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Thorn, William Brummaker, Mercer Lodge, No. 50: Demiis Sullivan, G. W. Jaques, St. Stephen Lodge, No. 63; MI. R. Hough, R. G. Lucas, Ashlar Lodge, No. 76; William Trueman, W. B. Van Horn, Column Lodge, No. 120; John G. Box, James Rice, Fraternal Lodge, No. 139; J. D. Beegle, Lewis Rainear, Asbury Lodge, No. 142.
the eighteenth century in London, was transplanted to American soil April 26, 1819, when the first lodge in this country was organized in Baltimore by Thomas Wildey and four others. The third lodge was insti- tuted at Trenton, Aug. 3, 1833, Grand Sire Wildey being present, and for a number of years it was in į reality the Grand Lodge of the State. It seems to be the rule with sueh organizations that they touch high and low water mark before they become perma- nently established. TRENTON LODGE, No. 3, flour- ished for a while, and then came the reaction, lasting many years, during which it was in a state of utter collapse. In 1868 eame a revival, and sinee then the lodge has been more vigorous, flourishing, and pros- perous than ever before in its history. The officers are : Noble Grand, C. P. Mohrfeld ; Recording Secre- tary, Joseph R. Sweeney.
As evidence of the "boom" with whieh this ad- mirable order planted itself in the Jerseys, it may be stated that CONCORDIA LODGE, No. 4, was instituted Dec. 17, 1833, less than six months after the birth of Trenton Lodge. It kept pace with its predecessor, and deelined to that extent that in two years it closed and suspended business altogether until 1841, when the "shutters were taken down." The lodge has met regularly sinee, and is now a strong organization in every respeet. It owns Concordia Hall, in which their meetings are held, and its roll of membership includes i many of the most eminent citizens of the State capi- tal. The officers are : Noble Grand, Ralph Simpson ; | Recording Secretary, George N. Nutt.
SOUTH TRENTON LODGE, NO. 36, was instituted Feb. 5, 1846. Like the others, its rapid growth wa> followed by a decline, but it revived, and has been for a long time a vigorous organization. It owns the hall on Bridge Street where its meetings are held. Its officers are: N. G., Leonard Brown; Recording Seeretary, R. W. MIull.
SCHILLER LODGE, No. 80, was instituted March 3, 1848. Its work is done in the German language, and it has been a hale and hearty vine from the father- land, which has flourished and borne fruit unceas- ingly from the time it took root in American soil. Its officers are: N. G., Frederick Dettmar; Recording Secretary, Jacob Abel.
CHERUSKER LODGE, No. 151, was instituted Oct. 21, 1870, and also works in the German language. Its officers are : N. G., O-wald Weichert ; Recording Secretary, F. II. Endebrock.
FRED. D. STUART LODGE, No. 154, was instituted
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Dec. 19, 1870, its present officers being : N. G., Frank Allen; Recording Secretary, James S. Kiger.
Knights of Pythias .- Who has not read the beautiful legend of "Damon and Pythias?" What more touching story of exalted friendship has ever been told than that of the two Syracusan youths? When Dionysius the elder condemned Pythias to death, and he was given temporary release in order to arrange his affairs, Damon offered himself as a substitute to suffer his punishment if he did not re- turn. Pythias did redeem his pledge and returned, and the savage tyrant, who built the terrible prison of the lautumic, released both.
On the 19th of February, 1864, a number of gentle- men met in Temperance Hall, Washington, D. C., where, after some conversation, and upon motion of Justus H. Rathbone, a chairman was proposed. J. T. K. Plant was selected, and D. L. Burnett was ap- pointed secretary. A secret order was then formed, whose motto was "Friendship, Benevolence, and Charity." Mr. Rathbone administered the oath, and the order was styled the Knights of Pythias, with the following officers : J. H. Rathbone, Worthy Chancel- lor ; Joel D. Woodruff, Vice-Chancellor ; J. T. K. Plant, Venerable Patriarch ; D. L. Burnett, Worthy Scribe ; A. Vanderveer, Banker ; R. A. Champion, Assistant Banker; and George R. Covert, Assistant Scribe. The Worthy Chancellor appointed W. H. Vanderveer, Worthy Guide; A. Roderiqne, Inside Steward ; Kim- ball Roberts and D. L. and W. H. Burnett, Choral Knights. The order flourished and grew rapidly. Joseph L. Medwood, of Spartacus Lodge, No. 10, Trenton, introduced it in Minnesota in 1870, assisted by Jacob H. Heiser, of Marine Lodge, No. 1, Indian- apolis, Ind. The first lodge was instituted July 11th of that year, and the Grand Lodge was instituted Nov. 22, 1871, at Minneapolis.
