Manuscript Collections
Click each Collection name for a description.
Manuscript book(s)
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
2 folders
- Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1812-1823
- Families: Risley, Adams, Lake, Andrews
1 scrapbook
- Menus, 1892-1894
Diary
Manuscript book(s)
- Agent's records of Linwood, Somers POint, Ocean City, 1924-1929
2 volumes
- Guest register, 1900-1920
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
1 book
- Guest register, 1892-1900
Manuscript book(s)
- 1942-1960
1 volume
- Account book, 1876-1882
Manuscript book(s)
- 1888
Manuscript book(s)
- 1861-1866
1 folder
- Protest against school
Manuscript book(s)
- 1866-1869: by James Robinson
Manuscript book(s)
- 1871-1885
Manuscript book(s)
Manuscript book(s)
- Veterans
Manuscript book(s)
- 1879-1881
Manuscript book(s)
- 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
Manuscript book(s)
- Mays Landing, 1933-1951
Manuscript book(s)
Manuscript book(s)
- 1854-1863 (photocopy)
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
1 folder
- Papers: schooners Uriah, Thames, sloop Susan and Martha by Enoch Doughty, 1830-1832
- Resurvey of property: Isaac Steelman, 1850
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
1 volume
- Account book, 1841-1850
Board Minutes
- 1879-1881
Manuscript book(s)
- Minutes, etc., 1864-1879
Manuscript book(s)
- 1855-1862 (photocopies)
1 volume
- Account book, 1905-1906
6 folders
- Deeds: Burlington County, 1794-1901
- Families: Leeds, Horner, Toy, Stockton, Smith, Tice, Lippincott, Israel, Dobbins
Manuscript book(s)
- Accounts, 1866-1869
Manuscript book(s)
- 1838-1853
Tuition book
1 book
- Unidentified, probably Burlington County
1 folder
- Letters: Smiths of Mays Landing, 1847
- Poems re: Hannah Smith's husband, 1847 and Captain John D. Winner, 1839
6 folders
- Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1820-1844
- Families: Adams, Conover, Steelman
Diary
Diary
Manuscript book(s)
- Account book, Atlantic City, 1923-1924
1 folder
- Deed: Ashbridge, Robeson, Saul to Westcott in Galloway Township
- Deed: Wescoat for school in 1825
1 volume
- Expense book, 1846
1 volume
- Guest register, 1861-1864: with copies of business letters
Diary
- 1884-1888
9 folders
- Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, Absecon, Atlantic City, 1814-1887
- Families: Adams, Risley, Somers, Smith, Lake
Manuscript book(s)
Manuscript book(s)
- 1892-1896
14 folders
- Deeds and surveys: Weymouth Township, 1804-1838
- Families: Burnet, Giberson, Wescott, Beaty, Scull
- Letters: John Floyd, 1818-1841
Manuscript book(s)
18 folders
- Deeds and surveys: house in Absecon, 1856-1946
- Families: Pitney, Scull, Doughty, Harris, Moore, Warke
(no additional information)
Manuscript book(s)
- Blacksmith account book, Absecon, 1894-1898
Manuscript book(s)
- Guest register, 1897-1912
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Manuscript book(s)
- Ledger, 1797-1809: Jesse Somers
Day Book
- 1848-1852
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Account books, 2 volumes
- 1793-1798
Manuscript book(s)
- Recepipt book, 1800-1857
2 boxes, 118 folders
- Wills
- Hannah Somers, Richard Somers
- Vessel papers (16)
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
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
Manuscript books
- Minutes, 1896-1923
- Day books, 1913-1920
- Ledger accounts, 1921-1922
- Annual reports, 1912-1922
Registers, 4 volumes
- 1876-1884
Manuscript book(s)
- 1890-1894
Manuscript books, 6 volumes
- 1816-1837
Manuscript book(s)
- 1813
Manuscript book(s)
5 folders
- Records of a club in Atlantic City
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
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
3 boxes, 123 folders
- Families: Steelman, Leeds, Scull, Estell, Somers, Frambes, Blackman, Ireland, and others
- Vessel papers
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
Manuscript book(s)
- 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
Manuscript book(s)
1 box, 35 folders
- Typescript, "Egg Harbor and its Privateers"
- Deeds
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
Manuscript book(s)
- 1856-1874
Diary
1 volume
- Ledger, 1876-1899
Manuscript book(s)
- 1876-1896
1 volume
- Orderly book, 1861: contains Civil War information
Manuscript books, 3 volumes
- 1854-1876
1 volume
- Account book, 1836-1838
5 folders
- Deeds: Weymouth, 1857-1895
- Families: Bell, Colwell, Halstead, Dickson
Diary
Manuscript book(s)
- 1835-1839
4 folders
- Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, 1759-1808
- Families: Leeds, Smith, Reed, Higby, Risley
1 folder
- Vessel papers: Elisabeth, Orange, Polly & Sally, 1808-1841
2 folders
- Ledger and daybook of Hillard Family, 1826-1864
1 volume
- House calls, 1910-1911
Manuscript book(s)
- 1826-1839
1 volume
- Guest register, 1888-1892: Isaac Smith, proprietor
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
1 volume
- Service records: includes Civil War information
- Guest Register, 1901
- Menu scrapbook, 1901-1917
- Menus, holiday and banquet, 1901-1944
1 volume
- Account book, 1905-1906
Manuscript book(s)
- Account book, 1848-1904
1 box, 74 folders
- Deeds
- Egg Harbor Township
- Families: Smith, Ryon, Frambes, Somers, Risley, Adams, Scull, Ingersoll, Steelman
