Burlington

Burlington is a New Jersey historical marker in Burlington County, dedicated 1932.

On Rt. 25 - intersection with High Street - left hand side going · location approximate

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Here, May 23, 1773, Washington visited Governor William Franklin, and March 23, 1782, inspected the 2nd Regimant, Continental Corps of Artillery. Later he visited the Bradford Mansion, home of the Hon. William Bradford, his Attorney General.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland, 1807, covering the location of Burlington, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland, 1807, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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