Gibbons Family Papers Finding Aid

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Title: The Gibbons Family Papers

Quantity: 29 legal-size grey boxes, plus 14 oversized/custom enclosures; approx. 18 cubic ft.

Format of materials: eighteenth- and nineteenth-century paper documents, journals/notebooks, pamphlets, bound volumes, oversized material

Location: Drew University Library, University Archives

Processed by: Rebecca Rego Barry, February 2005

Biographical Note

Thomas Gibbons (Dec. 15, 1757- May 16, 1826) married Ann Heyward, c.1780.
Ann Gibbons Trumbull, (married John M. Trumbull 1810, died June 1, 1817) T

homas Heyward Gibbons (married Mary Dayton, died 1825)

William Gibbons(Oct. 9, 1794 - Dec. 10, 1852) married Abigail Louisa Taintor (1791 - Oct. 5, 1844). Date of marriage Oct. 7, 1826.

Sarah Taintor Gibbons (Oct. 20, 1829, married Ward McAllister 1852, died 1909?)

William Heyward Gibbons (May 22, 1831- June 9, 1887). Unmarried.

Caroline Gilmour Gibbons (June 24, 1833- March 7, 1857). Unmarried.

Isabel Gibbons (Oct. 31, 1835, married Frank Lathrop)

Thomas Gibbons was born outside of Savannah, Georgia in 1757. During the Revolution, he remained a loyalist while other members of his family were patriots. When the war ended, the Gibbons family kept its large land holdings, and after some time, Thomas was granted clemency. He became a successful lawyer, a judge, and owner of several rice and cotton plantations, including the Mount Vernon estate, Shaftsbury, Mansfield, Fair Lawn, Orange Valley, White Hall, Moreland, Rose Dew and Tusculum. Gibbons entered politics as a campaign manager for General Anthony Wayne in a hotly contested congressional election. He himself served as mayor of Savannah in the years 1791-92, 1794-95, and 1799-1800, but he was often accused of unethical political tactics.
Around 1810, Gibbons purchased an estate in Elizabeth-town (now Elizabeth), New Jersey. He relocated his family and, in 1817, began to run steamboats between New York and New Jersey. He hired Cornelius Vanderbilt as the captain of one of his boats. After many legal battles (and a duel) involving exclusive rights on steamboat navigation between states, the case of Gibbons vs. Ogden went to the United States Supreme Court in 1824. Gibbons hired Daniel Webster as his lawyer, and he won in a famous verdict that declared steamboat monopolies null (i.e. exclusive rights to interstate navigation and commerce were illegal, and only Congress could regulate navigation when it involved trade). Thomas Gibbons died in New York in 1826.
Thomas Gibbons and his wife, Ann Heyward, had three children. William Gibbons, the favored heir, withdrew from Princeton to become his father's business associate. Upon his father's death, William inherited the businesses and plantations (including more than 500 slaves). He sold the steamboats in 1829 and became involved in thoroughbred breeding and racing. In 1832, William bought nearly 1,000 acres in Bottle Hill (now Madison), New Jersey, where he built an antebellum style mansion (later known as Mead Hall of Drew University).
William Gibbons married Abigail Louise Taintor, with whom he had four children. Notably, daughter Sarah married Ward McAllister, writer and socialite. William Gibbons died in 1852. The only son, William Heyward, closed the mansion in the late 1850s and joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He lost much of the family fortune during the war and sold the Madison property in 1867 to Daniel Drew. William Heyward died in 1887.

Scope Note:

The Gibbons Papers at Drew University is a voluminous archival collection. The bulk of the material was created by Thomas Gibbons and his son, William Gibbons. The records include daily correspondence, financial receipts and ledgers, letterbooks, journals, legal documents and court proceedings, and miscellaneous family-owned ephemera that spans 1782-1860s, the bulk of which covers 1810-1845. Most of the records are financial and legal documentation of the Gibbons' businesses, including plantation management, steamboats, and horse racing. Records of family life - including those on the family home in Madison, NJ - occur in the 1830s-1840s period.

In regard to the collection's provenance, evidence suggests that Drew librarian S.G. Ayres recovered the material from the attic of the family's mansion (now Mead Hall) around 1900. It has since been stored in the Drew University Library. Smaller donations have been accepted and added to the collection over the years, including some from descendents of Isabel Gibbons Lathrop.

Note on Arrangement*

**Items which do not fit in standard archival document boxes are housed in appropriate custom enclosures and are designated oversized in the finding aid as "*OVER-#." These items are shelved separately from the standard boxes.

Series *I.*Correspondence is divided into three subseries, reflecting three record creators: a) Thomas; b) William; c) William Heyward Gibbons. Letters are filed chronologically within each subseries. Exceptions occur in cases where the creator sewed a batch of letters together. Completely undated material is filed at the end of each subseries; in cases when only the year is known, the letter is placed at the end of that year's folder. Letters between father and son have been cross-referenced, with the original placed in the writer's file. In cases where a bulk of correspondence exists with one particular correspondent, the letters have been filed in a separate folder under that year.

Several sets of transcripts have been created over the years and are available for ease of reading. See Series VII. Secondary Research Materials/a. Research Correspondence, Notes, Transcripts.

A note on "major" subjects of the correspondence of William Gibbons.

