Processed as part of the "Farm to City" project funded by
a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Correspondence; legal papers; court records, sermons, and genealogical data.
Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) was a British engineer who constructed the first
steam-engine in America at John Schuyler's copper mine in Belleville; he also served as a
member of the New Jersey Legislature, 1779-1780, and the New Jersey Council, 1781-1784.
Joseph C. Hornblower (1777-1864) was a Newark lawyer who served as Chief Justics of
the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1832-1846. He was also active in home and foreign
missionary societies, and was the first president of The New Jersey Historical Society.
His son, William H. Hornblower (1820-1883), was pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Paterson, 1844-1871, and professor of Sacred Rhetoric, Pastoral Theology, and
Church Government in the Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1871-1883. Included are letters of:
Gift (in part) of William B. Hornblower, 1949.
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Josiah Hornblower. Correspondence
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1753-1785
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2
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Josiah Hornblower. Correspondence
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1786-1807
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1
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3
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Josiah Hornblower. Indenture, leasing mine
property of John Schuyler
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October 30, 1766
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1
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4
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Josiah Hornblower. Docket, kept as a justice
of the peace for Essex County
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1791-1792
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1
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5
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Letter to Peggy Hornblower
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August 31, 1775
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1
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6
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Josiah Hornblower. Poem
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1
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7
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Elizabeth (?) Hornblower letter
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June 30, 1796
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Receipt, (John) Hornblower for bay horse
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1800
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1
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8
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Surveys regarding Housestead of Second River
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9
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Deeds, indentures, legal documents
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1762-1809
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10
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Deeds, indentures, legal documents
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1762-1809
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1
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11
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Deeds, indentures, legal documents
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1762-1809
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1
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12
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Deeds and indentures related to the title of
Homestead at Second River
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1
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13
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“Historical Review of Improvements in the
Steam-Engine in the Eighteenth Century,” by Jabez Carter Hornblower
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1880
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1
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14
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Josiah Hornblower. Silhouette
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1
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15
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters sent
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1812-1863
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1
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16
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters received
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1805-1839
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1
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17
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters received
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1843-1846
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2
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1
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters received
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1847-1860
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2
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2
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Legal opinions &
circuits
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2
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3
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Joseph C. Hornblower. News clippings
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1846-1851
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2
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4
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Joseph C. Hornblower. News clippings
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1846
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2
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5
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Land & financial
records
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2
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6
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Printed material
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2
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7
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Clippings regarding
the death of Hornblowers & miscellaneous printed material
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2
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8
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Certificates & awards, diploma (?)
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1803
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2
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9
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Papers re: his death
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2
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10
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Commissions,
certificates, etc.
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2
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11
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William H. Hornblower. Family data,
Cincinnati Society/Burnett
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2
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12
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William H. Hornblower. Miscellany &
clippings on 2 anonymous books
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2
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13
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William H. Hornblower. Family data
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3
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1
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William H. Hornblower. Memorial biographical
scrapbook
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3
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2
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William H. Hornblower.
