The West Jersey Council Press Event
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Karl
J. Niederer, Director of the Division of Archives & Records
Management, welcomes distinguished guests, the general public and
the press.
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Karl
Niederer acknowledging the West Jersey Council and the State Archives
staff.
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West
Jersey Council President Robert S. Haines greets the crowd. |
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Surveyor
General William H. Taylor says a few words about the deposit and the
care given to the records for three centuries by the West Jersey Council
and the Haines family.
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West
Jersey Council Clerk Daniel W. Haines discusses the significance
of the records and their connection to William Penn and other noted
Quakers.
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Chief
of Archives Joseph R. Klett thanks the West Jersey Council for their
confidence in the State Archives and their gift to the historical
community.
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State
Senator Diane B. Allen of Burlington speaks about the historical
significance of West Jersey’s Concessions and Agreements of
1677.
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(left
to right) Karl Niederer, Joseph Klett, Diane Allen, Robert Haines,
William Taylor, Daniel Haines, Mercer County Clerk-Elect Paula Sollami
Covello and Council Member Jayne C. Haines.
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The Unveiling Exhibition
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The
State Archives’ Manuscript Reading Room houses the one-day
display of original West Jersey manuscripts.
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The
Duke of York’s 1664 grant to Berkeley and Carteret (left) and
the first minute book of the West Jersey Proprietors (right).
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Minute
Book 1, beginning 1688. |
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The
Concessions and Agreements (left) and the 1719 indenture fixing the
northern point of the province line (right).
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First
page of the Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders
and Inhabitants of the Province of West New Jersey in America, 1677.
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Tripartite
indenture between the surveyors general of West New Jersey, East New
Jersey and New York, agreeing to the northern terminus New Jersey’s
province line.
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(left
to right) Sharp’s Book of Surveys, the “Calculations
Book,” and the Lawrence Line Journal.
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Thomas
Sharp’s Book of Surveys and Deeds, 1716-1729.
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Surveyor
General’s “Calculations Book,” circa 1688-1712.
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Journal
kept by John Lawrence in running the division line of the Province
of New Jersey, 1743.
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Release
of James, Duke of York, to John, Lord Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret,
24 June 1664.
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Indenture
selling six shares of West New Jersey signed by Edward Byllynge and
his three trustees, including William Penn, 22 January 1676/77.
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Distinguished
Guests and Visitors
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(left
to right) West Jersey Surveyor General William H. Taylor, Council
Member Jayne C. Haines and Council President Robert S. Haines.
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West
Jersey Council Clerk Daniel W. Haines.
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Karl
J. Niederer, Director of the Division of Archives and Records Management,
and State Senator Diane B. Allen.
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(left
to right) Chief of Archives Joseph R. Klett, Diane Allen and Robert
Haines. |
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Robin
Bridges Johnson, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Department
of State.
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Joseph
Klett and Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen M. Kisko.
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State
Museum Curator of Exhibits Elizabeth Beitel and Docent Joseph Seliga.
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(left
to right) Archives Collection Manager Ellen R. Callahan, Chief of
Records Management Albin Wagner, Conservator Glan Ruzicka, and WZBN
Reporter Jessica Peres.
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Archaeologist
Ian Burrow (center).
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Genealogist
Fred Sisser III.
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Archives
staff Vivian Thiele (left) and Edna Velez (right).
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Press
Interviews
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Newark
Start Ledger report Thomas Hester (right) interviews West Jersey Council
Clerk Daniel W. Haines (left) and President Robert S. Haines (center).
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WZBN
Reporter Jessica Peres interviews West Jersey Surveyor General William
H. Taylor.
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ABC
Channel 6 Action News (Philadelphia) Reporter Nora Muchanic interviews
Karl J. Niederer, Director of the Division of Archives and Records
Management.
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Nora
Muchanic interviews William Taylor.
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Nora
Muchanic interviews Chief of Archives Joseph R. Klett.
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