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New Jersey in the American Revolution :: May 2010

1. ADAMS, RANDOLPH G. British Headquarters Maps and Sketches used by Sir Henry Clinton while in Command of the British Forces Operating in North America During the War for Independence, 1775-1782. Ann Arbor, 1928. vi, 144 p. Port. Cloth-backed boards. $50

Guide to the Clinton maps and plans in the Clements Library.

PRINCETON JUST AFTER THE BATTLE

2. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINCETON). Manuscript provision return for Capt. William McAlvey's Company in Col. John Piper's Battalion, Bedford County [Pa.] militia, dated "Princetown 9th Feby. 1777." One page, 3.5 x 8.5 in. Signed for McAlvey by Nicholas Bray. In fine condition. $450

A provision return for "1 Captn., 17 Rank & file, and 1 W:Woman [i.e., washer-woman]." Military documents from Princeton in early 1777 are almost unobtainable.

3. ANDREWS, FRANK D. A Biographical Sketch of Enoch Green, Eminent Presbyterian Divine of Deerfield, New Jersey, Preacher, Teacher, Chaplain in the Revolution ... with Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1771-1776, as Recorded by Mr. Green. Vineland, 1933. 20 p. Wrappers. Old library stamp on front wrapper. $50

Born in present-day Ewing, New Jersey, and minister in Deerfield, Cumberland County. Includes several pages of Deerfield church records copied by Charles E. Sheppard.

4. ANDREWS, FRANK D. The Tea-Burners of Cumberland County who Showed their Resistence ... by Burning a Cargo of East India Tea on the Evening of December 22, 1774, at Greenwich, New Jersey. Vineland, 1908. [2], 41 p. Plates. Wrappers. $75

One of 500 copies. The Greenwich Tea Party. Contains biographical sketches of all the tea- burners. Cumberland County.

5. ARMSTRONG, JAMES F. (Minister of Presbyterian church, Trenton; chaplain in Revolu- tionary War). Autograph letter signed, [Trenton], 12 February 1795. To Colonel Christian Febiger, about paying off Scott's mortgage and his poor health. 1 page, quarto, with integral address leaf. Fine. $250

Armstrong was minister of the Presbyterian church in Trenton after the Revolution.

6. ARMSTRONG, JAMES F. (Minister of Presbyterian church, Trenton; chaplain in Revolu- tionary War). Brief autograph letter signed, 12 June 1797. To George Simpson, cashier of the Bank of the United States, about a check, and thanking him for his "attention to me and my business." One half page, quarto. Light soiling. $200

Armstrong was minister of the Presbyterian church in Trenton after the Revolution.

7. ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM CLINTON. The Battles in the Jerseys and the Significance of Each. [N.p.], 1916. 26 p. Plates. Cloth. $35

American Revolution.

8. ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM CLINTON, ed. Patriotic Poems of New Jersey. [N.p., 1906]. [10], 248 p. Plates. Cloth. $50

Annotated anthology of poems pertaining to New Jersey in the American Revolution, with selections from Freneau to contemporary poets. Includes an appendix of biographical sketches of New Jersey poets.

9. [ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM C.]. Lord Stirling at Trenton. [N.p., n.d., but ca. 1910?] [4] p. Single sheet, folded. Old library stamp. $30

The text of a letter from Stirling to Washington, New Town, 28 December 1776. Attributed to Armstrong in a contemporary note on p. [4]. The main text is followed by a poem, "Battle of Trenton." "Reprinted from 'The Advocate,' New Brunswick, N.J."

10. BARBER, FRANCIS (1751-1783). Elizabethtown schoolmaster, Revolutionary War patriot, killed by a falling tree in 1783. Autograph letter signed, Little Duck Creek, 24 February 1774. To an unnamed recipient, on financial matters. 1 page, quarto. Very good. $150

11. BARTENSTEIN, FRED, and ISABEL BARTENSTEIN. A Report on New Jersey's Revolu- tionary War Powder Mill .... Morristown, [1975]. vi, 194 p. Illus. Cloth. $40 An in-depth study of the Jacob Ford powder mill at Morristown, as well as an archaeological site survey report by Edward J. Lenik.

12. BILL, ALFRED HOYT. The Campaign of Princeton, 1776-1777. Princeton, 1948. ix, 145 p. Maps. Cloth. $35

Still one of the basic popular works on the subject. Despite the title, the book treats the entire Trenton-Princeton campaign.

13. BILL, ALFRED HOYT. New Jersey and the Revolutionary War. Princeton, 1964. xiii, 117 p. Illus. Cloth. $30

A good general treatment.

14. BOUDINOT, ELIAS (1740-1816). Distinguished statesman; commissary general of prisoners in the Revolution; President of Congress; Director of the Mint. Letter signed, Elizabeth Town, 1 August 1769. To Andrew Elliot. One page, folio. Folds strengthened on verso; inlaid to another sheet. $900

Concerning Col. Templer and settling the estate of Sir John St. Clair.

15. BOUDINOT, ELIAS. Journal or Historical Recollections of American Events During the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia, 1894. viii, 97 p. Folding facsimiles of period broadsides. Later cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. Wax seal of original owner George Banta at base of spine. Light overall soiling, but a very nice copy. $200

One of 290 numbered royal octavo copies. The first printing of this important journal recording events from April 1775 to the end of the war. Howes B-642.

