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Robert G. Rose ~ NEW BRUNSWICK’S POSTAL MARKINGS: Part I ~ 18 th Cent.Fig. 3: Manuscript “Brun” postmark to Newport via New York.With the coming of the Revolutionary War, New Jersey established a Council of Safety.In 1775, an edict from the Council directed that “a man and horse be kept in constant readiness”in New Brunswick “whose business shall be to forward all express to and from the ContinentalCongress.” 9 During the Revolutionary War, New Brunswick was first occupied by the British onDecember 1, 1776. 10 A folded letter from the occupation period, without postmark in Figure 4,is written by a British officer, dated February 16, 1777, describing the Christmas crossing of theDelaware River by Washington and the defeat of the Hessian troops in Trenton. 11Vol. 33/No. 2NJPHWhole No. 15869May 2005