. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . %%^ a? THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. R|-.\ l( )LS l,i the ailvc-nt cf K-reniiah Leeds upnn -AhseediKr heacli resiilents here. \\ hatever title to the hinds there iiiii;iu have-l)eenat that early da_\- seems to have vested in tlie muiieroiiN Steehiianfamily or in the West Jersey imiprietor^. successor, to the Kiii«- l)etore the Warfor Independence. The abundance .if j;anie and U>h. the fre(|nency of shipwrecks and the un-disturbed isolation of the ishmd. must
. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . %%^ a? THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. R|-.\ l( )LS l,i the ailvc-nt cf K-reniiah Leeds upnn -AhseediKr heacli resiilents here. \\ hatever title to the hinds there iiiii;iu have-l)eenat that early da_\- seems to have vested in tlie muiieroiiN Steehiianfamily or in the West Jersey imiprietor^. successor, to the Kiii«- l)etore the Warfor Independence. The abundance .if j;anie and U>h. the fre(|nency of shipwrecks and the un-disturbed isolation of the ishmd. must ha\e made it an attracti\e spot for refugeesfrom war or justice. Several cabins had luen built and clearings made among- the sandhills whenJeremiah first stei>ped f( m it ii|ion the >oil, making it tirsi his temporary and inabout 1783 his i)ermanent abode. These different clearmgs or -fields, as they called them, even after Leedslittle li\ little aci|uired title to and control nl - - ■ _• entire island, bore different )ans l-ield. -o called it^land, coutaint. first house, in 1844, and 1
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