SPARTACUS LODGE, No. 10, was organized April 9, 1868, its present officers being : C. C., Zachariah Tay- lor ; K. of R. and S., William M. Disbrow ; M. of E., Peter A. Spracklen.
PYTHIAS LODGE, No. 61, was organized Aug. 17, 1871, its offieers being : C. C., Alfred Groot ; K. of R. and S., Joseph B. Margerum, Jr .; M. of E., Josiah Jones, Jr.
There are one hundred and seven lodges in the State, with property aggregating in value over eighty thousand dollars.
Hawaii Tribe, No. 1, has been in existence a number of years in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.
It is the custom in this order to name a lodge or tribe after a tribe of Indians who are known to have lived in the section where the new order is planted. Formerly they reckoned their time under the old Jew- ish calendar, but now it is computed from the year in which Columbus discovered America, so that the present year, or "Grand Sun of Discovery," is 391.
Sept. 1, 1851, Moax Tribe, No. 5, was instituted in Trenton, with William H. Manning, Sachem, and W. R. Burns, Chief of Records. At present it numbers about sixty members, and its officers are: S., William Bird; S. S., Fred, Mauer ; C. of R., John Fletcher ; K. of W., David Mauks.
There are two tribes in Chambersburg, and Delaware Tribe, No. 84, of this city, works in the German lan- guage, its officers being : O. Chief, Theo. H. Eckert; Sec., Charles Jenther ; Treas., Michael Gaiser.
0. U. A. M .- The Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics was instituted May 17, 1853. Its motto is "Virtue, Liberty, and Patriotism," and, as its name implies, its object is the promotion of the interests of American youth against foreign compe- tition. All white persons born in the United States, its Territories, or under the protection of its flag, who are sixteen years of age, of good moral character, believers in the existence of a Supreme Being, who. favor free education, and who are opposed to any union of Church or State, are eligible to membership.
ENTERPRISE COUNCIL, NO. 6, JUNIOR ORDER, was organized Oct. 9, 1868. It has a membership of one hundred and fifty, and its officers are: C, Augus- tus Aaronson ; Sec., Winfield S. Hill; Treas., John C. Hayes.
MERCER COUNCIL, NO. 74, SENIOR ORDER. was officered by Simeon B. Phillips, C. ; George W. Hull, Sr., Sec. ; David Hulfish. Treas. Liberty Council, No. 18: C., Clayton L. Traner; R. S., James G. Ilayes. Model Council, No. 75, Senior Order: C., William Stonaker ; Sec., William Stooker.
AMERICAN COUNCIL, No. 107, SENIOR ORDER .- C., J. G. Howell; Sec., G. H. Poulkis; Treas., Wil- liani L. Ashmore.
