Atlantic City
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The island was called Absegami by the Indians and Absecum by the early settlers. First settled by Jeremiah Leeds about 1783. Conceived as a health resort by Dr. Jonathan Pitney. The city was incorporated and the first railroad built 1854.
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American Hotel
Built of NJ sandstone by Samuel Richards, Weymouth Ironmaster, the inn and tavern served courthouse and Weymouth Furnace workers,...
Atlantic City
Germania, NJ
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After the NJ legislature created Atlantic County on February 7, 1837,Weymouth Ironmaster Samuel Richards donated land to build this...
Chestnut Neck
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Common Grave
April, 1854, the bodies of 54 German immigrants drowned in the wreck of the packet, "Powhatan", were buried here.