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CONTENTS.

Copy of Commission of Nicholls, as Governor; Effect of his Commission; Proc-

lamation by Nicholls; Application by Six Inhabitants of Jamaica for Liberty

to Buy Land upon which to Settle in New Jersey; Terms of Proclamation

Issued by Nicholls; Deed by Indian Sachems; Extract from Deed by Nich-

olls; Indian Title to John Baker and Others; Monmouth Grant or Patent;

Copy of Monmouth Patent; Description of Country Conveyed by that Grant;

Title to Lands in New Jersey; Indian Title; Dutch Title; Title from Gover-

nor Nicholls; Title from the Lords Proprietors; Crown Lands; Title from

the King; Right of Sovereignty Claimed and Exercised by Lords Pro-

prietors; Charles II's new Grant to York; Lease and Release to Sir

George Carteret for East Jersey; Directions, etc., of Carteret; New Com-

mission as Governor of East Jersey to Philip Carteret; Copy of Com-

mission to Philip Carteret; Treatment of Indians by First Colonists of New

Jersey; Deed of Berkeley to John Fenwick and by Fenwick to Penn and

Others; Quintipartite Deed; Division into East Jersey and West Jersey; In

New Grant Berkeley's Name not Mentioned, nor that of his Assignees; Deed

to Fenwick Mentioned in Quintipartite Deed; Fenwick Conveyed to William

Penn and Others; Edward Billinge; Tripartite Deed Executed by John

Fenwick, Edward Billinge, William Penn and Others; Tripartite Deed Vests

East Jersey in Sir George Carteret and West Jersey in William Penn and

his Associates; Some Landholders Deny the Title of Carteret and Penn;

Question as to Berkeley's Title; Edmund Andross, Governor; Berkeley and

Carteret Act in Concert; Charles II Recognizes Carteret's Title; Andross

Issues Proclamation Affirming Prior Grants; Andross Claims Authority Over

New Jersey, Imprisons John Fenwick and Arrests Governor Carteret; His

Acts Repudiated by York; Condition of Titles to Land in New Jersey:

Mode of Obtaining Title.....

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Importance of First Legislature; Characteristics of Deputies; Names and

Sketches of the Governor's Council; Nicholas Verlet, Daniel Pierce, Robert

Bond, Samuel Edsall, Robert Vauquellin and William Pardon; Sketch of James

Bollen, Secretary of Council; Laws Passed by the First Legislature; Num-

ber and Character of; Thirteen Crimes Punishable with Death; Discontent

of Colonists; Governor Carteret Becomes Unpopular; His Characteristics;

Character of the Thirty Immigrants who came with Carteret; Carteret

Claimed the Right to Make them Freemen;" Grievance of Middletown

and Shrewsbury; the Inhabitants of the Two Towns Attack the Legality of

the Election of Deputies; Second Session of the Legislature; Names of Dep-

uties; Continued in Session Four Days; Message from Deputies to Gover-

nor and Council; Answer to the Message; Quarrel Between Governor and

Colonists about Quit Rent; Discussion of Propriety of Objections to Payment;

Newark's Action; Carteret's Behavior and Action; Colonists Elect a Legis-

lature, which Appoints James Carteret Governor; Philip Carteret goes to

England; Settlements on East Bank of Delaware; Peter Jegon and Fabrus

Outout, Delegates from "Delaware River;" Legislature did not Convene

for Seven Years; Members of Legislature in 1675; Philip Carteret goes to

England; Legislature of 1675 Passed Thirty-seven Acts; Thirty-seventh

Act; Places of Meeting from 1675 to 1681; Oaths of "Fedility" and Allegi-

ance; First Thanksgiving Day; Re-enacting Laws Passed; West New Jer-

sey Proprietors Offer Terms to Immigrants; Concessions and Agreements;

Quakers in New Jersey; Governmental Authority to Proprietors of West

Jersey; Commissioners and their Powers; No Oath Required from Officers

or Witnesses; Indians Protected; Mixed Juries; Election of Legislators;

Penalty for Bribery; Liberty of Speech; Power of Legislature; Equal Tax-

ation; Religious Tolerance; First Legislature of West Jersey; Edward

York Claims Right to Impost Duties; Claim Resisted; Correspondence between

York's Private Secretary and Andross; Commissioners of West Jersey

Protest against York's Claim; The Duke Consults with Sir William Jones;

Jones Decides against the Claim; The Duke Directs Deed of Confirmation,

or Release, to be Prepared; Deed Executed to William Penn and Associ-

ates, Releasing the Claim; Condition of Affairs in New Jersey Prior to the

Beginning of the Eighteenth Century; Weakness of Proprietary Govern-

ment; The Earl of Perth and Lord Campbell; Written Protest of Commis-

sioners against the Claim to Impost Duties; Inducements to the Pro-

prietors to Surrender the Government; Negotiations for Surrender with

William and Mary; "Memorial" from Proprietors of East Jersey to Council

of Trade; Conditions upon Which Surrender Would be Made; Answer to

"Memorial;" United Petition from Both Proprietors to the Lords Justices;