Temperance Organizations .- We are indebted to Henry B. Howell, Esq., for the following interesting history of the temperance movement in the capital of the State. Mr. Howell's diffidence prevents anything like a just reference, on his part, to his own eminent and self-sacrificing labors in this great work of hu- manity. He identified himself with the movement from the first, and through the long years that have followed, marked by toil, discouragement or hope, when friends fell away and rallied again, when the grand mission was abandoned by hundreds or thou- sands, and when these soldiers in defense of the right were fought to a standstill, Mr. Howell never faltered, wavered, nor relaxed his efforts. He was the vigorods
The Improved Order of Red Men .- This order was formed by a number of soldiers at Fort Mifflin during the war of 1812. It was their enstom origi- nally to meet in the woods, groves, or secret places until 1850, when the first Grand Conneil was held in Baltimore. The order spread through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, and other States, and took root later in California, in which there are now twenty tribes, one of the strongest in the country . being in Los Angelos. The tribes are found as far sonth as Arizona and throughout the Union. The ! and effective editor of The Reformer during its five
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years of existence, and of the Daily Republican, which succeeded, and was finally merged with the State Gu- sette. It was in the office of the Reformer that W. P. Sherman. Franklin Devereaux, David Ripley, John W. Hazleton, William Jay, George S. Green, Henry B. Howell, and others held the first Republican meet- ing in the city, and appointed delegates to Pittsburgh .: The distinguished divine. Theodore L. Cuyler, and afterward Rev. J. T. Crane were associated with him as editors of The Reformer. Mr. Howell was elected Grand Seribe in October, 1846, and has held the office. ever since. Although there was a fair salary attached to the position, lie declined to accept it year after year. His hard service as editor never brought him a penny by way of return, and he contributed fre- quently and generously from his own seanty means. In 1866 he was presented with a magnificent gold watch and chain by the Grand Lodge at its session in Elizabeth, and his devotion to this work of humanity is as fervid to-day as when he first unfolded the ban -. ner of temperance almost forty years ago.
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Besides the numerous open organizations for the ' one period of its existence nearly all the officiary, promotion of the temperance cause which have ex- . isted in the last half-century, there have been many secret orders, so termed, that have borne an active part in the war against intemperance. Chief among The division has done a large work for humanity in aiding to reclaim the victims of intemperance, and by inculcating temperance principles in the con- munity. More than twelve hundred initiates have taken the pledge at its weekly meetings. Its benefi- cent influence has been exercised through the medium of a continuous series of public meetings during many ycars, and by the distribution of printed tracts, papers, etc. Among its good works was the establishment of a temperance journal called the Reformer and New Jersey Temperance Advocate, which for five years- 1852 to 1856-battled manfully for the success of temperance principles. the latter and the first organized was the order of Sons of Temperance. This order had its commence- ment in the city of New York, the first division of the order having been organized Sept. 29. 1842. Its introduction into New Jersey followed in the suc- ceeding year, and in March, 1844, a division was in- stituted at Trenton, under the title of Mercer Divis- ion, No. 5, S. of T. of New Jersey. Benjamin T. Yard, who had first been initiated in Philadelphia Division, No. 1, of Pennsylvania, was the projector of the enterprise in Trenton, and was elected the first presiding officer of Mercer Division. There were twenty-seven applicants for the charter. Among The division has suffered reverses, and bad its seasons of depression and discouragement, sharing these incidents of temperance agitation in common with all temperance organizations, but whatever the future may have in store for it, the record of its past achievements will be imperishable in the annals of work for humanity. them were Jacob S. Yard, Daniel Lodor, Joseph A. Yard, Howell McCully, Charles C. Yard, Daniel Cowell, William K. Yard, Jacob Barnhart, Israel Howell, Richard Thomas, F. S. Mills, and H. B. Howell, Jr. So far as known to the writer, the only survivors of the applicants are the last five named gentlemen.
Two other divisions, viz., Trenton, No. 6, and Nottingham, No. 30, were subsequently instituted in Trenton ; the first Oct. 14, 1844, and the other March 2, 1846.
These were all what were technically known as benefit-paying divisions, following after the plan of the Odd-Fellows, Masonic, and other kindred organi- zations, which raised funds for the relief of sick and disabled members, and to defray expense of burial of the dead. Conceiving that one of the chief objects of the organization-the gathering of recruits to the cause from the ranks of the intemperate-could be more effectually promoted by a different plan of ac-
tion, a number of active members of the old divis- ion united in an application for a charter for a new division. to be organized as a non-benefit division, and the result was the instituting, March 18, 1851, of Excelsior Division, No. 4. of New Jersey. The fol- lowing were applicants for the charter, viz. : Jacob S. Yard, Henry B. Howell, Jr., John A. Hutchinson, Theodore L. Cuyler, Benjamin Moorhouse, William R. Mckean, D. Burton Williams, James Hamilton, Isaac S. Hutchinson, Gustavus Cane, Edward W. : Seudder, William J. Idell, Joseph Yard, Sr., David W. Lanning, John P. Lanning, C. C. Yard, Samuel Roberts, Thomas U. Baker, Amos Hutchinson, HI. J. Maynard, James H. Clark, Joseph G. Brearley, Robert Woddell, Rezeau B. Cook.