16. BOYD, GEORGE ADAMS. Elias Boudinot. Patriot and Statesman, 1740-1821. Princeton, 1952. xvii, 321 p. Plates. Cloth. $50

The best biography of Boudinot--an excellent book with much on his activities in New Jersey as well as his important role in the American Revolution.

17. BOYLE, JOSEPH LEE. "What Can't Brave Americans Endure?" The New Jersey Infantry at the Valley Forge Encampment. [Baltimore, 2001.] xvii, [1], 157 p. Wrappers. $30

Alphabetical list of New Jersey men at Valley Forge, with rank, regiment or company, and remarks.

18. BUNCE, FLORENCE de la M. Washington along Familiar Roads. New York, 1930. [2], 32 p. Illus. Wrappers. $20

Useless D.A.R. drivel about Washington in New Jersey.

DEFENDING THE AMERICAN COLONIES

19. CHAUNCY, CHARLES. A Letter to a Friend, Containing Remarks on Certain Passages in a Sermon Preached by ... John Lord Bishop of Landaff ... in which the Highest Reproach is Undeservedly Cast upon the American Colonies. Boston: Kneeland and Adams, for Thomas Leverett, 1767. 56 p. Untrimmed and stitched, as issued. Half title loose and with a part of the lower blank margin torn off. Light soiling and chipping at fore-edge. With the signature of Abraham Hill, 1767, on the half title. $550

First edition. The first response from America to Landaff's sermon deploring the heathenism and infidelity in America and urging the appointment of American bishops. Chauncy defends the American colonies and emphasizes their piety and missionary zeal. The next five years saw one of the largest pamphlet controversies in our history, drawing in such notables as Chauncy, William Livingston, Thomas Bradbury Chandler, and many others. Adams, American Controversy, 67-3a; Nelson, American Episcopate Controversy, 2; Felcone, New Jersey Books, 50; Evans 10579.

20. CINCINNATI, SOCIETY OF THE. Historical Papers Read Before the Society of the Cincin- nati in the State of New Jersey, 1897 .... [N.p., 1897?]. 37 p. Wrappers. Old library stamp. $40

Papers by Wm. S. Stryker, Geo. S. Mott, and Wm. S. Pennington. George Washing-ton, organization of the Cincinnati, &c.

21. CLARK, BARBARA LOUISE. E.B. The Story of Elias Boudinot IV, his Family, his Friends, and his Country. Philadelphia, [1977]. xiv, 472 p. Illus., facsims. Cloth. $40

Biography of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), the Revolutionary War statesman and resi-dent of Elizabethtown and, later, Burlington.

22. CLARK, MARY SHERRERD. In the Olden Days. Papers Colonial and Revolutionary. Greenwich, Ct., 1905. [10], 120 p. Boards. $75

One of 100 copies, privately printed. Eight essays, many pertaining to New Jersey. Includes "The New Jersey Signers," "An Echo from Old Salem," "Poor Huddy," and "The Surprise at Princeton."

23. COAD, ORAL S. New Jersey in the Revolution: A Bibliography of Historical Fiction, 1784–1963. [New Brunswick], 1964. 39 p. Wrappers. $25 24. CONFLICT AT MONMOUTH COURT HOUSE. Proceedings of a Symposium Commem- orating the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth. Trenton, 1978. 4to. 64 p. Illus. Wrappers. $25

Edited by Mary R. Murrin and Richard Waldron. Several scholarly papers.

25. COWART, SAMUEL CRAIG. Address, The Battle of Monmouth, and Poem, Patriot Sires of Monmouth.... Freehold, [1928]. 11 p. Wrapp. $35

One of two variant issues printed in 1928.

26. DAVIS, T.E. The Battle of Bound Brook. An Address Delivered before the Washington Campground Association ... February 22, 1894. Bound Brook, 1895. Small 4to. 28 p. Illus. Wrappers (chipped at extremities). $50

Somerset County.

27. DUER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling; Major General in the Army of the United States, during the Revolution: with Selections from his Correspondence. New York, 1847. xv, [2], x-xii, 272 p. Cloth (spine chipped). $125

The papers and first biography of William Alexander, self-styled Lord Stirling, edited by his grandson. Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, II. See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 606, for additional comments on the book.

28. DWYER, WILLIAM M. The Day is Ours! November 1776-January 1777: An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. New York, [1983]. xiii, 426 p. Cloth-backed boards. $30

Fine account of the Trenton-Princeton campaign.

29. (ELIZABETH). Revolutionary History of Elizabeth, New Jersey. [Elizabeth, 1926]. 40 p. incl. map. Wrappers. $30

Series of articles on battles, prominent residents, historic houses, education, etc.

30. FARRIER, GEORGE H., ed. Memorial of the Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Paulus Hook ... with a History of the Early Settlement and Present Condition of Jersey City, N.J. Jersey City, 1879. 182 p. Plates. Contemporary half leather (extremities scuffed, but very tight). $125 31. FELCONE, JOSEPH J. Abstracts of New Jersey Manuscripts in the Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution. Washington Crossing, Pa., 1976. 39 p. Wrappers. $10

A guide to the New Jersey-related original manuscripts in this important Revolution-ary War research library.

