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Chatham

Chatham is a New Jersey historical marker in Morris County, dedicated 1963.

Marker is on Main Street near Boundary Road, Madison, on the right when traveling east.

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Settled by John and Daniel Day. Named for the Earl of Chatham William Pitt. Washington often visited troops here.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New York-Philadelphia District. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1947 · Chatham, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1963 · Map of Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee-Ga or the people of the long house (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Chatham, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Chatham

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