Rev. Dr. Cuyler is yet a member of the order, in connection with a division in Brooklyn, N. Y. The . only other surviving applicant who is yet a member of the division is the writer.
The Excelsior Division has on its roll of members the names of many prominent citizens, including at and a large proportion of the other male members of the Third Presbyterian Church of Trenton, of which Dr. Cuyler was pastor.
It may be proper to note, in conclusion, that during the life of Excelsior Division several other divisions have been organized in Trenton, one only of which has survived, viz. : Trenton Division, No. 44, insti- tuted April 17, 1867. Its officers are : W. P., Mrs. L. South ; R. S., James Fowler; Treas., H. B. Howell.
GERGE PINE LODGE, GOOD TEMPLARS, is officered as follows : W. C. T., William Bradshaw ; Sec., James Mulheron; Treas., William Drakeford. There is also the Lucretia Lodge, No. 30, Good Samaritans.
One of the most practical and praiseworthy organ- izations for the advancement of temperance i- the WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, which was organized Feb. 29, 1876. Its distinctive purpo-e
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was the lifting up of the fallen and the awakening of public sentiment on this all-important subject. These noble women have used every means at their command, and have been unceasing in their philan- thropic work. Tracts and temperance literature have been distributed; the county jail is visited weekly, and a couimittee of ladies hold cottage prayer-mcet- ings in the homes of inebriates. The gospel temper- ance meetings are held weekly, and for the past two winters free suppers were furnished every Saturday night, to which crowds flocked to hear the gospel preached. Besides this a bountiful Christmas dinner is given. This practical Christianity has accom- plished an amount of good which cau never be known until the great book shall be opened at the last day.
The public library and reading-room, Nos. 20 and 22 East State Street, is under the control of the Women's Christian Temperanee Union, and is open every day and evening, except Sundays. An Entertainment Committee of ladies has furnished the public, from time to time, with lectures and concerts in their room and the various churches of the eity. It has about forty members, of whom Mrs. L. E. Allen is president ; Mrs. E. H. Karr, treasurer; Mrs. Dr. Wilkinson and Mrs. J. Ashton, vice- presidents ; and Miss Annie T. Baily, secretary.
Young Men's Christian Association .- Trenton once had a Young Men's Christian Association, but it is now extinct. It was organized in 1856, and held its meetings in Warren Street, and afterwards at No. 20 and 22 State Street. It maintained a reading-room, where papers and periodieals were kept, and a library of its own maintained in addition to the books loaned to it by the old Trenton Library. Leetures were occasionally given, and it quietly breathed its last in 1879.
Roman Catholic Societies. - THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS had its origin during the dark days of '98, when all Ireland was seething with insurrection. The government proclaimed the coun- try uuder martial law March 30, 1798. The civil war which followed lasted less than five months, during which battles were fought at New Ross, Enniscorthy, Vinegar Hill, and other places, and England lost twenty thousand and Ireland fifty thousand men. In the county of Wexford, in Leinster, and bordering on St. George's Channel, a patriotic organization was
the wrongs of evieted people, somewhat similar to the Land League of the present day, but it was more secret in its charaeter than is the latter.
The motto of the order is "Friendship, Unity, and True Christian Charity." While it is. known there were members of this order in this country a half- century ago, the first regular organization took place about thirty years ago. The first copy of the con- stitution and by-laws was published in 1857, and John . sam.
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G. Delaney of this city has what he claims is the first copy printed in this country. The order was insti- tuted March, 1852, chartered March, 1853, and the constitution adopted June, 1857. The first branch of this order in Trenton, kuown as No. 1, was instituted in the autumn of 1871. The officers are: President, : John G. Delaney ; Secretary, M. Mulrey ; Treasurer, Michael Hurley.
