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1976 · 009149 — Independence Township New Jersey: Independence Township Committee / Bicentennial Committee 1976. 6" wide by 9" tall. Staplebound in the original pale blue pictorial wrappers. A little finger soil on the cover. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean but for a small brown spot in the margin of a few preliminary pages and one ink correction of a typo in the text i.e. 1782 not 1872. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A history of the Township with chapters on: the Lenni-Lenape Indians; early settlements Allamuchy. Hackettstown. Whitehall. Petersburg. Cat Swamp. Vienna. Meadville Hill. Quaker Grove and settlers Cummins brothers Ezekiel Ayres family Vliet brothers James Fleming Robertson family etc; first churches and cemeteries; legends; early schools; roads canal and railroad; etc. Illustrated with 2 maps 1 double-page old engravings and many old portraits and photographs "Pictures of the Past". Bibliography. Roster of Long-Time Residents. Photo of Barker's Mill on the front cover. First Edition. Soft Cover booklet. Very Good condition. 84pp. Independence Township Committee / Bicentennial Committee Paperback