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Perth Amboy Township was formed on October 31, 1693, and was enlarged during the 1720s to encompass Perth Amboy city. Perth Amboy Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships through the Township Act of 1798 on February 21, 1798. The township was replaced by Perth Amboy city on April 8, 1844. [31]
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When the city was incorporated in 1683, settlers began to call the land "Ambo" or "Amboy Point", and finally "Amboy." The name means "place resembling a bowl." [1] In 1686, when the settlement became the capital of East Jersey, Perth was added to the name in honor of one of the Proprietors under the Royal grant, the James Drummond, 1st Duke of ...
Perth Amboy features a historic waterfront, which has gone through significant revitalization. [1] Perth Amboy's waterfront is where the city was first settled and one of the few places left in New Jersey that has a historic and marina culture surrounded by water. Local attractions include two small museums, an art gallery, a yacht club, and a ...
With unruly crowds causing chaos at some recent events in South Jersey, police departments are gearing up to make sure the only fireworks going off at July 4th celebrations are in the sky.
Proprietary House in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States, is the only proprietary governor's mansion of the original Thirteen Colonies still standing. Overseen by architect and builder John Edward Pryor, construction began in 1762 and was completed in 1764.
The New York Times; August 22, 1874; Obituary; Marcus Spring; Richard C. S. Trahair; Utopias and Utopians: An Historical DictionaryISBN 0-313-29465-8 Maud Honeyman Green, "Raritan Bay Union, Eagleswood, New Jersey", Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 68, No. 1 (January 1950)
The Kearny Cottage is a historic home in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. [3] It is open to the public as a historic house museum and is operated by Kearny Cottage Historical Society. Built in 1781, it was originally located on High Street but was moved to Sadowski Parkway when the last Kearny descendant died in the 1920s.