First Constitution of the Province of New Jersey
To commemorate the granting of the Concessions and Agreements, the first Constitution of the Province of New Jersey by Lord John Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, and Sir George Carteret, Knight and Baronet Lords Proprietor to the Settlers of their Province of Nova Caesarea or New Jersey on February 10, 1665, and to commemorate the commissioning of Philip Carteret as governor of the province on the same date, this tablet is erected on the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. ------ 1940
Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Rector Street, on the left when traveling south on Broad Street.
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