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A bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, at the suit of John Earl of Stair, and others, proprietors of the Eastern-Division of New-Jersey; against Benjamin Bond, and some other persons of Elizabeth-Town, distinguished by the name of the Clinker Lot Right Men. : With three large maps, done from copper-plates. : To which is added; the publications of the Council of Proprietors of East New-Jersey, and Mr. Nevill's speeches to the General Assembly, concerning the riots committed in New-Jersey, and the pretences of the rioters, and their seducers. : These papers will give a better light into the history and constitution of New-Jersey, than any thing hitherto published, the matters whereof have been chiefly collected from records.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6021.
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6022.
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6023.
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6024.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land tenure--New Jersey.
- Land tenure.
- Public lands.
- Elizabeth (N.J.)--History.
- Elizabeth (N.J.).
- Public lands--New Jersey.
- New Jersey--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- New Jersey.
- History.
- Genre:
- Maps -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.).
- Maps -- Atlantic Coast (Middle Atlantic States).
- Maps -- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124, 11 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 13-15, 17-24 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 25-39 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 3 folded leaves of plates) : 3 maps
- Other Title:
- Bill in the Chancery of New-Jersey, at the suit of John Earl of Stair ...
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Published by subscription: printed by James Parker, in New-York, 1747; and a few copies are to be sold by him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia; price bound, and maps coloured, three pounds; plain and stitcht only, fifty shillings, Proclamation Money., [1747]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- A presentation of the case of the East Jersey proprietors against the occupants of lands in the town of Elizabeth deriving their title from grants made by Governor Nicolls about eighty years earlier.
- The bill (filed Apr. 13, 1745) is signed: Ja. Alexander, Jos. Murray, of council for the complainants.
- Printed in two columns.
- Maps engraved by James Turner of Boston.
- Errata notes, pages [2].
- The final leaf has a facsimile front page from the New-York gazette, numbers 268 (March 7, 1748), published by James Parker.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6021).
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6022).
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6023).
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6024).
- Cited in:
- Evans 6021
- Evans 6022
- Evans 6023
- Evans 6024
- Miller, C.W. Franklin, 426
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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