The order has about about one hundred and fifty members, and is in a flourishing state. A few months sinee No. 2 was instituted, and already has over fifty members.
The following list of societies is taken from Fitz- gerald's excellent City Directory :
YOUNG MEN'S CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION OF ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL PARISH .- President, Frank H. Kale; Secretary, John McKee; Treasurer, Thomas MeKee.
CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF ST. JOHN'S PARISH .- President, Rev. T. Hogan ; Seere- tary, Charles MeGurk; Treasurer, William J. Cou- : very.
YOUNG MEN'S CATHOLIC TOTAL ABSTINENCE LEAGUE .- President, Daniel Haggerty; Secretary, John Gribbon : Treasurer, Patrick McGinley.
ST. PATRICK'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE AND BENEFI- CIAL SOCIETY .-- President, Michael Farrel, Jr. ; Sec- retary, Thomas O'Brien; Treasurer, Patrick Hag- gerty.
ST. MARY'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .-- President, Charles Donohue; Secretary, James Casey ; Treasurer, William Cantwell.
ST. MARY'S MUTUAL BENEFIT AND BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .-- President, James Burk; Seeretary, C. J. Hongh ; Treasurer, William Kelly.
ST. PETER'S BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .- President. Robert Severs; Seeretary, Martin Mueller; Treas- urer, C. Myers.
ST. FRANCIS' BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .- President, Anton Wolfather ; Treasurer, Louis Wagner.
TRENTON BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .-- President, James Cantwell ; Secretary, Thomas Tyrell.
ST. BONIFACE BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .- President, Adam Zimmer; Seeretary, Peter Engle.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY .- Presideut, James Smyth; Seeretary, Charles Donohue; Treasurer, Law- renee Farrell.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY .- President, formed in March, 1798, under the name of the Aneient . Thomas Crawford ; . Secretary, J. H. Tallon; Treas- Order of Hibernians. Its object was the righting of ; urer, Matthew Weldon.
ST. JOHN'S DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION .- President, Peter J. Smith ; Seeretary, John A. Logue; Treas- urer, Thomas Skein.
ST. FRANCIS' PIONEER CORPS .- President, Louis Hartman, Jr .; Secretary, Joseph G. Halzman; Treas- urer, William S. Kanie.
ST. ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY .- President, Godfrey Schroth ; Secretary, Joseph Rib-
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ST. JOSEPH'S BENEFICIAL SOCIETY .- President, Charles Cheater : Secretary. Louis Hartman, Jr.
Miscellaneous Societies. - POLITICAL. - Young Men's Democratie Association, organized Nov. 9, 1881. President, William H. Earley ; Recording Secretary. William F. Gordon ; Financial Secretary, Lewis Per- rine, Jr. ; Treasurer, William B. Thones.
Stockton League, No. 130 S. Greene. President ex- officio, John P. Stockton ; President, John B. Alpaugh; Secretary, Theodore Bleumel; Financial Secretary, Samuel A. Walker, Jr .; Treasurer, John A. Steen.
Veteran Soldiers' Republicean Association .- President, Peter Wilkes ; Secretary, Manuel Kline; Treasurer, Budd E. Bodine.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .-- Bayard Post, No. S .- Commander, John Naugle; Quartermaster, William H. Bilbee; Officer of the Day, Thomas Horn; Adjutant, C. C. Reed.
Aaron Wilkes Post, No. 23 .- Commander, Uriel B. Titus; Quartermaster, Charles P. Brown ; Adjutant, E. V. Richards.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE .- Sir Charles Napier Lodge, No. 23 .- President, David Anderson ; Seeretary, Wil- liam Morris; Treasurer, H. Carnell.
Royal Oak Lodge, No. 36 .- President. James Cooper; Seeretary, Thomas Foulds; Treasurer, Thomas Fish.
SINGERS .- East Trenton Mannerchor .- President, Fred. Grenier ; Secretary, Charles Leyser ; Treasurer, Adolf Sponholz.
Liedertafel Singing Society .- President, Anton J. Sehlegel ; Secretary, Charles J. Waerner; Treasurer, ; placed by a framed strnetnre, and this in 1795 by one Martin Spiegel.
