New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . erth Amboy—the cul-mination of agitation which commenced as earlyas 1670. The dispute grew out of titles derivedfrom proprietary boards, in which an intense feel-ing had been generated, owing to the demandsfor quit-rents made by the proprietors. In Governor Jonathan Belcher, scholar, man ofaffairs, and for several years chief executive ofMassachusetts, New Jersey had a man of intelli-gence, but severely puritanical in his views. Pub-lishing his commission as governor in Amboy,August 10, 1747, Governor Belcher removed toBurl
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . erth Amboy—the cul-mination of agitation which commenced as earlyas 1670. The dispute grew out of titles derivedfrom proprietary boards, in which an intense feel-ing had been generated, owing to the demandsfor quit-rents made by the proprietors. In Governor Jonathan Belcher, scholar, man ofaffairs, and for several years chief executive ofMassachusetts, New Jersey had a man of intelli-gence, but severely puritanical in his views. Pub-lishing his commission as governor in Amboy,August 10, 1747, Governor Belcher removed toBurlington, where he resided for several years, de-voting his time to statecraft and the advancementof the doctrines of George Whitefield. Dissatis-fied with the laxity of the observance of Sunday inBurlington, he drove frequently to Philadelphia,with coach and four, there to worship in the Presbyterian churches. But even this act was aapparent desecration of the Sabbath to one ohis conscientious scruples, says John Whitehead, entertainingly, in his Civil and Judicial. ,::,,/^mJ ^(m^ 396 NEW JERSEY AS A COLONY
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