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TitleCarte de visite of General Judson Kilpatrick

Date Created1860-1869

DescriptionThe carte de visite was a type of small photograph mounted on a thick paper card, usually the size of a calling card, making it easily tradeable among friends and visitors. It was popular through the...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleCarte de visite of Captain Jacob D. Wyckoff

Date Created1860-1869

DescriptionThe carte de visite was a type of small photograph mounted on a thick paper card, usually the size of a calling card, making it easily tradeable among friends and visitors. It was popular through the...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleCarte de visite of Captain Henry C. Warner

Date Created1860-1869

DescriptionThe carte de visite was a type of small photograph mounted on a thick paper card, usually the size of a calling card, making it easily tradeable among friends and visitors. It was popular through the...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitlePhotocopy of letter to Secretary of State Seward, from President of Rutgers College Theodore Frelinghuysen

Date Created1861

DescriptionThis letter commends William McCoy, a fellow townsman. It is dated August 2nd, 1861. The original is in the Miss Emma A. McCoy papers from 1861-1940, located in the New Brunswick Free Public...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleOfficer epaulets

Date Created1861

DescriptionGolden epaulets with no rank insignia, gold braids, blue and gold trim. On the bottom there is a small blue label of the company who made it: Horstman, Bros. & Allen, Military Goods, New York. They...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleBattlefield flag cord and tassel

Date Created1861

DescriptionBlue and gold, with a red, white and blue ribbon tied into it. Believed to once be attached to a flag. Believed to belong to First Lieutenant Robert Boggs. Donated by Robert Boggs Post No. 67. Robert...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleDischarge paper of Private Stephen Selover

DescriptionPhotocopy of the discharge paper of Private Stephen Selover of Co. B, 28th New Jersey Volunteers. Stephen Selover (William S. Stryker's Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War,...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleDischarge paper of Private Michael McLaughlin

DescriptionPhotocopy of the discharge paper of Private Michael McLaughlin of Co. D, 28th New Jersey Volunteers. Michael McLaughlin was born in New Brunswick, NJ, and made his living as a farmer prior to the...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleMap of a Section of Plainfield to Sell Building Lots 1869.
One hundred and thirty two Valuable Cottage Lots and 375 City Lots in the City of Plainfield, New Jersey.

Date Created1869

DescriptionLot plan and guide map for Plainfield, N.J. Advertised lots are bounded by Lane Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue (east-west) and Alletia Street and Carriejo Street (north-south). One hundred and thirty...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitlePluckemin, Burnt Mill circa 1903 - 1909

Date Created1903-1909

DescriptionPhoto of the mill at Burnt Mill between 1903 and 1909. Among those pictured are: Mr. Erdley, the miller, dressed in white, his wife Anna standing in the doorway, and their daughter Mabel by the...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)