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New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Contact Information
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Pre-1947 Governors
For early governors' papers, also see the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Boxes 1-01 to 1-02 & 1-41, as well as filings of the Secretary of State's Office, Legislature and Judiciary.
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Governor Robert Barclay (1648-1690; served as East Jersey Governor, 1682-1690)
Record Book, 1664-1688
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Control #:
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S0004001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 vol., 5 maps, 5 photographs) |
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Arrangement:
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By item number
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Notes:
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Include London minutes of the Proprietors of East Jersey, 1682-84. Maps were removed from bound volume prior to Archives' acquisition.
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Restrictions:
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Closed pending conservation; some sections available in facsimile. |
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Governor Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury (1661-1723; served 1703-1708)
Pay Warrant Book, 1705-1708
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Control #:
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S0008001 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Governor William Livingston (1723-1790; served 1776-1790)
Transcripts of Correspondence, 1775-1786
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Control #:
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S0100001 |
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Transcripts of material at the New York Public Library and/or published as "Correspondence of the Executive of New Jersey ..."
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Governor Peter Dumont Vroom (1791-1873; served 1829-1832, 1833-1836)
Annual Messages to the Legislature, 1831 & 1835
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Control #:
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S0900001 |
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Format:
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0.02 c.f. (2 pamphlets) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Governor George F. Fort (1809-1872; served 1851-1854)
Records, 1851-1852 & 1854
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Control #:
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S1700001 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box) |
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Governor Rodman McCamley Price (1816-1894; served 1854-1857)
Message to the Legislature, 1857
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Control #:
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S1800001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet) |
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Notes:
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Includes adjutant general's report on his review of European military systems and how New Jersey could improve its militia.
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Governor Joel Parker (1816-1888), 1st term (1853-1866)
First Annual Message to the Legislature, 1864
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Control #:
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S2100001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet) |
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NA
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Governor Marcus Lawrence Ward (1812-1884; served 1866-1869)
Correspondence Relating to the Quarantine Subject, 1867
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Control #:
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S2200001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report) |
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Notes:
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Published correspondence between Gov. Ward and Hon. W. A. Newell and General J. H. Martindale, 1866-1867.
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Governor Marcus Lawrence Ward (1812-1884; served 1866-1869)
Annual Messages to the Legislature, 1867-1869
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Control #:
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S2200002 |
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Format:
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0.04 c.f. (4 pamphlets) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 2 copies of the 1867 message.
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Governor Theodore Fitz Randolph (1826-1883; served 1869-1872)
Message re: Enlargement of State Prison and Establishment of a House of Correction, 1869
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Control #:
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S2300001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report) |
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Governor George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885; served 1878-1881)
Records, 1878-1880
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Control #:
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S2600001 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Governor George Craig Ludlow (1830-1900; served 1881-1884)
Records, 1881-1883
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Control #:
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S2700001 |
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Leon Abbett (1836-1894), 1st Term (1884-1887)/ 2nd Term (1890-1893)
Press Letter Books, 1884-1892
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Control #:
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S2800001 |
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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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Notes:
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Includes three letters from Gov. Abbett's first term (dated 1884) and one book from his second term (dated 1890-1892).
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Leon Abbett (1836-1894), 1st Term (1884-1887)
Records relating to the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, 1884-1885
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Control #:
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S2800002 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box, 1 large certificate) |
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Arrangement:
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By month
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Governor Leon Abbett (1836-1894), 1st Term (1884-1887)
Applications for Appointment as Notary Public, 1884-1886
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Control #:
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S2800003 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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Envelopes numbered 101 through 500
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Notes:
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The last applications (from late-January and February 1886) are addressed to Governor Abbett, but date from Gov. Green's term.
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Governor Robert S. Green (1831-1895; served 1887-1890)
Applications and Recommendations for Appointment, ca. 1887-1890
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Control #:
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S2900001 |
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Format:
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1.75 c.f. (4 boxes) |
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Notes:
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Includes judges, prosecutors, deputy factory inspectors, riparian commissioners, and others.
