Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Hudson County, NJ
Date Type
A destructive fire in a Jersey City shipyard threatens naval construction there Crime/Disasters
A few days after arriving from New York, the transport ship "Aquila" sinks at its wharf in San Francisco Crime/Disasters
Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour Campaigns/Elections
Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Philadelphia before dawn and moves across New Jersey Personal
Another huge Republican rally, this time in Jersey City, New Jersey Campaigns/Elections
At Jersey City's Petroleum Dock, a massive explosion touches off a devastating fire. Crime/Disasters
President Andrew Johnson's "Swing Around the Circle" speaking tour travels across New Jersey to New York City. Campaigns/Elections
Sensational rumors of a church being haunted by demons causes turmoil in Jersey City, New Jersey. Education/Culture
Date Title
John McClintock to Edgar B. Wakeman, June 16, 1847
New York Times, “Horrible Outrage,” May 13, 1857
New York Times, “The Underground Railroad in Orange County,” July 1, 1859
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel,“Two More Teachers Expelled Without Cause Shown,” February 2, 1860
Stephen Minot Weld, Jr. to Stephen Minot Weld, Sr, Annapolis, Maryland, March 25, 1864
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