Further Reading

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More Information on these topics can be found here:

Alexander, Robert C. Steamboat for Cape May. Cape May, NJ: Cape May Geographic Society, 1967.

Boyer, Charles S. Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey. Literary Licensing, LLC, 2011.

Cunningham, John T. Railroads in New Jersey: The Formative Years. Andover, NJ: Afton Publishing, 1997.

Davidson, Janet F., Michael S. Sweeney, and National M. History. On the Move: Transportation and the American Story. Washington: National Geographic Society, 2003.

Dorwart, Jeffery M. Cape May County, New Jersey: The Making of an American Resort Community. Chicago: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

Forbes, Allan. Taverns and Stagecoaches of New England: Anecdotes and Tales Recalling the Days of Stagecoach Travel and the Ancient Hostelries where Strangers Tarried. 1953.

Gabrielan, Randall. Birth of the Jersey Shore: The Personalities & Politics that Built America's Resort. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2015.

Lane, Wheaton J. From Indian Trail to Iron Horse: Travel and Transportation in New Jersey 1620-1860. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1939.

Langdon, William C. Everyday Things in American Life, 1607-1776. 1955.

Larkin, Jack. The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.

Mathewson, Craig. "By Stage to Cape May County." The Journal of the New Jersey Postal History Society 33, no. 3 (August 2005), 130-131.

McMahon, William. South Jersey Towns: History and Legend. Chicago: Rutgers University Press, 1973.

Pomfret, John E. The Province of West New Jersey, 1609-1702: A History of the Origins of an American Colony. 1956.

A full bibliography and endnotes are on the following page

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