32. FLOOD, CHARLES BRACELEN. Monmouth. A Novel. Boston, 1961. 349 p. Cloth. $35

First edition. Historical fiction centering around the Battle of Monmouth.

33. FOLSOM, JOSEPH FULFORD. History of the Washington Association of New Jersey, 1874-1924. Morristown, 1930. 68, [4] p. Illus. Wrappers. $30

34. FOLSOM, JOSEPH FULFORD. New Jersey's Part in the Revolution. [N.p., 1912]. 10 p. Wrappers (quite brittle). $20

Reprinted from Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society.

35. FORMAN, STEPHEN. Autograph letter signed, Freehold, 4 June 1783. To his cousin Samuel S. Forman at Middletown Point. 2 pages, quarto, with integral address leaf. In fine condition. $300

The youthful Forman discusses the mutual benefit of the correspondence, asks if his cousin Jonathan would sell his Greek Testament, the prospect of college in the fall, &c. Monmouth County.

36. GERLACH, LARRY R. New Jersey in the American Revolution, 1763-1783. A Documentary History. Trenton, [1975]. xx, 474 p. Frontis. Cloth. $60

A fine scholarly study based on period documents.

37. GILMAN, C. MALCOLM B. Blazing Star. A Documentary Account of a Small Privateer during the American Revolution. South Brunswick, [1974]. [14], 179 p. Illus. Cloth. $30

Despite the title, an entirely undocumented and thoroughly buffish account of a privateer operating off the coast of New Jersey during the Revolution.

38. GILMAN, C. MALCOLM B. Monmouth Road to Glory. Red Bank, [1964]. [16], 56, [6], 239, 12, [2] p. Illus. Cloth. $35

The Battle of Monmouth, the court-martial of Charles Lee, and some interesting conclusions by the author. 39. GODFREY, CARLOS E. Washington's Debarkation at Johnson's Ferry on Christmas Night in 1776. Trenton, 1932. 9 p. Wrappers. $30

Washington's crossing of the Delaware on Christmas Eve. This is the first attempt to purge local history of the McKonkey's Ferry misnomer.

40. GODFREY, CARLOS E. Washington's March to Trenton on Christmas Night in 1776. Tren- ton, 1924. 14 p. Maps. Wrappers. $35

Competent analysis of the exact route used by Washington's troops on the march to Trenton.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRENTON

41. GORDON, PETER (Trenton merchant and bookseller, quartermaster general during the Revolutionary War). Receipt for three hundred and twenty-one dollars from Amos Howell for "a Roan Horse 6 Years old Branded (U. S.)," Trenton, 5 May 1779. One page, octavo. Signed by Gordon as Q.M. About fine. $300

Gordon notes the horse was sold at vendue.

42. HALSEY, EDMUND DRAKE. History of the Washington Association of New Jersey. Morristown, 1891. 39 p. Plates. Cloth. $25

43. HEDGES, JOB E. Washington, a Living Force. An Address Delivered ... Before the Wash- ington Association of New Jersey ... February 23rd, 1914. [N.p., 1914]. 25 p. Wrappers. $15

44. HENDERSON, PETER. Campaign of Chaos ... 1776. In the Jaws of the Juggernaut an Eaglet Held the Stars. Haworth, 1975. [16], 1140, [2] p. Illus. Cloth. $35

Historical novel based on the New York-New Jersey campaign of 1776.

45. HEUSSER, ALBERT H. The Forgotten General. Robert Erskine, F.R.S. Geographer and Surveyor General to the Army of the United States.... Paterson, [1928]. 4to. ix, [2], 216 p. Plates. Cloth. $90

Erskine was a New Jersey ironmaster, surveyor, and map maker during the American Revolution.

46. HOFFMAN, ROBERT V. The Revolutionary Scene in New Jersey. New York, [1942]. 303 p. Illus. Cloth. $45 Series of Revolutionary War sketches and incidents.

FRANCIS HOPKINSON AND JOSEPH BORDEN

47. HOPKINSON, FRANCIS (Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey; Bordentown resident). Engraved bill of exchange from the Loan Office of the United States, 30 October 1780, payable to Peter & Wm. Wikoff. 9.5 x 21 cm. Signed by Hopkinson as treasurer of the Continental Loan Office and countersigned by Joseph Borden as commis- sioner of the Loan Office for New Jersey. In fine condition. $3000

Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was one of New Jersey's five signers of the Declaration of Independence, He was married to a daughter of Joseph Borden, the leading citizen of Bordentown, and for several years Hopkinson lived in Bordentown. In 1779 he became an admiralty judge in Pennsylvania. Documents signed by Hopkinson are not rare, but they almost never have any connection to New Jersey. The present bill of exchange is not only signed by Hopkinson's father-in- law, Joseph Borden, but the recipients, Peter and William Wikoff, were Monmouth County residents, and Peter had been an aide to Washington at the Battle of Monmouth. The most "New Jersey" Hopkinson document we have ever handled.

48. HOW, HENRY K. The Battle of Trenton: by Henry K. How. New-Brunswick, New-Jersey. New Brunswick, 1856. 15 p. Removed. $75

Patriotic verse by a New Brunswick resident. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 770.

