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Absecon Methodist Church
Manuscript book(s)
Arthur Adams
21 folders
• Deeds: Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, 1799
• Families: Wilson, Tappen
• Bills: William Smith, 1770-1820; Samuel Wilkins, 1823-1860; Zebedee M. Wills, 1821-1862
• Promissory notes: Cooper, Bozarth, Downs, Fort, Eayre, Haines, Lewallen, Nixon, Lippincott, Rogers, 1812-1859
• Vessel papers: Hope, 1798
Daniel Adams
2 folders
• Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1812-1823
• Families: Risley, Adams, Lake, Andrews
Albion Hotel (Atlantic City)
1 scrapbook
• Menus, 1892-1894
Frederick G. Alexander
Diary
American Alliance Insurance Company
Manuscript book(s)
• Agent’s records of Linwood, Somers Point, Ocean City, 1924-1929
American Hotel (Mays Landing)
2 volumes
• Guest register, 1900-1920
American Red Cross (Somers Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations record
American Woman and Voluntary Service (Atlantic City)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Amole Hotel (Atlantic City)
1 book
• Guest register, 1892-1900
J. Anderson General Store (Leeds Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1942-1960
John H. Anderson (Leeds Point hotel)
1 volume
• Account book, 1876-188
John P. Ashmead surveyor
Manuscript book(s)
1888
Asbury Methodist Church
Manuscript book(s)
1861-1866
Atlantic City Overseer of Roads records
Manuscript book(s)
1866-1869: by James Robinson
Atlantic City store
Manuscript book(s)
1871-1885
Atlantic County Bible Society records
Manuscript book(s)
Atlantic County Cemetery records
Manuscript book(s)
Veterans
Atlantic County Education records
Manuscript book(s)
1879-1881
Atlantic County Official Records
Manuscript Books
- Docket book, 1828-1838: by Robert B. Risley
- Docket book, 1771-1775: by Richard Somers
- Account book, 1828-1847: by Parker Cordery
- Sherrif book, 1893-1895: by S.E. Johnson
- Board of Agriculture advisory minutes, 1886-1918 and 1915
Atlantic County Record Bank Book
Manuscript book(s)
Mays Landing, 1933-1951
Atlantic County Sunday School Association, American Bible Society
Manuscript book(s)
Atsion Time Book
Manuscript book(s)
1854-1863 (photocopy)
Abel E. Babcock
37 folders
- Deeds, bounds, surveys: Absecon, Galloway Township, 1737-1905
- Families: Morse, Owens, Mason, Smith, Leeds, Doughty, Cordery, Ireland, Blackman, McCollum, Ashley, Risley (Vital records)
- Gloucester Iron Works records
- Vessel papers: Rubicon, Abel E. Babcock, Harvey W. Anderson, Hannahett, Express, 1837-1896
Mrs. George Bailey
1 folder
Papers: schooners Uriah, Thames, sloop Susan and Martha by Enoch Doughty, 1830-1832
Resurvey of property: Isaac Steelman, 1850
Daniel Baker (Judge)
1 box, 98 folders
- Deeds and survey maps
- Egg Harbor Township, 1742-1887
- Families: Tilton, West, Risley, Doughty, Somers, Steelman, Scull, Smith, Baker
- Letters: Baker family
- Vessel papers
Baker’s Union Hotel (Mays Landing)
1 volume
Account book, 1841-1850
Bakersville School
Board Minutes
1879-1881
Bakersville Wharf Company
Manuscript book(s)
Minutes, etc., 1864-1879
Bargaintown Circuit Records (religious records)
Manuscript book(s)
1855-1862 (photocopies)
Lewis H. Barrett (Pleasantville Hotel)
1 volume
Account book, 1905-1906
J. Henry Bartlett
6 folders
Deeds: Burlington County, 1794-1901
Families: Leeds, Horner, Toy, Stockton, Smith, Tice, Lippincott, Israel, Dobbins
Batsto Iron Works
Manuscript book(s)
Accounts, 1866-1869
David S. Blackman Grist & Sawmill (Blackman’s Mills)
Manuscript book(s)
1838-1853
Blackman Meeting House school
Tuition book
Blacksmiths
1 book
Unidentified, probably Burlington County
Lorine Boice
1 folder
Letters: Smiths of Mays Landing, 1847
Poems re: Hannah Smith’s husband, 1847 and Captain John D. Winner, 1839
Peter Boice
6 folders
Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1820-1844
Families: Adams, Conover, Steelman
Jeanne Bowser
Diary
Rena Bowser
Diary
Brand Piltinos Auction House
Manuscript book(s)
Account book, Atlantic City, 1923-1924
Mrs. Breigle
1 folder
Deed: Ashbridge, Robeson, Saul to Westcott in Galloway Township
Deed: Wescoat for school in 1825
Bridge & Causeway records (Egg Harbor Township)
1 volume
Expense book, 1846
Brigantine House (hotel)
1 volume
Guest register, 1861-1864: with copies of business letters
Allen Brown (Rev.)
