American Revolution

American Revolution is a New Jersey historical marker in Somerset County.

Army Encampment. Encampment area for the Pennsylvania troops of the Continental Army from about December 15, 1778, until June Marker is at the intersection of South 9th Avenue and Camplain Encampent

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1807 · Northern Part of New Jersey, shewing the the American and British Armies after crossing… (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Atlas of New Jersey, Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Map of The State of New Jersey (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1888 · 8 Trenton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1947 · Bound Brook, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Atlas of New Jersey, Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth, 1873, covering the location of American Revolution, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Atlas of New Jersey, Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth, 1873, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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American Revolution

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