New Jersey: Polity Style: 1665-1673

12/22 Mar 1664	James, Duke of York is granted a portion of the territory in North America known as New England in accordance with letters patent issued by command of the King of England on 12/22 Mar 1664 (New Jersey Archives, Series 1, 1:3-8)
24 Jun/4 Jul 1664	John Berkeley Baron of Stratton and Sir George Carteret are granted part of the territories of James Duke of York in North America to be called by the name or names of New Cæsarea or New Jersey, in accordance with an indenture of grant and release signed by the Duke of York on 24 Jun/4 Jul 1664 (New Jersey Grants, Concessions and Original Constitutions, pp. 8-11) [1]
Aug 1665	New Jersey is placed under the administration of a Governor and Council in accordance with a commission and instructions issued by the Lords Proprietors of New Cæsarea or New Jersey on 10/20 Feb 1665, which were published in New Jersey between 29 Jul/8 Aug 1665 and 30 Aug/9 Sep 1665 (New Jersey Archives, Series 1, 1:20-25; New York Colonial Documents, 3:103; New Jersey Bill in Chancery, p. 28; Smith's History of New Jersey, p. 67) [2]
Aug 1665 - 30 Jul/9 Aug 1673	Province of New Cæsarea or New Jersey
30 Jul/9 Aug 1673	the Duke of York is dispossessed of his territorial holdings following the capture of Fort James and the city of New York (30 Jul/9 Aug 1673) by the forces of the Netherlands and subsequent submission of adjacent lands (New York Colonial Documents, 3:199-202; Waard, 41-43) [3]

The indenture of grant was preceded by an indenture of lease for the same territory, executed for a term of one year commencing on 1/11 May 1664 and signed by the Duke of York on 23 Jun/3 Jul 1664 (New Jersey Archives, Serie 1, 1:8-10).
The first Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Philip Carteret, arrived in New York on 29 Jul/8 Aug 1665, as evidenced by a letter from Richard Nicolls, Deputy Governor of the Duke of York’s Territories in America, to the Secretary of State, dated 31 Jul 1665 (Old Style). Carteret then proceeded to New Jersey, where his first known grant is dated 30 Aug 1665 (Old Style).
The oath of allegiance to the States General of the United Netherlands was administered to the inhabitants of the New Jersey towns of Elizabethtown, Newark, Woodbridge, Piscataway, Middletown, and Shrewsbury between 27 Aug/6 Sep 1673 and 4/14 Sep 1673.