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- ↑ New Jersey Colonial Documents, Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. III; Daily Advertiser Publishing House, Newark, New Jersey, 1881. p. 159
- ↑ The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society, Volume III, Norman Penney, Editor; Headley Brothers, Printers, London; and Ashford, Kent; 1906, p. 94
- ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, date: various (pre 1950)
The History of Novo Caesaria or New Jersey, Samuel Smith, Pub. 1765.
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