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Not all of these millions of immigrants could find work or residence within the city and were forced to try somewhere else, for many of them the next easiest, and less expensive choice was to make the short journey south into New Jersey. Another reason that New Jersey would end up as a large settlement area for all immigrants, especially the Irish, was its location between two of the largest American cities of this time period: New York and Philadelphia...
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Another reason that New Jersey would end up as a large settlement area for all immigrants, especially the Irish, was its location between two of the largest American cities of this time period: New York and Philadelphia. As Benjamin Franklin once said of New Jersey, "It is a barrel tapped at both ends," implying that everything in it drained towards New York or Philadelphia...
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