Lebanon

Lebanon is a New Jersey historical marker in Hunterdon County, dedicated 1936.

In Lebanon proper on south side of Route 28 - directly in front of · location approximate

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Settled by Germans from the Palatinate in 1707. In 1744 James Alexander purchased 10,000 acres here. Near here, lived Alexander, Lord Stirling, and there the families of Livingston, Rutherfurd, and Stevens sought refuge from the British armies.

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Historical maps covering this location

1674 · Totius Neobelgii nova et accuratissima tabula / [Hugo Allardt] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1675 · Pascaerte van Nieu Nederland : streckende vande Zuÿdt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en't… (Princeton University Library)
1716 · Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula / multis in locis emendata a… (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1873 · Map of The State of New Jersey (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1890 · High Bridge, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Lebanon

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