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Coles Street Pothole (colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 00:20:59 JST Coles Street Pothole

Forget the dispute over whether there is such a thing as Central Jersey. Let's talk about West Jersey and East Jersey. #NewJersey #KeithLine #WestJersey #EastJersey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Jersey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jersey
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1. A map of New Jersey showing a meandering but vertical line dividing the state into two separate territories.
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2. West Jersey
  
  West Jersey and East Jersey were two distinct parts of the Province of New Jersey. The political division existed for 28 years, between 1674 and 1702. Determination of an exact location for a border between West Jersey and East Jersey was often a matter of dispute. Background The Delaware Valley had been inhabited by the Lenape (or Delaware) Indians prior to European exploration and settlement starting around 1609, undertaken by the Dutch, Swedish and English. The Dutch West India Company had established one or two Delaware River settlements, but by the late 1620s, it had moved most of its inhabitants to the island of Manhattan. This became the center of New Netherland. West Jersey and East Jersey were two sections of New Jersey. The development of the colony of New Sweden in the lower Delaware Valley began in 1638. Most of the Swedish population was on the west side of the Delaware. After the English re-established New Netherland's Fort Nassau to challenge the Swedes, the latter constructed Fort Nya Elfsborg in present-day Salem County. Fort Nya Elfsborg was located between present day Salem and Alloway Creek. The New...
3. East Jersey
  
  The Province of East Jersey, along with the Province of West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702 in accordance with the Quintipartite Deed, were two distinct political divisions of the Province of New Jersey, which became the U.S. state of New Jersey. The two provinces were amalgamated in 1702. East Jersey's capital was located at Perth Amboy. Determination of an exact location for a border between West Jersey and East Jersey was often a matter of dispute. The area comprising East Jersey had been part of New Netherland. Early settlement (including today's Bergen and Hudson counties) by the Dutch included Pavonia (1633), Vriessendael (1640) and Achter Kol (1642). These settlements were compromised in Kieft's War (1643–1645) and the Peach War (1655). Settlers again returned to the western shores of the Hudson River with the 1660 formation of Bergen, New Netherland, which would become the first permanent European settlement in the territory of the modern state of New Jersey. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, on August 27, 1664, New Amsterdam surrendered to English forces. Between 1664 and 1674, most settlement was from other parts of the Americas, especially New England...
- murph :amiga: (murph@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 00:20:57 JST murph :amiga:
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  @ColesStreetPothole Agreed!
  
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- murph :amiga: (murph@hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 00:22:45 JST murph :amiga:
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  @ColesStreetPothole I prefer the line that goes straighter to roughly Dignman's ferry, but with this one we take back that pompadour looking thing from New York, and I'm here for it.
  
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