MISCELLANEOUS .- Irish National Land League of the United States, Trenton Branch .- President, John H. Saunderson ; Seeretary, Andrew J. Smith : Treas- urer, Robert Wilson.
Trenton Turn Verein .- Speaker, Jacob Opperman ; Secretary, Louis Pflegu ; Treasurer, Fred. Greiner.
Trenton Base Ball Association .- President, William Sprague ; Secretary, M. J. Donnelly ; Treasurer, George H. Slaek.
Union Rifle Club .- President, Einest C. Stahl; Secretary, Frank Allaire.
Trenton Cricket Club .- President, John H. Brewer : Secretary, John W. Wigly; Treasurer, William Wood.
Minerva Yacht Club .- President, James H. Wil- son ; Vice-President, Frank P. Ferry ; Secretary, Enoch Case; Captain, John R. Chattin.
Mercer Gunning Club .- President, B. F. Chambers; Secretary, C. Hoff; Treasurer, Randolph H. Moore. Lotus Club .- Preside Charles Scott; Seeretary, Eekford Moore ; Treasur .. , B. Van Cleve.
Lochiel Club .- President, Angust F. Stoll; See- retary, William F. Conover; Treasurer, Charles H. Cook.
Eclectic Club .- President, R. I. Horbert; Secretary, J. M. Herbert ; Treasurer, William J. Conover.
Trenton Typographical Union .- President, II. W.
McClurg; Secretary, John J. Wright; Treasurer, E. P. Diekey.
Iron- Workers' Beneficial Society .- President, Joseph Stokes : Secretary, Joseph H. Kline.
Trenton Mutual Burial Society .- President, David Hulfish ; Secretary, Lewis Parker, Jr.
Ancient Order of Foresters .- " Court Pride of the Forest," President, Henry Granger; Secretary, John Cartwright ; Treasurer, William H. Vanzandt.
American Protestant Association. - John Calvin Lodge, W. M., S. Tuesday ; Secretary, J. Beiss- wanger.
Order of Free Sons of Israel .- Capitol City Lodge, No. 51,-President, Jacob Frey ; Secretary, Solomon N. Serphos : Treasurer, Jacob Grumbacher.
Improved Order Benai Berith. - Trenton Lodge, No. 319, President, MI. Schwab; Secretary, Jacob L. Herald ; Treasurer, Sigmund Kahn.
Royal Arcanum .- Regent. R. P. Wilson ; Secretary, E. Page Southwick ; Treasurer, W. T. West.
First Presbyterian Church in Trenton .- It is not definitely known when the first Presbyterian eon- gregation in the vicinity of the Falls of the Delaware was organized. It is believed, however, that a society at Maidenhead ( now Lawrenceville) existed as early as the beginning of the eighteenth century, and that a house of worship was erected there prior to 1713.
. In 1712 a church was formed, and a log building was erected in that portion of the township of Hope- well now included in Ewing. This was in 1726 re- of brick, which was remodeled in 1839. A stone structure has sinee been ereeted there.
In these churches the Presbyterians, scattered over a large area of country, worshiped, but as the popu- lation became more dense the convenience of the people required a place of worship within reach of a walk, and in 1726 a house was built on ground that in 1727 was conveyed by Enoch Andrews to John Porterfield, Daniel Howell, Richard Scudder, Alex- ander Lockhart, William Yard, William Hoff, John Severns, and Joseph Yard. It was described as "a eertain piece or lot of land lying on the north side of Second Street (now State), that goes to the iron-works in Trenton. containing in length 150 feet and in breadth 150 feet." In 1759 a purchase was made of an addition to this lot of abont eighty feet front, and in 1763. Joseph Yard, the sole survivor of the before-named joint tenants, conveyed the lot to the "Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Trenton," which had become incorporated in 1756.
This house was not built for a separate congregation. bnt for the convenience of that part of the congrega- tion in Hopewell residing in this vieinity.
The following description of this church, by Francis Armstrong Ewing, M.D., is quoted from Dr. Hall's History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton :
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