Word: jersey
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...states continue working out a series of new constitutions, they seem to hold widely differing views on a fundamental question: Who shall vote? Most states restrict the franchise to adult white males, but North Carolina permits Negro freeholders to vote, and New Jersey does not specifically ban women (although no women have actually voted there). Maryland excludes all "Papists," the original settlers, who are now only 8 percent of the population, while New York also has passed a resolution to bar Jews (a tiny group numbering only about 250). Among the most important restrictions are the property requirements that exist...
...rivers around Manhattan. Washington still hopes to keep British ships, especially troop transports, from moving freely up and down the rivers to outflank him. To this end he has also placed chevaux-de-frise (chains of sunken hulks studded with stakes just beneath the water line) between New Jersey and Fort Washington, just south of the King's Bridge. The extent to which such devices may hinder British naval action is doubtful. If Washington is also doubtful, he is not the kind of leader to share his fears with an already wavering public. Washington's aides would neither...
...semiliterate general knows and cares little about problems like planning and supply. Putnam is presently second in command in New York. To help him with administration Washington has assigned him an aide from his own staff, Major Aaron Burr, 20, a sparrow-sized scholar from Princeton, New Jersey, who fought with distinction in the battle for Quebec...
...process continues. The New Jersey legislature, recalling its sharp conflicts with the now arrested Loyalist Governor William Franklin, last week adopted a new constitution that provides for a bicameral legislature to elect a relatively powerless Governor. Only 26 of the 65 legislators voted for the measure (30 abstained and 9 opposed), however, and even they insisted that the document would be null and void in case of a reconciliation with Britain...
Harvard College students will probably comprise about 20 per cent of the school, Summer School Registrar Leonard W. Holmberg said last week. Every state is represented with a large number of students coming from Ohio, New Jersey and New York...