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187342435New Brunswick N.J.: Fredonian Printing House 36 Dennis-street 1873. First edition. Top and bottom edges chipped remnants of mounting paper just touching the top of two letters two small internal holes affecting a few letters; folds minor smudging overall still about very good. 1 sheet. 17 3/4 x 12 inches. Orphans' Courts which were predominant in Delaware Maryland New Jersey and Pennsylvania dealt with probate matters as well as having jurisdiction of orphans. Both of this lots to be auctioned were on the road leading from Plainsboro to Dayton. There was a machinery manufacturer in Jamesburg N.J. part of Middlesex county named "Snedeker & Voorhees." Fredonian Printing House, 36 Dennis-street unknown
1871E19054Princeton NJ: Stelle & Smith 1871. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. First edition. Large 8vo in original three quarter black leather over marbled paper covered boards. Hubbed spine lettered in gilt and with gilt fleurons in the compartments.Frontis engraving of Whig Hall. 274 pp. A tight example with tidemarking to edges of the title page and to the edges of the rear portions of the text block not affecting the text. Modest wear to the binding and some rubbing to the boards. This voume contains a History of The American Whig Society from 1769 to 1869 by Henry Clay Cameron 141 pp. followed by the Centennial Oration by Richard S. Field and summaries of the celebration and various correspondence. <br/><br/> Stelle & Smith hardcover
1849GE26102Trenton: Phillips & Boswell 1849. Wraps. Good. Original paper wrappers well chipped about the edges front wrap bears the inscription "Office of Clerk of Supreme Court this is repeated at the top of the title page. All edges uncut. 363 pp. with index and 75 pp. with index. Occaisonal foxing to the text. Among the ususal collection of legislative actions these was an act to build a dam across Barnegat Bay; the incorporation of the Bordentown Mutual Fire Insurance Company as well as the Bordentown Water Company; an act for the protection of a burial ground in Newark; an act relative to the camden jail; an act to exempt from tax dogs in Sussex County; an act for the relief of the Rahway school for colored children; etc. Phillips & Boswell unknown
189626483Brooklyn NY: Eagle Press 1896. Flexible red leather. Very good overall. A scarce title and unusual as it was "Prepared for General Circulation and especially for the members of the Young People's Christian Union who attended the Annual Convention in Jersey City in 1896". Page 88-96 is devoted to the history of the Universalist Church in America "born" in New Jersey with Rev. John Murray and Thomas Potter. Seven pages of maps of Manhattan are keyed with hotels museums and other sites. <br /> <br /> Bound in full red flexible calf with a decorative title page with the title "The Gate to the Sea" which is in gilt on the front cover. Covers quite rubbed at edges and somewhat marked. <br /> 8vo 130pp illustrations. OCLC: 15689792 cites only 2 holdings at Ball State University Library and Virginia Tech. Eagle Press unknown
187647460Princeton: Printed at the "Press" Office 1876. 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown pebbled morocco and marbled paper boards. Rubbed front joint starting else very good. 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author: "Presented to Rev. E. Hazard Snowden D.D. by the tenth President of Princeton College by his Son. John Maclean because of the great Friendship of his father and mother and my grandfather and grandmother The Rev. Samuel Finley Snowden and Susan Beebe Snowden and presented to my dearest and kindest friend. Who has cheered and comforted more than any other friend in my last years of Life. Mrs. Wm. Wallace Witherspoon of New York City and New Hartford July 12 1894." Maclean was not only the ï¬rst chemistry professor of the College of New Jersey but the ï¬rst of any American college other than medical institutions. His son was the tenth -- and perhaps most popular -- President of Princeton College. Printed at the "Press" Office unknown
1852168836New York : M. W. Dodd 1852. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 278 pages; Description: 278 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. --History --Schism 1837-1870 New York : M. W. Dodd hardcover
1833JC9374Newark: Published at the Request of the Session by Uzal J. Tuttle & Co. 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Cloth-backed marbled paper over boards; 8vo; pp. 32. Binding broken and text block loose; text block water-damaged with slight wave and faint staining throughout. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Published at the Request of the Session, [by] Uzal J. Tuttle & Co. hardcover
18373648Jersey Printed and sold by J. Le Fievre 1837. 1837 12mo in 6s. 6 110 2 p. Folding map table. Quarter cloth with marbled sides as issued. Edges and corners rubbed but a very good copy. Jersey, Printed and sold by J. Le Fievre, hardcover
