New Jersey Liberty Bell
Inscription
November 29, 1775, recruits were organized here. An original New Jersey Libtery Bell, that rang out American Independence, is still preserved as a sacred relic.
Location
AddressLeft hand side of Rt. 49, entering Bridgeton from Salem - in front
of High School, between poles 32-34 and GSC 30.
CityBridgeton from Salem
CountyCumberland
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates39.380870, -75.157390
Sources
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Broad St. Church
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Cumberland Furnace
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Cumberland Works
Eli Budd's forge, 1785; furnace about 1810.
Fithian House
Home of Philip Vickers Fithian, a patriot army chaplain who died in 1776.
Gibbon House
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Built in 1730 by Nicholas Gibbon, maritime merchant whose ships carried most of the colonial trade of this port.