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The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden. The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution. It first met in 1775 with representatives from all New Jersey's thirteen counties, to ...
August 27 – The first session of the New Jersey Legislative Council convenes with the Provincial Congress of New Jersey ceased to function under the New Jersey State Constitution. [1] August 31 – William Livingston is sworn in as the first governor. [2] September 16 – The 4th New Jersey Regiment is raised at Elizabethtown.
New Jersey was governed by two groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702.New Jersey's first counties were created as administrative districts within each province, with East Jersey split in 1675 into Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, while West Jersey's initial counties of Burlington and Salem date to 1681.
Path to Freedom, The Struggle for Self Government in Colonial New Jersey 1703-1776. Princeton: Princeton University Press. McCormick, Richard P. (1964, 1970). New Jersey from Colony to State, 1609-1789. 1st Edition-Princeton: Van Nostrand; 2nd Edition—New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map. [1]
NJ State Historic Preservation Office ID 1776 Both sides of Centre Street from Ferry Street to dead end south of Lalor Street, Lamberton Street from the Champale Factory to number 621 on the west side and number 504 on the east side NJ State Historic Preservation Office Opinion Date 4/6/1995 (Previous SHPO Opinions: 8/9/93, 12/29/94)
Counties/towns District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1799 James Linn : Democratic-Republican: March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 6th: Elected in 1798. Retired. Hunterdon and Somerset Counties District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1801
1776 in New Jersey; 0–9. 1776 New Jersey gubernatorial election; A. Ambush of Geary; B. Battle of Fort Lee; Battle of Iron Works Hill; G. George Washington's ...