Thomas Leaming House is located in Middle Township,

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, United States. The house was built in 1706 and was added to the

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on August 1, 1997. Leaming was a member the fifth session (June–August 1776) of the

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which ordered the arrest of the colony's last royal governor

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, approved the

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and wrote New Jersey's first state constitution (1776).

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Houses completed in 1706 Houses in Cape May County, New Jersey Middle Township, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Cape May County, New Jersey 1706 establishments in New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places {{NewJersey-NRHP-stub

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