Dates
- Majority of material found within 1835-1878
Abstract
Letters received, chiefly political (1839-1874); bills, receipts, legal materials, surveyor's notes, and other papers (1838-1878).
Extent
10 Cubic Feet (20 boxes, 6 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical Sketch
SYKES, George, a Representative from 'New Jersey; born near Sykesville, Burlington County, N. J., September 20, 1802; educated by private teachers; became a surveyor and conveyancer; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1845); elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel G. Wright, and served from November 4, 1815, to March 3, 1847; resumed his former pursuits: member of the council of properties of West. Jersey; member of the State assembly 1877-1879; died near Columbia, Mansfield Township, Burlington County, N. J., February 25, 18S0; interment in Upper Springfield Cemetery, near Wrightstown, N. J.
U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1971), p. 1783.
- Title
- Inventory of the George Sykes Papers MC 1502
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Special Collections and University Archives
- Date
- May 2020
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Sponsor
- Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository