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Charter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805

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TitleInfo
Title
Charter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Carteret
NamePart (type = given)
Philip
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Witness
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Vanguellen
NamePart (type = given)
Robert
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Witness
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Varlett
NamePart (type = given)
Nicholas
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Witness
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Edsall
NamePart (type = given)
Samuel
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Witness
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Bond
NamePart (type = given)
Robert
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Associated name
Description
signatory
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Pardon
NamePart (type = given)
William
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Associated name
Description
signatory
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Bolland
NamePart (type = given)
James
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = text)
Associated name
Description
signatory
Name (type = corporate)
NamePart
Historical Society of Hudson County
Role
RoleTerm (authority = marcrelator); (type = code)
Collector
TypeOfResource
Text
Genre (authority = AAT)
charters
Genre (authority = AAT)
government records
OriginInfo
DateCreated (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact)
1805
DateOther (qualifier = exact); (type = Original document)
1668
Language
LanguageTerm (authority = ISO 639-3:2007); (type = text)
English
PhysicalDescription
Form (authority = RULIB)
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application/pdf
InternetMediaType
image/jpeg
Extent
7 pages
Abstract
Copy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor of the "Province of New Caesaria or New Jersey," Philip Carteret, affirms the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Dutch Township of Bergen, and lays out the functions of local government and the responsabilities between the township and the province - taxes, defense, etc.
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Dutch Americans
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
British Americans
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Government
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Land titles
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Politics, Practical
Subject (authority = NJCCS)
Temporal
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Subject (authority = NJCCS)
Temporal
Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Subject
HierarchicalGeographic
Country
UNITED STATES
State
New Jersey
County
Hudson County
City
Jersey City (N.J.)
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Dutch Immigration Experience
Identifier (type = local)
JCDC
Identifier (type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/JCDC.Manuscript.7142
Identifier (type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3H41SJ6
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = marcorg); (displayLabel = Jersey City Free Public Library)
NjJ
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Rights

RightsDeclaration (AUTHORITY = rightsstatements.org); (ID = http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/); (TYPE = NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES)
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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Source

FindingAid
Availability
Yes
Locator (TYPE = physical)
New Jersey Room
DeedOfGift
Availability
No
Shelving
Locator (TYPE = Other)
M122
Note
Advance notice to New Jersey Room staff required
ProvenanceEvent (ID = PROV001)
ProvenanceEvent_ID
PROV001
ProvenanceEventType
Donation
ProvenanceEventLabel
Donated to Historical Society of Hudson County
ProvenanceEventPlace
Jersey City, NJ
ProvenanceEventDetail
Accession number 55
AssociatedEntity (ID = ASSOCENTITY001)
AssociatedEntity_ID
ASSOCENTITY001
AssociatedEntityName
James R. Williamson
AssociatedEntityRole
Donor
PreservationEvent (ID = PRESERV001)
PreservationEvent_ID
PRESERV001
PreservationEventType
Digital preservation/restoration
PreservationEventLabel
Digitized for NJDH
PreservationEventPlace
East Brunswick, NJ
PreservationEventDateTime
2006-06-16
PreservationEventOutcome
Successful
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ASSOCENTITY001
AssociatedEntityName
Innovative Documents Imaging
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SourceTechnical (TYPE = Text or graphic (paper))
Format (TYPE = )
manuscript
Extent (TYPE = page count)
7
Container
Type
Folder
Dimensions
9.5 x 14.75
Unit
inches
PageAcidity
Low to medium acid content
LeafAttachment
Oversewn
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Technical

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application/x-tar
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1254912
Checksum (METHOD = SHA1)
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Abbyy FineReader
OperatingSystem (VERSION = )
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Sampling
SamplingSize
600
SamplingUnit
inch
Storage
Medium
DVD
ContentLocation (TYPE = local)
Dutch Collection Disc 1
Format (TYPE = mime); (VERSION = NULL)
application/x-tar
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