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Department of Defense - Pennsylvania Insurrection, War of 1812 and Mexican War
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office
Records relating to the Indian Campaigns and the Pennsylvania Insurrection [Whiskey Rebellion], 1791-1794
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Control #:
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SDEA0005
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes and 1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Finding Aid:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Payrolls for Brigadier General Ebenezer Elmer's Brigade, 1814-1815
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Control #:
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SDEA2001
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Lists of New Jersey Militia Units, ca. 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2002
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Contemporary Correspondence and Addresses, 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2003
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes original and copied letters, addresses, etc., of governors and military officers.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Copies of Legislative Acts, 1812-1874
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Control #:
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SDEA2004
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
General Orders, 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2005
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Militia Returns, ca. 1800-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2006
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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Nearly all of the returns date from 1812-1814; however, there are a few earlier items as well.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Service Records of Jerseymen in the United States Army and Marine Corps, ca. 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2007
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by soldier's surname
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Pension Claims, 1874-ca. 1900
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Control #:
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SDEA2008
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by surname
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Notes:
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Relate to pensions granted by the State of New Jersey.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Order and Record Book, 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2009
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 box [disbound pages])
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Notes:
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Includes orders and rolls.
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Militia Accounts, 1812-1821
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Control #:
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SDEA2010
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Record Binders and Indexes, ca. 1800-1900
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Control #:
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SDEA2011
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes); 16 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By original book number
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Notes:
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Includes film of records subsequently processed into various series and the corresponding original typescript indexes.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Rosters of Officers of Detailed Militia, 1812-1814
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Control #:
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SDEA2012
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Company Rolls, 1812-1874
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Control #:
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SDEA2013
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes original muster rolls and transcriptions made for pension-claim purposes.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Pension Registers, 1874-1890s
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Control #:
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SDEA2014
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Format:
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0.4 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Notes:
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Relate to pensions granted by the State of New Jersey.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (War of 1812)
Miscellaneous Records, 1812-1874
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Control #:
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SDEA2015
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes prisoner lists, brochures, correspondence, etc.
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Department of Defense
Adjutant General's Office (Mexican War)
Records, 1846-1848
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Control #:
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SDEA3001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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Includes books 1 & 2 (correspondence, expense accounts, general orders, circulars, muster rolls and returns, casualty lists, etc.).
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Related records:
Series:
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Department of the Treasury
State Treasurer's Office
Registers of Payments for Pensioners, Pupils in Charitable Institutions, and Salaries of State Officers, 1821-1870
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Control #:
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STSTR009
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (6 vols. [3 boxes]); 0.3 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Items 2 & 6 of this series are avaliable on microfilm.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 16.6 c.f. of paper records and 18.3 reels of microfilm ~
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This page last updated 05/17/2006
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