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"It has potteries, pork-packing establishments, rolling and wire mills, rubber works, woolen mills, oilcloth works, watch factories, flint mills, lumber mills, spice mills, terra-cotta works and foundries. It manufactures carriages and wagons, boots and shoes, agricultural implements, steam engines, tools and anvils, hardware, bows and felloes, bricks and fire-bricks, brushes, carpets, cigars, chains, saddlery, barrels, fertilizers, paper boxes, organs and pianos, pumps, saws and saw teeth, soaps and watches. Its people are intelligent, liberal and hospitable, and they cordially welcome new residents."
As to the industrial life of Trenton the statistics compiled from the census of 1890, show a marked gain over the preceding decade. The following tabulated statements presented herewith include only establishments which reported a product of $500 or more in value during the census year, and, so far as practicable, only those establishments operating works located within the corporate limits of the city :
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTALS UNDER GENERAL HEADS OF INQUIRY : 1880 AND 1890.
INDUSTRIES.
Number industries reported.
Number establish- ments reporting.
Capital .*
Hands employed.
Wages paid.
Cost of mate- rials used.
All industries ..
1880 1890
73 85
404 777
$6,966,830 14,919,417
8,902 12,284
$3,150,119 6,487,300
$7,421,399 8,740,888
MUNICIPAL DATA.
INDUSTRIES.
Miscellaneous expenses. ¡
Value of product.
Population.
Assessed valuation.
Municipal debt. #
All industries.
( 1880 1890
$938,413
$12,712,762 19,597,601
29,910 57,458
$15,670,017 28,033,248
$664,501 953,528
* The value of hired property is not included for 1890, because it was not reported in 1880.
+ No inquiry in 1880 relating to " Miscellaneous expenses."
# The amount stated represents the " net debt," or the total amount of municipal debt less sinking fund.
A striking feature of these returns is the satisfactory increase in the number of establishments reported. Still more gratifying is the increase during the decade in the number of hands employed and the amount of wages paid ; the wages have increased not only actually but relatively, the average wages per hand increasing from $354 in 1880 to $536 in 1890, or 51.41 per cent.
l'art of this increase is undoubtedly due to the fact that in many industries relatively more men were employed in 1890 and less children, and also to the fact that in ten years many branches of industry have improved the grades of their products, and for this reason require more skilled and higher-paid employes. After making all possible allowance for these changes, for the more thorough enumeration of 1890, and for the advance in quantity of manufactured product, we have a decided relative increase in the amount paid in wages between 1880 and 1890.
The following table briefly shows a detailed statement for 1890 by important industries .*
CLASSIFICATION OF INQUIRIES.
Belting and hose-rubber.
Carriages and wagons.
(8 establishments.)
China-decorating.
Clay and pottery products.
(31 establishments.)
Confectionery.
Flonring and grist mill pro-
Foundry and machine shop
products. (16 establishments.)
Lamps and reflectors.
(3 establishments.)
Printing and publishing.i
(13 establishments.)
(3 establishments.)
Capital employed-Aggregate
$1,283,574
$152,078
$194,042
$4,756,172
$145,766
$167,160
$1,545,370
$234.491
8462,483
$1.115,561
Hired property ....
23,015
35,280
28,165
80,320
33,460
29,985
9,310
64,060
Plant-Total ...
550,920
56,900
33,301
2,628,913
40,207
80,000
810,950
100,000
333,813
710,000
Land ...
139,500
20,700
6,000
621,413
6,800
20,000
240,630
41,500
91,700
270,000
Buildings ..
117,058
28,500
15,000
1,323,253
19,800
24,000
216,250
26,000
47,800
200,000
Machinery, tools and implements.
294,362
7,700
12,301
684,247
13,607
36,000
354,070
22,500
194,313
240,000
Live assets-Total,
732,654
72,163
125,461
2,099,094
25,239
53,700
704,435
125,151
64,610
405,561
Raw materials ........
169,266
16,820
23,069
239,579
4,919
26,000
59,391
33,927
18,510
62,2×6
Stock in process and finished product
196,234
43,193
49,066
1,035,519
7,345
6,700
422,933
45,380
16,220
125,275
Cash, bills and accounts receivable, and all sundries not elsewhere reported.
367,154
12,150
53,326
823,996
12,975
21,000
222,111
45,844
29,880
218,000
Wages paid-Aggregate.
