Name/Title
Calendar of the Stevens Family Papers, Stevens Institute of Technology Library, Hoboken. Volume Two, 1751-1777. Newark: Historical Records Survey, November, 1940.Entry/Object ID
2007.003.0004Description
Calendar of the Stevens Family Papers, Stevens Institute of Technology Library, Lieb Memorial Room, Hoboken. Volume Two, 1751-1777. Newark: Historical Records Survey, November, 1940.
Softcover, 8-1/2" x 11" high; mimeographed typewritten leaves; pp. [7], 1-194, [3]. Portrait of Colonel John Stevens (1749-1838) being page [5]. Introduction on pages [6-7] was written Stevens descendant, Basil Stevens. It is duplicated on his letterhead: Basil Stevens, Counsellor-at-Law, 1 Newark Street, Hoboken. It has his holographic ink signature on page 7.
It has 502 chronological entries. No table of contents as in Volume One, but it has the same sections as found in that volume: bibliography, abbreviations used in references, references, glossary of obsolete names and places, index and other publications. Following page 194 are three un-numbered pages listing the publications of the New Jersey Historical Public Records Survey Program.
The catalogue was a Work Projects Administration effort begun in 1936. The project was expected to be completed in five or six volumes.
4to softcoverAcquisition
Accession
2007.003Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Purchase.Book Details
Edition
First thusPublisher
Historic Records SurveyDate Published
1751 - 1777Notes
Date: 1940
Copy No.: 1General Notes
Note
Notes: The papers are now at the New Jersey Historical Society, Newark.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2007-02-09