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
7 volumes
- Guest registers, 1881-1882
1 folder
- Receipts (200): assorted services in Ocean City, Mays Landing, and Philadelphia, 1896-1900
30 folders
- Notes and receipts of Parker Cordery, 1841-1847 and preaching license of Parker Cordery
25 folders
- Deeds and surveys: Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, 1762-1926
- Families: Steelman, Risley, Reed, Cordery, Homan, Heulings, Conover
- Vessel Papers
Diary
1 volume
- Ledger, 1879-1893
- Registers, 1882-1903 (photocopies)
Manuscript book(s)
- 1817-1819
Day book
- 1814-1817
Diary
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
1 folder
- Appointment of Daneil Estell, 1832
- Vessel papers: Angelina, Golden Eagle, Two Brothers
3 folders
- Deeds: Galloway Township, 1853-1894
- Families: Johnson, Young, Chappell
- Road returns: Absecon
Diary
Diary
6 folders
- Family Papers, 1854-1857
Manuscript book(s)
- Expense book, 1909 (Atlantic City)
6 boxes, 410 folders
- 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
Diary
2 items
- Watercolor: Somers Mansions with Historic Site designation
- The Nativity
Diary
1 volume
- Property book, 1914-1917
Various volumes
Vessel papers relating to freight, expenses:
- 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)
Nautical Log Books for vessels:
- Lida Babcock and Harvey Anderson
- Spray
- Abel Babcock and Lizzie Babcock
- William Wallace
- Frances Helen
- F.C. Smith
Shipbuilding, repairs, equipment:
- John and Amos Lewis
- Sailmaker books, 1839-1872
Manuscript book(s)
- Jonathan PItney, 1844-1850s: wrecked and/or damaged vessels
- John Doughty, 1875-1882
1 volume
- 1777-1832
1 volume
- Account book, 1892-1910
Registers
- 1915-1926
Manuscript book(s)
- Money orders
4 folders
- Schooner papers: re: M & E Henderson, Tillie Covert, Spray, Robert Parker
- Bond: Militia, Somers Point Home Guard, 1861
1 box, 34 folders
- Camden & Atlantic Railroad records
- Division of Jeremiah Leeds
- Camden & Atlantic Land Company
- Camden Atlantic Ventnor Land Company
- Maps
Account Book
- 1869-1871
1 folder
- Deed: Little Egg Harbor, Bellange to Collins
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
4 folders
- Deeds: Egg Harbor Township, 1700-1796
- Families: Budd, Valentine, Gail, Risley, Steelman
- Nuncupative will: Jeremiah Risley, 1796
Manuscript book(s)
1 folder
- Reports of Friends, Gloucester County, 1815-1843
- Letters (2): Year meetings at Philadelphia and London, 1812
- Engraving of Friends Asylum near Frankford
1 folder
- Dr. E. H. Madden medical receipts
1 folder
- Appointment of Daniel Baker, 1823
- Jonathan Pitney receipts, 1853-1856
1 box, 37 folders
- Deeds
- Cape May County, Egg Harbor Township, Weymouth
- Families: Howell, Smith, Steelman, Budd, Scull, Champion
Manuscript book(s)
- Minutes, etc., 1906-1930
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
11 folders
- Deeds, surveys, maps: Egg Harbor Township, Salem County, 1810-1861
- Families: Lamplugh, Champion, Smith, Bevis, Scull, English
3 folders
- Promissory notes, 1887-1901
- Marriage certificate: Carter to Simpkins, 1800
- Schooner Harry O. Sheppard, 1909
36 folders
- 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
1 folder
- Deed: Weymouth Township, 1817, Smith to Smith
Manuscript book(s)
- Ledger, 1821
Account book(s)
- 1849-1850 and 1852-1862
27 folders
- Deeds and survey warrants: Egg Harbor Township, 1762-1867
- Families: Scull, Keen, Townsend
- Vessel papers
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Manuscript book(s)
- Day book, Jobs POint, 1789-1791
Manuscript collection (photocopied)
Manuscript book(s)
- William Jonas Keen
- Also, Richard Somers Estate, 1794
- Vessel information
2 volumes
- 1890-1897, 1906-1909
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.
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Diary
Manuscript book(s)
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
Manuscript book(s)
- 1815-1816
16 folders
- Deeds, maps, surveys: Great Egg Harbor Township, 1695-1861
- Famillies: Budd, Steelman, Somers, Scull, Adams
6 folders
- Deeds: Great Egg Harbor, Weymouth Township, Philadelphia
- Famillies: Wescoat, Colwell, Bell, Matlock
1 volume
- 1874
2 volumes
- Book, 1868-1869: by Silas Morse
2 folders
- Lawrence Guard papers
- Bill of Sale: sloop David & Henry, 1845
- Road return: Richard Wescott to Eggharbour Bridge
- 1847-1849
Manuscript book(s)
- Day book, 1834-1837
11 folders
- Deeds
- Galloway Township
- Families: Cordery, McCollum, Johnson, Leeds, Turner
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
1 volume
- Guest register, 1891-1892: with arrivals, departures, rates
Manuscript book(s)
- Records, 1867
Manuscript book(s)
- 1853-1856
Manuscript book(s)
- Expense day book, 1910
1 volume
- Register, 1896
1 volume
- 1897
Manuscript book(s)
- 1770-1773
Manuscript book(s)**
- Daily records, 1817-1844
- Store books, 1891-1909 (some photocopied)
**Restricted
3 folders
- Letters: Pension of Joseph Cook and Phebe William, 1863-1883
- Deeds: Fulton to Hudson, 1858-1860
4 folders
- Deed: Egg Harbor Township, 1818
- Families: Ireland, Richards, Boice, Morse, Ryon, Somers
Manuscript book(s)
- 1853-1893
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Manuscript book(s)
- Clubs and organizations records
Hotel register
- 1890 (photocopies)