Ontario Bank - State of New York - 2 Dollars Note - 1865 dated Obsolete Paper Money - Also Mentions Jersey City

2 Dollars. Ontario Bank, New York. Mentions Jersey City, New Jersey. During the 19th century, former slaves reached Jersey City on one of the four routes of the Underground Railroad that led to the city. Soon after the Civil War, the idea arose of uniting all of the towns of Hudson County east of the Hackensack River into one municipality. A bill was approved by the state legislature on April 2, 1869, with a special election to be held on October 5, 1869. An element of the bill provide that only contiguous towns could be consolidated. While a majority of the voters across the county approved the merger, the only municipalities that had approved the consolidation plan and that adjoined Jersey City were Hudson City and Bergen City. The consolidation began on March 17, 1870, taking effect on May 3, 1870. Three years later the present outline of Jersey City was completed when Greenville agreed to merge into the Greater Jersey City. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey