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Non-Governmental Records - Personal and Family Papers (A-G)
The State Archives does not typically collect personal or family papers unless they document early land transactions, military service, or government activities or policy.
Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about the State Archives' accessioning guidelines.
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Series:
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William Alexander, Lord Stirling (1726-1783)
Correspondence, 1764-1782
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Control #:
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PALEX001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (80 items)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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John Black
Day Book, Springfield, 1796-1808
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Control #:
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PBLAC001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Brittin Family
Papers, 1794-1850
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Control #:
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PBRIT001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Bryant Family
Records, 1840s-1940s
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Control #:
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PBRYA001
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Format:
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18.5 c.f. (22 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Series:
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Campbell Family
Papers, ca. 1773-1845
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Control #:
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PCAMP001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Clark Family
Papers, 1745-1936
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Control #:
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PCLAR001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Cleveland Family
Records, 1838-ca. 1909
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Control #:
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PCLEV001
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Format:
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0.4 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within record type
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Notes:
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Includes letters, photographs and memorabilia of President Grover Cleveland and his family.
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Restrictions:
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May be used only under the supervision of a senior archivist.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cooke Family
Papers, ca. 1795-1840s
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Control #:
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PCOOK001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Ebenezer Cowell (1716-1799)
Papers, 1728-1801
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Control #:
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PCOWE001
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By date within record type
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Craig Family
Papers, 1708-1888
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Control #:
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PCRAI001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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John Curry
Records relating to the Trenton War Memorial, 1930s-1980s
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Control #:
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PCURR001
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Format:
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6.75 c.f. (8 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes memorabilia, correspondence and other records; Mr. Curry was a booking agent for the War Memorial as well as other venues.
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Series:
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Davis Family
Papers, 1802-1905
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Control #:
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PDAVI001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (38 items)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes land transactions involving Tomlinson, Ayers, and Randolph families.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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David A. Depue
Law Compendium, 1848-1849
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Control #:
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PDEPU001
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Format:
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1.2 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Notes:
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Mr. Depue resided or practiced in Belvidere, Warren Co., NJ.
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Series:
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Betsy Errickson
Hopewell Township Land Survey Project Records, 1941-1980s
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Control #:
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PERRI001
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (8 boxes and 1 map tube)
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Notes:
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Includes abstracts of Hopewell Twp. land records from the colonial period into the early 1800s; also includes a set of 1941 tax maps.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Nathaniel Rue Ewan (1870-1961)
"Early Houses of Burlington County, New Jersey" [Photograph Album], 1932-1949
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Control #:
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PEWAN001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box, 1 map)
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Arrangement:
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Sites are numbered
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Notes:
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Includes copy of a Burlington County map on which approximate locations of each structure are noted.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Maskell Ewing (1758-1825)
Papers relating to the Construction of the 1792 New Jersey State House, ca. 1790-1792
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Control #:
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PEWIN001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (22 folders)
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Series:
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Congressman James Joseph Florio (1937- )
Gubernatorial Campaign Materials, 1981
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Control #:
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PFLOR001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 portfolio)
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Series:
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Senator Walter Edge Foran (1919-1986)
Photographs and Senate Resolutions, 1970s-1980s
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Control #:
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PFORA001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Capt. Thomas H. Ford (ca. 1837- )
Civil War Records relating to the 1st Regiment, New Jersey Cavalry, 1861-1870
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Control #:
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PFORD001
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Format:
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6 c.f. (6 boxes & 13 map folders)
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Arrangement:
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By company, then chrono.
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Notes:
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Includes records of companies D, I and K.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Frelinghuysen Family
Papers, 1831-1916
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Control #:
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PFREL001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. ()
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Series:
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Moore Furman (1728-1808)
Correspondence, 1778-1800
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Control #:
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PFURM001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol. and 29 folders); 1 reel (35-m)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes material relating to construction of the State House. See guide for item-level access, including index to the letter book.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Lt. Col. Henry Gaither
Garrison Journal, Fort Pickering and Fort Wilkinson, 1796-1797
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Control #:
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PGAIT001
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Moses E. Gould (1795-1883)
Papers, 1810-1851
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Control #:
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PGOUL001
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (5 items)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Gen. Edward Burd Grubb
Memorial Album, 1861-1890
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Control #:
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PGRUB001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly chronological
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Notes:
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Includes reproductions of Gen. Grubb's warrants, commissions and appointments, and an original photograph of Civil War soldiers.
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New Jersey State Archives
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1739-1941
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Control #:
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SNJSA003
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Miscellaneous Bible and Family Records, ca. 1722-1952
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Control #:
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SNJSA007
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Notes:
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Beginning date reflects earliest vital date noted in Bible records, not date of Bible or family record.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Original Military Commissions, Discharge Papers and Soldiers' Memorials, 1861-1910
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Control #:
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SNJSA009
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (20 items)
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Arrangement:
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By date
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Notes:
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Most of these records pertain to Civil War soldiers.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Miscellaneous Personal Records, 1807-1908
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Control #:
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SNJSA013
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 47.8 c.f. of paper records and 3 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.state.nj.us
This page last updated 04/04/2007
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