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TitleLetter from Mary Garvey, Irish immigrant, to her mother, October 24, 1850
AuthorGarvey, Mary
Date Created1850
DescriptionMary Garvey, an Irish immigrant, was the servant of Rescarrick Moore Smith, a Hightstown businessman and New Jersey State Treasurer. This letter was dictated to and transcribed by Smith's daughter,...
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TitleProhibition party propaganda pamphlet: Objections Answered: Ought I to Sign a Petition for a No-License Election? Ought I to Vote 'Dry'?
Date Created1918
DescriptionThis leaflet responds to a number of reasons why people choose not to support state prohibition, by tearing apart the logic behind the reasons and making a mockery of them. This leaflet contains a...
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TitleAmerican heritage festival dedicated to all Americans on our 200th birthday presented by the combined veterans' organizations of New Jersey at the Garden States Arts Center
Date Created1976
DescriptionThis poster, in the colors of the American flag, invited families to an American heritage festival that was to occur at the Garden State Arts Center on Saturday, October 9, 1976. This event, which...
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TitleThe Evolution of the Modern Urban Core: The Implications of Newark's Late Nineteenth-Century Housing and Population Patterns
AuthorForresta, Ronald A.
Date Created1976
DescriptionThis paper by Ronald A. Foresta, a geography Ph.D. candidate from Rutgers University, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History Symposium,...
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TitleReport of Governor Johan Printz, 1644, on New Sweden
AuthorPrintz, John
Date Created1644
DescriptionGovernor Johan Printz reports the 1644 status of the New Sweden Colony (now present-day New Jersey) to the Queen of Sweden. He provides accounts of remaining supplies, trade relations with other...
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TitleLetter from David Bishop to the Order of United Americans in response to an invitation to a celebration of George Washington's birthday
AuthorBishop, David
Date Created1858
DescriptionThe Order of United Americans, also known as the Know-Nothings, formed in the mid-1800s to support the rights of native-born Americans over those of immigrants, and to combat what they saw as foreign...