Diary
Burlington County legal collection
1884-1888
Paul C. Burgess
9 folders
Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, Absecon, Atlantic City, 1814-1887
Families: Adams, Risley, Somers, Smith, Lake
Central M.E. Church (Linwood)
Manuscript book(s
Church of the Ascension
Manuscript book(s)
1892-1896
William Clevenger
14 folders
Deeds and surveys: Weymouth Township, 1804-1838
Families: Burnet, Giberson, Wescott, Beaty, Scull
Letters: John Floyd, 1818-1841
Matthew Collins surveyor
Manuscript book(s)
Absalom Cordery House
18 folders
• Deeds and surveys: house in Absecon, 1856-1946
• Families: Pitney, Scull, Doughty, Harris, Moore, Warke
Absalom Cordery legal collection
(no additional information)
J.W. Cordery, Blacksmith
Manuscript book(s)
• Blacksmith account book, Absecon, 1894-1898
Lucy A. Cordery Guest House (Absecon)
Manuscript book(s)
• Guest register, 1897-1912
Current Events Club (Atlantic City)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Custom Collector records
Manuscript book(s)
• Ledger, 1797-1809: Jesse Somers
Doll Collectors Club (Atlantic City)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Abner Doughty store (Absecon)
Account books, 2 volumes
• 1793-1798
Absalom Doughty business records
Manuscript Book(s)
• Receipt Book, 1800-1857
Enoch Doughty
2 boxes, 118 folders
• Wills
• Hannah Somers, Richard Somers
• Vessel papers (16)
Enoch Doughty
4 boxes, 346 folders
- Sheriff records, 1821-1843: pleas, sale advertisements, promissory notes
- 2 vendue books
- Inventories: Adrial Clark, Edward Brewer, Charles Campbell
- Militia Commission: Elmer White
- Vessel papers
Doughty-Clark Letters
1 box, 36 folders
• Letters; Doughty family in Clermont County, Ohio to Doughty family, Absecon, 1837-1851; Potts to Doughty re: court case, 1845-1851; Sarah Edwards in Philadelphia to Sarah Doughty, 1854-1856
• Survey: West Jersey to John Price, 1760
• Deed: Hamilton Township, 1813, Ireland to Mull
Egg Harbor City Water Company
Manuscript books
• Minutes, 1896-1923
• Day books, 1913-1920
• Ledger accounts, 1921-1922
• Annual reports, 1912-1922
Egg Harbor Township school records
Registers, 4 volumes
• 1876-1884
C.P. English General Store (Leeds Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1890-1894
John Estell General Store (Hamilton Bridge)
Manuscript books, 6 volumes
• 1816-1837
Estell & Hickman Glass Factory Store
Manuscript book(s)
• 1813
Estell Survey Maps
Manuscript book(s
Alfred K. Frambes
30 folders
• Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, 1741-1857
• Families: Howell, Benezet, Camp, Steelman, Badcock, Frambes
• Vessel papers: Happy Return, T.W. Irelan, Ajax, T.P. Lerned, J. Frambes
• Custom House Book: Great Egg Harbor, 1797-1799, Constant Somers and Alexander Freeland collectors
David Frambes
1 box, 24 folders
• Deeds and surveys: Cape May County, Egg Harbor Township, 1738-1849
• Families: Willets, Jeffries, Blackman, Ireland, Frambes, Scull, Edwards
