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Vigilant Society

Vigilant Society is a New Jersey historical marker in Hunterdon County, dedicated 1965.

Everittstown - Mt. Pleasant Road, 3/4 mile north of Everittstown · location approximate

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The Alexandria Vigilant Society, 1818-1927, one of oldest in the state, pursued horse thieves and insured its members against loss.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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New Jersey (1818), 1818, covering the location of Vigilant Society, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
New Jersey (1818), 1818, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.
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