49. HUNTERDON COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Colonel Stewart's Revolutionary War Service Recal- led. [Flemington, 1932.] [4] p. (single sheet folded). Illus. $35

One of 300 copies reprinted from the Hunterdon County Democrat of May 26, 1932, for Hiram E. Deats. Includes Deats' sketch of Col. Charles Stewart (1729-1800).

50. (HUNTERDON COUNTY). Hunterdon County, New Jersey Taxpayers, 1778-1797. Miami Beach: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1990. 4to. [2], 203 p. Mylar wrappers, spiral bound. $35

Alphabetical list of Hunterdon County residents, with township and date, extracted from the tax ratables.

51. INDEX OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTER of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revo- lutionary War. Baltimore, 1965. [9], 142 p. Cloth. $50

Reprint of the 1941 edition. The essential "index to Stryker," compiled by the Historical Records Survey Project of the W.P.A.

52. INDEX OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTER of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revo- lutionary War. Newark, 1941. 4to. [17], 142, [3] p. Wrappers. $50

The essential every-name index to Stryker's register, compiled by the Historical Records Survey Project of the W.P.A.

53. INDEX OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTER of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. [Baltimore, 1989.] [9], 142 p. Cloth. $50

Reprint of the 1941 edition. The essential "index to Stryker," compiled by the Historical Records Survey Project of the W.P.A.

54. JACKSON, JOHN W. The Pennsylvania Navy, 1775-1781. The Defense of the Delaware. New Brunswick, [1974]. xiv, 514 p. Illus. Cloth. $40

South Jersey and the naval war on the Delaware during the American Revolution.

55. JONES, E. ALFRED. The Loyalists of New Jersey. Their Memorials, Petitions, Claims, etc., from English Records. Newark, 1927. 346 p. Port. Cloth. $125

Still the standard reference work on New Jersey Loyalists in the American Revolution.

56. KEMMERER, DONALD L. Path to Freedom. The Struggle for Self-Government in Colonial New Jersey, 1703-1776. Princeton, 1940. xvi, 384 p. Plates. Cloth. $75

An important scholarly study of 18th-century New Jersey up to the Revolution.

57. KEMPSHALL, EVERARD. The Centennial Anniversary of the Burning of the Church Edifice of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, New Jersey. "Caldwell and the Revo- lution;" A Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, Prior to and During the War of the Revolution.... Elizabeth, 1880. 45, [1] p. Wrappers (one tape repair). $60

58. KIPPING, ERNST. The Hessian View of America, 1776-1783. Monmouth Beach, 1971. Lg. 4to. 48 p. Illus. Cloth. $45

With much on New Jersey.

59. LADIES AT THE CROSSROADS. Eighteenth-Century Women of New Jersey. [N.p., 1978]. x, 157 p. Illus. Wrappers. $45

Very amateur biographical sketches of over 130 eighteenth-century New Jersey women. 60. LATSCHAR, JOHN A. Prelude to Revolution: The New Brunswick Meeting of July 21, 1774. [N.p., n.d., but 1970s?] 16 p. Wrappers. $20

A meeting of New Jersey delegates held at New Brunswick.

61. [LAWRENCE, ROBERT]. A Brief Narrative of the Ravages of the British and Hessians at Princeton in 1776-77. A Contemporary Account of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Princeton, 1906. x, 56 p. Wrappers (extremities chipped, a trifle soiled). $125

Edited by Varnum Lansing Collins. This is the most famous eyewitness account of the Battle of Princeton. Though unknown to Collins at the time of publication, the journal was written by Robert Lawrence, a Monmouth County resident who at the time of the battle was residing with the Olden family in Princeton. Scarce. Princeton Historical Association Extra Publications, No. 1.

62. LEIBY, ADRIAN C. The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley. The Jersey Dutch and the Neutral Ground, 1775-1783. New Brunswick, [1962]. ix, 329 p. Illus. Plates. Cloth. $35

One of the finest studies of the Revolutionary War in northern New Jersey, particularly the Bergen County area.

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON DOCUMENT

63. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790; governor of New Jersey, 1776-1790). Document signed, 27 August 1783. Being a legal document assiging rights in a financial obligation. 2 1/2 pages, folio. Signed by William Livingston, with his red wax seal, and witnessed by Brockholst Livingston and Susan Livingston. In fine condition. $700

Concerns a bond executed to Livingston in 1769 by Philip French of New Brunswick. Mentions Ann and Susan Brown, Edward Neale, David Van Horne, and David Clarkson.

64. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. The Papers of William Livingston. Trenton, [1980]. [xxxiii], 600, [1] p. Plates. Cloth. $45

Volume 2, complete in itself and covering July 1777 to December 1778. A scholarly edition of the papers of New Jersey's Revolutionary War governor, edited by Carl E. Prince.

65. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. The Papers of William Livingston. Trenton, [1979]. xxvi, [4], 434, [1] p. Plates. Cloth. $45

Volume 1, complete in itself and covering June 1774 to June 1777. A scholarly edition of the papers of New Jersey's Revolutionary War governor, edited by Carl L. Prince. 66. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. The Papers of William Livingston. Trenton, [1987]. [xxvii], [3], 611 p. Plates. Cloth. $45

Volume 4, complete in itself and covering July 1780 to April 1783. A scholarly edition of the papers of New Jersey's Revolutionary War governor, edited by Carl E. Prince.

67. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. The Papers of William Livingston. New Brunswick, [1986]. xxix, [3], 499 p. Plates. Cloth. $45

Volume 3, complete in itself and covering January 1779 to June 1780. A scholarly edition of the papers of New Jersey's Revolutionary War governor, edited by Carl E. Prince and others.

68. LUNDIN, LEONARD. Cockpit of the Revolution. The War for Independence in New Jersey. Princeton, 1940. [xvii], 463 p. Plates. Cloth. $125

One of the classic studies of New Jersey in the Revolution.

69. McCLINTOCK, EMORY. Topography of Washington's Camp of 1780 and its Neighbor- hood.... [N.p., 1894]. 39 p. Maps. Wrappers. $40

Morristown area in the American Revolution. Read before the Washington Association of New Jersey.

70. McGEORGE, ISABELLA C., and WALLACE McGEORGE. Ann C. Whitall, the Heroine of Red Bank; The Battle of Gloucester; Lost Towns and Hamlets in Old Gloucester County. [Woodbury, 1917]. 32 p. Wrappers. $30

Three historical addresses.

71. McQUILLIS, SHIRLEY G. 1840 Census of New Jersey Pensioners for Revolutionary of Military Service. Laughlintown, Pa., 1983. [2], 10 p. Wrappers, in neat later cloth binding. $30

Alphabetical record of New Jersey military pensioners in 1840, with age, county, township, and with whom the individual resided.

72. MIERS, EARL SCHENCK. Crossroads of Freedom. The American Revolution and the Rise of a New Nation. New Brunswick, [1971]. xix, 290, [5] p. Illus. Cloth. $35

The Revolutionary War in New Jersey.

73. (MONMOUTH BATTLE MONUMENT). Memorial of the Committee of Arrangements for the Unveiling of the Monmouth Battle Monument, at Freehold, New Jersey ... November 13, 1884. Trenton, 1885. 49 p. Frontis. Wrappers (a bit chipped). $35

74. MOORE, GEORGE H. The Treason of Charles Lee Major General Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution. New York, 1860. xii, 115, [1] p. Plates, folding facsims. Cloth (light spotting, corner soiled). $100

The pioneer study of Lee's actions at the Battle of Monmouth.

75. NASH, GARY B. "... and Distinguished Guests. The Continental Congress at Princeton, 1783. Princeton, 1962. 23 p. Illus. Wrappers. $20

Short essay on the Continental Congress's session at Princeton.

76. NEBENZAHL, KENNETH. A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolu- tion, 1775-1795. Chicago, [1975]. xiv, 159 p. Cloth. $50

The standard bibliography of Revolutionary War military maps and battle plans.

77. NELSON, PAUL DAVID. William Alexander, Lord Stirling. [Alabama, 1987]. x, 245, [1] p. Illus. Cloth. $35

Modern scholarly biography of the Revolutionary War general.

78. NEW JERSEY CENTENNIAL TEA PARTY, Held at ... Trenton, on ... February 25 and 26, 1874. Trenton, 1874. 30 p. Wrappers. $30

A Centennial ladies' tea.

79. NEW JERSEY. GOVERNOR. (William Livingston, 1776-1790). Selections from the Corres- pondence of the Executive of New Jersey, from 1776-1786 .... Newark, 1848. xvi, 368 p. Cloth (worn at extremities). $90

The official papers of New Jersey from 1776 to 1786, consisting chiefly of letters to Governor William Livingston and to the legislature. A basic Revolutionary War reference work. Felcone, New Jersey Books, 952.

80. NEW JERSEY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Political and Social Conflict. Trenton, 1970. 72 p. Wrappers. $25 REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD LAWS OF NEW JERSEY

81. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Acts of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New- Jersey, from the Establishment of the Present Government, and Declaration of Independence, to the end of ... December, 1783; with the Constitution Prefixed ... By Peter Wilson. Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1784. Folio. x, 389, [1], 28, 4, 4, 30 p. Early decorated paper-covered boards, later calf spine, leather spine label (worn at extremities). Title leaf somewhat soiled and dampstained, marginal dampstain on next few leaves, the usual foxing and browning of some gatherings as found in all copies, small piece torn from the top blank margin of 3G2, without loss. George S. Woodhull's copy. $900

A compilation of New Jersey laws passed between 1776 and 1783, and the work that updates Samuel Allinson's compilation of 1776. A great many of the laws pertain to the American Revolution. For a detailed account of the evolution and printing history of Wilson's Laws, see Felcone, New Jersey Books, 161-2. Evans 18632.

82. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, from the Establishment of the Present Government, and Declaration of Independence, to the end of ... December, 1783; with the Constitution Prefixed ... By Peter Wilson. Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1784 [i.e., Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1981]. vii, [1], x, 389, [1], 28, 4, 4, 30 p. Cloth. $75

Facsimile reprint of the 1784 edition, with a new (and very brief) introduction by John D. Cushing. A welcome reprint of Wilson's compilation of New Jersey laws passed between 1776 and 1783, updating Samuel Allinson's compilation of 1776. A great many of the laws pertain to the American Revolution. For an essay on Wilson's laws, see Felcone, New Jersey Books, 161-2.

