
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Control #:
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CMESH001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes records of fees collected by the sheriff's office, sheriff's sales, and fines. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Veteran's Service Office Veteran's Grave Registrations, ca. 1790-1979 |
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Control #:
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CMEVE001 |
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Format:
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4 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County War Price and Rationing Board #2, Princeton Records, 1944-1945 |
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Control #:
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CMEWA001 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes) |
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Notes:
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This agency appears to have come under the direction of the federal Office of Price Administration (OPA). |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 99.67 c.f. of paper records and 232 reels of microfilm ~
To contact New Jersey State Archives: Relative to research and mail reference services - archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us Relative to records transfers and donations - archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact: Mercer County Clerk's Office, 100 Courthouse Annex, 209 South Broad Street, PO Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650-0068, tel. 609-989-6464, website: www.mercercounty.org/cc/index.htm This page last updated 05/17/2006 |
Relative to research and mail reference services - archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us
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