• Vessel papers: DIANA
Harriet Frambes
3 boxes, 123 folders
• Families: Steelman, Leeds, Scull, Estell, Somers, Frambes, Blackman, Ireland, and others
• Vessel papers
Marie Gandy
1 box, 65 folders
- Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1724-1860
- Families: Somers, Risley, Price, Smith, Tilton, Albertson, Scull, Ireland, Leeds, Gail, Howell, Steelman, Valentine
- Bill of Sale: Negro Lucy Harris, 1838
- Letters: Risley family, 1826-1861; Samuel Cavileer (Civil War), 1852-1865; William Cozier, 1862
- Board Books: Egg Harbor Township, 1838, 1842-1843
- Vessel Papers: Peeler, Trimmer, Wave, Arabell Risley, S & T Parsons, Nimrod, James E, Rapelye, Intrepid, Benjamin H. Field, Erie, Peter & Henry, Lodema and Elizabeth, Mat Williams, 1833-1847
Galloway Township Committee records
Manuscript book(s)
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- Day Book B, 1828-1865
- Minutes book, 1863–1870
- Tax books, 1862-1865 (12 volumes)
- Receipts & Expenditures book
- Richard Collins, 1879
- Register of voters, 1891
General Election 1907 (location unidentified)
Manuscript book(s)
Gloucester County Historical Society
1 box, 35 folders
• Typescript, “Egg Harbor and its Privateers”
• Deeds
Gloucester Farm & Town Association [Egg Harbor City]
Manuscript Books
• Egg Harbor City (in German)
• Property owners, city development, 1859-1862
• Ledgers
• Farmland study, 1857
• Day books, 1855-1862
• Ledger, “The Egg Harbor Leather and Shoe Manufacturing Corporation”: contains homestead shares, 1860-1873
H.F. Godfrey General Store (Tuckahoe)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1856-1874
Jessie A. Gordon
Diary
Grave diggers records (location unidentified)
1 volume
• Ledger, 1876-1899
Greenbank Store
Manuscript book(s)
• 1876-1896
Laurence Guard
1 volume
• Orderly book, 1861: contains Civil War information
George Hagerthy General Store (Shamong)
Manuscript books, 3 volumes
• 1854-1876
Hamilton Hotel (Mays Landing)
1 volume
• Account book, 1836-1838
Andrew K. Hay
5 folders
• Deeds: Weymouth, 1857-1895
• Families: Bell, Colwell, Halstead, Dickson
Christopher Healy
Diary
Absalom Higbee General Store (Leeds Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1835-1839
Everett Higbee
4 folders
• Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, 1759-1808
• Families: Leeds, Smith, Reed, Higby, Risley
Higbee (Maritime)
1 folder
• Vessel papers: Elisabeth, Orange, Polly & Sally, 1808-1841
Hillard Family
2 folders
• Ledger and daybook of Hillard Family, 1826-1864
Phineas K. Hillard, M.D. and Joshua Hillard, M.D. medical collection
1 volume
• House calls, 1910-1911
Hillard(?) General Store (Vincentown)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1826-1839
Holdscom House (Brigantine Hotel)
1 volume
• Guest register, 1888-1892: Isaac Smith, proprietor
Home Rule Association (Somers Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Joe Hooker Post G.A.R.
