1777 Encampment

1777 Encampment is a New Jersey historical marker in Somerset County, dedicated 1964.

Marker is at the intersection of Chimney Rock Road and Gilbride Road, on the right when traveling north on Chimney Rock Road.

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The Continental Army camped here from May 28 to July 2, 1777. Advance units were on the slopes facing the Raritan Valley.

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1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777, covering the location of 1777 Encampment, 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, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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1777 Encampment

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