The subject of horse and cattle breeding and/or horse racing appears in William Gibbons' correspondence from roughly 1829-1844.
The subject of plantation management appears particularly in the correspondence between William Gibbons and S.B. Parkman (beginning 1823); George H. Maner, (beginning1823); John J. Maxwell (beginning 1835); Elias Reed (beginning 1839); and Samuel Ballow (beginning 1847).

Series II. Financial Records is divided into three subseries: a) Thomas and William Gibbons; b) Ann Heyward Gibbons (one item); c) William Heyward Gibbons (one folder). Thomas and William were both major creators of financial records. However, due to their father-son business partnership in which one often acted as agent for the other, especially in Thomas' last years, the records are sorted only by format - e.g., account book or account statement/receipt - and then by date (generally speaking, the year 1826 is the breaking point between Thomas' and William's records). Dates are determined by the author's docket on the document whenever possible. This arrangement seeks to reflect the nature of their business relationship and accommodates the bulk of material. Completely undated material is filed at the end of each subseries; in cases when only the year is known, the letter is placed at the end of that year's folder.

A change occurs in 1846, in which "House Accounts" are separated from William's general accounting, probably due to the hiring of Mrs. Ingraham, who handled a separate household account.

Subseries b contains one document of household finances written by Ann Heyward Gibbons. Subseries c contains one folder of miscellaneous financial records belonging to William Heyward Gibbons.

Series III. Notebook, Letterbooks, and Journal. This series contains 4 items, all described in the container listing to follow.

Series IV. Legal Documents is a broad category, separated into two subseries. Subseries A contains the earliest documents - indentures, land agreements, and deeds - in the collection, dated 1778-1810. Many are in very fragile condition, and some are damaged. Item-level processing in this subseries furthers preservation efforts and prevents unnecessary handling.

Subseries B contains: Acts/Legislative Documents, Business Agreements, Court Documents, Employment Agreements, Estate Documents, Horse Purchases and Pedigrees, Memorials/Petitions, Notes on legal cases, Pardons, and Rent/Lease Agreements*.* The Court Documents consist of juror lists, subpoenas, affidavits, injunctions, depositions, etc., which have been filed by case whenever possible. Within each folder, the documents have been filed chronologically to the extent that it is possible; many items are undated.

Series V. Court Proceedings and Litigation Pamphlets. All printed and sewn pamphlets. Some with signature of Thomas or William Gibbons on title page. Listed by title in chronological order. Each item is individually wrapped in acid-free paper and enclosed within an acid-free folder. In some cases, more than one copy of each title is available.

Series VI. Family Ephemera/Miscellaneous. This series contains miscellaneous material created by or owned by the Gibbons family. It is organized into four subseries: a) Manuscript documents; b) Printed documents; c) Books/Periodicals; d) Art (1 item). The manuscript and printed documents are further classified by subject matter. The books/periodicals are listed by title.

Series VII. Secondary Research Materials. This series contains only secondary source material that pertains to the Drew University Gibbons Papers or the Gibbons family in general. These records were created by researchers, writers and several Drew University Library staff members over the past 75 years. There are three subseries: a) Research notes/miscellaneous/transcripts; b) Publications; c) Photos. The research notes are further classified by subject matter. The publications are listed by title. The photos are organized by subject matter.

Further Research Resources

In the Drew University Archives:

Mead Hall photos and documentation, Buildings & Campus Features files, Rm. 315.

Other known manuscript and archival repositories that contain Gibbons family material:

New Jersey Historical SocietyRutgers University Library Georgia Historical Society
Clements Library, University of Michigan