83. NEW JERSEY MEDICINE in the Revolutionary Era, 1763-1787. An Exhibition. Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1976. 36 p. Illus. Wrappers. $25

A well-annotated exhibition catalogue.

84. NEW JERSEY. Minutes of the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey. Jersey City, 1872. 287 p. Cloth (lightly chipped). $75

Transcription of the minutes from March 1777 through October 1778. The first publication of these important Revolutionary War records.

85. NEW JERSEY. Minutes of the Governor's Privy Council, 1777-1789. Trenton, [1974]. xi, 306 p. Cloth. $35

Edited by David A. Bernstein. A complete transcription, with copious notes, of this important Revolutionary War-period record. New Jersey Archives, 3d Series, vol. 1. 86. NEW JERSEY. Minutes of the Governor's Privy Council, 1777-1789. Trenton, [1974]. xi, 306 p. Cloth. $50

Edited by David A. Bernstein. New Jersey Archives, 3d Series, vol. 1. One of the very few extant copies of the first printing, which was recalled and destroyed almost immediately after publication when numerous typographical errors and inconsistencies were found. New Jerseyana's answer to the upside-down airplane stamp.

87. NEW JERSEY. Minutes of the Provincial Congress and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, 1879. 618 p. Cloth. $100

Indexed transcription of the minutes from 1775 through 1776, and an essential Revolutionary War reference work.

88. NEW JERSEY MONUMENT ASSN. Address of the Officers and Standing Committee of the New Jersey Monument Association. Trenton, 1859. 15 p. Frontis., folding map. Wrappers. $50

Solicitation of funds for the erection at Trenton of a Revolutionary War monument. The frontispiece is a handsome tinted lithograph by Duval of the proposed monument. The map depicts troop movements during the Trenton-Princeton campaign.

89. NEW JERSEY MONUMENT ASSN. Address of the Officers and Standing Committee of the New Jersey Monument Association. Trenton, 1860. 20 p. Frontis., folding map. Removed. $50

90. NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Year Book for 1928. [N.p., 1929]. 96 p. Illus. Wrappers. $35

Several articles by Frank H. Stewart on Revolutionary War battles and incidents in South Jersey.

91. NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Year Book for 1930. [N.p.], 1931. 120 p. Plates. Wrappers. $35

Article by William Bell Clark on the Battle in the Delaware and South Jersey historical notes by Frank H. Stewart. MATTHIAS OGDEN LETTER: 1775

92. OGDEN, MATTHIAS (1754-1791). Autograph letter signed, Eliz. Town, 18 March 1775. To an unidentified Aaron, possibly his brother. 2 pages, folio. A trifle darkened, but very good.$750

A charming letter, possibly to his brother, the future Governor Aaron Ogden, about women. "I read with pleasure your love intrigues ... with Miss T ... Steadily Aaron. Money is alureing, & there is pleasure in gratifying a Friend, but let not a fortune buy your peace, nor sell your happiness to gratify a Friend ... I understand her fondness for C. was after she was acquainted with you ... Be cautious Aaron weigh the matter well ... Let not her sense, her education, her modesty, her graceful actions, or her wit, betray you...." A full letter, entirely in this vein. Several months later Matthias Ogden would leave with Arnold's expedition to Quebec.

93. PARKER, CHARLES W. New Jersey Supreme Court. September Term 1776 .... [N.p., 1932]. 20 p. Facsims. Wrappers. $30

The court in Revolutionary War New Jersey. Includes a sketch of Frederick Smyth, the last chief justice under the Crown. Reprinted from Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society.

94. PAROLE: QUEBEC; COUNTERSIGN: TICONDEROGA. Second New Jersey Regimental Orderly Book, 1776. Rutherford, [1980]. 310 p. Illus. Cloth. $35

Edited by Doyen Salsig. A fine transcription of a New Jersey Revolutionary War orderly book.

95. [PAXSON, HENRY D.] Brief Itinerary of a Trip from Philadelphia to Washington Crossing and other Points of Historic Interest in Bucks County, Pennsylvania .... Washington Crossing [Pa.], 1926. 55, [1] p. Illus. Folding map. Wrappers. $30

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, the Christmas Eve crossing of the Delaware, etc.

96. PEDRICK, WILLIAM E. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton as Pictured by Artists. Trenton, 1925. 16 p. Plates. Wrappers. $35

Very brief iconography of the Trenton-Princeton campaign.

THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER NEW JERSEY NOVEL: A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER

97. PETERSON, CHARLES J. Kate Aylesford. A Story of the Refugees. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, [1855]. [5], 22-356 p. + [20] p. advts. Red cloth. Moderate wear at extremities, spine a bit canted, but withal an unusually nice copy of a book that is invariably found in very worn condition. A presentation copy from the publisher, inscribed on the front endpaper "Wm. P. Preston, Esq. Compliments of Publisher, T. B. Peterson." $800

First edition of the most sought-after New Jersey novel. Laid in the Pine Barrens during the Revolutionary War, the novel's action takes place at Sweetwater, now Pleasant Mills, Atlantic County. Kate Aylesford is the quintessential heroine of Victorian fiction. Many of the local scenes are identifiable, and the heroine's mansion is the Elijah Clark house, still standing on Lake Nescochague at Pleasant Mills. The 1778 raid at Chestnut Neck is an important part of the action, and the "Pine Robbers" are conspicuous in many scenes. The story first appeared serially in a Philadelphia newspaper, then was released in book form in 1855. It was reprinted, with trifling changes, in 1858, and was reissued in 1873 with a new title, The Heiress of Sweetwater. By J. Thornton Randolph. This is the nicest copy we have ever offered and the first presentation copy. For a detailed essay on the book, the characters, the author, and the publication history, see Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1210.

