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Settlement--1799

Drawing of Lenni Lenape family in book published in 1702. Image: Library Company of Philadelphia

Lenni Lenape presence in New Jersey and region. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Map circa 1639 by Johannes Vingboons laid out with north on right and west on top showing New Jersey at top of map across from Manhattan situated on the "Noort Rivier" (later Hudson) showing settlements in New Jersey. Image: Library of Congress

Map circa 1688 by Robert Morden showing "New Jarsey" divided into Provinces of East and West Jersey. Image: New Jersey Historical Society

"Massacre of the Indians at Hoboken." Image: New York Public Library Digital Collections

1737 census of the colony. New Jersey State Archives

1748 Charter of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). Image: Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University

Appointment by King George III of William Franklin as Royal Governor of New Jersey dated September 9, 1762. Image: New Jersey State Archives

Royal Governor (1762-1776) William Franklin in portrait circa 1790. Image: Wikimedia commons

Lord John Berkeley, recipient with Sir George Carteret of grant from Duke of York in 1664 of lands comprising New Jersey. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Sir George Carteret, recipient in 1664 of grant of lands comprising New Jersey from Duke of York. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Message from New Jersey provincial assembly to Royal Governor William Franklin dated November 29, 1775. Image: Library of Congress

First State Constitution adopted by Provincial Congress on July 2, 1776. Image: New Jersey State Archives

William Livingston, first governor of state of New Jersey. Image: National Park Service

John Witherspoon, sixth president of the College of New Jersey, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Morven, home built in 1750s in Princeton by Richard Stockton, a signer of Declaration of Independence, later official residence of state's governors from 1957 until 1982. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Map by William Faden of operations of George Washington against British in December 1776 and January 1777 in New Jersey. Image: Library of Congress

Old Barracks in Trenton where British and Hessian soldiers were garrisoned when Washington crossed Delaware River on Christmas night of 1776 in attack known as Battle of Trenton. Image: Library of Congress

Stone at Princeton Battlefield site of mass grave of American and British soldiers. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac

"Molly Pitcher" at Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 depicted in Currier & Ives lithograph published in 1856. Image: Library of Congress

The Ford Mansion in Morristown served as George Washington's headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780. Image: National Park Service

Washington's headquarters from August 23, 1783 to November 10, 1783, at Rockingham in current Rocky Hill section of Franklin Township. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Richard Arthur Norton- Creative Commons Attribution by 2.5 Generic license

Print depicting Washington's trip through Trenton on way to inaugural in New York April 1789 published circa 1845 by N. Currier. Image: Library of Congress

Original State House in Trenton shown in 1792. Image: New Jersey State Legislature

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