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Governor Leon Abbett (1836-1894), 2nd Term (1890-1893)
Applications and Recommendations of Commissioners of Deeds, 1890
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Control #:
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S3000001 |
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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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Governor George Theodore Werts (1846-1910; served 1893-1896)
Correspondence, 1893-1896
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Control #:
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S3100001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By year, then alpha. by correspondent
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Finding Aid:
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Governor John William Griggs (1849-1927; served 1896-1898)
Correspondence, 1896-1898
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Control #:
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S3200001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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By year, then alpha. by correspondent
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Foster McGowan Voorhees (1856-1927; served 1898-1902)
Correspondence and Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1898-1902
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Control #:
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S3300001 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By year, then alpha. by correspondent
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Notes:
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Includes correspondence of David O. Watkins, who served as acting governor during October 1898 - January 1899.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Franklin Murphy (1846-1920; served 1902-1905)
Correspondence, 1902-1905
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Control #:
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S3400001 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (12 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Numbered subject files/no order
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Franklin Murphy (1846-1920; served 1902-1905)
First Annual Message to the Legislature, 1903
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Control #:
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S3400002 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet) |
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NA
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Governor Edward Caspar Stokes (1860-1942; served 1905-1908)
Correspondence, 1904-1908
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Control #:
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S3500001 |
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Format:
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12.5 c.f. (25 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Numbered subject files/no order
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Edward Caspar Stokes (1860-1942; served 1905-1908)
Speeches, 1897-1938
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Control #:
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S3500002 |
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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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Notes:
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Includes notebook, 1897-1912, and loose speeches, 1906-1938. Box nos. 26-27.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Edward Caspar Stokes (1860-1942; served 1905-1908)
Miscellaneous Records, 1882-1941
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Control #:
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S3500003 |
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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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Notes:
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Includes cards, leaflets, State Gazette editorial, photographs, news articles. Box nos. 28-29.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Edward Caspar Stokes (1860-1942; served 1905-1908)
Report of the Commissioners of Pilotage, 1905
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Control #:
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S3500004 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 folder) |
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Governor Edward Caspar Stokes (1860-1942; served 1905-1908)
Messages, 1907-1908
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Control #:
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S3500005 |
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Format:
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0.03 c.f. (3 pamphlets) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 2nd Annual Message (1907), Message to the Legislature - Adjourned Session (1907) and 3rd Annual Message (1908).
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Governor John Franklin Fort (1852-1920; served 1908-1911)
Correspondence, 1908-1912
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Control #:
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S3600001 |
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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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Governor Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924; served 1911-1913)
Correspondence, 1909-1914
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Control #:
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S3700001 |
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Format:
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4.25 c.f. (9 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Numbered in date order
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Notes:
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Undated correspondence is included at the end of the series. Only selected correspondence was filmed.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954; served 1914-1917)
Records, 1913-1916
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Control #:
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S3800001 |
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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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Notes:
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Includes correspondence from his service as acting governor for Woodrow Wilson, Feb.-Nov. 1913.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956), 1st Term (1917-1920)
Correspondence, 1917-1919
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Control #:
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S3900001 |
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Format:
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3 c.f. (6 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alpha. by county or subject
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Notes:
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William N. Runyon served as Acting Governor at the end of Edge's term, 1919-1920.
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Finding Aid:
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Acting Governor William Nelson Runyon (1871-1931; served 1919-1920)
Correspondence, 1919-1920
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Control #:
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S3900002 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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Alpha. by county or subject
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Notes:
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Served as Acting Governor at end of Walter E. Edge's term.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931; served 1920-1923)
Correspondence, 1920-1922
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Control #:
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S4000001 |
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (11 boxes, 1 map folder) |
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Arrangement:
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Alpha. by county or subject
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Notes:
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Series includes a 1920 boundary map of Camp Dix in folder 152c.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931; served 1920-1923)
Budget Message, 1924
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Control #:
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S4000002 |
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Format:
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0.03 c.f. (1 report) |
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Arrangement:
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NA
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Governor George Sebastian Silzer (1870-1940; served 1923-1926)
Correspondence, 1922-1926
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Control #:
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S4100001 |
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Format:
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20.5 c.f. (41 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by subject
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Finding Aid:
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Governor George Sebastian Silzer (1870-1940; served 1923-1926
Messages, 1923 & 1926
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Control #:
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S4100002 |
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (3 messages) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Notes:
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Includes veto messages (1923), annual message (1926) and budget message (1926).
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952; 1st term 1926-1929)
Correspondence, 1926-1929
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Control #:
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S4200001 |
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Format:
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13.5 c.f. (27 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by subject
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 1st Term (1926-1929)
Second Annual Message to the Legislature, 1928
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Control #:
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S4200002 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet) |
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Series:
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Governor Morgan Foster Larson (1882-1961; served 1929-1932)
Correspondence, 1929-1931
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Control #:
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S4300001 |
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Format:
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12.5 c.f. (25 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by subject
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Morgan Foster Larson (1882-1961; served 1929-1932)
Budget Messages, 1930-1931
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Control #:
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S4300002 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Messages cover the fiscal years of 1930-1931 and 1931-1932.
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 2nd Term 1932-1935)
Correspondence, 1932-1935
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Control #:
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S4400001 |
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Format:
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22 c.f. (22 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Bound into numbered volumes
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Notes:
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Includes "General Correspondence" and "Special Correspondence."
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 2nd Term (1932-1935)
Messages, 1932-1934
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Control #:
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S4400002 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (3 messages) |
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Arrangement:
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By date
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Notes:
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Includes 1932 and 1934 budget messages and 1934 annual message.
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Governor Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954; served 1935-1938)
Correspondence, 1932-1937
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Control #:
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S4500001 |
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Format:
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13 c.f. (13 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By subject in numbered volumes
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Notes:
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Many volumes were missing at the time of accession.
