New Jersey (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ Unknown Author

Excerpt from New Jersey New Jersey, one of the thirteen original states of the American Union, is bounded on the N. by the state of New York; E. by the Hudson River, Staten Island Sound, Raritan Bay, and the Atlantic; SW. by Delaware Bay; and W. by the Delaware River, which separates it from Pennsylvania. Its greatest length is 167 miles; its width varies from 32 to 59 miles. It has an area of 7577 sq. m.; it is the smallest of all the states save three, but it ranks eighteenth in population. In the north-west part of the state there are two portions of the Appalachian system. The Blue or Kittatinny Mountains extend along the Delaware from the Water Gap up, attaining a height of 1400 to 1800 feet. The highlands south and east of these consist of many ridges, their greatest height 1488 feet. In this part of the state are many small lakes. The Palisades, the Orange Mountains, and other hills are in the red sandstone region, which extends from the north-east to the central part of New Jersey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.