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The English Government encouraged settlement of the new country through the sale of land grants. Many families who had already emigrated from England moved from Long Island and Connecticut to establish settlements throughout New Jersey. By the middle of the eighteenth century, Elizabethtown had grown into a prosperous community of seven or eight hundred inhabitants. Statesmen and leaders of the emerging nation and their families enjoyed life on estates in large houses surrounded by gardens and apple and peach orchards. Get a glimpse of the birth of our nation and of the aristocratic way of life. |
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Belcher-Ogden Mansion
1046 E. Jersey St.,
Elizabeth |
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• Reconstructed kitchen wing - oldest portion of the house
• Fine collection of American Antiques
• Artifacts discovered at the site |
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Boxwood Hall State
Historic Site
1073 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth |
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Outstanding collection of 18th and 19th century
American furniture |
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Liberty Hall
1003 Morris Ave.,
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Outstanding collection of 18th and 19th century furniture
Formal Gardens
1880s dollhouse
Portraits of Kean and Livingston family members
www.kean.edu/libertyhall |
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