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• Position: THEN & NOW - Jersey Province and West Jersey Province - Brief article

Before 1702, there was East

Jersey Province and West Jersey Province. And each had its own capital city--Perth Amboy (photo) in the east and Burlington in the west. And even though the united New Jersey joined the union in 1787, it wasn't until 1790 that Trenton become the capital. It had served a two-year stint in 1783-84 as the U.S. capital when the Second Continental Congress met there, and might have become the national capital if it weren't...