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• Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (5 volumes, later ones subtitled "Early Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants"; 1903-1932), by John E. Stillwell
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org
• Archives of the state of New Jersey First series v. 1- (Newark, N.J.[etc.], 1687), by New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transcriptions of early county records of New Jersey. Gloucester county series. (The Historical records survey, 1940), by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to depositories of manuscript collections in the United States: New Jersey (preliminary volume) (The Historical records survey, 1941), by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Van Houten manuscripts; a century of historical documents, assessment lists, unrecorded deeds, vendues, inventories, bonds, letters, accounts, pleadingsin law suits, and other papers relating to men and events, manners and customs, in the olden times in Paterson and vicinity. (Paterson, N.J., 1894), by Gerrebrandt Van Houten and William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey ... (Newark, N. J., [etc], 1880), by Elmer Tindall Hutchinson, A. Van Doren Honeyman, William Nelson, Frederick W. Ricord, William A. Whitehead, and New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey. (Newark, 1880), by New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Journal of the votes and proceedings of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey : held at Trenton in the month of October, 1775 (Reprinted by order, J. Sailer, printer, 1835), by New Jersey. Provincial Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Jersey archives (Library Resources, 1631), by New Jersey. Office of the Governor and New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• First report of the Public record commission of New Jersey. (The Unionist-Gazette association, state printers, 1899), by New Jersey. Public record commission and William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from the Journal of proceedings of the Provincial congress of New Jersey, held at Trenton in the months of May, June and August, 1775. ([publisher not identified], 1835), by New Jersey. Provincial Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. (Sommerville, N.J., 1899), by New Jersey. Public Record Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original documents relating to the life and administrations of William Burnet, Governor of New York and New Jersey, 1720-1728, and of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 1728-1729 / compiled by William Nelson. (Press Printing and Pub. Co., 1897), by William Nelson and New Jersey. Governor (1720-1728 : Burnet) (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Jersey archives. First series (New Jersey Historical Society, 1880), by New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 (Barnes & Noble, 1959), by Albert Cook Myers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Inventory of the research library of the Historical Records Survey : deposited at the Princeton University Library as part of basic source materials of historical and cultural records surveys & inventories. (Work Projects Administration, 1943), by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, Princeton University. Library, and United States. Work Projects Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inventory: classified research data, primary source materials, secondary source materials, special subject files, draft volumes for publication, surplus publications, relating to: local, county, state and federal historical subjects ([Newark], 1943), by War services program. New Jersey, New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, and Writers' Program (N.J.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• General index to the Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, first series, in ten volumes (Daily Advertiser Printing House, 1888), by Frederick W. Ricord (page images at HathiTrust)

• Charters of the old English colonies in America : with an introduction and notes (John W. Parker, 1850), by Samuel Lucas (page images at HathiTrust)

• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of New Jersey, by Episcopal Church Diocese of New Jersey (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, New Jersey Conference (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Newark Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark Conference (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Newark, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Newark (partial serial archives)
• Colporteur reports to the American Tract Society, 1841-1846. (Historical records survey, 1940), by American Tract Society and New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transcriptions of early church records of New Jersey (The Historical records survey, 1940), by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Church records in New Jersey : notices of the character, extent, and condition of the original records of about one hundred and fifty of the older churches and Friends' meetings ; with other data (Paterson History Club, 1904), by William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)

• First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714, a period of fifty years (Leroy Carman press, 1930), by Orra Eugene Monnette (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Town Records of Hopewell, New Jersey (New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1931), by Hopewell (N.J.), ed. by Lida Cokefair Gedney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The old Middletown town book, 1667 to 1700; The records of Quaker marriages at Shrewsbury, 1667 to 1731; The burying grounds of old Monmouth. ([New York, 1906), by John E. Stillwell and Middletown (N.J.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of the township of Paterson, New Jersey, 1831-1851 : with the laws relating to the township ; extracts from contemporary newspapers, and notes (Evening News Job Print., 1895), by William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Van Houten manuscripts; a century of historical documents, assessment lists, unrecorded deeds, vendues, inventories, bonds, letters, accounts, pleadingsin law suits, and other papers relating to men and events, manners and customs, in the olden times in Paterson and vicinity. (Paterson, N.J., 1894), by Gerrebrandt Van Houten and William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The City Hall, Paterson, N.J. (1896), by Paterson (N.J.). City Hall Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)