Miscellany/funeral-related obituaries
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3
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3
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William H. Hornblower. First Presbyterian
Church of Paterson
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3
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4
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William H. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1845-1856
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3
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5
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William H. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1858-1876
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3
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6
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William H. Hornblower. Manuscript writings
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3
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7
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William H. Hornblower. Sermons
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3
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8
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William H. Hornblower. Sermon
“Debate the Divine”
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3
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9
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William Burnet, letter to his daughter Polly
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1872
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3
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10
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Miscellany concerning history of steam
engine
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3
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11
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Miscellaneous
correspondence/writings: Jemima Hornblower, and four captions
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1789
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3
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12
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Family histories/Data
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3
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13
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Genealogical data concerning Hornblower
family
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3
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14
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Genealogical data concerning Hornblower
family
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Hornblower and allied families genealogical
data
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3
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“Data
concerning the Ancestry of Josiah Hornblower and Concerning the
Hornblowers in England. Collected by P. Wharton Dickinson,” from
Herald and Genealogist
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1915-1917
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17
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“Copy of Page from Notebook of Jonathan
Hornblower”
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3
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18
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Photo:
Richard Mc Cormick, great great grandson of Josiah Hornblower, at
Hornblower’s grave
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September 9, 1953
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4
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1
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters received
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1803-1827
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4
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2
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D. B. Ogden to Joseph C. Hornblower
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1804
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4
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3
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Letters received concerning legal matters
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1804
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4
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letters received
concerning legal matters
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1805
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4
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5
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Correspondence / legal matters
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1806
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4
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6
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Correspondence concerning legal matters
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1806
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4
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7
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
concerning legal matters
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January-July 1807
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4
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8
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
concerning legal matters
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August-December 1807
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4
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9
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
concerning legal matters
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1808
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4
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10
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
concerning legal matters
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1809
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4
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11
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
concerning legal matters
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1810
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4
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12
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letter from Natchez,
from G. Tichenor referring to the Aaron Burr expedition
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1807
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4
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13
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Description of Newark home belonging to…
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N. D. (1803 ?)
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4
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14
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1800-1806
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15
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1806-1808
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1
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1809
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5
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2
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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January-August 1810
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5
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3
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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September 1810-1811
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5
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4
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1832-1854
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5
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Correspondence
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1855-1856
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5
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6
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Essex
Orphans Court: Ref. probation of the will of Dr. Philemon Ogden.
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5
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7
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Prerogative court
Chancery, NJ court opinions/records
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8
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Prerogative court Chancery, NJ court opinions/records
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9
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Supreme Court
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10
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Law notes
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Law notes
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5
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12
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Court of appeals
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1
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Wills
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2
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Wills
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6
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3
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Papers regarding the will of Thomas Gibbons
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4
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Drawing of lot of property (L. Baldwin, owner)
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5
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Opinions
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1824-1826
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6
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
opinions
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1830-1839
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
opinions
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1840-1844
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8
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
opinions
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1845
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9
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
decisions
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1845
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
decisions
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1846
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Circuit Court,
opinions
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n.d.
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12
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Court records & legal documents
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Mortgage records
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2
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Mortgage records
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3
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Miscellaneous
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4
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Plan/manuscript
drawing of mechanical device, possibly a water pump, (Josiah or Jonathan
Hornblower)
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n.d.
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5
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Joseph C. Hornblower. Letter to Lewis B.
Woodruff
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March 3, 1848
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7
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6
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William
Churchill Houston. Correspondence to Josiah Hornblower
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1780-1781
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7
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Joseph Jackson. Letter to Joseph C.
Hornblower
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June 2, 1853
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8
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William H. Hornblower. letter to M. Krebs
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June 30, 1851
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9
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Joseph C. Hornblower. leases and releases
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10
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Joseph
C. Hornblower. Bail collection (cases on the subject of holding to a bail
a second time)
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11
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Joseph C. Hornblower & James W. Burnett.
Receipts and deeds. (#1-21)
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1816-1829
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7
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12
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Joseph C. Hornblower & James W. Burnett.
Receipts and deeds. (#1-107)
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1808-1831
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7
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13
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Joseph
C. Hornblower & James Burnett. Receipts (#48-100) |
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7
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14
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Will, Mo. Burnett (father of James Burnett)
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March 10, 1807
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8
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1
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Ann Ogilvie. Papers (collected by Joseph C.
Hornblower in connection with Rev. Alexander Mac Whorter’s Estate
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1797-1841
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8
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2
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Ann
Ogilvie. Papers, documents & receipts (collected by Joseph
Hornblower)
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1808-1810
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8
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3
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Ann
Ogilvie. Papers, correspondence and legal documents
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1797-1841
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8
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4
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Ann Ogilvie. Papers, correspondence and
legal documents
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1797-1841
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8
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5
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Ann Ogilvie. Papers, correspondence and
legal documents
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1797-1841
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