On October 28, 1664, the Indians of Staten Island sold a tract of land lying between the Raritan River and the Passaic River, extending westward from Newark Bay, to John Bailey, Daniel Denton and Luke Watson. It included what is now the City of Elizabeth.
First known as Elizabethtown, Governor Sir Philip Carteret made it the capital of New Jersey. Home to influential early Americans such as Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, Elizabethtown was the scene of many key revolutionary battles and the hub of colonial political activity during the 1700’s.
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