98. PETERSON, CHARLES J. Kate Aylesford or The Heiress of Sweetwater. Medford, [2001]. xviii, 276, [2] p. Cloth. $35

A modern edition of this classic New Jersey novel, with a new foreword by Robert Bateman. Laid in the Pine Barrens during the Revolutionary War, Kate Aylesford first appeared serially in a Philadelphia newspaper, and then as a book in 1855. It was reprinted from partly altered stereotype plates in 1858 and then reissued in 1873 as The Heiress of Sweetwater. See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1210, for a lengthy essay on the book. Original copies of the book have become very scarce and are eagerly sought by South Jersey collectors.

99. PRINCE, CARL E. Middlebrook. The American Eagle's Nest. Somerville, [1958]. 87 p. Wrappers. $35

The American army at Middlebrook, Somerset County, 1778-1779.

100. (PRINCETON). The Princeton Battle Monument. The History of the Monument, a Record of the Ceremonies Attending its Unveiling, and an Account of the Battle of Princeton. Princeton, 1922. 131 p. Illus. Plates. Cloth-backed boards (spine lettering faint as always). $35

Includes a fine account of the Battle of Princeton by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker.

101. THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE: New Jersey, 1763-1789. [Trenton: New Jersey State Mus- eum, 1976]. 4to. 268 p. Illus. Wrappers. $25

Handsomely illustrated catalogue of the museum's Bicentennial exhibition, mounted under the direction of E. Leslie Byrnes, Jr., and Suzanne Corlette. An important record of 18th century New Jersey fine and decorative arts, printing, etc., and a useful reference work.

102. PURVIS, THOMAS L. Proprietors, Patronage, and Paper Money: Legislative Politics in New Jersey, 1703-1776. New Brunswick, [1786]. xii, 348 p. Charts and tables. Cloth. $40 An important scholarly study of the working of the New Jersey assembly up to the Revolution.

103. RACE, HENRY. A Historical Sketch of Miss Jane McCrea. [N.p., 1888.] 14 p. Wrappers (a bit torn, spine taped). Marginal stain from old tape repair. $40

New Jersey woman murdered by Indians near Fort Edward during the Revolutionary War.

104. RAMSAY, DAVID. The History of the American Revolution .... Trenton: James J. Wilson, 1811. 2 vols. Contemporary sheep (shabby, hinges broken). $275

Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1251.

105. REED, WILLIAM B. Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed. Philadelphia, 1847. 2 vols. 437, [1], 2 p.; [4], [9]-507 p. Port. Contemporary embossed cloth, very skillfully rebacked in matching cloth and leather spine labels. A remarkably fine, fresh copy of a book that is invariably rebound or in poor condition. $250

First edition. Reed was a New Jersey native who later moved to Philadelphia. During the American Revolution he served as military secretary to Washington, a member of the Continental Congress, and adjutant general of the continental army. He was also president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Howes R-137; Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1255.

106. REVOLUTIONARY MEMORIAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY. Revolutionary Memorial Society of New Jersey. [N.p., 1897?]. 56 p Plates. Wrappers (a bit dust-soiled and chipped). $45

Organized chiefly to take title to the Wallace House in Somerville. Much on Washington's stay there. Somerset County.

107. RICHARDSON, WILLIAM H. Washington and "The Enterprise Against Powles Hook": A New Study of the Surprise and Capture of the Fort ... August 19, 1779. Jersey City, 1929. 69 p. Illus. Plates, folding facsim. Cloth-backed boards. $35

Revolutionary War incident in present-day Hudson County.

108. RYAN, DENNIS P. New Jersey in the American Revolution, 1763-1783. A Chronology. [Trenton, 1974]. 80 p. Wrappers. $30

A highly useful day-by-day chronology of the American Revolution in New Jersey.

109. SABINE, WILLIAM [H. W.]. Katarina Van Buskirk: A Play about George Washington and the Beautiful Girl from New Jersey in 1776. [N.p.], 1957. 88 p. Port. Cloth-backed boards (a bit soiled, corner dampstain). Signed and numbered by the author. $60

110. SADLER, WILBUR F. The Old Barracks at Trenton. Views of the Structure as Originally Erected, 1758-9, and of the Remaining Portions. Trenton, 1911. 9 p. Illus. Wrappers. $30

Erected during the French and Indian War and later used during the American Revolution.

111. SALTER, EDWIN, and GEORGE C. BEEKMAN. Old Times in Old Monmouth. Historical Reminiscences of Old Monmouth County, New Jersey, Being a Series of Historical Sketches Relating to Old Monmouth County, (now Monmouth and Ocean). To which is Appended the History and the Centennial of the Battle of Monmouth .... Baltimore, 1980. [10], 318, 72, 75, ix p. Cloth. $75

Reprint of the 1887 edition. One of the standard Monmouth (and Ocean) County reference works.