$193,053
$50,829
$71,234
₹2,270,701
$37,000
822,568
$576,612
$85,886
$108,949
$529,004
Average number of hands employed during the year.
343
86
140
3,948
59
35
1.111
190
178
1,664
Males above 16 years ...
313
86
72
2,535
38
35
1,104
113
153
560
Females above 15 years ..
19
63
568
18
3
53
12
1,104
Children ..
3
8
21
8
Materials used-Aggregate cost.
$786,245
$55,322
$179,841
$1,185,090
$51,631
$565,556
$935,792
$284,202
$52,670
៛693,220
Principal materials ....
768,694
53,108
174,867
878,357
50,126
551,680
693,774
272,502
49,831
656,400
Fuel .....
14,389
2,014
3,330
243,600
1,127
2,426
81,474
4,100
1,809
10,720
Mill supplies.
3,162
750
5,096 58,037
378
5,500
28,280
7,600
1,030
26,100
Miscellaneous expenses-Aggregate.
$67,235
$3,275
8,990
$430,254
$6,873
$11,925
$73,827
$12,694
$25,114
$48,835
Amount paid for contraet work.
1,860
2,329
1,800
5,208
2,500
2,560
370
4,504
Power and heat ...
2,229
441
566
25,071
197
678
6,041
991
1,496
1,385
Insurauce ....
3,056
194
1,368
17,916
138
1,147
4,835
866
1,254
2,650
Repairs, ordinary, of buildings and machinery
6,854
376
47,971
406
6,700
8,490
1,500
2,430
14.000
Interest on cash used in the business.
32,180
480
1,570
74,615
50
600
48,551
2,667
3,404
3.000
All suudries not elsewhere reported
22,916
2,781
262,881
274
300
2,650
6,000
12,026
27,800
Goods manufactured-Aggregate value ...
$1,162,709
$142,479
$321,072
$4,531,202
$130,305
$675,890
$1,618,874
$482,300
$210,586
$1,342,400
Principal product .. ...
1,162,709
107,779
321,072
4,531,202
130,305
652,000
1,502,843
482,300
206,886
1,342,400
All other products, including receipts from custom work and repairiug.
34,700
23,890
116,031
3.700
.
5,950
32,264
All other materials ..
200
894
93
752
3
4
3
5
Piece-workers ..
Rent .. .....
700
Taxes ....
* To avoid disclosure of operations of individual establishments, only such industries as have 3 or more establishments engaged therein are included. + Includes several branches of this industry.
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
Woolen goods.
(4 establishments.)
(5 establishments.)
(16 establishments.)
ducts. (4 establishments.)
285
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
As to the latest returns for details of population, the bulletins of the Census Offiee are of interest. In 1890, the latest available national figures, the total population of the eity was 57,458, of which 14,048 were foreign born. Of the 14,048, Canada and Newfoundland furnished 118, South America 7 and Cuba and the West Indies 16. There were 3,635 Irish, 3,882 English (this very large percentage due to the pottery men and women), 427 Seoteh, 48 Welsh. Of the Teutons, we find 3,974 Germans, 80 Austrians, 23 Hollanders, 37 Swiss. The Seandinavians were represented by 7 Norwegians, 83 Swedes and 43 Danes. Of the Slavonie peoples, there were 214 Russians, 537 Hungarians, 1 Bohemian and 216 Poles, largely ironworkers. The Græeo-Latins furnished 59 Freneh, 511 Italians, 1 Spaniard, 1 Greek. There were also 33 Chinese, 1 Japanese, 68 Afrieans, 4 from Atlantie islands, 1 eivilized Indian, 7 Australians and 2 Turks. The number of males reported in 1890 was 29,116, and the number of females 28,342, with a total white population of 55,726. The number of persons of African descent was 1,697. The population of Trenton under the State eensus of 1895 is as follows, showing the population by wards, with the increase or decrease of each :
Wards.
1895.
18 0.
Inerease
Decrease.
First,
4,738
5,076
338
Second,
3,458
3,063
395
Third, .
7,036
7,331
295
Fourth,
5,020
5,032
12
Fifth,
5,490
5,585
95
Sixth,
2,955
2,791
164
Seventh,
9,832
9,383
449
Eighth,
4,630
3,802
828
. .
Ninth,
6,646
6,128
518
Tenth,
5,963
3,949
2,014
.
Eleventh,
6,800
5,318
1,482
.
