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of both tribes at the same time.

New Netherland and province of New Jersey

After Henry Hudson first explored the area, sailing up the river now named for him, anchoring at Weehawken Cove in September 1609, the Dutch claimed Hackensack lands as part of the colonial province of New Netherland. Living close to what became the province's capital, New Amsterdam, at the tip of

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