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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY J. WILSON TO CONGRESSMAN HUGH WHITE ON THE STATE OF WHIG PARTY SENTIMENT IN NEW JERSEY 11 MAY 1848

1848réf. 40142Trenton New Jersey 1848. 2-1/2 pages entirely in ink manuscript on pale blue stationery 8" x 10." At head of letter: a printed presidential sticker 1" x 2-1/2": "For President Zachary Taylor. For Vice President Millard Fillmore." Very Good. The Letter reflects Whigs' uncertainty about the direction of their Party. The most prominent Whigs Webster and Clay had failed to win the Presidency. Zachary Taylor a heroic general whose political opinions were a mystery seemed a better choice. "I have received the letter which you addressed to me on behalf of the Whig Executive Committee of the two Houses of Congress desiring information of the state of public opinion in this state in regard to the candidate for the Presidency & other political topics which now interest the Whig Party. I have shown it to my associates upon the Whig Central Committee of this state and conferred with them upon the subjects of your inquiry. "In regard to the Presidential candidate there is much division of opinion among the Whigs of New Jersey. Many of the most active and intelligent among them in every section of the state think that our candidate should be one whom we have never yet presented to the people. . . The minds of these persons are strongly turned towards Gen. Taylor. "Others equally active and intelligent and equally devoted to the Whig Party think otherwise and their entire hopes and affections centre in Mr. Clay whose nomination they ardently desire and with whom they feel assured of triumph. The minds of others rest on Gen. Scott tho this class is by no means as numerous as either of the others. "We confess ourselves unable to decide. . . Our State Convention to appoint delegates to the National Whig Convention will meet on 24th inst. and we await such further intelligence as the representations of the different counties in that body will bring us. . . The views which I have expressed are those of a majority of our Committee." Wilson's correspondent was Congressman Hugh White of New York State elected as a Whig to Congress 1845-1851. unknown

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[New Jersey]: [Griffith, William]:Biblio.com

EUMENES: BEING A COLLECTION OF PAPERS WRITTEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXHIBITING SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT ERRORS AND OMISSIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY.AND TO PROVE THE NECESSITY OF CALLING A CONVENTION FOR REVISION AND AMENDMENT.

1799réf. 36586Trenton: Printed by G. Craft 1799. Critiquing New Jersey's Revolutionary Constitution This copy bears the ownership signature of Elisha Boudinot on page 29. The tract's author William Griffith studied law in Boudinot's office in Newark before being admitted to the bar in 1788. Boudinot's brother Elias was an important New Jersey lawyer and politician a member of the Continental Congress in the 1770s and '80s and a U.S. Representative from 1789 to 1795. This scarce collection of essays by William Griffith a prominent Burlington lawyer and legal writer argues for the revision of the Revolutionary-era New Jersey constitution. The original constitution crafted over a period of five days and signed just before the Declaration of Independence was a document that did little more than proclaim the state's independence from royal authority and establish a basic framework for government. In these essays some of which had been printed in the STATE GAZETTE Griffith sought to "bring home to every man's heart a conviction of the actual evils which arise out of the theoretic errors of the constitution." The fifty-three essays point out the defects in the constitution and describe Griffith's alternatives on issues such as the judiciary representation etc. Though Griffith and his Federalist cohorts supported revising the 1776 constitution the Republicans in the state opposed revision and carried the day. The New Jersey constitution would not be revised until 1844. Later plain wrappers paper label. Wrappers edgeworn splitting along front hinge. Light even tanning. About very good. In a half morocco box. EVANS 35570. FELCONE 105. SABIN 28829. COHEN 3194. unknown

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[NEW JERSEY TROLLEY LINES -- PHOTO ALBUM]. [PARDEE, Ernest Brown; PARDEE, Ernest Lewis].Biblio.com

Noteworthy photo album with 23 original silver gelatin images of the building and improvement of Public Service Trolley Lines in and around Camden and Gloucester New Jersey showing pier fenders bridges trolley lines replacement of old cord roads with brick and more.

1910réf. 51160Collingswood NJ: E.L. Pardee 626 Park Ave. ca. 1910-1911. 4to. 23 original silver gelatin linen-backed images 7.5 x 9.5 in. printed on 9.25 x 11.5 sized photo stock paper w/ most having annotations and dates on verso in ink and pencil a few dated at lower right corner in white margin below image. Contemporary black pebbled cloth Shipman’s Common-Sense Binder w/ brass staples at gutter margin which slide to fastener at rear reinforced at margin w/ linen some wear rubbing wear to corners minor wear & creasing to gutter margin blanks of images still an excellent exemplar w/ ownership stamp on front pastedown. This remarkable photo album illustrates the building and improvement of infrastructure in and around Camden NJ and Gloucester NJ at the beginning of the 20th century for the Public Service Trolley Line Company. Pardee 1882-1932 was a New Jersey contractor and builder who worked on laying trolley tracks for the company. These images show the rebuilt timber fenders along the Pesauken Creek Bridge new retaining wall built for the Smith Property in Bellmawr NJ for the new Trolley Line bridge over the old sluiceway on Martha Pond on the Oswego River timber bridge along the White Horse Pike by Mooretown the rebuilding of the Electric Trolley line extending the Almonessen Branch to Blackwood as well as the Federal Street Bridge over Coopers Creek in Camden NJ. Of particular interest are the excellent series of photos showing the streets and houses through Gloucester NJ as the company ripped out the old wooden cord roads and laid brick for holding the trolley line ties. After World War I Pardee established the E. Brown Pardee Inc. brick stone and masonry supplies in Collingswood NJ expanding to other building materials through the 1920s until his death. After that the company was managed by his son Ernest Lewis Pardee until World War II. E.L. Pardee, 626 Park Ave., hardcover

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