Totals,
. 62,568
57,458
5,850
740
This is the population actually within the eity limits. Trenton rightfully can elaim as part of her people those residents directly on her border, which ineludes the following :
Borough of Wilbur, population,
1,500
Cadwalader Place,
200
Part of Hillerest and vicinity,
200
Part of Ewing,
500
Part of Lawrence,
250
Homedell traet,
150
Broad Street Park borough and vieinity,
200
Total,
3,000
This would make the population of the eity 65,568. This outlying territory is in faet a part of the eity.
The figures show that the three Chambersburg wards have a population of 19, 409, nearly one- third the entire population of the eity, while south of the ereek 34,420 of the people live.
The following is the complete school eensus, by wards, for the eity of Trenton :
Wards.
1895.
1894.
First,
932
1,040
Seeond,
737
658
Third, .
1,325
1,498
Fourth,
1,249
1,183
Fifth,
1,129
1,247
Sixth,
762
828
Seventh,
2,708
2,379
Eighth,
1,397
1,235
286
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
1895.
1894.
Wards.
Ninth. .
1,502
1,391
Tenth,
1,356
1,283
Eleventh,
1,576
1,578
Totals.
14,673
14,321
In the statistics for manufactures Trenton reported in 1890, 885 establishments, with $1, 969,662 of hired property in the capital invested. The aggregate capital was $19,278,041. The total value of all the plants was divided into 82, 980, 838 for land, $3, 469,552 for buildings, and $3, 898, 859 for machinery, tools and implements. The live assets were $1.497,351 for raw materials, $3, 689, 934 for stock in process and finished products on hand, and $3, 741,507 for cash, bills and accounts receivable and sundries.
In rent paid for tenaney we find $158, 211 ; taxes, including internal revenue, $107,618; insur- ance, 873,459, and repairs on buildings and machinery, $264, 608, and interest paid on cash in the business, 8250,816.
The average number of employes in Trenton in 1890 was 14,984, with a total wage account of 87.968, 894. Of the officers, firm members and clerks above sixteen years of age there were 1,001, with wages aggregating 81,034,016. The following statistics show the present number of establish- ments in each of the industries mentioned. The figures vary somewhat from those reported by the census of 1890, and are accurate in so far as the present status of the city is concerned :
Agricultural implement works, 2; auctioneers, 5 ; bakers, 50; barbers, 88 ; bicycle agents, 8; blacksmiths, 21; bookbinders, 6; boot and shoe dealers, 37; boot and shoe makers, 59; brick manufacturers, 12 ; butchers, 76; candy manufacturers, 5; carpenters and builders, 37 ; carriage builders, 9; cigar manufacturers, 119; coal and wood merchants, 34 ; confectionery dealers, 59 ; contractors, 79 ; cracker manufacturers, 4; dressmakers, 80 ; dry goods, 16; dyeing establishments, 5 ; expresses, local, 22 ; fertilizer dealers and manufacturers, 4; fire-brick manufacturer, 1; flint mills, 2; florists, 7; flour and feed merchants, 18; flour mills, 5 ; foundries, 5; grocers, retail, 262 ; grocers, wholesale, 6 ; hardware merchants, 13; harness manufacturers, 13; ice dealers, 10 ; insurance company, 1; iron companies, 5; iron foundries, 7; jeweler, manufacturing, 1; kiln- buiklers, 3 ; lamp manufacturers, 2; Chinese laundries, 23; steam laundries, 3; wholesale liquor dealers, 11 ; livery stables, 22; lumber dealers, 9; machinists, 13 ; marble yards, 5 ; merchant tailors, 19; milk dealers, 34 ; millinery, 21 ; modelers, 3; newsdealers, 19; oileloth company, 1; opticians, 5 ; painters, house and sign, 35 ; paper bag manufacturers, 5 ; paper box manufacturer, 1 ; photographers, 14 ; piano manufacturer, 1 ; piano tuners, 6 ; planing mills, 8; plumbers, 22 ; pork packers, 4; potteries, 29 ; potters' supplies, 2; book and job printers, 10; produce dealers, 34; registers, cash, 2; rubber manufacturers, 9; roofers, 7; sausage manufacturers, 4; saw factory, 1; shipwright, 1; soap works, 1; spice mills, 2; spring mattress company, 1; stair- builder, 1; starch, 1; stone dealers, 6; storage warehouses, 3; taxidermists, 2; tile works, 2; tinsmiths, 15 ; umbrella-makers, 2; undertakers, 10; upholsterers, 4; veterinarians, 11; wall- paper dealers, 17 ; watchmakers and jewelers, 20; well-diggers, 2; wheelwrights, 4; wire eloth manufacturer, 1 ; wire fence manufacturer, 1 ; wire mills, 2; woolen mills, 2.
