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Governor Richard J. Codey and Secretary of State Regena L. Thomas
unveiled the colonial documents at a public ceremony and exhibit
opening on Tuesday, 27 September 2005 at Morven Museum and Garden,
in Princeton. The Proprietors & Adventurers exhibition
was presented at Morven through 30 October 2005. |
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A Glorious Day at Morven |
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| DARM
Director Karl J. Niederer (center) introduces Assistant Secretary
of State Kathleen Kisko to keynote speaker, Prof. Richard P. McCormick.
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Star-Ledger
reporter Thomas Hester interviews Professor McCormick on the porch
at Morven. |
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| (left
to right) State Archives Collection Manager Ellen R. Callahan and
Chief Joseph R. Klett with New Jersey Historical Commission Executive
Director Marc Mappen. |
(left to right)
Deputy Attorney General John Turi, Donna Person, Chief of Records
Management Albin Wagner, Deputy Division Director Keith W. Betten,
and Caesar Iacovone, former Director of DARM. |
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| (left to right) State Museum staff Elizabeth Beitel and Margaret O’Reilly, with museum docent Joseph Seliga. | (left
to right) State Museum Cultural History Curator James Turk, New Jersey
Historical Society Library Director Chad Leinaweaver, DARM Electronic
Records Supervisor Daniel Noonan and Historical Commission Executive
Director Marc Mappen. |
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| (left
to right) State Museum staff Lorraine Williams, Jay Schwartz and Karen
Flinn. |
(left
to right) DARM staff Beth Colosimo, Veronica Calder and Donald Cornelius. |
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| State
Archives photographic archivist Joanne M. Nestor taking a short break
from shooting pictures. |
The crowd gathers on the lawn in front of Morven. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Cameramen
from New Jersey Network and WZBN set up their equipment. |
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| Acting
Governor Richard J. Codey opens with a public welcome and notes the
historical importance of the State’s new acquisition. |
Lawrence Intermediate School students will be the first to view the documents on public display. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Emcee
DARM Director Karl J. Niederer acknowledges the historical community,
Office of the Governor, and Legislature for their support of the acquisition. |
Among the honored guests are officers of the former East Jersey Board of Proprietors, and the West Jersey Council of Proprietors. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Secretary
of State Regena L. Thomas addresses the group. |
Alexander Klett (11) and others enjoy a bit of shade during the outdoor program. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Prof.
Richard P. McCormick celebrates the acquisition, praising the historical
community and the State Archives for their decisive action. |
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Proprietors and Adventurers Opens to the Public |
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| DARM
Director Karl J. Niederer addresses the crowd before the ribbon-cutting. |
School
children patiently await the unveiling of Proprietors & Adventurers:
A Rediscovery of Colonial New Jersey. |
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| Chief
of Archives Joseph R. Klett tells the story of how the acquisition
and exhibition were made possible, acknowledging fellow New Jersey
archivists, curators and historians. |
David
Cowell, President of the Advocates for New Jersey History, speaks
about the colony’s early diversity and great promise as revealed
by the newly discovered manuscripts. |
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| Acting Governor Codey cuts the ribbon. | Acting
Governor Codey offers “high fives” as the kids enter the
exhibition, the first to view the documents. |
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Acting
Governor Codey and young VIP Alexander G. Klett. |
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Colonial Treasures Unveiled |
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| Before the ribbon is cut. | East
Jersey Governor Robert Barclay’s record book, 1682-1688, containing
hitherto unknown colonial manuscripts. |
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| Five
seventeenth-century maps were reunited with the record book thanks
to the State’s success at Christie’s. |
The Barclay record book contains minutes of the Lords Proprietors of East New Jersey that pre-date the first American minutes by two years. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Morden’s
A Map of ye English Empire, ca. 1684-5 (left) and the royal
patent for New Jersey, 1664 (right). |
The Navesink case (left) and John Reid’s manuscript map of “East Jarsey,” 1686 (right). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| John
Seller’s A Mapp of New Jersey in America, 1677 (left)
and an account of East Jersey’s settled towns, circa 1684 (right). |
Wells’ map of New York Harbor, ca. 1683 (left) and East Jersey's claim to Staten Island (right). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Manuscript
plan entitled “A Description of Amboy Point,” 1684. |
List of adventurers in the Society of Merchants of London, investors in West Jersey, 1697. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The
Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey,
published by William and Andrew Bradford, 1732. |
James Alexander's personal copy of A Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey, published by James Parker and Benjamin Franklin, 1747. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Samuel Smith’s History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New Jersey, 1765. | The
Grants, Concessions & Original Constitutions of the Province,
published by Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, 1758. |
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| Leaming
& Spicer’s 1758 compilation on display in the foyer of Morven. |
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Visitors and Press view the Exhibition |
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| (left to right) DARM Director Karl J. Niederer, Joseph J. Felcone of Princeton, and Chief of Archives Joseph R. Klett. | School children view the 1684 manuscript plan of the proposed town of Perth Amboy. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (left
to right) Karl Niederer, State Senator Leonard Lance, and State Museum
Exhibits Curator Elizabeth Beitel and Museum Director Helen Shannon. |
Joseph Seliga, longtime friend of the State Archives, viewing Wells’ hand-drawn map of New York Harbor. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (left
to right) State Archives Collection Manager Ellen R. Callahan, Trentonian
reporter Charles Webster and Joseph Felcone. |
Historians and school kids flood the room for a glimpse of the documents. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| State
Museum Cultural History Curator James Turk (left) and DARM’s
Chief of Records Management Albin Wagner (right) look at Morden’s
map. |
Deputy Attorney General William Anderson (left) and State Museum Archaeology Curator Lorraine Williams view the New York Harbor map. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Joseph
Klett (left) signs a program for William Andersen (right) as colleagues
Ronald Becker and Lorraine William (center) look on. |
Karl Niederer with Ann Gossen, curator of Morven Museum and Gardens. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Albin Wagner viewing the Morden map. | Robert Craig of the State Historic Preservation Office (left) and reporter Charles Webster examine the Perth Amboy plan. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Princeton University Archivist Daniel Linke (left) and Deputy Attorney General John Turi (right) view the Barclay record book. | (left
to right) Deputy Attorneys General William Andersen and Thomas Hunt,
and David Pasicznyk of the New Jersey Geological Survey, examine the
New York Harbor map. |
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| (left
to right) Charles Webster, Karl Niederer and archivist Frederic Pachman
gather around the Perth Amboy plan. |
Archives
Processing Assistant Deborah DelCollo and Joseph Felcone. |
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| Joseph
Klett interviewed by New Jersey Network. |
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