Overview of Collection
Arnold Family
H929 MSS Arnold
Arnold Family Papers,
1763-1878
.5 linear feet in one manuscript box
Related materials in this Repository
- Collection name - Item description and/or title, dates.
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts - Arnold, Colonel Jacob receipt, 1788.
Scope and Content Note
The Arnold Family Papers, 1763-1878, highlight a number of business transactions between Jacob Arnold and several members of Morristown and the surrounding area. The collection contains 45 documents including mortgages, land deeds, estate sales, correspondences, common pleas, land surveys, and petitions. These documents identify the transactions of Jacob Arnold and various members of his family. There are also documents in this collection that do not pertain specifically to the Arnold family, but were found with the aforementioned documents and involve people mentioned in Jacob Arnold's documents. These documents are held together in a separate folder.
Arrangement of the Papers
The papers are arranged in chronological order starting in 1763 and ending in 1878. There are a few documents which contain no date and can be found at the end of the collection. The last folder in this collection consists of documents that do not mention any Arnold family member specifically but rather have to do with people mentioned in Arnold's documents. These documents were found with Jacob's Arnold's documents and were being held together. This folder contains common pleas, land deeds, court orders, and summonses.
Important Information for Users of the Collection
The Arnold Family Papers are open for research under the conditions of the North Jersey History Center archives access policy. Items may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research, however, as with all materials in the North Jersey History Center, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material from the collection.
Preferred Citation
Arnold Family Papers. North Jersey History Center, The Morristown and Morris Township Library.
Processing Information
Compiled by S. Christine Jochem. Processed and encoded by Laura Fabiano, Spring 2007.
Container List
Arnold Family Papers, 1763-1898
1 1
Administrative Paperwork, April 2007.
1 2
Indenture Bond Regarding Samuel Arnold's Debt to John Watson, 1763.
1 3
Statement of Accounts from Jacob Arnold to Jonas Phillips, 1777-1778.
1 4
Article of Agreement between Jacob Arnold and Benjamin Lindsley, Jonas Phillips, and Jonathan Hathaway, 1782.
1 5
Land Deed from William Leddell to Jacob Arnold, 1782.
1 6
Land Indenture from David Erwin to Silas Howell and Jacob Arnold, 1785.
1 7
Land Deed, 1786.
1 8
Correspondence from Samuel Brant to Caleb Camp, 1786.
1 9
Land Deed regarding property in Roxbury, 1786.
1 10
Land Indenture from Jacob Arnold to John Wurts and James Lithe, December 8, 1786.
1 11
Jacob Arnold Estate Sale, September 28, 1787.
1 12
Land Claim: Jabez Beach to Tim Johnes Prepared by Jacob Arnold, 1788.
1 13
Survey of Land at Request of Jacob and Bowley Arnold, 1788.
1 14
Darby's Estate Sale, 1788.
1 15
Land Suit written by Jacob Arnold regarding William Leddell, 1789.
1 16
Petition to get Ziba Arnold out of Jail, 1792.
1 17
Correspondence, Subscription to get Ziba Arnold out of Jail, 1793.
1 18
Common Pleas against Ziba Arnold, 1794.
1 19
Ziba Arnold's Demand Against his Father's Estate, 1794.
1 20
Land Indenture from Peter Mackie to Jacob Arnold, 1794.
1 21
Correspondence from Jacob Arnold to Jacob Campfield, Esq., 1794.
1 22
Common Pleas versus Jacob Arnold, 1794.
1 23
Land Deed from William Leddel to Jonas Phillips, 1797.
1 24
Land Indenture between Stephen Freeman and Jacob Arnold, 1797.
1 25
Regimental Orders, 1801.
1 26
Land Deed: Jacob Arnold, Peter Mackie, David Phoenix and Nathan Ford, 1805.
1 27
Correspondence between Matthew Lum and Jacob Arnold, 1806.
1 28
Receipt for Meetinghouse Chair, 1807.
1 29
Charles Arnold Property Sale, 1816.
1 30
Correspondence, not dated.
1 31
Documents not Pertaining to Jacob Arnold Family including Common Pleas, Land Deeds, Court Orders, and Summonses, 1787-1878.