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Mailing Address:
NJ State Archives
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Trenton, NJ
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Department of Defense - Colonial Wars and Revolutionary War
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Box 4-1, for Revolutionary War documents.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office
Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to Colonial Wars, 1639-1903
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Control #:
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SDEA0001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Numbered Manuscripts, 1770s-1890s
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Control #:
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SDEA1001
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Format:
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54 c.f. (107 boxes); 30 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Numerical
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Miscellaneous Bound Books, ca. 1776-ca. 1783
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Control #:
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SDEA1002
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Format:
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11.5 c.f. (19 boxes); 27 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Grouped by record type/subject
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Notes:
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Boxes 1-8 have been processed and cataloged separately. Includes transcribed and compiled materials, as well as typescript indexes.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Abstracts of Federal Pension Claims, 1810s-1840s
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Control #:
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SDEA1003
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Format:
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15.5 c.f. (31 boxes); 12 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by soldier's name
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Copies of Miscellaneous Records, 1774-1837
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Control #:
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SDEA1004
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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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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Copies of Correspondence, 1777-1782
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Control #:
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SDEA1005
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Records of Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, 1777-1795
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Control #:
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SDEA1006
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Format:
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5 c.f. (7 boxes, 1 map drawer)
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Arrangement:
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By county, then document type
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Notes:
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See also the series: Salem County/ Court of Common Pleas/ Writs of Execution to Sell Real Estate of Loyalists.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Research Files, 1776-1899
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Control #:
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SDEA1007
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Abstracts of Service Records [Slips], ca. 1776-ca. 1783
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Control #:
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SDEA1008
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Format:
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47.5 c.f. (95 boxes); 119 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by soldier
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1783
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Control #:
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SDEA1009
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes, 2 card file boxes); 0.3 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By manuscript number
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Notes:
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Partially indexed by card file in Manuscript Reading Room.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Service Abstracts [Cards], ca. 1776-1783
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Control #:
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SDEA1010
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Format:
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22 c.f. (44 boxes); 31 reels (35-mm)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Loyalist Muster Rolls, ca. 1777-1783
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Control #:
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SDEA1011
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (4 vols. and 6 card-file drawers); 7 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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1906 transcription of muster rolls.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Miscellaneous Pension Records, 1818-1857
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Control #:
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SDEA1012
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By subject/claimant
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Notes:
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Includes files on rejected claims of Zebulon Brown, James Hunt, Sarah K. Jenks, James S. & Catharine Sutphen, and Catharine Zeller.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Book of Signatures of Revolutionary War Officers and Officials, ca. 1775-1809
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Control #:
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SDEA1013
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 booklet & 7 loose signatures)
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Arrangement:
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Roughly alphabetical
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Restrictions:
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Access permitted for comparison of signatures only
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Quartermaster and Commissary Generals' Records, United States Continental Army, 1777-1780
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Control #:
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SDEA1014
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (3 boxes); 0.3 reel (35-mm)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Revolutionary War)
Card Index: Loyalists in the King's Army, 1775-1778
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Control #:
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SDEA1015
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 card index boxes); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes summaries of Loyalist service, with notations by Carlos Godfrey; sources unknown. Poss. produced by Public Record Office.
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Finding Aid:
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Related records:
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas
Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820-1829
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Control #:
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CCUCP005
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (20 files); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by applicant
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Gloucester County
Clerk's Office
Revolutionary War Records, 1778-1823
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Control #:
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CGLCL011
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By record type, then by year
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Notes:
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Includes appointments, enlistments, indictments, inquisitions, pensions, transfers and wounded.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Court of Common Pleas
Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820-1828
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Control #:
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CHNCP004
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by claimant
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Somerset County
Court of Common Pleas
Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820-1831
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Control #:
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CSOCP007
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by applicant
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Work Projects Administration (WPA)
New Jersey Writers' Project
Card Files on Historical Research and Events, 1930s-1940s
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Control #:
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FWPNW013
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Format:
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4.75 c.f. (12 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes cards from Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties, Revolutionary War Activities and Place Name Origins.
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Series:
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Gertrude B. Moore
Card Index of New Jersey Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Ohio, 1780s-1840s
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Control #:
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PMOOR001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical within volume [1 & 2]
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Notes:
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Information extracted from publication on "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio."
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Series:
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Adjutant General William S. Stryker (1838-1900)
Revolutionary War Manuscript Collection [Transcripts], 1776-1787
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Control #:
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PSTRY001
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Documents are numbered
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Notes:
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Includes materials relating to battles of Trenton and Monmouth, and related Hessian papers. Name/subject/county/date indexes in Box 3.
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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 12 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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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Card File on Revolutionary War Battles and Skirmishes in New Jersey, ca. 1976
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Control #:
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SNJSA018
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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 locality name
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Notes:
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Includes references to historical documents not held by the State.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 219.55 c.f. of paper records and 234.6 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
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001, tel. 866-272-6272, website: www.archives.gov
This page last updated 07/07/2008
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