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New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
The Supreme Court had pre-1948 jurisdiction over: original common law cases including debt and trespass; treason, sedition and naturalization during the Revolutionary and colonial periods; and appeals, including cases from the Courts of Common Pleas.
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Box 1-25, for early papers of this court.
For Supreme Court records post-dating the collections listed below, contact the Supreme Court Clerk's Office at PO Box 970, Trenton, NJ 08625, tel. 609-984-7791.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for further information on court jurisdictions.
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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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Judiciary
Maps and Plans, 1850s-1890s
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Control #:
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SJU00001
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Format:
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19 c.f. (13 map boxes and 5 flat boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes maps filed with the Supreme Court, Chancery Court, and probably Prerogative Court.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Case Files, 1704-1844
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Control #:
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SSV00001
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Format:
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495.5 c.f. (899 boxes, 10 map folders, 5 vols.); 653 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Numerical by case number
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Minutes, 1704-1873
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Control #:
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SSV00002
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Format:
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21 c.f. (108 vols.)
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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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Judgments and Process Books (and Indexes), 1743-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00003
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Format:
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150 c.f. (336 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Clerk's Books, 1805-1916
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Control #:
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SSV00004
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (8 vols.)
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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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Cost Books, 1787-1798
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Control #:
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SSV00005
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 vols.)
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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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Oaths of Justices, 1927-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00006
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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 by justice
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Bar Association Petitions and Orders for Recognition, 1948-1949
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Control #:
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SSV00007
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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 by county
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Judgment Scrolls [Parchments], 1705-1831
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Control #:
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SSV00008
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Format:
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78 c.f. (126 boxes)
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Notes:
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Box #96-117 is unprocessed.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Recognizances, 1706-1838
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Control #:
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SSV00009
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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
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Extracts, 1711-1840
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Control #:
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SSV00010
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Unbound Minutes, Dockets and Accounts, 1736-1818
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Control #:
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SSV00011
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Naturalization, 1741-1873
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Control #:
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SSV00012
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Format:
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3.75 c.f. (8 boxes); 7 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Consult card-file index in Manuscript Reading Room and/or typescript index in Box 8.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Notices, 1707-1852
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Control #:
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SSV00013
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Format:
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3 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Lost Deeds, 1758-1838
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Control #:
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SSV00014
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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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Chronological
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Estates and Partitions, 1714-1900
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Control #:
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SSV00015
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Format:
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3 c.f. (5 boxes and 2 vols.); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by decedent/chronological
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Notes:
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Estates are alphabetical by decedent; partitions are chronological.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Account Books [Lawyers' Fees], 1817-1842
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Control #:
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SSV00016
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Format:
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1 c.f. (5 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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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Road Book A, 1830-1889
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Control #:
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SSV00017
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.); 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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Dockets and Indexes, 1842-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00018
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Format:
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28 c.f. (110 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by initial court action
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Notes:
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Indexes are alphabetical by plaintiff within year groupings.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Appointment Books, 1832-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00019
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Certiorari Dockets and Indexes, 1892-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00020
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Format:
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3 c.f. (10 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by initial court action
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Notes:
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Indexes are alphabetical by plaintiff within year groupings.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Opinion Indexes, 1860-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00021
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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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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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Miscellaneous Volumes, 1755-1874
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Control #:
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SSV00022
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Format:
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1.75 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes dockets, arguments, memorandum book, rules, and other records.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Certificates of Attorneys, 1783-1902, 1928 & 1938
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Control #:
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SSV00023
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Format:
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18 c.f. (36 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by attorney name
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Notes:
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Includes one item each from 1928 and 1938.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Record of Returned Executions from Sheriffs, 1857-1873
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Control #:
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SSV00024
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Attachment Book No. 2, 1900-1927
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Control #:
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SSV00025
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Includes nos. 411-840.