• Act for incorporating the free port of Perth Amboy (Printed by Isaac Collins, 1785), by New Jersey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of New Jersey, by Episcopal Church Diocese of New Jersey (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Newark, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Newark (partial serial archives)

• The minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey ... (Perth Amboy, 1949), by Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, Joanne R. Walroth, Maxine N. Lurie, and New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selections from the correspondence of the executive of New Jersey, from 1776 to 1786. (Printed at the Newark daily advertiser office, 1848), by New Jersey. Governor (1776-1790 : Livingston) and New Jersey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary (s.n., 1792), by Samuel Mickle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of the Legislative-Council of New-Jersey (Printed by Isaac Collins, 1777), by New Jersey. Legislature. Legislative Council and New Jersey General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)

• Documents Relating to the History of the Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River (volume 12 of a larger series on the history of New York; Albany: Argus Co., 1877), ed. by Berthold Fernow
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1912), ed. by Albert Cook Myers (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey ... (Perth Amboy, 1949), by Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, Joanne R. Walroth, Maxine N. Lurie, and New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 (C. Scribner's Sons, 1912), by Albert Cook Myers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, [1631-1776] (Printed at the Daily journal establishment [etc.], 1880), by William A. Whitehead and William Nelson, ed. by Frederick William Ricord (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of the governor and Council... (The J. L. Murphy Pub. Co., printers, 1890), by New Jersey. Council and William Nelson, ed. by Frederick William Ricord (page images at HathiTrust)
• The papers of Lewis Morris, Governor of the Province of New Jersey, from 1738 to 1746. (G.P. Putnam for the New Jersey Historical Society, 1852), by New Jersey. Governor (1738-1746 : Lewis Morris) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analytical index to the colonial documents of New Jersey, in the state paper offices of England. (New York : D. Appleton and company, 1858., 1858), by Henry Stevens and William A. Whitehead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from American newspapers. relating to New Jersey. 1704-1775. (Paterson, N. J., 1894), by William Nelson and A. Van Doren Honeyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calendar of records in the office of the secretary of state. 1614-1703. (The Press printing and pub. co., 1899), by William Nelson and Berthold Fernow (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Jersey archives (Press Priting and Pub., 1899), by William Nelson and New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archives of the State of New Jersey. First series (s.n.], 1880), by New Jersey Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The journall of the procedure of the governor and Councill of the province of East New Jersey : from and after the first day of December Anno Dmni 1682. (Printed by J.H. Lyon, 1872), by New Jersey. Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from American newspapers (Paterson, N.J., 1894), by A. Van Doren Honeyman and William Nelson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calendar of records in the office of the secretary of state. (The Press printing and publishing co., 1899), by William Nelson and Berthold Fernow (page images at HathiTrust)
• An analytical index to the colonial documents of New Jersey (D. Appleton and company, 1858), by Henry Stevens and William A. Whitehead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from American newspapers, relating to New Jersey. 1704-1775. (Trenton, N.J., 1894), by William Nelson and A. Van Doren Honeyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The journall of the procedure of the governor and Councill of the province of East New Jersey from and after the first day of December Anno Dmni--1682. (Printed by John H. Lyon, 1872), by New Jersey. Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal and votes of the House of Representatives of the province of Nova Cesarea or New Jersey : in their first sessions of assembly, began at Perth Amboy, the 10th day of November, 1703. (Printed by J. H. Lyon, 1872), by New Jersey (Colony). General assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal and votes of the House of Representatives of the province of Nova Cesarea or New Jersey : in their first sessions of assembly, began at Perth Amboy the tenth day of November, 1703. (J.H. Lyon, 1872), by New Jersey. House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707. (Barnes & Noble, 1912), by Albert Cook Myers (page images at HathiTrust)
• First settlers of ye plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714, a period of fifty years (Leroy Carman press, 1930), by Orra Eugene Monnette (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Narratives of early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707 (Barnes & Noble, 1959), by Albert Cook Myers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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