Container Listing

Series I.	Correspondence
	a.	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence
		1:1	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1782-1786
		1:2	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1801-1806
		1:3	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1809-1810
		1:4	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1811
		1:5	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Gibbons and George Johnston (Gerald Smith)	1881
		1:6	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1812
		1:7	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Gibbons and George Johnston	1812 (Jan.-June)
		1:8	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Gibbons and George Johnston	1812 (July-Dec.)
		1:9	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1813
		1:10	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1814
		1:11	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence-- "Letters from Aaron Ogden to Thomas Gibbons, Esq." Sewn packet of letters, 5^th Sept. 1814 to 24^th January 1816.	1814-1816
		1:12	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1815
		1:13	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence-- "Correspondence in 1815 between T. Gibbons and Aaron Ogden between July and October 1815 - Gardenier friend of Gibbons." Sewn packet of letters, 4^th Aug. 1815 to 12^th Oct. 1815. Three loose fragments enclosed.	1815
		1:14	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1816 (Jan-June)
		1:15	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1816 (July-Dec.)
		2:1	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1817
		2:2	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1818 (Jan-June)
		2:3	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1818 (July-Dec.)
		2:4	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1819 (Jan.-March)
		2:5	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1819 (April-June)
		2:6	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1819 (July-Sept.)
		2:7	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1819 (Oct.-Dec)
		2:8	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1820 (Jan.-March)
		2:9	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1820 (April-June)
		2:10	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1820 (July-Sept.)
		2:11	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1820 (Oct.-Dec.)
		2:12	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1821 (Jan.-March)
		2:13	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1821 (April-June)
		2:14	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1821 (July-Sept.)
		2:15	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1821 (Oct.-Dec.)
		3:1	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1822 (Jan.-March)
		3:2	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1822 (April-June)
		3:3	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1822 (July-Sept.)
		3:4	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1822 (Oct.-Dec.)
		3:5	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (Jan.-March)
		3:6	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (April-June)
		3:7	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (July-Sept.)
		3:8	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (Oct.-Dec)
		3:9	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1824
		3:10	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	1825
		3:11	Thomas Gibbons Correspondence	Undated
	b.	William Gibbons Correspondence
		3:12	William Gibbons Correspondence	1815-1817
		3:13	William Gibbons Correspondence	1818-1822
		4:1	William Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (Jan.-June)
		4:2	William Gibbons Correspondence	1823 (July-Dec.)
		4:3	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1823
		4:4	William Gibbons Correspondence	1824
		4:5	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1824 (Jan.-June)
		4:6	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1824 (July-Dec.)
		4:7	William Gibbons Correspondence	1825-1826
		4:8	William Gibbons Correspondence	1827
		4:9	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1827
		4:10	William Gibbons Correspondence	1828
		4:11	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1828
		4:12	William Gibbons Correspondence	1829
		4:13	William Gibbons Correspondence	1830
		4:14	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1830
		4:15	William Gibbons Correspondence	1831
		4:16	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1831
		5:1	William Gibbons Correspondence	1832
		5:2	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1832
		5:3	William Gibbons Correspondence	1833
		5:4	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1833
		5:5	William Gibbons Correspondence	1834
		5:6	William Gibbons Correspondence	1835
		5:7	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1835
		5:8	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1835
		5:9	William Gibbons Correspondence	1836
		5:10	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1836
		5:11	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1836
		5:12	William Gibbons Correspondence	1837
		5:13	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1837
		5:14	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between Wm. Gibbons and S.B. Parkman	1837
		5:15	William Gibbons Correspondence	1838
		5:16	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1838
		6:1	William Gibbons Correspondence	1839
		6:2	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1839
		6:3	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and Elias Reed	1839
		6:4	William Gibbons Correspondence	1840
		6:5	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1840
		6:6	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and Elias Reed	1840
		6:7	William Gibbons Correspondence	1841
		6:8	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1841
		6:9	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and Elias Reed	1841
		6:10	William Gibbons Correspondence	1842
		6:11	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1842
		6:12	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and Elias Reed, Elias Reed's son	1842
		6:13	William Gibbons Correspondence	1843
		6:14	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1843
		6:15	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and Elias Reed, Elias Reed's son	1843
		7:1	William Gibbons Correspondence	1844
		7:2	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1844
		7:3	William Gibbons Correspondence	1845
		7:4	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1845
		7:5	William Gibbons Correspondence	1846 (Jan.-March)
		7:6	William Gibbons Correspondence	1846 (April-June)
		7:7	William Gibbons Correspondence	1846 (July-Sept.)
		7:8	William Gibbons Correspondence	1846 (Oct.-Dec.)
		7:9	William Gibbons Correspondence-- Letters between William Gibbons and John J. Maxwell (includes a sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1846
		7:10	William Gibbons Correspondence	1847 (Jan.-March)
		7:11	William Gibbons Correspondence	1847 (April-June)
		7:12	William Gibbons Correspondence	1847 (July-Sept.)
		7:13	William Gibbons Correspondence	1847 (Oct.-Dec.)
		7:14	William Gibbons Correspondence Sewn packet of letters and accounts with Samuel S. Ballow	1847
		7:15	William Gibbons Correspondence	1848 (Jan.-March)
		7:16	William Gibbons Correspondence	1848 (April-June)
		8:1	William Gibbons Correspondence	1848 (July-Sept.)
		8:2	William Gibbons Correspondence	1848 (Oct.-Dec.)
		8:3	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between William Gibbons and Samuel S. Ballow (includes two sewn packets of letters and accounts, 1848-49, placed at back of file folder)	1848-49
		8:4	William Gibbons Correspondence	1849
		8:5	William Gibbons Correspondence Letters between William Gibbons and Samuel S. Ballow (includes sewn packet of letters and accounts placed at back of file folder)	1849
		8:6	William Gibbons Correspondence	1850
		8:7	William Gibbons Correspondence	Undated
	c.	William Heyward Gibbons Correspondence
		8:8	William Heyward Gibbons Correspondence [Note: typed transcripts available in 26:4]	1847-1866

