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New Brunswick, NJ
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Place
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New Brunswick, NJ
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Identifier
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NJS-PLC-00016
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Latitude
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40.496715
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Longitude
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-74.444271
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City
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New Brunswick
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County or Parish
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Middlesex County
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State or Province
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New Jersey
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Country
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United States of America
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Description
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New Brunswick is the original location of Queen's College, which was chartered in 1766 and renamed Rutgers in 1825. Today, New Brunswick is home to the largest campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Historically, the county border ran down the road known today as Albany Street in New Brunswick; part of New Brunswick was in Middlesex County and part was in Somerset County. For this reason, some records related to slavery in New Brunswick will be found in Somerset County records. The county borders changed in the 1850s, so that New Brunswick would be entirely in Middlesex County.
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Items with "Location: New Brunswick, NJ"
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| 1804, Sarah, Birth |
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| 1805, Florah, Birth |
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| 1805, Jack, Birth |
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| 1806, George, Birth |
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| 1807, Dick, Freedom seeking (Resistance) |
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| 1807, Thomas, Birth |
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| 1811, Ambo Harris, Marriage |
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| 1811, Mark Harris Sr., Marriage |
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| 1812, Clara Harris, Birth |
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| 1814, Ann Harris, Birth |
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Rutgers University
Bill of sale for Mark, sold by Benjamin Taylor to James Neilson
Bill of Sale for Prince, sold by Cornelius C. Vermeule to John Neilson
Will of John Bray, New Brunswick, NJ
Runaway ad for Cato, by William M'Kissick
Runaway ad for Dick, by Alpheus Freeman
Runaway ad for Robin and Sam, by Alexander Robinson
Runaway ad for Sam, by James Stevenson
Slave sale ad for a 24-year-old woman, by the Estate of Alpheus Freeman
Slave sale ad for a 35-year-old woman, by Jacob R. Hardenbergh