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English lord John Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

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John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton

English peer, royalist soldier, politician and diplomat (1602–1678)

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton of Berkeley House in Westminster and of Twickenham Park in Middlesex, was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. From 1648 he was closely associated with James, Duke of…
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New Jersey

U.S. state

New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast,…
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Quakers

Family of Christian religious movements

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible. Originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement,…
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March 18

Day of the year

March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 288 days remain until the end of the year.
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