History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . OLD BERGEN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BYDANIEL VAN WINKLE ^>>r- JOHN W. HARRISONJERSEY CITY TMf l I5FSASY «P GC-NGRESS,Two Copies RecBvEB APR. 11 1902 CoPYRiaHT ewTiirCL*S8 O^XXc • Copy b. No. Copyrighted, 1902,Daniel Van Winkle f tK k Preface. This little volume is projected with the hope of e
History of Hudson County and of the old village of Bergen : being a brief account of the foundation and growth of what is now Jersey City and of the many advantages now offered the inhabitants thereof in the newly constructed building of the Trust Company of New Jersey . OLD BERGEN HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BYDANIEL VAN WINKLE ^>>r- JOHN W. HARRISONJERSEY CITY TMf l I5FSASY «P GC-NGRESS,Two Copies RecBvEB APR. 11 1902 CoPYRiaHT ewTiirCL*S8 O^XXc • Copy b. No. Copyrighted, 1902,Daniel Van Winkle f tK k Preface. This little volume is projected with the hope of ex-citing a new interest in the territory of which it treats. From its antiquity and historic^il importance, OldBergen deserves more than a passing during the infancy of our country, andstanding at the gateway of the continent, it was sub-jected during the colonial and revolutionary periodto the privations and vicissitudes peculiar to thoseearly days, to an unusual degree. Although locatedunder the shadow of a great city, its bosom seamedand scarred by the ebb and flow of the traffic andcommerce of the Great West, it preserved until veryrecent years the customs and conditions of The LongAgo. The people inhabiting its territory, retaining to agreahistoryofhudsonc01trus
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