Series II.	Financial Records
	a.	Thomas and William Gibbons
		8:9	Account Book: Morris and Essex Turnpike	1802-1807
		8:10	Account Book: "William Gibbons - Trustee of Thos Gibbons Trumbull" account book. (Eight folded letters within.)	1819-1823
		8:11	Account Book: Thomas Gibbons, Hannah Gibbons	1823-1837
		OVER-1	Account Book: "Receipt book of monies paid by William Gibbons, executor, in accordance with Thomas Gibbons' will."	1826-1839
		8:12	Account Book: Family Account Book (William Gibbons, Isabel Gibbons Lathrop, Frank Lathrop)	1850-1860s
		9:1	Stock Certificate	1797
		9:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1803-1805
		9:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1806-1809
		9:4	Account Statements, Receipts	1810-1811
		9:5	Account Statements, Receipts	1812-1813
		9:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1814
		9:7	Account Statements, Receipts - Two-page document attached with wax seal.	1814-1816
		9:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1815
		9:9	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet of accounts	1815-1819
		9:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1816
		9:11	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet of accounts	1816-1818
		9:12	Account Statements, Receipts	1817
		9:13	Account Statements, Receipts	1818
		9:14	Account Statements, Receipts	1819 (Jan.-June)
		9:15	Account Statements, Receipts	1819 (July-Dec.)
		9:16	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet, "Money - for Bellona" (damaged)	1819-1820
		9:17	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet, account with Freeman's Market.	1819-1821
		9:18	Account Statements, Receipts	1820
		9:19	Account Statements, Receipts	1821 (Jan.-June)
		9:20	Account Statements, Receipts	1821 (July-Dec.)
		9:21	Account Statements, Receipts - Enclosed Packet, "Bill of Account with William Hyer, May 4, 1821."	1821
		9:22	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet,account with Jonathan Harrison.	1821-1824
		9:23	Account Statements, Receipts	1822 (Jan.-March)
		9:24	Account Statements, Receipts	1822 (April-June)
		10:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1822 (July-Aug.)
		10:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1822 (Sept.-Dec.)
		10:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1823 (Jan.-March)
		10:4	Account Statements, Receipts	1823 (April-June)
		10:5	Account Statements, Receipts	1823 (July-Aug.)
		10:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1823 (Sept.-Dec.)
		10:7	Account Statements, Receipts - Account with S.B. Parkman	1823
		10:8	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet, account with Henry Freeman (bound in steamboat flyer).	1823
		10:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1824 (Jan.-March)
		10:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1824 (April-June)
		10:11	Account Statements, Receipts	1824 (July-Aug.)
		10:12	Account Statements, Receipts	1824 (Sept.-Dec.)
		10:13	Account Statements, Receipts - Account with S.B. Parkman	1824
		11:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1825 (Jan.-June)
		11:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1825 (July-Dec.)
		11:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1826
		11:4	Account Statements, Receipts - Account with S.B. Parkman	1826-1828
		11:5	Account Statements, Receipts	1828-1829
		11:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1830-1831
		11:7	Account Statements, Receipts	1832-1833
		11:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1834-1835
		11:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1836
		11:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1837 (Jan.-March)
		11:11	Account Statements, Receipts	1837 (April-June)
		11:12	Account Statements, Receipts	1837 (July-Sept.)
		11:13	Account Statements, Receipts	1837 (Oct.-Dec.)
		11:14	Account Statements, Receipts - Daniel W. Allen	1837
		11:15	Account Statements, Receipts - Packets (presumed original organization) of receipts, Daniel W. Allen	1837
		12:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1838 (Jan.-March)
		12:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1838 (April-June)
		12:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1838 (July-Sept.)
		12:4	Account Statements, Receipts	1838 (Oct.-Dec.)
		12:5	Account Statements, Receipts - Daniel W. Allen (including tied packet of Allen receipts)	1838
		12:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1839 (Jan.-March)
		12:7	Account Statements, Receipts	1839 (April-June)
		12:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1839 (July-Sept.)
		12:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1839 (Oct.-Dec.)
