The Newark Experience

The Indians of Newark Before the White Men Came

Alanson Skinner. Newark Museum Association, 1915. Available?

Godly Government: Puritans and the Founding of Newark

Timothy J. Crist. Newark History Society program, November 9, 2009. Video

"Origin of the Town of Newark,"

Daniel Jacobson. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society 75(3), July 1957, 158-169.

Dana Call Number: Periodical, Shelved by Title

The Migration from the New Haven Colony to Newark, East New Jersey: A Study of Puritan Values and Behavior, 1630-1720

Edward P. Rindler. Thesis (Ph.D), University of Pennsylvania, 1977.

Dana Call Number: NEWARK F144 .N6R5 1977a  Available?

Indian Bill of Sale to the Newarke Men

July 11, 1667.

Records of the Town of Newark, New Jersey, From Its Settlement in 1666 to its Incorporation as a City in 1836

Newark, N.J., New Jersey Historical Society, 1966.

Records of town meetings, 1666 to 1836. Appendix includes lists of office holders up to 1713; transcriptions of early deeds; and the 1713 town charter. Reprint of the 1864 publication.

Dana Call Number: NEWARK F131 .N62 v.6   Available?

The Claim of the Inhabitants of the Town of Newark, in Virtue of the Indian Purchase Made by the First Settlers of Newark, in 1667, Stated and Considered.

David Ogden. Woodbridge, N.J., Printed by Samuel F. Parker, 1766.

Early American Imprints, Series 1: Evans, 1639-1800. Rutgers-restricted Access

The First Jubilee of American Independence and Tribute of Gratitude to the Illustrious Adams and Jefferson

Newark, N.J. Printed by M. Lyon and Co., 1826.

Includes a census of Newark in 1826.

A History of the Old Burying Ground As Contained in the Case of the Attorney General Against the City of Newark

Newark, N.J., Ward & Tichenor, Printers, 1888

"An Account of East Jersey's Seven Settled Towns, circa 1684,"

Joseph R. Klett. The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 80, September 2005, 106-114.

When Princeton Was in Newark: Aaron Burr, Sr. and Newark in the 1750s

Timothy J. Christ. Newark History Society, September 19, 2011.

"Timothy Crist discusses the life of Aaron Burr, Sr. while he lived in New Jersey. Through Burr, Christ explores the religious and educational relationship between Newark and Princeton while the College of New Jersey was being established." Available?

Newark, The Story of its Awakening, 1790-1840.

Frank J. Urquhart. Written and Published for The Free Public Library of Newark, New Jersey, 1906. Available?

Historical Map of Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1916
Compiled for the 250th celebration by Edward S. Rankin, C.E., August 1916, revised January 1918.

Newark Mountain circa 1696.
Map. Reconstruction (2005) of land holdings and roads for a portion of what was then Newark Township by Charles T. McGrath.

McGrath, Charles T. Jr. Newark Mountain: Third Division of Land Circa 1696 A.D.. 2005.
Documentation for the above.

1764 Ball Map of the Newark Mountain Purchase Claim
Copy: of a Map made by Thomas Ball of the New Ark Mountain Purchase Claim Done in 1764. [inscription]