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On March 23 of 1835
The Morris and Essex Rail Road Company is organized to build a line from Newark to Morristown 
On March 22 of 1758
Jonathan Edwards, the president of The College of New Jersey (renamed Princeton University in 1896) and a prominent preacher and theologian, dies in Princeton after being inoculated against smallpox On March 21 of 1778 In what becomes known as the Massacre at Hancock's Bridge, some 300 British soldiers and Loyalists under the command of Colonel Charles Mawhood kill 20 to 30 colonial militia in a surprise night bayonet attack near the town of Salem. Hancock House, site of the massacre, is now a historic site on the national and state registers of historic places. 
Hancock House. Image: NJ Register of Historic Places
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Jon Stewart "I'm from New Jersey..." introduction for Bruce Springsteen at 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
Poster promoting Atlantic City in 1920s 
"The Prudential has the strength of Gibraltar" ad in 1909
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