		12:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1840 (Jan.-March)
		12:11	Account Statements, Receipts	1840 (April-June)
		12:12	Account Statements, Receipts	1840 (July-Sept.)
		12:13	Account Statements, Receipts	1840 (Oct.-Dec.)
		13:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1841 (Jan.-March)
		13:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1841 (April-June)
		13:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1841 (July-Sept.)
		13:4	Account Statements, Receipts	1841 (Oct.-Dec.)
		13:5	Account Statements, Receipts - Account with F. S. & D. Lathrop	1841
		13:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1842 (Jan.-March)
		13:7	Account Statements, Receipts	1842 (April-June)
		13:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1842 (July-Sept.)
		13:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1842 (Oct.-Dec.)
		13:10	Account Statements, Receipts - Account with Israel Losey (including packets of Losey receipts for lime purchases)	1842
		13:11	Account Statements, Receipts - Packet (presumed original organization) of receipts relating to coal.	1842
		14:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1843 (Jan.-March)
		14:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1843 (April-June)
		14:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1843 (July-Sept.)
		14:4	Account Statements, Receipts	1843 (Oct.-Dec.)
		14:5	Account Statements, Receipts	1844 (Jan.-March)
		14:6	Account Statements, Receipts	1844 (April-June)
		14:7	Account Statements, Receipts	1844 (July-Sept.)
		14:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1844 (Oct.-Dec.)
		14:9	Account Statements, Receipts - Booklet, receipts with Ashbel Bruen (work at the Gibbons' Grainery)	1844
		14:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1845 (Jan.-March)
		14:11	Account Statements, Receipts	1845 (April-June)
		15:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1845 (July-Sept.)
		15:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1845 (Oct.-Dec.)
		15:3	Account Statements, Receipts	1846
		15:4	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1846 (Jan.-March)
		15:5	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1846 (April-June)
		15:6	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1846 (July-Sept.)
		15:7	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1846 (Oct.-Dec.)
		15:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1847 (Jan.-March)
		15:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1847 (April-June)
		16:1	Account Statements, Receipts	1847 (July-Aug.)
		16:2	Account Statements, Receipts	1847 (Sept.-Dec.)
		16:3	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1847 (Jan.-March)
		16:4	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1847 (April-June)
		16:5	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1847 (July-Sept.)
		16:6	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1847 (Oct.)
		16:7	Account Statements, Receipts - Expenses and bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins	1847 (April-July)
		16:8	Account Statements, Receipts - Expenses and bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins	1847 (Aug.-Dec.)
		16:9	Account Statements, Receipts	1848 (Jan.-June)
		16:10	Account Statements, Receipts	1848 (July-Dec.)
		17:1	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1848 (Jan.-June)
		17:2	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1848 (July-Dec.)
		17:3	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins	1848 (Jan.-March)
		17:4	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins	1848 (April-June)
		17:5	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins	1848 (July-Sept.)
		17:6	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization) with Patrick Cummins and John Lyon	1848 (Oct.-Dec.)
		17:7	Account Statements, Receipts	1849 (Jan.-June)
		17:8	Account Statements, Receipts	1849 (July-Dec.)
		18:1	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1849 (Jan.-March)
		18:2	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1849 (April-June)
		18:3	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1849 (July-Sept.)
		18:4	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1849 (Oct.-Dec.)
		18:5	Account Statements, Receipts	1850
		18:6	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1850 (Jan.-March)
		18:7	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1850 (April-June)
		18:8	Account Statements, Receipts - Account of House Expenses with bundled receipts (presumed original organization)	1850 (July-Sept.)
		18:9	Account Statements, Receipts	Undated
	b.	Ann Heyward Gibbons
		18:10	Household Financial Statement	1811
	c.	William Heyward Gibbons
		18:11	Account Statements, Receipts	1854-1881

