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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
at Elizabethtown in the spring of 1672, formally deposed Philip Carteret, and elected James their governor. Philip, in the early summer, sailed for England and laid the matter before his superiors. He knew the administration of his cousin would be a chastisement of the people, as it proved to be, for he was utterly incompetent, and his conduct disgusted them. Before orders came from England the insurgents were ready to submit to Philip Carteret's deputy, Captain Berry (May, 1673), and James Carteret immediately sailed for Virginia. Philip Carteret returned next year as governor, made liberal concessions in the name of Sir George, and was quietly accepted by the people. Among the purchasers of a portion of New Jersey were John Fenwick and Edward Billinge, both of the Society of Friends. These men quarrelled with regard to their respective rights. The tenets of their sect would not allow them to go to law, so they referred the matter to William Penn, whose decision satisfied b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
ted first English governor of New Jersey, arrives at Elizabethtown with thirty settlers......August, 1665 Newark settled by thirty families from Connecticut......May 17, 1666 Grant of 276 acres issued for Hoboken......May 12, 1668 Session of the first legislative Assembly of New Jersey held at Elizabethtown......May 26, 1668 Bergen chartered......Sept. 22, 1668 Settlers under grants from Governor Nicholls form an independent government whose deputies at Elizabethtown elect James Carteret governor......May 14, 1672 Gov. Philip Carteret returns to England to lay the matter of the government of New Jersey before the proprietors......1672 First Friends' meeting-house built at Shrewsbury......1672 Lord Berkeley sells his half interest in the province to two English Quakers, John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge......March 18, 1673 New Netherlands, including New Jersey, surrendered to the Dutch......July, 1673 New Jersey again becomes an English province, under treat