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BURLINGTON COUNTY POST TOWNS: PART 2 ~ Jack EdgeSituated in Southampton Township, the village contained fewer than 200 persons in1868, the year the first post office was established. The surrounding country was mostlyagricultural in the 18th and 19th centuries. It has changed but little to this day.June 1, 1868December 23, 1901Post office openedPost office discontinued - service to VincentownFig. No. 18: U.S. stamped envelope, marked Buddtown, N.J., dated 6/18/85.~ ~BURLINGTON POST OFFICE ~ Established October 18, 1797Founded in 1677 by English Quakers, this town on the Delaware River was the provincialcapital of West New Jersey. In 1693, the first colonial post office was established in West Jerseyat Burlington. Along with Perth Amboy, they were New Jersey’s only postal facilities on theroute between New York and Philadelphia.Burlington, at one time, hosted the colonial General Assembly. Isaac Collins printedNew Jersey’s first newspaper here, in the same shop that he printed colonial currency for theCrown. Some notable Burlington residents were Elias Boudinot, ninth President of theContinental Congress, Captain James Lawrence of War of 1812 fame, author James FenimoreCooper, and President Ulysses S. Grant, who maintained a residence here.Until 1796, Burlington was the county seat of government in Burlington County. Thatyear, Mount Holly won a referendum and became the new county seat. Burlington’s Post Officewas not opened after the Revolutionary War until October 18, 1797, following the opening ofAtsion Post Office and Tuckerton Post Office earlier that year.NJPH 98Vol. 33/No. 2May 2005 Whole No. 158
Jack Edge ~ BURLINGTON COUNTY POST TOWNS: PART 2Today, Burlington City is in the midst of revitalization and the restoration of its manycolonial buildings. The Proprietors of West New Jersey still meet here annually, and the oldestpost office in this portion of New Jersey is still in operation. This writer graduated fromBurlington High School in 1962, and retains an affection for the venerable old town.Fig. No. 19: A folded letter from Burlington, 11 July, 1804, sent free to Robert SmithU. S. Secretary of the Navy.October 18, 1797Continues in service todayFig. No. 20: A cover showing usage of a pair of the 1851 issue 3 cent stamps.Burlington, N.J.Post office openedVol. 33/No. 2NJPHWhole No. 15899May 2005
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Page 3 and 4: Robert G. Rose ~ ON THE AUCTION SCE
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Page 9 and 10: Len Peck ~ SNUFFTOWN [SUSSEX COUNTY
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Page 13 and 14: Robert G. Rose ~ NEW BRUNSWICK’S
Page 19 and 20: Craig Mathewson ~ A BIT OF HISTORY
Page 21 and 22: Bruce Mosher ~ NJ PRIVATE EXPRESSES
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Page 47 and 48: BIBLIOGRAPHYJack Edge ~ BURLINGTON
Page 49 and 50: Gene Fricks & Jean Walton ~ TRENTON
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