Series III.	Notebook, Letterbooks and Journal
		OVER-2	Notebook of Thomas Gibbons (containing law abstracts). Two loose items at front.	1788
		OVER-3	Letterbook/Copybook of correspondence of Thomas Gibbons and William Gibbons	1811-1824
		OVER-4	Letterbook/Copybook of correspondence of William Gibbons	1827-1833
		19:1	Journal of William Gibbons, personal horse breeding journal.	1829

Series IV.	Legal Documents
	a.	Indentures, Land Agreements, Deeds
		19:2	Indenture: Zubly and Vanderplank	[1760]
		19:3	Rent/Land Agreement: Kesee	1767
		19:4	Indentures: Zubly and Miller (3 items)	1767
		19:5	Indentures: Dressler and Ducker (2 items)	1769
		19:6	Indenture: Zubly and Rae	1770
		19:7	Indenture: Williams and Ravot	1774
		19:8	Indenture: Ravot	1775
		19:9	Indenture: Hudson and Ravot	1775
		19:10	Indenture: Hershman and Gibbons	1778
		19:11	Indenture: Elbert & Rae, Wylly & Habersham for Platt	1785
		19:12	Indenture: Ravot (2 items)	1790
		19:13	Survey map of Ravot's Land	1790
		19:14	Indentures: Greenwood and Haist (2 items)	1791
		19:15	Indenture: Waldhauer and Gibbons	1793
		19:16	Indenture: Owens and Gibbons	1795
		19:17	Indenture: Cunningham, McCradie and Mein	1799
		19:18	Deed: Gibbons, Ogden and Dayton (partial)	1803
		19:19	Indentures: Gibbons and Ogden (3 items)	1804
		19:20	Indenture: Gibbons and Shoobred	1807
		19:21	Indenture: Stutz and Mein	1807
		19:22	Indenture: Gibbons and Scott	1810
		19:23	Indenture: Gibbons and Pearce (3 items)	1810
		19:24	Indenture: Ann Trumbull and Ogden (2 items)	1814
		19:25	Indenture: Gibbons and Howell	1815
		19:26	Indenture: Livingstons and Cutting (Fulton), Ogden and Morris (2 items)	1815
	b.	Acts/Legislative Documents, Business Agreements, Certificates of Birth and Marriage, Court Documents, Deeds, Employment Agreements, Estate Documents, Horse Purchases and Pedigrees, Memorials/Petitions, Notes on legal cases, Pardons, Rent/Lease Agreements
		20:1	Acts/Legislative Documents (related to steamboats, water rights)	1798-1820
		20:2	Acts/Legislative Documents (related to steamboats, water rights)	1821-1822
		20:3	Acts/Legislative Document (related to juror selection)	Undated
		20:4	Business Agreements: General	1818-1834
		20:5	Business Agreements: Steamboat-related	1819-1822
		20:6	Certificate of Birth (Sarah Taintor Gibbons)	1829
		20:7	Certificate of Marriage (Thomas H. Gibbons and Molly Dayton)	1810
		20:8	Certificate of Marriage (John Trumbull and Ann Gibbons)	1815
		20:9	Certificate of Marriage (William Gibbons and Abigail Louise Taintor)	1826
		20:10	Court Document: Job Bolles	1810
		20:11	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons Trumbull and others vs. Thomas Gibbons, Aaron Ogden and others	1811-1821
		20:12	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. Benjamin Maurice	1811-1822
		20:13	Court Documents: "The Case of Mrs. Trumbull & Her Children"	1815
		20:14	Court Documents: John M. Trumbull vs. Thomas Gibbons	1816-1822
		20:15	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. Aaron Ogden, folder 1 of 2	1816-1823
		20:16	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. AaronOgden, folder 2 of 2
		20:17	Court Documents: John R. Livingston vs. Thomas Gibbons	1817-1824
		20:18	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. IsaacMorse (Decided: 1821)	1818-1819
		20:19	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. John J. Vanderpool	1819
		21:1	Court Documents: John R. Livingston vs. Aaron Ogden and Thomas Gibbons	1819-1822
		21:2	Court Documents: Robert M. Livingston vs. Thomas Gibbons	1820-1821
		21:3	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. Aaron Ogden and Peter Kean	1820-1822
		21:4	Court Documents: Elias Williams vs. Thomas Gibbons	1821
		21:5	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. Washington Fountain	1822
		21:6	Court Documents: John M. Trumbull vs. Thomas Gibbons Trumbull, John Heyward Trumbull, Ann Heyward Trumbull, Sarah Bachas Trumbull, Thomas Gibbons, Aaron Ogden, William Gibbons, Joseph Trumbull, Daniel W. Coit and others	1821-1822
		21:7	Court Documents: Thomas Gibbons vs. JacobCoursen	1822-1823
		21:8	Court Documents: Oliver Wade and Elias Wade vs. Thomas Gibbons (Decided 1826)	1823
		21:9	Court Documents: Cornelius Vanderbilt vs. John R. Livingston	[1823]
		21:10	Court Documents: Miscellaneous
		21:11	Court Documents: Miscellaneous, related to steamboats, water rights; no specific case
		21:12	Court Documents: Permission to Occupy (William H. Gibbons)	1865
		21:13	Deed: Ira C. Whitehead, guardian of Isabel Gibbons, to William H. Gibbons	1854
		21:14	Deed: Robert T. Wilson and Augustus W. Cutler to Caroline Gibbons	1854
		21:15	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1802-1814
		21:16	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1816-1817
		21:17	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1818-1819
		21:18	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1820-1822
		21:19	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1823-1824
		21:20	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	1839-1847
		21:21	Employment Agreements/Memoranda	Undated
		21:22	Estate Documents: Thomas Gibbons [Note: photocopy available in 25:4]	1825
		21:23	Estate Documents: William Gibbons	1847
		21:24	Estate Documents: Thomas Gibbons	[1848]
		21:25	Estate Documents: Isabel Gibbons Lathrop	1856-1872
		21:26	Estate Documents: Caroline G. Gibbons	1858
		21:27	Horse Purchases/Pedigrees	1807-1839
		22:1	Memorials/Petitions	1813-1820
		22:2	Memorials/Petitions	1821-1822
		22:3	Notes on Livingston case
		22:4	Notes on Morse case
		22:5	Notes on Ogden cases
		22:6	Notes on Trumbull cases
		22:7	Notes, Miscellaneous on legal subjects
		OVER-5	Pardon (William H. Gibbons)	1865
		22:8	Pardon (William H. Gibbons)	1865
		22:9	Rent/Lease Agreements	1803-1819
		22:10	Rent/Lease Agreements	1820-1822
		22:11	Rent/Lease Agreements	1823-1825
		22:12	Rent/Lease Agreements	1838-1848
		22:13	Rent/Lease Agreements	Undated