1 volume
• Service records: includes Civil War information
Hotel Dennis collection (Atlantic City)
• Guest Register, 1901
• Menu scrapbook, 1901-1917
• Menus, holiday and banquet, 1901-1944
Hotel Rodney (Pleasantville)
1 volume
• Account book, 1905-1906
Elisha R. Ingersoll Funeral Home
Manuscript book(s)
• Account book, 1848-1904
Joseph Ireland (Captain)
1 box, 74 folders
Deeds
• Egg Harbor Township
• Families: Smith, Ryon, Frambes, Somers, Risley, Adams, Scull, Ingersoll, Steelman
Janeway Camp (Atlantic City)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Lewis Jeffres
1 folder
• Receipts (200): assorted services in Ocean City, Mays Landing, and Philadelphia, 1896-1900
Emma Cordery Johnson
30 folders
• Notes and receipts of Parker Cordery, 1841-1847 and preaching license of Parker Cordery
Kuehnle’s Hotel (Atlantic City)
7 volumes
• Guest registers, 1881-1882
John Leeds
25 folders
• Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, 1762-1926
• Families: Steelman, Risley, Reed, Cordery, Homan, Heulings, Conover
• Vessel Papers
Mary M. Sherry Leeds
Diary
Leeds Point Hotel
1 volume
• Ledger, 1879-1893
• Registers, 1882-1903 (photocopies
Samuel Leeds General Store (Galloway Township)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1817-1819
Samuel & Japhet Leeds General Store
Day book
• 1814-1817
C.W. Lewis
Diary
Herman Madden
21 folders
• Deeds and mortgages: Weymoth Township, 1826-1899
• Families: Leeds, Weatherby, Peterson, Weeks, Somers, Champion, Smith
• Bill of Sale: Schooner Maria Jane, 1874 and Elanora Van Deusen, 1874
Dr. James Mason
1 folder
• Appointment of Daneil Estell, 1832
• Vessel papers: Angelina, Golden Eagle, Two Brothers
Charles Mathis
3 folders
• Deeds: Galloway Township, 1853-1894
• Families: Johnson, Young, Chappell
• Road returns: Absecon
Eva McClain
Diary
Leona McClain
Diary
McClees Family
6 folders
• Family Papers, 1854-1857
McGowan’s Cafe
Manuscript book(s)
• Expense book, 1909 (Atlantic City)
Robert McMullin
6 boxes, 410 folders
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• Deeds and surveys: Galloway Township, Absecon, 1737-1874; Egg Harbor Township, 1760-1868
• Families: Collins, Ballinger, Blackman, Burnet, Pitney, Vansant, Higbee, Cordery, Leeds, Baker, Conover, Johnson, Smith, Doughty, Risley, Morrs, Endicott, Adams, Clark, Richards, Bell, Ireland, Chamberlain, Price, West, English, Collins, Wescoat, Clark, Budd, Heulings, Ball
• Inventory: of Joseph Johnson, 1793
• Land divisions, 1854: Collins, Sooy, Endicott, Clark, Steelman, Smith
• Manuscript: History of Absecon Presbyterian Church
• Marriage certificate: John T. Cordery to Mary B. Somers, 1868
• Road return: Somers Point to Absecon Bridge, 1805
• Vessel papers: Powhatan, Ellen Sedgwick
Joseph Moore
Diary
Verna Applegate Morgan
2 items
• Watercolor: Somers Mansions with Historic Site designation
• The Nativity
Albert Morris
Diary
National Guard of NJ, Company L records
1 volume
• Property book, 1914-1917
New Jersey Notarial Records (Pitney, Doughty)
Manuscript book(s)
• Jonathan PItney, 1844-1850s: wrecked and/or damaged vessels
• John Doughty, 1875-1882
Overseer of the Poor (Egg Harbor Township)
1 volume
• 1777-1832
Pleasantville Hotel
1 volume
• Account book, 1892-1910
Pleasantville School records
Registers
• 1915-1926
Postal records (Egg Harbor City and Mays Landing)
Manuscript book(s)
• Money orders
John Price (Captain)
4 folders
