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John Stevens (New Jersey)

Index John Stevens (New Jersey)

John Stevens Jr. (c. 1715 – May 10, 1792) was a prominent colonial American landowner, merchant, and politician. [1]

43 relations: Bethlehem Township, New Jersey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, British America, Caribbean, Edwin Augustus Stevens, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, Horace Binney, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, James Alexander (lawyer), John Cox Stevens, John Cruger Jr., John Peter Zenger, John Stevens (inventor, born 1749), Joshua R. Sands, Louisiana Purchase, Madeira, Mary Alexander, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Legislature, New Jersey Provincial Council, New York City, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York Yacht Club, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Peter Schuyler (New Jersey), Province of New Jersey, Robert L. Stevens, Robert Livingston (1718–1775), Robert R. Livingston (chancellor), Rocky Hill, New Jersey, Somerset County, New Jersey, Stamp Act 1765, Stevens Institute of Technology, Surveyor General, Union County, New Jersey, United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, United States Constitution, Vice-President of Council, William Alexander, Lord Stirling, 1st New Jersey Regiment.

Bethlehem Township, New Jersey

Bethlehem Township is a township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress.

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Bloomsbury, New Jersey

Bloomsbury is a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

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British America

British America refers to English Crown colony territories on the continent of North America and Bermuda, Central America, the Caribbean, and Guyana from 1607 to 1783.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Edwin Augustus Stevens

Edwin Augustus Stevens (July 28, 1795 – August 8, 1868) was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who left a bequest that was used to establish the Stevens Institute of Technology.

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G. P. Putnam's Sons

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Hoboken, New Jersey

Hoboken (Unami: Hupokàn) is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Horace Binney

Horace Binney (January 4, 1780 – August 12, 1875) was an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.

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Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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James Alexander (lawyer)

James Alexander (May 27, 1691 – April 2, 1756) was a lawyer and statesman in colonial New York.

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John Cox Stevens

John Cox Stevens (September 24, 1785 – June 13, 1857) is best known for founding and serving as the first Commodore of the New York Yacht Club as well as being a member of the America syndicate which, in 1851, won the trophy that would become the America's Cup.

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John Cruger Jr.

John Cruger Jr. (July 18, 1710 – December 27, 1791) was the speaker of the Province of New York assembly and the 41st Mayor of New York City.

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John Peter Zenger

John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) was a German American printer and journalist in New York City.

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John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)

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Joshua R. Sands

Joshua Ratoon Sands (May 13, 1795 – October 2, 1883) was an officer in the United States Navy who rose to the rank of Rear Admiral.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

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Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal.

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Mary Alexander

Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander (April 16, 1693 – April 18, 1760) was an influential colonial era merchant in New York City.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

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New Jersey General Assembly

The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

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New Jersey Legislature

The New Jersey Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Provincial Council

The New Jersey Provincial Council was the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature under colonial rule until it was replaced by the New Jersey Legislative Council under the New Jersey Constitution of 1776.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYGBS) is a non-profit institution located at 36 West 44th Street in New York City.

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New York Yacht Club

The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Peter Schuyler (New Jersey)

Pieter "Peter" Schuyler (1707 – March 7, 1762), a member of the Schuyler family, was a wealthy Dutch farmer from New Barbadoes Neck, now western Hudson County, New Jersey.

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Province of New Jersey

The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became New Jersey, a state of United States in 1783.

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Robert L. Stevens

Colonel Robert Livingston Stevens (October 18, 1787 – April 20, 1856) was an American inventor and steamship builder who served as president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the 1830s and 1840s.

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Robert Livingston (1718–1775)

Robert Robert Livingston also called The Judge (August 1718 – December 9, 1775), was a prominent colonial American politician, and a leading Whig in New York in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

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Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)

Robert Robert Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States.

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Rocky Hill, New Jersey

Rocky Hill is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, named for the Rocky Hill Ridge.

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Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Stamp Act 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

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Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

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Surveyor General

The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory.

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Union County, New Jersey

Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a railroad company which began as the important Camden & Amboy Railroad (C&A) whose 1830 lineage began as one of the eight or ten earliest permanent North AmericanList of Earliest American RR's meant to be permanent: Lieper's, Granite Railroad, Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk, Delaware & Hudson, Mohawk & Hudson RR, Allegheny Portage RR, B&O RR railroads, and among the first common carrier transportation companies whose prospectus marketed an enterprise aimed (with a priority or principally) at carrying passengers fast and competing with stagecoaches between New York Harbor and Philadelphia-Trenton.

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United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

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Vice-President of Council

The Vice-President of Council of the New Jersey Legislature would succeed the Governor (who was the President of the Council) if a vacancy occurred in that office.

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William Alexander, Lord Stirling

William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (1726 – 15 January 1783), was a Scottish-American Major General during the American Revolutionary War.

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1st New Jersey Regiment

The 1st New Jersey Regiment was the first organized militia regiment in New Jersey, formed in 1673 in Piscataway "to repel foreign Indians who come down from upper Pennsylvania and western New York (in the summer) to our shores and fill (themselves) with fishes and clams and on the way back make a general nuisance of themselves by burning hay stacks, corn fodder and even barns." All of New Jersey's regular organized military forces trace their lineage to this first provincial militia unit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_(New_Jersey)

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