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TitleDeed and guarantee of release, 1787
Date Created1787
DescriptionTwo documents relating to the purchase of lands by Daniel Van Winkle, from heirs of Cornelius Diedericks. The first being a deed in which the "lots of land swamp and meadow" are sold for "Five pounds...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleSip Manor circa 1926
Date Created1926
DescriptionLast days in Jersey City of a house that was occupied by the same Dutch family from 1699 to 1926. It is believed to have been built by Nicholas Varleth (or Varlett) and/or Balthazar Bayard in 1664,...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleBergen Reformed Dutch Church
Date Created1910
DescriptionPainting of the second church building on the current site of the Bergen Reformed Church, which replaced the older "octagonal church." It was built in 1773, and served the congregation until the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleSip Manor circa 1865
Date Created1865
DescriptionPhoto of an 1865 painting of a house that was occupied by the same Dutch family from 1699 to 1926. It is believed to have been built by Nicholas Varleth (or Varlett) and/or Balthazar Bayard in 1664,...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitlePrior's Mill, 1875
Date Created1910
DescriptionReproduction of painting of mill built by Jacob Prior, which existed from 1760 to 1838. The mill was built on a creek that ran through the marshlands that are now downtown Jersey City. The mill was...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleNorth Reformed Church, Newark, New Jersey, the Addresses Delivered in Conjunction with the Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary, Dec. 10-17, 1906
AuthorFrelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore); Terhune, Edward Payson
Date Created1907
DescriptionRecord of addresses presented during anniversary celebration. Includes a history of the Sunday Schools, and biographical notes on the founding members. Also includes poems and greetings from clergy...
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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TitleCemetery of Bergen Reformed Church, circa 1900
Date Created1900
DescriptionThe first European burial ground in what is now Jersey City. The earliest burial at the cemetery of the Bergen Reformed Church took place in 1688. The oldest stone markers date from the 1700s. The...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleCemetery of Bergen Reformed Church, circa 1950s
Date Created1950
DescriptionThe first European burial ground in what is now Jersey City. The earliest burial at the cemetery of the Bergen Reformed Church took place in 1688. The oldest stone markers date from the 1700s. The...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleDeed for Lot from Estate of Englebert Steenhuijs, 1688: Deed in Colonial Dutch from 1688
Date Created1688
DescriptionDeed for a part of the land of the late Englebert Steehuijs, first schoolteacher in New Jersey, sold by executors to Gerritt Gerrittsen. Handwritten original in Dutch, with typed transcription and...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleA True and Perfect Inventory of the Goods and Chattles Rights and Credits of Jacob Everson Late of the Township of Bergen Deceased
Date Created1832
DescriptionInventory of small farm, holding only one ox and one cow. Lists contents of household, livestock and grains, with monetary values. Also notes one bond as credit. Taken November 8, 1832.
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)