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(Encyclopedia) Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771.…Secaucus
(Encyclopedia) SecaucusSecaucussēkôˈkəs [key], town (1990 pop. 14,061), Hudson co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River, adjoining Jersey City; inc. 1917. It is a distribution and factory-outlet center…Dickinson, Jonathan
(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Jonathan, 1688–1747, American Presbyterian clergyman, a founder and first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ.), b. Hatfield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1706…Fenwick, John
(Encyclopedia) Fenwick, John, 1618–83, Quaker colonist in America, b. England. Planning to found a Quaker refuge in America, Fenwick obtained (1674) Lord Berkeley's share of New Jersey in trust for…New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
Historical BackgroundThe Supreme Court has a long history of upholding citizens' protections against unreasonable searches and seizures-a right guaranteed by the 4th Amendment. In Weeks v.…New Jersey NPR Member Stations
StationCityFrequencyWNJN-FMAtlantic City89.7WNJS-FMBerlin88.1WNJB-FMBridgeton89.3WNJZ-FMCape May90.3WNTI-FMHackettstown91.9WBJB-FMLincroft90.5WNJM-FMManahawkin89.9WBGO-FMNewark88.3WRTQ-…Hunter, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Hunter, Robert, d. 1734, royal governor of New York and New Jersey (1709–19), b. Ayrshire, Scotland. His administration was notably successful. He maintained a vigorous campaign…Carteret, Philip
(Encyclopedia) Carteret, Philip, 1639–82, first colonial governor of New Jersey. Carteret, commissioned by the proprietor, Sir George Carteret, his fourth cousin, arrived in the province in 1665. He…Camden, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Camden, city (2020 pop. 71,791), seat of Camden co., W N.J., a port on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia, settled 1681, inc. 1828…Stockton, Robert Field
(Encyclopedia) Stockton, Robert Field, 1795–1866, American naval officer, b. Princeton, N.J. He left the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) to enter the U.S. Navy at 16 and served in the War of…Trending
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