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Manuscript Group 43, William Nelson (1847-1914), Lawyer, Historian, and Corresponding Secretary of The New Jersey Historical Society Papers, 1693-1914, 8 linear feet
Call Number: MG 43 (some materials are OS)
Manuscripts and notes for books, papers, and articles written by Nelson; manuscripts collected by this New Jersey Historical. Nelson's manuscript volumes include the following titles:
| ~ | "Abstracts of Minutes of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Passaic County" |
| ~ | "The Discovery and Early History of New Jersey" |
| ~ | "Government and Governors of New Jersey" |
| ~ | "Historical and Statistical Data, 1872" |
| ~ | "Historical Sketch of Passaic County" |
| ~ | "Historical Sketch of Schools in Paterson New Jersey with Notices of Some Schools in the Vicinity" |
| ~ | "History of American Newspapers to A.D. 1801; Vol. 1: Alabama-New Hampshire" |
| ~ | "History of Passaic County Bridge" |
| ~ | "History of Passaic County Roads, 1707-1837" |
| ~ | "History of Paterson" |
| ~ | "History of the Reformed Church at Acquackanonk" |
| ~ | "Hornblower Data" |
| ~ | "Joseph Coerten Hornblower" |
| ~ | "Josiah Hornblower" |
| ~ | "New Jersey Civil List" |
| ~ | "New Jersey Loyalists" |
| ~ | "Notices of the Beginnings of Freemasonry in Paterson" |
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Manuscripts collected by Nelson include |
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| ~ | "Sermon on Joseph," 1801 |
| ~ | Alexander C. McWhorter, bank book, 1801-1807 |
| ~ | John C. Macwhorter, receipt book, 1802-1810 |
| ~ | U.S.S. Constellation, record book kept by Commander Charles Stewart, ca. 1812-1813 |
| ~ | Joseph C. Hornblower, account book for the estate of James W. Burnett, 1823-1838 |
Manuscript Group 358, Newark Turnpike Company Records
Broadside 30, To the employees of the Hoboken Ferries
| Box | Folder | Title | Dates |
| 1 | 1 | Three early Dutch documents Acquackanonk, NJ | 1693-1723 |
| 1 | 2 | “Claims of Loyalists” (copy) | 18th Century |
| 1 | 3 | John Neilson, document (copy) | October 3rd, 1808 |
| 1 | 4 | John Neilson, bond to Elias Boudinot | October 14th, 1810 |
| 1 | 5 | John Sanders, bill to William Adams | 1781 |
| 1 | 6 | Van Houten, documents | 1800-1833 |
| 1 | 7 | Van Houten, documents | 1800-1833 |
| 1 | 8 | Van Houten, documents | 1800-1833 |
| 1 | 9 | John Wallis to Gerrebrandt Van Houten, letter | April 24th, 1818 |
| 1 | 10 | Ancestry of Judge Fell in letters to Sarah G. Stokes | 1905 |
| 1 | 11 | U. S. S. Constellation, record book kept by Commander Charles Stewart | ca. 1812-13 |
| 1 | 12 | “New Jersey Civil List” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 1 | 13 | “New Jersey Civil List” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 1 | 14 | “New Jersey Loyalists” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 1 | 15 | “A memoir of Joseph Parrish (?) M.D., of Burlington NJ” | 1891 |
| 2 | 1 | “New Jersey Loyalists” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 2 | 2 | “New Jersey Loyalists” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 2 | 3 | “New Jersey Loyalists” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 2 | 4 | “New Jersey Loyalists” (manuscript copy) | n. d. |
| 2 | 5 | “Marriage and deaths in ‘The Jerseyman’ prior to 1850” | n. d. |
| 2 | 6 | “Marriages and Deaths from ‘The Palladium of Liberty’ and the ‘Morris County Whig’” (Marriages) | 1810-1822 |
