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Date Created1910

DescriptionThis landmark of old Jersey City, seemingly symbolic of Jersey City's Dutch heritage, was actually built by an English immigrant, Isaac Edge. It was located on the shores of the Hudson at the site of...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleCharter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805

Date Created1805

DescriptionCopy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)

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TitleTown and Corporation of Bargin [Bergen], 1727 : survey map of land granted the Freeholders of Bergen by Phillip Carteret, beginning at the great rock above Weehawken through the woods and meadows above the island of Secaucus, along the Hackensack River to Bergen Point, then along the Kill Van Kull to Constable's Hook, and from thence all along the Hudson River and the west of Pavonia to the Great Rock again.

Date Created1727

DescriptionColonial era map showing what would become Hudson County, and a portion of Staten Island. Title text refers to the British regranting of the Dutch township titles. Geographic details include Snake...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)

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TitleStatement of expenses on the Paterson road, 1827

Date Created1827

DescriptionWages statement : Rough draft ledger listing workers, time worked and wages for work on the Paterson Plank Road. Also notes on some other costs.

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleNew Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Vernan Bevans

Date Created1980

DescriptionInterview conducted by Cindy Popolillo for the New Jersey Historical Commission's New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interview is with Vernan Bevans who was born in British Honduras in...

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TitleDeclaration of Intention for Edward Thomas Johnson

Date Created1913

DescriptionDeclaration of Intent to Immigrate to the United States, as filled out and signed by Edward Thomas Johnson. Applicant lists himself as a 49 year old farmer born in Portsmouth, England, who sailed to...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleDeclaration of Intention for Louis Locher

Date Created1913

DescriptionDeclaration of Intent to Immigrate to the United States, as filled out and signed by Louis Locher. Applicant lists himself as a 37 year old shoemaker born in Groefenberg, Austria, who sailed to the...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLetter, Fay Bennett, Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, Workers Defense League, to Marion C. (Grace) Reed, President, Consumers League of New Jersey.

Date Created1959

DescriptionThis letter concerns the illegal employment of British West Indian contract workers at Seabrook Farms, as a way to avoid complying with Puerto Rico Migration Division regulations. The Workers Defense...

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TitleRecord of Report of Birth of Vivian Elain Harill by Magdalene Kovacs.

Date Created1924

DescriptionWorking as a midwife, Magdalene Kovacs delivered many babies in New Brunswick in the 1920s. Here she records the birth of Vivian Elain Harill, whose mother had emigrated from England.

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TitleThe Swedes in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 2

Date Created1938

DescriptionThis booklet on the founding of New Sweden (now the present-day New Jersey area) was prepared for use in the public schools by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New...