1868038056Newark NJ: Wm. D. Roe & Co. Stationers 1868. Original documents. Good. Five engraved forms accomplished by hand in sepia ink signed by five different shareholders and five witnesses. For example: "Know all Men by these Presents that I Joseph L. Clark of Morristown N.J. do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel W. Corwin of Newark New Jersey my Attorney and Agent for me and in my name place and stead to vote in my proxy at any Annual or Special Meeting of the Morris & Essex Mutual Coal Co. according to the number of votes I should be entitled to vote if then personally present. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty First day of January one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Eight. signed Jos. L. Clark. Sealed and Delivered in the presence of signed' H. Fred Scofield." Small paper seal on each document. Dated in January 1868. 7" x 8.5" WorldCat records only Charter and by-laws of the Morris and Essex Mutual Coal Company Morristown 1866 published two years before this group of proxy votes were accomplished. This company is not in the Rutgers U New Jersey collection catalog. Wm. D. Roe & Co., Stationers unknown
18350391331835. Original manuscript. Good. One page tall quarto. Hutchinson rented to Danser "all that house and lot . in the Village of Assanpink including a Meadow Lot on the Assanping brook with the following exceptions viz. the Store Room a front Room above the Store Cellar and half the Smoke House . for one year for the sum of fifty Dollars Cash . &c." &c. Dated 1 July 1835. Signed by John Hutchinson and Wesley Danser and witnessed by Jefferson Ely. On the verso is a long list of "Receipts Paid by John Perrine Jr." and other computations. Original horizontal folds cancelled with seals. 12.25" x 7.75" The site of this Monmouth County property herein called Assunpink Village seems to be the present Cooley's Corner now part of the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area and along the Assunpink Creek. unknown
1825BOOKS013045IEast Windsor NJ 1825. Original manuscript. Very Good. Two documents 6pp; few spots of foxing. Dated March 15 1825. 12.5" x 7.75" Michael Lykes and his wife Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Morford deceased appoint East Windsor attorney Elijah Davis. The lawyer is to represent them in selling certain lands in Middlesex County to which Elizabeth has claim as the only daughter and heir of Thomas Morford who inherited the land from his grandfather William Updike of Middlesex County by terms of a will dated November 22 1778. On the back of this first document one Andrew Rowan attests that Elizabeth came before him on August 15 1824 at which time he examined her without her husband and she agreed to give power-of-attorney to Davis. The second document dated at Lamberton on 21 June 1825 comprises several testimonials that Elizabeth is the daughter of Thomas Morford and Lucy Reed who "for many years lived together and cohabited as man and wife." Elizabeth Dye attests that she believes Morford and Reed were legally married. Sarah Reed Lucy's mother states that Lucy was married to Morford at age 19 without Sarah's consent and that they had a daughter named Elizabeth. Inserted in this document is the testimonial of John Smith of Lambertville NJ who states that he officiated at the marriage of Elizabeth and Michael a few years earlier believing that she was the daughter of Thomas Morford who was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Story wife of Joseph Story of Story Farm. Also signing this document are Robert and Ann Taylor who attest to the lineage and Abraham Creque who was in the house when Thomas Morford and Lucy Reed lived as man and wife. unknown
1823281351823. A three-page manuscript letter from Ephraim Smooth to Bloomfield McIlvaine exhorting him to follow the tenants of meditation and balance inherent in the Quaker tradition. <br /> <br /> A dance was held at the home of Obediah Sears and Ephraim Smooth writes at length about Quaker tradition of contemplation rejecting "ill-judged indulgence of riot & gaiety" refering to Bloomfield's education he graduated from the College of New Jersey later Princeton in 1812 and his power to influence the youths and finally offers a curative silent meditation with Simon Pure Obediah Broadbrim and himself to "cheerfully join in the dance of the spirit". Dated 5th day 7 month 1823 5 July 1823. Reference is made to the flute and fiddle made in Edenton North Carolina we assume; and addressed to "Bottany Bay" which we assume is the one on Edisto Island South Carolina. <br /> <br /> Bloomfield McIlvaine 22 Feb 1797- 18 Aug 1826 died at 30 in New Jersey. He married Henrietta Maria Banker in June 1824. His father was Joseph McIlvaine who died a couple hours after his son aged 58. Joseph was a US senator for New Jersey. Bloomfield was a lawyer - his extensive library takes four pages in his will just the books valued at $939.35. He is buried in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington New Jersey. unknown
