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New Jersey Senate and predecessors (Legislative Council, Governor's Privy Council)
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Boxes 1-12 through 1-19, for early legislative papers.
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Series:
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Council of New Jersey
Journals [Minutes], 1742 and 1760-1774
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Control #:
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SCU00001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes minutes of the colonial Privy Council. Minutes for 1773-1775 are recorded in vol. 20 of Secretary of State's wills.
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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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Click here!
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Series:
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Governor's Privy Council
Minutes, 1777-1845
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Control #:
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SGO00001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Separate minutes as Court of Pardons (1814-1819) boxed with Volume 2.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Legislative Council
Journals [Minutes], 1796-1844
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Control #:
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SLD00001
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Format:
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10 c.f. (11 vols., 4 boxes); 6 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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The final minutes volume(s) spanning 1809-1820 is/are missing.
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Series:
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New Jersey Senate
Governors' Nominations and Senate Confirmations, 1951-2006
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Control #:
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SSE00001
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Format:
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18.5 c.f. (37 boxes)
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Series:
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New Jersey Senate
Journals [Minutes], 1845-2004
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Control #:
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SSE00002
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Format:
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407 c.f. (16 vols., 708 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Box 268 was eliminated from the inventory since its contents were placed with other moldy material in boxes 3-2 & 3-3.
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Series:
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New Jersey Senate
Institutions and Welfare Committee
Report of the American Psychiatric Association: "Mental Health Needs and Resources of New Jersey", 1970
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Control #:
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SSEIN001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Notes:
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Report submitted to Institutions and Welfare Committee.
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New Jersey Senate
Judiciary Committee
Draft of An Act Concerning Water, 1935
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Control #:
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SSEJU001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
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Notes:
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Relates to the creation of the New Jersey Water Authority.
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Series:
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New Jersey Senate
Law, Public Safety and Defense Committee
Report of the Attorney General on Certain Matters Relating to the Division of State Police, 1974
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Control #:
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SSELA001
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report)
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Series:
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New Jersey Senate
Secretary of the Senate
Messages, Reports and other Filings, 1953-1976
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Control #:
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SSESE001
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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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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Wills and Inventories, ca. 1670-1900
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Control #:
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SSTSE033
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Format:
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680 c.f. (208 vols. & 1,206 boxes); 1536 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By will packet number
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Notes:
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Published indexes available in Microfilm Reading Room. Vol. 20 [unit 44] includes minutes of the Council of New Jersey, 1773-1775.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 1117.12 c.f. of paper records and 1544 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:
Secretary of the Senate, New Jersey State House, Room 115, PO Box 099, Trenton, NJ 08625, tel. 609-292-6828, website: www.njleg.state.nj.us
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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