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Date Created1870

DescriptionThe Grammar School was chartered in 1766 as the Queen's College Grammar School. In 1825, Queen's College was renamed Rutgers College, and in 1883, the Grammar School was renamed the Rutgers...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)

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TitleYokoi Brothers

Date Created1867

DescriptionSacheita Yokoi (1845-1877) and Daihei Yokoi (1850-1871) travelled from Japan to New Brunswick, New Jersey in the late 1860's under the assumed names of Sataro Ise and Saburo Numagawa, respectively, as...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Meiji period, (1868-1912)

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TitleJapanese Section, Willow Grove Cemetery

Date Created1886

DescriptionThe Japanese section of Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, contains the plots of seven Japanese men and one baby girl buried between 1870 and 1886. This section began with the...

Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)

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TitleKojiro Matsukata, Class of 1889 Football Team

Date Created1885

DescriptionKojiro Matsukata son of Count Matsukata, entered Rutgers College in 1885 through the Rutgers College Grammar School. While at Rutgers College, he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and a...

Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Meiji period, (1868-1912)