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TitleBedminster, Terrace Advertisement, 1925

AuthorTuttle, Wilmer N.

Date Created1925

DescriptionThis 1925 advertisement facsimile pitches housing plots in downtown Bedminster. Three pages include a description, letter from sales agent Wilmer N. Tuttle, and an architect’s drawing. The text...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleExecutor's Receipts, Estate of Maryche Garrabrance, 1794 to 1797

Date Created1794-1797

DescriptionRecord of monies paid out by Daniel Van Winkle as executor of estate of Maryche Garrabrance, as well as money paid to him for a trip to Newark. Amounts are in pounds and shillings, "New York...

Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitlePlainfield Quadrangle New Jersey. 7.5- Minute Series (Topographic) 1995

Date Created1995

DescriptionTopographical survey of the Plainfield Quadrangle 1995. Topography compiles 1942. Planimetry derived from imagery taken 1995. Survey control current as of 1943.

Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)

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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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TitleHistorical Discourse on Occasion of the Reopening and Dedication of the Reformed (Dutch) Church of Pompton Plains: Pompton Plains Memorial

AuthorSchenck, John Van Neste

Date Created1872

DescriptionHistory of church begins with a history of settlement by Dutch immigrants from established settlements of former New Netherlands, beginning in 1695. Describes native inhabitants and the deeds obtained...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleOld Dutch Reformed Church, Its Congregation and Its Community Life - Bayonne, N.J.

AuthorStuder, Joan Vreeland

Date Created1981

DescriptionHistory of the Reformed Church in Bayonne, and of the city, from the origin of both in the colonial era through 1981. Illustrated with photographs, postcards, handrawn and print maps, and newspaper...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Postwar Years (1945-1970), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900), Contemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleGenealogy of the Van Winkle Family, Account of its Origin and Settlement in this Country, with Data 1630-1913: Van Winkle Record

AuthorVan Winkle, Daniel

Date Created1913

Description300 page genealogical listing of Van Winkle family in America, with name index, compiled by Jersey City historian David Van Winkle. Entries list only birth, death and marriage information, without...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)

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TitleFinal word on Jersey Dutch

AuthorShetter, William Z.

Date Created1958

DescriptionIn this article, William Z. Shetter compares and contrasts the dialects that developed between different Dutch colonies in the New World. He explores in-depth the nuances of Jersey Dutch, and...

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TitleAnnals of the Classis of Bergen, of the Reformed Dutch Church, and of the Churches Under its Care: Including the Civil History of the Ancient Township of Bergen, in New Jersey

AuthorTaylor, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Cook)

Date Created1857

DescriptionHistory of the growth of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Jersey, from the colonial New Netherlands era up to 1857. Introductory chapter describes relations with church in Netherlands and the...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleThe Swedes and Finns in New Jersey: Bulletin No. 3

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...