Perth Amboy (Norwegian Wikipedia)

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Project Administration Project for the State of New Jersey New Jersey A Guide to Its Past and Present, p. 362. Works Project Administration, reprinted by US History Publishers, 2007. ISBN 9781603540292. Lst 8. august 2014.
Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 243. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Lest 17. september 2015.

DeAngelo, Walter A. The History Buff's Guide to Middlesex County Arkivert 29. september 2020 hos Wayback Machine. Arkivert 2020-09-29 hos Wayback Machine, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Lest 18. desember 2019. "The City of Perth Amboy (originally known as Scottish Colony) was founded by Robert Barclay in 1683 (Perth Amboy received a Royal City Charter in 1718)."

Makin, Bob. "Walking guide to Perth Amboy's Colonial, Revolutionary War history", Courier News, 28. juni 2018. Lest 18. desember 2019. "Outside city hall is a statue of James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, a Scottish statesmen who partnered with William Penn in the settlement of East Jersey in 1681. In 1683, he and Penn were among the 12 Proprietors who established the city as a port, fishery and trading post. Perth Amboy is named in the Earl’s honor, Amboy being an Anglicizing of the Lenape word for valley, 'ompoge.'"

https://www.nj.gov/labor/lpa/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/popARH%20MCD%20Cen20-Cen10.xlsx; besøksdato: 22. januar 2022.
Klett, Joseph R. "Using the Records of East and West Jersey Proprietors", New Jersey State Archives, 2014. Lest 9. april 2015. "Scottish Colony, 1683 – Following the purchase of a share of East Jersey by Scottish Quaker and later Governor Robert Barclay, Scottish settlers were recruited and began to arrive in Perth Amboy and surrounding areas beginning in 1683. Most were not Quakers, but rather Calvinists from Edinburgh, Montrose, Aberdeen and Kelso. Settlers and their servants were granted lots in Perth Amboy and areas of Monmouth County. Perth Amboy became the capital of East New Jersey in 1686."

Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Perth Amboy; A Waterfront City Planning a Comeback", The New York Times, 2. desember 2001. Lest 18. desember 2019. "The City by the Bay, as Perth Amboy calls itself, has a proud history. Founded in 1683, it was the first city in New Jersey to be chartered by the Crown, in 1718.... The name Perth Amboy comes from the Earl of Perth, one of the proprietors of New Jersey under the royal grant, and the Leni Lenape Indian word 'ompage', meaning 'level ground.'"

The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, Mai 1945, s. 26. Lest 18.desember 2019.
Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, Mai 1945. Lest 17. september 2015.

DeAngelo, Walter A. The History Buff's Guide to Middlesex County Arkivert 29. september 2020 hos Wayback Machine. Arkivert 2020-09-29 hos Wayback Machine, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Lest 18. desember 2019. "The City of Perth Amboy (originally known as Scottish Colony) was founded by Robert Barclay in 1683 (Perth Amboy received a Royal City Charter in 1718)."