History of the Land Titles in Hudson County, New Jersey, 1609-1871

The Field-Book, which is the foundation of this volume, comprises the boundaries of the old township of Bergen and of the several lots therein patented to individuals, and of the common lands allotted and partitioned by the Commission of 1764. It is the manuscript record of a survey which, though intricate, is accurate, exhaustive, and authoritative; while the adjudications of ownership, as therein contained, have never been questioned. On questions of title it has always been held in high estimation, - in fact, final and conclusive. From much use, the maps are becoming somewhat defaced, and the book worn and confused through the inaccurate copying, ignorant arrangement, and careless binding of several leaves which had become separated from the work.

Much care has been taken to reproduce the text of the Field-Book without the slightest variation, even in orthography or punctuation. The original paging has been preserved in the margin of this volume, and all references in the body of the work are to the marginal pages. The object, from the beginning, has been to make the volume one of accuracy and usefulness, rather than of display of antiquarian research. The opening chapters give a brief history of the titles under the Dutch, the King, and Lords Proprietors, as well as the disputes concerning the common lands which led to the intervention of the Legislature, and their allotment.

Charles H. Winfield

1872, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 225 pp.

ISBN: 9780788473722

101-W7372