| 2 | 7 | “Marriages and Deaths from ‘The Palladium of Liberty’ and the ‘Morris County Whig’” (Marriages) | 1822-1836 |
| 2 | 8 | “Marriages and Deaths from ‘The Palladium of Liberty’ and the ‘Morris County Whig’” (Deaths) | 1810-1827 |
| 2 | 9 | “Marriages and Deaths from ‘The Palladium of Liberty’ and the ‘Morris County Whig’” (Deaths) | 1827-1836 |
| 2 | 10 | History of Counties in New Jersey (manuscript) | n. d. |
| 3 | 1 | Notes on New Jersey Newspapers | 1797-1801 |
| 3 | 2 | Notes for and drafts of the introduction to the early marriage laws of NJ (NJHS Archives Series, vol. XXII, IX-cXXVI) | |
| 3 | 3 | Notes for and drafts of the introduction to the early marriage laws of NJ (NJHS Archives Series, vol. XXII, IX-cXXVI) | |
| 3 | 4 | Notes for and drafts of the introduction to the early marriage laws of NJ (NJHS Archives Series, vol. XXII, IX-cXXVI) | |
| 3 | 5 | “The Discovery and Early History of New Jersey” | |
| 3 | 6 | “Government and Governors of New Jersey” | n. d. |
| 3 | 7 | “Government and Governors of New Jersey” | n. d. |
| 3 | 8 | “Government and Governors of New Jersey: Members of Legislative Council & Assembly of New Jersey” | n. d. |
| 3 | 9 | Lee Francis Bazley to William Nelson | n. d. |
| 4 | 1 | “History of Passaic County Bridges” | 1873-1874 |
| 4 | 2 | “Sermon on Joseph” | 1801 |
| 4 | 3 | Crane family, genealogical data, ca. 1671-1769 | n. d. |
| 4 | 4 | Book of anecdotes | n. d. |
| 4 | 5 | John C. MacWhorter, receipt book | 1802-1810 |
| 4 | 6 | Alexander C. McWhorter, bank book | 1801-1807 |
| 4 | 7 | “History of Reformed Church at Acquackanonk” | n. d. |
| 4 | 8 | “History of Reformed Church at Acquackanonk” | n. d. |
| 4 | 9 | “Notices of the Beginnings of Freemasonry in Paterson” (1792-1855) | n. d. |
| 4 | 10 | “Joseph Coerten Hornblower,” by William Nelson | n. d. |
| 4 | 11 | Joseph Coerten Hornblower, account book for James W. Burnett | 1823-1828 |
| 4 | 12 | Proposals for Water Works, Dover Township | ca. 1900 |
| 5 | 1 | “Historical Sketch of Passaic County” | 1876 |
| 5 | 2 | “Historical Sketch of Passaic County,” Appendix | |
| 5 | 3 | “Historical Sketch of Schools in Paterson, New Jersey with Notices of Some Schools in the Vicinity” | 1871 |
| 5 | 4 | Notices of Josiah Hornblower (typed and bound) | ca. 1870s |
| 5 | 5 | Josiah Hornblower (typed and bound volume) | |
| 6 | 1 | “A summary of the Law of NJ in Relation to Public Bridges,” 1871-72 (bound volume) | n. d. |
| 6 | 2 | Scrapbook, William Nelson | n. d. |
| 6 | 3 | School journalism books (3 volumes tied with ribbons) | 1876-1877 |
| 6 | 4 | Souvenirs of School Days in Newark (boxed) | 1859-1862 |
| Oversized boxes | |||
| 7 | History of Paterson, (Bound volume) pages 1-500 | 1894-1895 | |
| 8 | History of Paterson, (Bound volume) pages 501-1000 | 1894-1895 | |
| 9 | History of Paterson, (Bound volume) pages 1001-1500 | 1895-1896 | |
| 10 | History of Paterson, (Bound volume) pages 1896-1897 | 1896-1897 | |
| 11 | Records of Dutch Reformed Church | 1849-1914 | |
| 12 | History of Am. Newspapers to A. D. 1801, Alabama, New Hem. | 1892-1898 | |
| 13 | Church records | n. d. | |
| 14 | History of Passaic Co. Roads | 1895 | |
| 15 | History of Paterson | 1881-1882 | |
| 16 | NJ Civil List, volume 1 | 1847-1814 | |
| 17 | NJ Civil List, volume 2 | 1847-1814 | |
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