Proprietors documents to NJ State Archives
Documents related to the mostly Quaker settlement of Colonial West Jersey have been donated to the New Jersey State Archives from the 330-year-old Proprietors Council of West Jersey, founded by William Penn. Among the materials is the 1677 “Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Province of West Jersey in America” which establishes a democratic elected form of government and calls for, among other things, equal rights for women, the education of girls, trial by jury and fair treatment of Native Americans. (Announced in The Star-Ledger).
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