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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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TitleWhittier House Boys Club card - Michael Flanagan (Irish)

Date Created1939-1940

DescriptionThis object is part of a collection of Whittier House Boy's Club membership cards records children's names, parent's names, places of birth, nationalities, family members, occupations, church...

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TitleMy Irish roots

AuthorCampbell, Margaret

Date Created1978

DescriptionEarly Irish history through reminiscences of a personal trip in 1975 exploring megalithic tombs. Family history of the Dalys and the Mansfields from Ireland to New Brunswick, NJ. Memories of Irish in...

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TitleJan Cornelis Van Horne and his Descendants

AuthorWilliams, C. S.

Date Created1912

DescriptionTraces descendants of Dutch immigrant who came to New Netherlands colony circa 1645. Family settled in New Amsterdam (Manhattan), Long Island, central New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts....

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleIntroduction to 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth Annual New Jersey History Symposium, December 4, 1976.

Date Created1976

DescriptionThis is the introduction to the papers presented at the 8th Annual New Jersey History Symposium in December, 1976. It provides a brief history and general statistical information regarding ehtnicity...

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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...