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unusual facts about Province of New Jersey



Belcher-Ogden Mansion-Price, Benjamin-Price-Brittan Houses District

Bonnell served as a member of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey in 1692 and the last official reference to him is as a signer of the 1696 petition for relief against the oppression of the Lords Proprietor.

Chatham Township, New Jersey

In 1773, the village John Day's Bridge, a community governed by the English township of Morris since its settlement in 1710, was renamed as, Chatham, in honor of Sir William Pitt, a British prime minister and the first Earl of Chatham, who was most favorable toward the colonists of the Province of New Jersey in issues with the British government.

Perth Amboy City Hall

It served as the local courthouse and jail, and was also used by the Provincial Assembly until 1775.


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