Princeton University Library Collection of Clarke Family Materials - Princeton University. Library. Special Collections; Clarke, Elisha Lawrie (1732)
Consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke.
The collection consists of correspondence and documents of the Clarke family of New Jersey, particularly of Elisha L. Clarke and Joseph Olden Clarke. Among the documents are deeds, wills, receipts, account books, estate memoranda, inventories of goods, bonds, statements of account, articles of agreement, receipt books, maritime insurance policies (1845) on ship cargo, and a survey map (1749) of land owned by David Brearley in Maidenhead, now Lawrence Township. There are also two autograph albums, a school copy book, a day book, a ledger, two school books having to do with mathematics exercises (1715, 1810), and a diary (1689-1720; this in box 2).
Keywords: Lawrence (Mercer County, N.J. : Township) -- Surveys; Clark family; Clarke, Joseph Olden; Account books -- New Jersey; Deeds -- New Jersey; Family papers -- New Jersey; Insurance policies. -- 19th century; Land surveys. -- 18th century; Wills -- New Jersey