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Onginal 1 map of a portion of .aster ^ ^ g ^

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1750 as an exhibit in the Elizabeth boundary dispute. (Courtesy of the New York H.stoncal Society.)

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feature of east New Jersey that it appears prominently in ancient maps, such as that reproduced as Map X, on which its entire course is marked from Navasink to Minisink.

This path commenced at Portland point on Navasink river, probably at some villagesite favorably situated for deep-sea fishing and oystering, and proceeded west, to the north of Middletown, passing around the south side of Pidgeon Hill, north of Mount Pleasant, to Middletown Point, through which village it passed and crossed Mattewan creek, and curved northward to South Amboy, where it reached a wading place on Raritan river west of Perth Amboy.

Another interesting map, which is included in a collection of surveys of the Colonial period in possession of the New York Historical Society, is reproduced, by the courtesy of that Society, as Map XI. This map shows in some detail the topography of part of the territory through . which the path passed. It relates to a dispute between the towns of Newark and Elizabeth as to their respective boundaries, and is evidently the work of some surveyor

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acquainted with the historical side of the subject, as it records not only the boundaries but the dates and even some of the native names of the tracts purchased from the natives dwelling in the territory between Raritan and Passaic rivers, and from Staten Island to the Cushetonk hills.