• Schooner papers: re: M & E Henderson, Tillie Covert, Spray, Robert Parker
• Bond: Militia, Somers Point Home Guard, 1861
S. Bartram Richards
1 box, 34 folders
• Camden & Atlantic Railroad records
• Division of Jeremiah Leeds
• Camden & Atlantic Land Company
• Camden Atlantic Ventnor Land Company
• Maps
James Rider’s Grocery Store (Atlantic City)
Account Book
• 1869-1871
Jesse L. Risley
1 folder
• Deed: Little Egg Harbor, Bellange to Collins
John Risley
1 box, 65 folders
• Deeds and surveys: Great Egg Harbor Township, 1807-1928
• Families: Risley, Fish, Ireland, Lake, rambes, Adams, Edwards
• Lineage: Richard Risley
• Vessel papers: Alice Risley, 1855
Warner Risley
4 folders
• Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1700-1796
• Families: Budd, Valentine, Gail, Risley, Steelman
• Nuncupative will: Jeremiah Risley, 1796
Road Book 1903 (location unidentified)
Manuscript book(s)
Samuel Roberts Bible Papers
1 folder
• Reports of Friends, Gloucester County, 1815-1843
• Letters (2): Year meetings at Philadelphia and London, 1812
• Engraving of Friends Asylum near Frankford
Mrs. F. Leland Rose
1 folder
• Dr. E. H. Madden medical receipts
Jessie Rowley
1 folder
• Appointment of Daniel Baker, 1823
• Jonathan Pitney receipts, 1853-1856
Florence Somers Scull
1 box, 37 folders
• Deeds
• Cape May County, Egg Harbor Township, Weymouth
• Families: Howell, Smith, Steelman, Budd, Scull, Champion
Harry Scull
1 box, 64 folders
• School registers: Galloway Township, Absecon, Oceanville, Leeds Point, Centerville, Unionville, Clark’s Landing, Temperanceville
• Revolutionary War Bounty papers
• Landowners
• Galloway Township, 1870
James G. Scull
11 folders
• Deeds, surveys, maps: Egg Harbor Township, Salem County, 1810-1861
• Families: Lamplugh, Champion, Smith, Bevis, Scull, English
Joseph Scull
3 folders
• Promissory notes, 1887-1901
• Marriage certificate: Carter to Simpkins, 1800
• Schooner Harry O. Sheppard, 1909
Kenneth N. Scull
36 folders
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• Deeds and surveys: Weymouth Township, Great Egg Harbor Township Tuckahoe Tract, 1787-1912
• Deed draught: Richard Somers to James Steelman, 1772, Great Egg Harbor River area
• Families: Howell, Benezet, Camp, Steelman, Badcock, Doughty, Wescoat, Morris, Estell, West
Seaview Cottage (Scullville)
Hotel register
• 1890 (photocopies)
Shipbuilding, repairs, equipment:
• John and Amos Lewis
• Sailmaker books, 1839-1872
Smith
1 folder
• Deed: Weymouth Township, 1817, Smith to Smith
Isaac Smith records (Galloway Township)
Manuscript book(s)
• Ledger, 1821
Larner Smith store
Account book(s)
• 1849-1850 and 1852-1862
Mrs. Shaffer Smith
27 folders
• Deeds and survey warrants: Egg Harbor Township, 1762-1867
• Families: Scull, Keen, Townsend
• Vessel papers
Soldiers & Sailors Club (Atlantic City)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Constant Somers General Store
Manuscript book(s)
• Day book, Jobs POint, 1789-1791
Hubert Somers Collection of the Somers Family
Manuscript collection (photocopied)
Somers Point General Store
Manuscript book(s)
• William Jonas Keen
• Also, Richard Somers Estate, 1794
• Vessel information
Somers Point Realty Company
Manuscript book(s)
• Minutes, etc., 1906-1930
Somers Point Tax Books
2 volumes
• 1890-1897, 1906-1909
Richard Somers Stores
Manuscript book(s)
• Day book and ledgers for stores in Philadelphia and Great Egg Harbor, 1772-1794
• Day book of 1774-1776 contains militia rolls, etc.