112. SCHUYLER, HAMILTON. The Battle of Trenton. An Historical Narrative in Verse. [Trenton, 1926]. 11 p. Illus. Cloth-backed boards. $25

113. SCOTT, AUSTIN. Washington's Unwon Battle. An Address ... Before the Washington Association of New Jersey ... February 22nd, 1898. Morristown, [1898]. 16 p. Wrappers. $25

114. [SCOTT, AUSTIN]. Blazing the Way to Final Victory: Washington's Order of 29 August 1781. New Brunswick, 1920. 10, [1] p. Folding facsim. Wrappers. $15

On Washington's order from New Brunswick to Simeon D. Witt to survey the road from New Brunswick to Trenton and on to Philadelphia and Maryland. Read before the New Brunswick Historical Club.

115. SEDGWICK, THEODORE. A Memoir of the Life of William Livingston, Member of Congress in 1774, 1775, and 1776; Delegate to the Federal Convention in 1787, and Governor of the State of New- Jersey from 1776 to 1790. With Extracts from his Correspondence, and Notices of Various Members of his Family .... New York, 1833. 449, [3], 7 p. Port. Cloth, paper spine label. Spine faded and worn, as usual with this book, but a nice tight copy. Two extra engraved portraits are neatly inserted. $175

Still the only book-length biography of the Revolutionary War governor of New Jersey. See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1276, for a lengthy comment about this book. SIMCOE'S MILITARY JOURNAL

116. SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES. Simcoe's Military Journal. A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, Called the Queen's Rangers, Commanded by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe, During the War of the American Revolution.... New York, 1844. xvii, [4], 14-328 p. 10 folding lithographed battle plans. Contemporary boards, printed paper spine label. Persistent dampstain at lower inside corner of entire text block, foxing throughout. Stitching loosening, spine beginning to split. A respectable copy of a book very difficult to find in fine condition. $1000

First American, and first published, edition, after a small edition printed in Exeter, England, in 1787 for private circulation. This edition contains considerable additional material as well as a memoir of the author. Simcoe, a British officer, led the Queen's Rangers, a regiment composed largely of American Loyalists. The regiment took part in actions in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey from 1777 to 1780, in which year they went to Virginia, where they remained until Yorktown. Two of the battle plans depict Southern New Jersey engagements: the skirmish at Quintin's Bridge and the surprize at Hancock's House. Howes S-461; Clark I, 311; Lande 749.

117. SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES. Simcoe's Military Journal. A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, Called the Queen's Rangers, Commanded by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe, During the War of the American Revolution.... New York, 1844 [i.e., 1968]. [2], xvii, [4], 14-328 p. Folding battle plans. Cloth. $75

Reprint of the 1844 edition, following a small edition printed in Exeter, England, in 1787 for private circulation. The American edition contains considerable additional material as well as a memoir of the author. Simcoe, a British officer, led the Queen's Rangers, a regiment composed largely of American Loyalists. The regiment took part in actions in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey from 1777 to 1780. Two of the battle plans depict Southern New Jersey engagements: the skirmish at Quintin's Bridge and the surprize at Hancock's House.

118. SKEMP, SHEILA L. William Franklin. Son of a Patriot, Servant of a King. New York, 1990. xiv, 358 p. Plates. Cloth. $35

Scholarly biography of William Franklin, the last Royal governor of New Jersey.

119. SMITH, HORACE W. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack ... Containing the Cadwalader Pamphlet, Valley Forge Letters.... Philadelphia, 1856. 90 p. Half morocco. $60

One of the basic pieces in the "grandson" controversy over Joseph Reed's alleged cowardice just prior to the Battle of Trenton. See Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1292, for details.

120. SMITH, SAMUEL STELLE. The Battle of Monmouth. Monmouth Beach, 1964. 4to. 32 p. Illus. Cloth. $45

Clear and competent analysis of the battle, with maps and charts of troop movements, &c. 121. SMITH, SAMUEL STELLE. The Battle of Princeton. Monmouth Beach, 1967. 4to. 44 p. Illus. Maps. Cloth. $45

Clear and competent analysis of the battle, with maps and charts of troop movements, &c.

122. SMITH, SAMUEL STELLE. The Battle of Trenton. Monmouth Beach, 1965. Lg. 4to. 36 p. Illus. Maps. Cloth. $45

Clear and competent analysis of the battle, with maps of troop movements, &c.

123. SMITH, SAMUEL STELLE. Fight for the Delaware, 1777. Monmouth Beach, 1970. 4to. 52 p. Illus. Cloth. $45

Clear and competent analysis of the Revolutionary War on the lower Delaware, the Battle of Red Bank, etc. Maps, charts of troop movements, &c.

124. SMITH, SAMUEL STELLE. A Molly Pitcher Chronology. Monmouth Beach, 1972. 16 p. Wrappers. $15

A good essay, explaining both the fact and the fiction surrounding this colorful character and her connection with the Battle of Monmouth.

125. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. The Book of .... [N.p.], 1968. 96 p. Plates. Cloth. $35