Series V.	Court Proceedings and Steamboat Pamphlets
		OVER-7	New-Jersey. Aaron Ogden and Thomas Gibbons, vs. Walter Rutherford.	[1803]
		OVER-7	A History of the Steam-Boat Case, Lately Discussed Before the Legislature of New-Jersey.	1815
		OVER-7	Memorial of Ferdinando Fairfax, Against The Extention of the Patents Granted to Robert Fulton, For Improvements in PropellingVessels by Steam.	1816
		OVER-7	A Letter, Addressed to Cadwallader D. Colden, Esquire.	1817
		OVER-7	A Vindication by Cadwallader D. Colden, of theSteam Boat Right Granted by the State of New-York; in the Form of an Answer to the Letter of Mr. Duer, Addressed to Mr. Colden.	1818
		OVER-7	In the Court for the Trial of Impeachments And the Correction of Errors. Between ThomasGibbons, Appellant, and Aaron Ogden, Respondent (5 copies)	[1818]
		OVER-8	Steam-Boat Navigation. Decrees of Chancellor Kent, of New York; Deciding the Navigation ofNew Jersey, To the Waters Thereof (6 copies)	1819
		OVER-8	State of New York in The Court For The Trial Of Impeachments and The Correction of Errors, Between Thomas Gibbons, Appellant, and Aaron Ogden, Respondent (2 copies)	1819
		OVER-8	A Reply to Mr. Colden's Vindication of the Steam-Boat Monopoly	1819
		OVER-8	Steam Boat Navigation of New-Jersey, Decided, By Chancellor Kent, of New-York. In Chancery- John R. Livingston, vs. Aaron Ogden and ThomasGibbons. (2 copies)	[1819]
		OVER-8	Circuit Court of the United States, For The Southern District of New-York. The Opinion ofHis Honour Brockholst Livingston, Esq. October28^th, 1820. Thomas Gibbons, vs. John R. Livingston.	1820
		OVER-9	State of New York in The Court For The Trial Of Impeachments and The Correction of Errors,Between Thomas Gibbons, Appellant, andAaron Ogden, Respondent	1821
		OVER-9	In the Supreme Court Case of the United States Between Thomas Gibbons, Plantiff in Error, and Aaron Ogden, Defendant in Error [Note:photocopy available in 25:4]	1822
		OVER-9	In the Supreme Court of the United States. Between Cornelius Vanderbilt, Plantiff in Error,And John R. Livingston, Defendant in Error. [Note: photocopy available in 25:4]	1823
		OVER-9	Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudicated in the Supreme Court of Judicature, of the State of New Jersey. Volume II.	1835
		OVER-9	Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-Jersey. Volume I, part I.	1838
		OVER-10	Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudicated in the Supreme Court of Judicature, of the State of New Jersey. Volume III.	1838
		OVER-10	Harrison's Reports of the Cases Determined in The Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-Jersey. Volume II, part I.	1839
		OVER-11	Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-Jersey. Volume II.	1840
		OVER-11	Petition, & c. To the Honorable The Legislative Council, and General Assembly of the State ofNew Jersey.	1841
		OVER-11	The Treasurer's Report to the Legislature of New Jersey.	1846
		OVER-11	Opinions of The Judges of the Supreme Court, of the United States, in the Cases of "Smith vs. Turner," and "Norris vs. The City of Boston."	1849
		OVER-11	Report of the Law Committee on Ferry Rights.	1858
		OVER-11	Report of the Law Committee on Ferry Rights.	1858
		OVER-11	Debates in the Eighty-Ninth General Assemblyof the State of New Jersey, on the Bill to Ratify An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	1865
		OVER-12	Concerning Steam Boats. Documents WithoutComments. (2 copies)	Undated
		OVER-12	Concerning Steam-Boats. (4 copies)	Undated
		OVER-12	The Committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of repealing the supplement to the act to preserve and support the jurisdiction of this state, or of modifying the same so as better to answer the object intended thereby.	Undated
		OVER-12	In Chancery. To the Honorable James Kent,Chancellor of the State of New-York, humbly Complaining shew unto your Honor.	Undated

Contemporary Ephemera/ Miscellaneous
a.	Manuscript
	23: 1	Brant family documents
	OVER-5	Drawing of “Mrs. Sally Jefferson”
	23:2	Home inventories, furniture
	23:3	Horses
	23:4	Land and plantation life
	23:5	Miscellaneous
	23:6	Notes/Memoranda (miscellaneous, presumed of Thomas Gibbons)
	23:7	Poetry
	23:8	Steamboats
b.	Printed
	23:9	Horses and cattle
	23:10	Horses and cattle sale catalogues	1829-1831
	23:11	Horses and cattle sale catalogues	1839
	OVER-5	Horse races and sales handbills/posters (three folders)
	23:12	Miscellaneous
	23:13	Steamboats
	23:14	Steamboats: Bellona handbill (1 original)
	23:15	Steamboats: Ogden handbill (3 originals)
	OVER-5	Steamboats: “Improvements in the Construction of Steam-Vessels”	1837
c.	Books/ Periodicals
	23:16	An Authentic History of the Celebrated Horse American Eclipse. New York: 1823.
	23:17	The Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren. London: undated. (Children’s book given to William Gibbons from Caroline Gibbons)
	23:18	Holy Bible. Oxford: 1845. (Owned by Caroline Gibbons)
	OVER-13	Music Book (a unique binding of harp scores, owned by Caroline Gibbons)
	OVER-14	Music Book (a unique binding of piano scores, owned by Caroline Gibbons)
	OVER-5	Newspapers (two folders
	24:1	Notes, Historical and Biographical, Concerning Elizabeth-town. Elizabeth-town: 1844.
	24:2	Transactions of the American Art-Union, For The Year 1846. (Owned by William Heyward Gibbons)
d.	Art
	OVER-6	Framed color lithograph of Peytona and Fashion (horse race, 1845).

