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West Jersey and East Jersey were two sections of New Jersey. The development of the colony of New Sweden in the lower Delaware Valley began in 1638. Most of the Swedish population was on the west side of the Delaware. After the English re-established New Netherland's Fort Nassau to challenge the Swedes, the latter constructed Fort Nya Elfsborg ...
New Jersey pound. A 12 /– colonial currency note from the Province of New Jersey. Signed by Robert Smith, John Hart, and John Stevens, Jr. A 1776 three-shilling New Jersey bank note. The pound was the currency of New Jersey until 1793. Initially, sterling coin and some foreign currencies circulated, supplemented from 1709 by local paper money.
This system was retained in East New Jersey after the 1674 division of New Jersey. A new system was established in West Jersey. On April 15, 1702, the Proprietors of East Jersey and those of West Jersey surrendered the right of government to Queen Anne. Anne's government accepted the surrender and united the two colonies as the Province of New ...
A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey by Christopher Browne, 1685 With Virginia. In 1629, George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, "driven by 'the sacred duty of finding a refuge for his Roman Catholic brethren'", applied to Charles I for a royal charter to establish a colony south of Virginia.
The Provincial Council was the upper house of the colonial legislature, and as such was a predecessor to the modern New Jersey Senate. Laws enacted were to be styled as by the governor, council and assembly. Once approved by both houses and signed by the governor, laws were to be transmitted to London, to be signed or disallowed by the Crown. [8]
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Evesham Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.It is a suburb of Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 46,826, an increase of 1,288 (+2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 45,538, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,263 (+7.7%) from the 42,275 counted in the 2000 census.
