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Road Returns and related materials
Series:
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Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Road Returns, Volume A, 1837-1900
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Control #:
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CATCL017
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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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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1762-1950
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Control #:
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CBUCL013
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box); 3 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes microfilm of Road Books A - E (1762-1950) and original papers for scattered years (oaths of surveyors, damages, etc.).
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Camden County
Clerk's Office
Road Book A, 1844-1960
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Control #:
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CCDCL008
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1752-1904
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Control #:
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CCUCL002
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Format:
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6.25 c.f. (13 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Includes returns, surveyor and freeholder documents, and other materials.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Court of Common Pleas/Court of General Quarter Sessions
Minutes, 1748-1900
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Control #:
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CCUCP010
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 vols.); 3 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Book A includes road records. Five bound volumes cover 1748 to 1804; microfilm covers 1840 to 1900.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Essex County
Court of Common Pleas
Road Books, 1698-1930 and Index, 1698-1970
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Control #:
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CESCP004
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (2 vols.); 5 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Book A is followed by Book "D".
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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
Road Records, 1728-1866
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Control #:
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CGLCL007
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chrono. by filing date (generally)
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Notes:
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Includes Road Books A - D, 1762-1866, and loose records, 1728-1862.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1761-1921
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Control #:
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CHNCL008
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Format:
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4 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Clerk's Office
Road Returns, 1838-1997
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Control #:
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CMECL012
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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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Includes ordinances relative to roads and maps.
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Series:
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Middlesex County
Clerk's Office
Road Books, 1773-1930
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Control #:
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CMICL006
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Middlesex County
Clerk's Office
Early Records, 1714-1776
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Control #:
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CMICL011
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes public road surveys, deeds and land conveyances.
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Series:
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Monmouth County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1780-1846
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Control #:
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CMNCL005
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Ocean County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1852-1912
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Control #:
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COCCL006
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Sewer and Road Improvement Maps, 1860s-1910s
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Control #:
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CPACL019
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Format:
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6 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Papers Relating to Roads and Sewers, 1837-1960s
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Control #:
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CPACL021
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Format:
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7 c.f. (7 boxes)
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Series:
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Somerset County
Clerk's Office
Road Books, 1733-1927
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Control #:
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CSOCL016
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Sussex County
Clerk's Office
Road Records, 1761-1966
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Control #:
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CSUCL017
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Road Returns, 1882-1902
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Control #:
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CUNCL009
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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 year
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Series:
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Road Applications and Agreements, 1860s-1920s
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Control #:
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CUNCL010
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Series:
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Warren County
Clerk's Office
Road Books, 1825-1955
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Control #:
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CWACL009
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Harrington Township (Bergen County)
Treasurer's Office
Ledgers, 1881-1911
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Control #:
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MHGTR001
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes record of Roadwork Expenditures, 1892-1893.
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Series:
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Stockton Township (Camden County)
Overseer of Roads
Account Book, 1857-1881
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Control #:
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MSTRO001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey
Road Book, ca. 1740-1902
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Control #:
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PEASJ004
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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 courses of roads from surveys, etc.
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Restrictions:
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Access restricted pending conservation.
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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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Department of Transportation
Division of Design
Jurisdictional Control Office
Road Return Maps, 1916-1942
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Control #:
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STRDE001
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (17 map folders, 1 box of negatives)
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Arrangement:
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By atlas sheet number
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Notes:
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Show road-return citations on New Jersey Geological Survey atlas sheets.
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Series:
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Department of Transportation
Division of Design
Jurisdictional Control Office
County Road Records [Transcripts and Copies], 1680-1932
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Control #:
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STRDE002
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 34 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes road returns and vacations, maps, and indexes.
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Related records:
Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Maps, 1780s-1910s
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Control #:
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SSTSE027
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Format:
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206 c.f. (various)
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Arrangement:
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Numerical/alphabetical within type
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Index to Papers relating to Turnpike Companies, ca. 1805-1904
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Control #:
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SSTSE062
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Bergen Line Road Commissioners
Minutes, 1872-1877
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Control #:
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SZBER001
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Covers the period 17 September 1872 to 9 April 1877.
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Series:
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Public Roads Commission
Annual Reports, 1894-1906
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Control #:
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SZPUS001
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Notes:
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Includes 1894, 1897, 1900, 1904 and 1906 only.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 245.75 c.f. of paper records and 65 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 05/17/2006
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