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Series:
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Governor Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954; served 1935-1938)
Speeches, Press Releases, etc., 1934-1937
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Control #:
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S4500002 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Published 1936 budget message has been added to this series.
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 3rd Term 1938-1941)
Correspondence, 1938-1941
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Control #:
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S4600001 |
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Format:
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42 c.f. (42 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By subject in numbered volumes
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 3rd Term 1938-1941)
New Jersey Conference on Health and Welfare: Records of the Committee at Large on Expansion of Public Health, 1938-1940
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Control #:
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S4600002 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By subject
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Notes:
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These were records kept by Dr. Robert P. Fischelis, member of the Committee at Large on Public Health Expansion.
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 3rd Term (1938 -1941)
Delaware River Water Supply Project Aerial Photographs of Delaware & Raritan Canal and Proposed Pipeline Route, 1938
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Control #:
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S4600003 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (99 photographs) |
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Arrangement:
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By photograph number
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Notes:
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Includes three index views.
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Finding Aid:
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 3rd Term (1938 -1941)
New Jersey National Safety Congress Committee Memorial Scrapbook, 1939
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Control #:
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S4600004 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Notes:
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Presented to Governor Moore following New Jersey's hosting of the 28th National Safety Congress.
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore 3rd Term (1879-1952; served 1935-1938)
Messages, 1939-1940
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Control #:
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S4600005 |
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Format:
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0.06 c.f. (3 messages) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 1st Annual Message (1939), 2nd Annual Message (1940), and Budget Message (1940).
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Governor Charles Edison (1890-1969; served 1941-1944)
Correspondence, 1941-1944
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Control #:
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S4700001 |
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Format:
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61 c.f. (61 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By subject in numbered volumes
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Governor Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956), 2nd Term (1944-1947)
Correspondence, 1944-1947
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Control #:
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S4800001 |
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Format:
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39 c.f. (39 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By subject in numbered volumes
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Series:
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Governor Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956), 2nd Term (1944-1947)
Scrapbooks, 1944
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Control #:
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S4800002 |
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Format:
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8 c.f. (4 large scrapbooks) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Governor Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956), 2nd Term (1944-1947)
Third Annual Message to the Legislature, 1947
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Control #:
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S4800003 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 pamphlet) |
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Arrangement:
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NA
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Series:
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Office of the Governor
Inauguration Records, 1881-1974
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Control #:
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S9900001 |
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Format:
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3.75 c.f. (8 boxes) |
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Series:
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Office of the Governor
Press Release Log, 1941-1947
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Control #:
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S9900003 |
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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By type of release, then date
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Notes:
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Includes releases from Governor Charles Edison (1941-1944) and Governor Walter E. Edge (1944-1947).
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Office of the Governor
Card Indexes to Governors' Records, ca. 1917-ca. 1954
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Control #:
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S9900004 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol., 1 portfolio); 9 reels (8 16-mm, 1 35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Microfilmed card indexes to records of governors Moore, Edge, Edison and Driscoll; original cards were apparently destroyed.
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Office of the Governor
Executive Department Accounts, 1923-1930
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Control #:
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S9900005 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Office of the Governor
Counsel's Office
Extradition Records, 1935-1973
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Control #:
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S99CO002 |
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Format:
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53 c.f. (53 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical within record type
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Notes:
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Includes extraditions, renditions, requisitions and waivers.
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Series:
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Governor and Council of East New Jersey
Journals, 1674-1703
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Control #:
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SEA00001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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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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Department of Education
New Jersey State Library
Bureau of Archives and History
Manuscript Collection, 1680s-1970s
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Control #:
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SEDSL006 |
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Format:
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41.25 c.f. (66 boxes and 9 map folders); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within record type
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Notes:
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Includes early records for: governors, legislature, courts, Hunterdon County, local elections, Revolutionary War, etc.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Governors' Proclamations, 1852-2000
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Control #:
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SSTSE046 |
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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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There are no proclamations in this series for December 1896 - June 1965 and 1966 - March 1995; see the Miscellaneous Filings series.
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Related records:
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Series:
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New Jersey State Agricultural Society
Draft of Report to Governor [incomplete], 1856-1857
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Control #:
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PAGRI001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 folder) |
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Arrangement:
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Local society statements are by county
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Notes:
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Includes statements of local agricultural societies on their organization and progress, November 1856 - January 1857.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Civil War)
Governors' Proclamations, 1861-1865
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Control #:
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SDEA4046 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 folder) |
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Arrangement:
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By governor, then chronological
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Notes:
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Includes 3 proclamations of Gov. Charles S. Olden and 19 proclamations of Gov. Joel Parker.
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Restrictions:
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Special permission must be granted to use these records |
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Series:
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Governor's War Cabinet
Minutes, 1942-1944
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Control #:
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SZWAA001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Created by legislation during World War II; spans administrations of Governors Edison and Edge [3 March 1942 - 3 May 1944].
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 388.53 c.f. of paper records and 13 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
This page last updated 02/26/2007
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