Perth Amboy, Its Advantages as a Port of Entry; Reply of Proprietors to

the Answer of Council of Trade; Joint Memorial of Proprietors to King;

Opinion of Board of Trade on the Question of Surrender; In 1702 Anne Be-

comes Queen; Surrender, 15th of April, 1702; Accepted by the Queen; Corn-

bury Becomes Governor and the Two Provinces Consolidated; Consequen-

ces of Surrender; "Grants and Concessions" and "Concessions and Agree-

ments" Cease to Have Any Force; "Instructions" to Cornbury; Their

Character; Quotations from Them; Comparison between "Instructions"

and the Grants and Concessions"; Sketch of Lord Cornbury; he is Re-

moved in 1708..
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of Hamilton's Commission; Removed; Jeremiah Basse; Sketch of; Andrew

Bowne; Question as to Hamilton Decided in his Favor; Edward Billinge,

Governor of West Jersey; Samuel Jennings, Deputy; Daniel Coxe, Governor

of West Jersey; Sketch of; Andrew Hamilton Reinstated; Sketch of Daniel

Coxe; Legislature of the Whole Province After the Surrender; Cornbury,

Governor; How Legislature Constituted; Thomas Gardiner, Speaker; Leg-

islature Demands Certain Rights; Speech of Cornbury; Law about Purchase

of Land from Indians; Process of Enacting a Law; Laws Introduced;

Richard Hartshorn's Right as Delegate, Challenged; Journal of the Votes

of the Legislature; Controversy between legislature and Cornbury about

Raising Money; Cornbury Dissolves the Legislature: Cornbury Attempts

to Control the Elections; Unsuccessful; The Right of Gardiner, Lambert

and Wright to Sit as Delegates, Challenged; They were Rejected; After a

Year's Time, Admitted; Qualifications of Voters; of Representatives; Serv-

ility of Legislature of 1704 to Governor; Change of Action of the Assembly;

Legislature Refused to Raise any Money for Payment of Governor's Salary;

Governor Prorogues the Legislature until 1706; During the Vacation, Dis-

content; Third Assembly Met April 5, 1707; Address of Governor; Assem-

bly Considers Speech in Committee of the Whole; William Anderson, Clerk

of the House, and the Assembly Quarrel; Legislature Unanimously Decide

that Committee of the Whole has a Right to Select its Own Secretary; Corn-

bury Makes Another Speech; Assembly Stand Firm; Matter Referred to

Governor; Anderson Discharged; Remonstrance Against Governor; Thir-

teen Grievances; Remonstrance Presented to Governor; Incidents Accom-

panying Presentation to the Governor; Answer of Governor; Peter Faucon-

nier, Receiver General; Legislature Require His Vouchers; Action of Leg-

islature; Quarrel between Governor and Assembly Brought to the Attention

of the Queen; She Dismisses Cornbury; Lewis Morris Rival Candidate for

Governor with Cornbury; Comparison of Proprietary and Royal Rule; Lord

Lovelace, Governor; Sketch of; Governor's Address; Reply; Lieutenant-

Governor Ingoldsby and Part of Council Write a Letter to the Queen; First

Issue of Paper Currency; Legislature Adjourned to November, 1709; Love-

lace Dies; Succeeded by Robert Hunter; Sketch of; Composition of Assem-

bly: Parker Family; Answer to Governor's Speech; Representation by

Counties Appears; Salem, Sketch of; Freehold, Sketch of; Burlington,

Sketch of; Quakers not Permitted to Sit on Juries; Attempt of Legislature

to Remedy this Evil; Council Reject the Law Passed for that Purpose;

Action of the Legislature with Reference to the Letter from Ingoldsby and

Council to Queen; Members of Council Who Signed Letter Expelled; Leg-

islation of 1713; Slaves; White Servants; Ferry Across the Delaware at

Burlington; Duty on Slaves; Conveyances of Land; Recording of Deeds;

Quakers Permitted to Sit on Juries; George I Becomes King; Legislature

of 1716; Opposition to Hunter; Daniel Coxe, Speaker; Legislature Prorogued

to May, 1716; Then only Nine Members Appeared; Four Brought in by

Warrant; Speaker Coxe and Absentees Expelled; Some Re-elected, but

Rejected; Legislature of 1717; Acts Appointing Commissioners to Define

Boundary Line Between New Jersey and New York, and Division Line Be-

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