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Charter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3H41SJ6

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TitleCharter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805
NameCarteret, Philip (Witness), Vanguellen, Robert (Witness), Varlett, Nicholas (Witness), Edsall, Samuel (Witness), Bond, Robert (Associated name), Pardon, William (Associated name), Bolland, James (Associated name), Historical Society of Hudson County
Date Created1805
SubjectDutch Americans, British Americans, Government, Land titles, Politics, Practical
DescriptionCopy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor of the "Province of New Caesaria or New Jersey," Philip Carteret, affirms the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Dutch Township of Bergen, and lays out the functions of local government and the responsabilities between the township and the province - taxes, defense, etc.
Genrecharters, government records
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3H41SJ6
LanguageEnglish
CollectionDutch Immigration Experience
Organization NameJersey City Free Public Library
RightsThe organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.