![]() ![]() July 4, 1783 - Woodbridge is the site of one of the first anti-slavery meeting in the United States. He prints The New American Magazine, a 40-page monthly that was New Jersey’s first periodical and the second in the English colonies.ġ775 - Parker’s son, Samuel, accompanies Nathaniel Heard on his midnight ride to New Brunswick to deliver the Lexington Alarm. ![]() Franklin appointed Parker as the Secretary and Comptroller of the Colonial Post Office.ġ758 - Parker is named New Jersey’s first official government printer. Parker learned his trade from the pioneering colonial printer, William Bradford, and formed a business partnership and lifelong friendship with Benjamin Franklin, who often visited the Parkers at their Woodbridge residence. View Gallery: A look at Woobridge's 350-year historyġ669 - First drinking of British tea in the Coloniesġ751 - New Jersey’s first permanent printing press is operated by James Parker in Woodbridge.
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