A Glimpse at New Jersey Colonial Politics

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  • David Bernstein Califorina State College at Long Branch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/jrul.v30i2.1474

Keywords:

Cumberland County, West Jersey Colony, New Jersey, Colonial Period, William Franklin, Quakers, Presbyterians, Theophilus Elmer, Andrew Hunter,

Abstract

Bernstein finds in an election broadside of March, 1772, from Cumberland County, New Jersey, held in Rutgers' Special Collections, evidence to support an analysis of local factional quarrels and their relationship to colonial political life.  While there were no political parties, there were political rivalies and political machines, in this case, represented by Quakers and Presbyterians.

Author Biography

David Bernstein, Califorina State College at Long Branch

Rutgers University Libraries

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Published

2012-05-18

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