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Bail Book, 1903-1948
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Control #:
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SSV00026
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Miscellaneous Cases, 1872-1921
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Control #:
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SSV00027
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Dismissed Cases, 1848
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Control #:
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SSV00028
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Miscellaneous Records, 1705-1890
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Control #:
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SSV00029
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Format:
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9.5 c.f. (19 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Powers of Attorney, Revocations and other Attorney Records, ca. 1938-1980
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Control #:
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SSV00030
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Book of Prescribed Formats for Court Documents, ca. 1775
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Control #:
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SSV00031
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Spine labeled "Colonial Law Forms." Subject index included at end of volume. Attributed to Supreme Court, but this is not certain.
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Miscellaneous Publications, 1947-1991
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Control #:
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SSV00032
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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
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Notes:
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Includes: Draft Rules Governing New Jersey Courts, 1947; Handbook of Attorneys, 1959; State of Attorney Disciplinary System, 1991.
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Clerk's Office
Oaths of Attorneys, Justices, etc. [Attorneys Rolls], 1787-1947
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Control #:
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SSVCL001
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 boxes, 5 map folders)
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Notes:
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Also includes oaths of Attorneys General and Supreme Court Clerks, 1815-1892.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Clerk's Office
Docketed Decrees of the Orphans and Prerogative Courts, 1907-1948
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Control #:
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SSVCL003
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Related records:
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Series:
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Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Rough Minutes, 1874-1905
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Control #:
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CATCL006
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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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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Case Papers, 1807-1903
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Control #:
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CBUCL027
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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
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Notes:
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Series contains papers for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Camden County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Judgments, Volume B, 1922-1953
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Control #:
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CCDCL013
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Docket of Judgments in the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, 1859-1964
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Control #:
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CCPCL015
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Format:
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0.5 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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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Papers relating to Supreme Court Cases, 1761-1894
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Control #:
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CCUCL003
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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
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
List of Causes Noticed for Trial, 1856-1874
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Control #:
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CHNCL029
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 booklet)
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Notes:
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Includes cases in the Supreme Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Rough Court Minutes, 1860-1925
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Control #:
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CHNCL031
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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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Includes minutes of the Supreme Court, Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Minutes, 1854-1880
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Control #:
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CHNCL032
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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The second volume includes an 1860 list of peddler's licenses.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Sheriff William J. Poulson
Executions and Record Book, 1893-ca. 1899
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Control #:
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CHNSH001
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Notes:
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The second volume includes exections for the Supreme, Common Pleas and Circuit Courts.
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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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Salem County
Clerk's Office
Cost Dockets of Enoch S. Fogg, 1870-1899
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Control #:
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CSACL017
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Fogg was a Special Master and Examiner in Chancery and a Supreme Court Commissioner; filed with the clerk's office 15 June 1927.
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Series:
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Case Papers, 1860-1933
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Control #:
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CUNCL012
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
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Governor Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924- ; served 1974-1982)
Counsel's Office
Judicial Appointment Files, ca. 1974-1983
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Control #:
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S53CO010
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Format:
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10 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Box nos. G-1656 through G-1665. Includes reappointments, prosecutor appointments, and Supreme Court general files.
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Restrictions:
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Restricted as per paragraph 4 of Gov. Byrne's access guidelines
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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Petitions of Insolvent Debtors, 1747-1818
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Control #:
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SNJSA015
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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By county, then chronological
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Notes:
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Includes petitions to the Legislature and to the Supreme Court. Consult index at the end of Volume 3.
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Series:
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New Jersey State Archives
Petitions for Naturalization, 1749-1810
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Control #:
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SNJSA016
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Includes petitions to both the Supreme Court and the Legislature. Consult name index in Search Room. Some items formerly AM Papers.
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Supreme Court Recommendations for Attorney's Licenses, 1883-1902
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Control #:
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SSTSE017
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Format:
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3 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 913.35 c.f. of paper records and 668.5 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:
Superior Court Records Management Center, 171 Jersey Street, PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 06255-0967, tel. 609-777-0092
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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