New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-24
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STATE P.iIR or,iers or EreLasO. C,mpea es
HFyEY RT.vEys Edited, with Notes and Rsfererces 70
Printed worh. and AsDoscrs st' Ia o.h~r DePon1f;. Sy
%snm " 4 and Cs%os sTn 2 % IN '
NsvJersy has been gresty fsvofsd by the IN yea
RED perseverance, Of few gentlemen who a,e resolved
to preserve her history in pte of the ngs ardoss of
those who ought 70 tsAe interest in so sod york.
Fer many yesrs there atmp. q. collecting the
history OF the State beside those Of Smith, J;d a;i
Gordon. Early settled and peculiarly situi'ed, this
colony wee the scene Of remarkable events, in which
mary remarkable character. engaged. the nsmss Of
such men as Governors Cartare., Aadros, B.rcl.y,
Lawrie, Burnett Hamilton, Lewis Morris and WiIism
FrsI kln end such early settlers found hsbitsEon
in the wilderness a. .Elzabethtown, AmbOy, Newark,
ON the Rsri.sn and the Delaware, s,s euggestive Of
evelts the hstory Of which s important to the coun.
try at large as well ss the S;ate Besides, here
many wealthy families which had much correspJn1enoe
with public aud private men in the oh coudtry. The
couerpouderee of the Governors snd o:her ofii,t
the colony with the sutho,iies at homo wss minute
and t1ersiye c,It.itpg toe history OF the struggle
fr dom which bsgsn scores Of years before 1o.
10 tie public Offices o England and in private Libraries,
a. ss in gsue's srd Offices ia this co1p,ry, there
was once vast msss Of documents psrtsihng 70 the
isLd was ssfe bat inaccessible while Nga part Of
tlt in this country ia very perishsble stustioo
We know that wsgonosds Of oorrsspoDdence and
other vsusbe mar uscripts in Ne6.Jersey have bsan
us by the Of stupd masters to hight
kitchen frss or have been cold f)r few pennies per
pound 10 paper MAD pufactories Here were two diff.
cuts which the New.Jefsey snt'quary met: the
documents 10 England insccsssiois and not know
ipg their ns,ure he could not cay what he wanted
without voyage to London; aud on tne other hsnd,
the Deuf1t rsbe carelessDess aui stupidity Of many
people in this country were allowing prec'us sud im-
po,tsnt msnuclpts TO perish. Ia addition to these
ives the officially Of gettiGg those papers repuoshed
which were in the Off At Trenton. Ia truth, one Of
the most singular porti Of the volume under con-
sderation is the history whicI Mr. Whitehead gives IN
the preface Of the sboItive efoIts made to induce
the Legislature of New Jsreey TO make &C appropna-
ton to psy for copying documents in the S.se office a.
Lordon which pertain to the history of toe State. Tae
nleatme wss eps.edly recommended By such gentle.
msn a. Cove. Haines and S.ra.op, bat invariably
defeated The lbsrsy oftle Lesflau,e goes but little
bsy opd the public yon o; "Tae Revolutionary Core
epobder ce" ss fouDi in the Off ,e at Trenton.
Mr.. Whitehead the very utellg4n. Corresponding
Scr.ta,y Of the NewJersey Historical Society, has
led tbese efforts to collect and pu. IL permsuent form
these dccumer.e. Finding ths. the legislature would
furpsh no aid in copyiog the documents in England
and that private hbarslty wss o. equal to the ~ofk
the next best thing dole Mr. Henry Stevens was
in London and had access 10 the S,te Paper Offices
and he wac Instructed by the NewJersey Historic
Society 10 make ont an anal ycal ndez to tae docu-
"meIts and other historical materials relating to Nsv.
Jersey which exist in the Stae.Psper Office and pub
"ic Libraries in England" which index will distncty
desc,ioe "ne place Of dep'sI, da.e, character,
summary of coatents AID estimated length IN olios
"of each document exqmiaed.' Mr.. Sevens began
bis woA in l89 ard finished il in 1884, tfsDn ting TO
tie Society pipe qusrto cases, covered with blue mo-
"Iocco, and having locks ard keys, c'nts'ppg over
"IaO separate csris, each ntsinog an sbstrsct OF
"sone paper relating to NevJorsey, beautifully en-
"eross.d, the csrds being arranged chronoiogci Ally,
"sud escb case lsvi the frat and last date eere1
"on tie back, the whole forming manuscript greN
"vslue ard unique appearance Oae-hi h OF the e1-
penses of this work was borne BY the li.e J'me' g.
Krg, esq who for several yesrs was one of the meet
geIerous members Of the S'ciety.
The Secretary and other members Of the Soc'ety
were slso acquainted with many uopub ished and pub
bshed docume ns relating to the same general object
These were in the hands OF private ndivduas or the
,fficers Of such Societies the NevJerey, NswYork
or Pt sdelphis Historical Societies, the S;ae offices
of New York and New.Jersey, or in County oifoes.
These in portsnt manuscripts would be consulted by
historians If they knew Of the fact and place Of their
existence. Isn,e the object Of the admirable work
before u.s. 10 give al index of docu nents in Eog and
al this county which should show the contents, date
character, place OF deposit, length, n &C., OF each
document, 90 tha. any antiquHy could zee whst he
warts and know how 70 get it.
Mr. Whitehead hss edi,ed the whole with the grea.-
est core, and has spared no psns to make t1e york
meet its intended desgp. l. is no. intended to amuse
the masses Like an interesting history, but to uncover
the sources of history to those intelligent men who
write and elucidsts history. As SUCH the book H one
of the most valuable clptnbaGons TO A nericsn HIS
tory ever made, ard the editor deserves the thsnks
no. only of his own State bu. Of the country At large
To show the ch ,rac.er of the work, le. us luo.s
few referer ces as made in tie Analytical Index:
Jan. IS, l770, Ner- York.-Gov. Franklin to Cort-
la1 dt Skianer.- rhe rio;ous proceedings at Mon
mouth of slsyming nature ttSt he had thought
Au.boy on the 7sh Of February, aud to require the
attndsrc ce Of the sheriff and Justices Of the County
pre,en at the rio.-the affair such auiscous seu
TO the Government that let the conse be vhs
IL msy the offenders should be punished the osI
exemplary manner. Original. Whitehead, MSS.
See Neoark Daly Adperi,ser, 1916; and psmpaie;
10 n. Ii. Society LIB; Liberty and Property
witt out Oppression"
Here is an original document Of the most interesting
nature, of which many hear for the fire. time by this
book. The historian knows where 10 fod it, without
l,okiDg through 8 dozen hbranes. Tnis ladex telli
him T. 60 TO Mr.. A. Whtehesd, who WI show him
the paper.
Fth.l2, I57O, Byiigtoa.-Let f;om Gov. Ffsnk
hn TO The E.Il 0: Hllsooroush. Sends severs puohc
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