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Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy is a port city in New Jersey at the mouth of the Raritan River on Raritan Bay. Scottish proprietors founded it in the 1680s as the capital of East Jersey, naming it after the Earl of Perth. After New Jersey was reunited as a royal colony in 1702, it shared the role of capital with Burlington until the American Revolution.

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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Province of New Jersey East Jersey

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Perth Amboy. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/perth-amboy
MLA: “Perth Amboy.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/perth-amboy. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Perth Amboy.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/perth-amboy.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Perth Amboy’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/perth-amboy (Accessed: ).

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