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Atlantic City

Atlantic City is a New Jersey historical marker in Atlantic County, dedicated 1935.

Albany Boulevard at dividing line of Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township. · location approximate

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The island was called Absegami by the Indians and Absecum by the early settlers. First settled by Jeremiah Leeds about 1783. Conceived as a health resort by Dr. Jonathan Pitney. The city was incorporated and the first railroad built 1854.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

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The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777, covering the location of Atlantic City, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.
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