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History of bergen and passaic counties, new jersey, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men by clayton, w. The harrison township historical society has announced the publication of mullica hill and old harrison township, the first illustrated history of the township to be produced. Sayreville is located in middlesex county on the southern bank of the raritan river. Our shop is located right in the center of branchville nj in the square at 1 mill street. Join former first lady, michelle obama, for a story time. History of hunterdon and somerset counties, new jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers by snell, james p.
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The historic district was listed on the national register in 1993. The official web site for the state of new jersey history. The third edition of this classic book about the history of new jerseys oldest and largest city. History hunterdon somerset counties new jersey abebooks. Browse our unique collections of books, newspapers, microfilm, maps, vertical files, indexes, journals, notes, transcripts, and websites. Egg harbor township is a township in atlantic county, new jersey, united states. The towns recorded history dates to the time when the rarachon and navisink tribes of the lenni lenape hunted and fished in the areas forests and rivers. History of hunterdon and somerset counties, new jersey, with. Dunellen part of arcadia publishings images of america series is available on and at many local businesses. Original content available for noncommercial use under a creative commons license, except where noted. Caro has twice won the pulitzer prize for biography, twice won the national book critics circle award for best nonfiction book of the year, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the national book award, the gold medal in biography from the american academy of arts. New jersey state archives new jersey state archives. Special event, childrens event, storytime childrens saturday february 22, 2020 11.
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About of our genealogy collection is made up of family histories. Dec 03, 2010 history of hunterdon and somerset counties, new jersey. The history of egg harbor township sketches of egg harbor township originally published in 1964 by the egg harbor township tercentenary publications committee on the 300th annivesary of egg harbor township. Share your historic photos, letters, books and records to help document the history of people, places, sites and structures in knowlton and the surrounding area. History of hunterdon and somerset counties, new jersey open. An ongoing source of books to underserved children throughout new jersey in. History books somerset county library system of new jersey. New jersey shore history and practical traveling tips.
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