Sons of Temperance (Linwood)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Dellwyn M. Sooy
Diary
St. Pauls M.E. Church (Port Republic)
Manuscript book(s)
Mrs. Clarence Steelman
1 box, 83 folders
• Vessel Papers: Estate of Isaac Steelman, Jr.
• Deeds and surveys: Great Egg Harbor Township, 1737-1880
• Families: Steelman, Somers, Scull, Leeds
Steelman General Store (Hamilton Bridge)
Manuscript book(s)
• 1815-1816
James Steelman
16 folders
• Deeds, maps, surveys: Great Egg Harbor Township, 1695-1861
• Families: Budd, Steelman, Somers, Scull, Adams
Thomas Stewart
6 folders
• Deeds: Great Egg Harbor, Weymouth Township, Philadelphia
• Famillies: Wescoat, Colwell, Bell, Matlock
Tax Assessment records (Egg Harbor Township)
1 volume
• 1874
Tax collectors records (location unidentified)
2 volumes
• Book, 1868-1869: by Silas Morse
Peter Tilton
2 folders
• Lawrence Guard papers
• Bill of Sale: sloop David & Henry, 1845
• Road return: Richard Wescott to Egg Harbour Bridge
Samuel W. Tilton legal collection
• 1847-1849
Tuckahoe Bridge Company
Manuscript book(s)
• Day book, 1834-1837
Turner/Leeds
11 folders
• Deeds
• Galloway Township
• Families: Cordery, McCollum, Johnson, Leeds, Turner
Helen Smith Ulmer
14 folders
• Letters: Ladd, Doughty, Ashmead, Wright, 1761-1887
• Deeds and other papers: Smithville, Galloway Township, Great Egg Harbor Township, 1760-1880
• Families: Scull, Blackman, Turner, Baremore, Smith
Unidentified hotel (Atlantic City)
1 volume
• Guest register, 1891-1892: with arrivals, departures, rates
Union School District
Manuscript book(s)
• Records, 1867
Union School House Sunday school
Manuscript book(s)
• 1853-1856
United Paving Company
Manuscript book(s)
• Expense day book, 1910
Vessel Log Books
Vessels
• Lida Babcock and Harvey Anderson
• Spray
• Abel Babcock and Lizzie Babcock
• William Wallace
• Frances Helen
• F.C. Smith
Vessel papers relating to freight, expenses
Vessels
• Schooners
• Richard Vaux
• Effort
• Peterson
• Jesse L. Somers
• Magee McNeal
• Anna Barton
• Citizen
• Model
• Nobel
• W.D. Bell
• Scio
• Narragansett
• Hannahett
• Express
• Ajax
• Mediterranean
• Polly Ireland
• Ann C. Baker
• Lake
• Atlantic County
• Roanoke
• David Duffield
• William Young
• Vulcan
• Francis B. Smith (photocopied)
• Francis C. Smith
• M&E Henderson (Captain John Price)
Voter registration records (Hamilton Township)
1 volume
• Register, 1896
Voters Registration records (Egg Harbor Township)
1 volume
• 1897
Richard Wescoat surveyor
Manuscript book(s)
• 1770-1773
Weymouth Iron Works
Manuscript book(s)
• Daily records, 1817-1844
• Store books, 1891-1909 (some photocopied)
Williams/Cook
3 folders
• Letters: Pension of Joseph Cook and Phebe William, 1863-1883
• Deeds: Fulton to Hudson, 1858-1860
Anna B. Wilson
4 folders
• Deed: Egg Harbor Township, 1818
• Families: Ireland, Richards, Boice, Morse, Ryon, Somers
Women’s Civic Club (Somers Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records
Women Friends of Little Egg Harbor
Manuscript book(s)
• 1853-1893
Yacht Club (Somers Point)
Manuscript book(s)
• Clubs and organizations records