Series VII.	Secondary Research Materials
	a.	Research Correspondence, Notes, Transcripts
		24:3	Correspondence between Drew Library and researchers regarding Gibbons collection	1931-1941
		24:4	Correspondence between Drew Library and researchers regarding Gibbons collection	1963-1993
		24:5	Maps of Gibbons land
		24:6	Misc./Notes on Gibbons-related art
		24:7	Misc./Notes on Gibbons' barn (in Chatham, NJ) and the National Historic Registry
		24:8	Misc./Notes on the Gibbons collection donations/ provenance
		24:9	Misc./Notes on Gibbons genealogy
		24:10	Misc./Notes on Gibbons home furnishings
		24:11	Misc./Notes on Gibbons home and New Jersey Historical Sites application
		25:1	Misc./Notes on Gibbons land archaeology, presumed collection of research materials of James Briscoe [Note: see below Publication by James Briscoe]
		25:2	Misc./Notes on Gibbons land archaeology, presumed collection of research materials of James Briscoe [Note: see below Publication by James Briscoe]
		25:3	Misc./Notes on Gibbons steamboats
		25:4	Photocopies of selected material (as noted in the container listing)
		25:5	Photocopies of selected Vanderbilt-related material
		25:6	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, handwritten, created c. 1940s, folder 1 of 5.
		25:7	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, handwritten, created c. 1940s, folder 2 of 5.
		26:1	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, handwritten, created c. 1940s, folder 3 of 5.
		26:2	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, handwritten, created c. 1940s, folder 4 of 5.
		26:3	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, handwritten, created c. 1940s, folder 5 of 5.
		Shelf F11	Transcripts (partial) of Gibbons collection, typed, in binders, created c. 1970s-80s	1780-1825 (inc.)
		26:4	Transcripts, typed, of William Heyward Gibbons correspondence, created 2004.	1847-1860
			Transcripts - See Also Publication by Arthur P. Whitney below
	b..	Publications
		26:5	An Official Register of the Deaths Which Occurred Among the White Population in the City ofSavannah." 1820 [1967 reprint]. Booklet.
		26:6	Baxter, Maurice. The Steamboat Monopoly, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824. New York: Knopf, 1972. Bound volume.
		26:7	Briscoe, James. The William Gibbons Estate: Historical Archaeological Perspective. Thesis, 1980. Unbound typescript.
		27:1	Churchill, Ruth Pierson. "The Gibbons Mansion and Interesting Facts Pertaining to Gibbons Family." Paper written for the Madison Branch of the American Association of University Women, 1946.Presented to Drew University, 1976. [Note: Originally housed in binder. Entire contents rehoused. Included some original manuscript material donated by Mrs. Churchill, which was photocopied and placed as bound. Originals were then interfiled in the regular collection.]
		27:2	Churchill, Ruth. "Gothic House Once Belonged to Lathrop Family." The Madison Eagle, Aug. 29, 1985. Photocopy.
		27:3	Coombe, Philip. The Life and Times of James P. Allaire, Early Founder and Steam Engine Builder. Diss., 1991. UMI bound volume.
		27:4	Coyne, Judith Ann. A Critical Evaluation of the Restoration Problems of Mead Hall, Madison, NewJersey. Thesis, 1978. Unbound typescript.
		27:5	Cruddas, Nola Beth. "William Gibbons and The Management of Whitehall Plantation." Student paper, 1977. Unbound typescript.
		27:6	Cunningham, John. "Madison's Queen of the Turf." The Madison Eagle, April 9, 1964. Photocopy.
		27:7	Dangerfield, George. "The Steamboat's Charter of Freedom." American Heritage, Oct. 1963. Photocopy.
		27:8	Doremus, Sharon. "Mansion in Forest." The County Circular, vol.5, no.1, 1981. Full issue.
		27:9	"Drew's Southern Mansion Designated Historic Place." The Drew University Report, February-March 1977. Clipping.
		28:1	Gamble, Thomas. Savannah Duels and Duellists, 1733-1877. Savannah: Review Publishing & Printing Company, 1923. Bound volume.
		28:2	_"The Heyward Family of South Carolina," _SouthCarolina Historical Magazine, vol. 59, no. 3 and 4, July and October, 1958. Offprint.
		28:3	Holbrook, Alfred. "James Jackson and Thomas Gibbons: Two Lawyer Statesmen of Early Georgia." Georgia Bar Journal, n.d. Photocopy.
		28:4	Jones, Franklin T. "The Gibbons Family in Georgia Before 1800." Seminar paper, 1932. Unbound typescript.
		28:5	Jones, Franklin T. "Loyalism in Georgia, 1765 to 1782." Seminar paper, 1932. Unbound typescript.
		28:6	Kelley, Frank Bergen. Historic Elizabeth, 1664-1914. Elizabeth, NJ: Elizabeth Daily Journal, 1914. Bound volume.
		28:7	Lamplugh, George. "Up From the Depths: The Career of Thomas Gibbons, 1783-1789." The Atlanta Historical Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 1981.
		28:7A	Lurie, Maxine and Richard Veit. Envisioning New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2016. Color printout of pages 106 and 141.
		28:8	Sammons, Tania June. The Story of Silver in Savannah: Creating and Collecting since the 18th Century. Savannah: Telfair Books, 2010. Bound volume.
		28:9	Simon, Susan L. “The Lathrop and Gibbons Families: The Civil War Through the Gilded Age.” Paper written for the Friends of Mead Hall 2012 lecture series.
		28:10	"Whitehall Plantation I." The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 25, no.4, Dec. 1941. Full issue.
		28:11	"Whitehall Plantation II." The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 1, March 1942. Full issue.
		28:12	"Whitehall Plantation III." The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, June 1942. Full issue.
		29:1	Whitney, Arthur P. William Gibbons, 1794-1852. Thesis, 1933. [Mostly typed transcriptions of William Gibbons' Letterbook, 1827-1830.] Library bound volume.
		29:2	Winslow, Carlette. "Forest and Mansion for Methodists." Suburban Life, May 1968. Photocopy.
	c.	Photos
		29:3	Asbury Hall
		29:4	Fashion (racehorse)
		29:5	Gibbons, Thomas
		29:6	Gibbons, William
		29:7	Gibbons Family burial plot and headstones, Madison NJ
		29:8	Gibbons Mansion (Mead Hall)
		29:9	Sycamore Cottage

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