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... held at Fort Stanwix in 1769 , when in the most solemn manner they conferred upon New Jersey the title of the Great Doer of Justice . When the Legislature was applied to in 1832 , by a remnant of the Del- aware tribe , to purchase ...
... held at Fort Stanwix in 1769 , when in the most solemn manner they conferred upon New Jersey the title of the Great Doer of Justice . When the Legislature was applied to in 1832 , by a remnant of the Del- aware tribe , to purchase ...
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... held , however , only two Sessions of four days each , and passed but few laws ; and such was the unsettled state of the Pro- vince , that seven years elapsed before another As- sembly met.1 So that it was not until 1675 , that we are ...
... held , however , only two Sessions of four days each , and passed but few laws ; and such was the unsettled state of the Pro- vince , that seven years elapsed before another As- sembly met.1 So that it was not until 1675 , that we are ...
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... held on the first Wednesday of every month , in each town of the Province , by two or three persons , to be chosen by the people , of whom a Justice of the Peace was to be one . Then , there were the County Courts or Courts of Sessions ...
... held on the first Wednesday of every month , in each town of the Province , by two or three persons , to be chosen by the people , of whom a Justice of the Peace was to be one . Then , there were the County Courts or Courts of Sessions ...
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... held four times a year in each County.3 The 2 1 Grants and Concessions , p . 229 . * It was not until 1692 , that Coun- ties were first subdivided into Town- ships . In Bergen but one Township was created , called Hackensack , be- sides ...
... held four times a year in each County.3 The 2 1 Grants and Concessions , p . 229 . * It was not until 1692 , that Coun- ties were first subdivided into Town- ships . In Bergen but one Township was created , called Hackensack , be- sides ...
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... held at our Town of Perth , if it be possible . " Now Robert Bar- clay and many of the other Proprietors , as is well known , were Scotchmen ; and when we add the important fact , that this Court , under its new or- ganization , was ...
... held at our Town of Perth , if it be possible . " Now Robert Bar- clay and many of the other Proprietors , as is well known , were Scotchmen ; and when we add the important fact , that this Court , under its new or- ganization , was ...
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