OF THE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOL. VII. NEWARK, N. J. PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY, BY MARTIN R. DENNIS & CO. 1872. OFFICERS OF THE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. ELECTED 1872. RAVAUD K. RODGERS, D. D., PRESIDENT. HENRY W. GREEN, LL. D., 1st VICE PRESIDENT. WILLIAM B. KINNEY, 3D VICE PRESIDENT. WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. DAVID A. HAYES, RECORDING SECRETARY. ROBERT S. SWORDS, Treasurer. SAMUEL H. CONGAR, LIBRARIAN. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SAMUEL H. PENNINGTON, M. D., N. NORRIS HALSTED, JOHN HALL, D. D., JOHN CLEMENT, CHARLES C. HAVEN, PETER S. DURYEE, SAMUEL ALLISON, THEODORE F. RANDOLPH, HUGH H. BOWNE. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS. WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD, SAMUEL H. PENNINGTON, M. D., JOHN HALL, D. D., WILLIAM B. KINNEY JOSEPH N. TUTTLE. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE AND STATE OF NEW JERSEY, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GOVERNORS FROM 1776 TO 1845. AND REMINISCENCES OF THE BENCH AND BAR, DURING MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. BY LUCIUS Q. C. ELMER, LL. D. LATE ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY. NEWARK, N. J. MARTIN R. DENNIS AND COMPANY. 1872. |