Boarding-houses, 29 ; hotels and saloons, 360 ; restaurants, 38.
Architects, 13 ; artists, 16 ; bankers and brokers, 3 ; civil engineers and surveyors, 16 ; dentists, 23 ; dmughtsmen, 4; druggists, 36 ; electrical engineers, 1; engravers, 3; insurance and real estate agents, 40; lawyers, 106 ; music teachers, 47 ; nurses, 16 ; physicians, 82.
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TRENTON.
The following is an abstract of the report of the City Treasurer of Trenton for the fiscal year ending February 28th, 1895 :
Dr.
To balance on hand March 1st, 1894, $20,449 64 Receiver of Taxes-
Tax of 1893, $208,102 11 66 1894, 308,134 56
516,236 67
287
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
Delinquent taxes and assessments, $22,714 68
State appropriation to schools, 1894,
84,236 52
State tax on corporations, 3,833 77
License, .
98,498 60 3,622 36
District Court costs, .
1,359 81
Street permits,
331 50
Building permits,
232 50
Rents,
725 00
Old material,
124 51
Premium on bonds,
347 50
Accrued interest on bonds,
31 03
Surplus Street Commissioner's appropriation,
33 80
Sale of city lot,
25 00
Rebate on Police Commission warrant, .
7 60
Mercer county election expenses, November, 1894,
731 40
Lamps on railroad crossings, 478 80
64 45
Temporary loans,
20,000 00
Redemption of Martin Act sales, 314 79
Bonds issued during the fiscal year,
213,900 00
Temporary improvement certificates issued,
108,700 00
To street assessments, .
55,794 14
$1,152,794 07
Cr.
By Commissioner of the Sinking Fund-
Appropriation to loans, 1893, $48,366 53
66 1894, 44,775 44
Street assessment collections, 1893, 7,316 89
66 66 1894, 31,421 14
$131,880 00
Interest on bonds-
Interest on coupon bonds, $45,693 50
" registered bonds, . 7,980 00
53,673 50
66 66
66 improvement certificates,
28,352 50
State school tax, 1894,
77,105 12
Fire Commission,
60,839 65
Police Commission,
64,934 27
Park Commission, .
16,485 29
Public Schools-
City appropriation, 1893,
$20,000 00
66
1894,
8,865 13
State 66
1893,
62,426 35
66
66
1894, 68,100 00
159,391 48
Lamps, .
28,334 05
Streets-
Streets,
$28,381 08
Sewer maintenance,
1,070 79
29,451 87
Salaries, .
32,985 39
Almshouse,
6,837 42
Poor,
6,471 86
Interest on temporary loans,
5,788 38
Trenton Passenger Railway Company, for street work,
Police Court fines,
288
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
Board of Health,
$3,500 00
Garbage and ashes, .
5,046 34
Elections, 6,344 36
Printing. 5,072 44
City Hall, 3,796 01
Contingent,
6,235 84
Mercer county tax, 1893,
87,134 74
Police Commission ( Poor),
766 37
6 66 (Almshouse), 630 96
Citizens' Relief Committee, 1,500 00
Fire Department (extra hose),
5,400 00
Excise Commission,
3,051 53
Commissioners of Adjustment,
8,000 00
Almshouse heating apparatus, .
1,748 00
Poor (Poor, AAlmshouse and Printing loan ), .
1,502 57
Almshouse (Poor, Almshouse and Printing loan ),
482 38
Printing 66
2,161 28
Monument School building, No. 17, 500 00
John A. Roebling School building, No. 19, . 500 00
Temporary loans,
20,000 00
Temporary improvement certificates,
139,800 00
Redemption of Martin Act sales,
314 79
Water Department, accrued interest and premium on $75,000 loan, 763 92
Warrants issued prior to March 1st, 1894,
13,018 76
Street improvements, . 30,209 18
Sewers and drains. . 67,106 37
Balance on general account,
35,697 45
$1,152,794 07
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To balance on hand March 1st, 1894, . $481 00
Cash received from Treasurer of Water Department, 15,000 00
$15,481 00
By interest on water bonds, .
$14,937 50
Balance to the credit of the Water Department,
543 50
SURPLUS ACCOUNT, SALES UNDER MARTIN ACT.
Amounts Held for Owners.
Received from Receiver of Taxes, $1,132 30
Paid upon redemption of property, 232 07
Balance on hand March 1st, 1895, $900 23
Abstract of the financial statement of the city of Trenton, New Jersey, at the close of the fiscal year, February 28th, 1895 :
Dr.
Bonds to be paid by general taxation, $390,000 00 School building loans-limit, $50,000, 4,500 00
School building loans-limit, $30,000, 30,000 00
$15,481 00
289
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
School building loans-act of June 3d, 1890, $93,000 00
Park improvement loans-act of March 14th, 1883, 131,000 00
Police Department loan-limit, $20,000, 18,000 00
General loans-limit, $50,000, . 46,100 00
Paid Fire Department loan, 45,000 00
Chambersburg bonds, 54,000 00
$811,600 00
Volunteer bonds, due January 1st, 1895, not presented for payment, on which interest has ceased, 2,500 00
Defieieney loan bond, due May 1st, 1894, not presented for pay- ment, on which interest has ceased, . 500 00
Total bonded debt to be met by taxation, $814,600 00
Cr.
By amount in the Sinking Fund to the eredit of the above loans as reported by the Commissioner, . 238,425 55
Net bonded debt to be met by taxation, $576,174 45
STREET IMPROVEMENT LOANS.
Assessed upon the city, $25,828 16
Assessed upon property benefited, 170,771 84
Cr.
$196,600 00
By amount in the Sinking Fund to the credit of the above loans as reported by the Commissioner, . 144,055 06
Net bonded debt to be met by collections from assessments, $52,544 94
Water Department loans,
$283,500 00
Cr.
By amount in the Sinking Fund to the credit of the above loans as reported by the Commissioner, . 183,195 78
Net bonded debt to be met by earnings from the water works, $100,304 22
TEMPORARY SEWER CERTIFICATES.
Statement showing the total amount of certificates issued for the construction of sewers in the city of Trenton. The principal on these certificates is raised by assessments on the property benefited, . $821,500 00
REFUNDING LOANS.
Issued to refund temporary improvement certificates, . $325,400 00 Amount of certificates not refunded, 496,100 00
$821,500 00
290
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
RECAPITULATION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY.
Total amount.
Amount to credit in Sinking Fund.
Net indebtedness.
Bonds to be met by taxation, . 8814,600 00
$238,425 55
8576,174 45
Bonds for street improvements, 196,600 00 144,055 06 52,544 94
Cost of sewers and drains, . 821,500 00
821,500 00
Bonds of Water Department, . 283,500 00
183,195 78
100,304 22
82,116,200 00
$565,676 39 81,550,523 61
Total unfunded indebtedness, 8395,896 17
TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS UNPAID AND DUE THE CITY AND CASH IN BANK.
Cash in bank, general account, $35,697 45
Amount due and available for taxes, 1894. 264,751 09 Taxes to be collected from Commissioners of Adjustment, 25,000 00
Deficiency,
70,447 63
VALUE OF CITY PROPERTY. $395, 896 17
The following statement will show the approximate value of properties belonging to the city :
City Hall property, $75,000 00 47,000 00 Police stations, 35,000 00
Almshouse, .
School-houses, 468,000 00
Engine-houses, 75,000 00
Public parks, 180,000 00
Water works, 1,500,000 00
$2,380,000 00
Herewith is shown an abstract of the report of the Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for the fiscal year ending February 28th, 1895 :
The amount of the fund at the date of last report, March 1st,
1894, was .
There have been received during the year the appropriations for 1894,
44,775 44
From assessments on street improvements, 31,421 14
From surplus rents of the water works, 5,000 00
Interest on securities of the fund, 20,947 00
$694,706 39
Redemption of bonds, . 129,030 00
Leaving the present amount of the fund, . 8565,676 39
Of which there is invested in securities, 405,500 00
And there is cash in bank, 160,176 39
The changes in the securities of the fund since the last annual report are the following :
Bonds matured and canceled- Volunteer bonds, $1,500 00
Trenton Institute bonds, 7,500 00
Deficiency bonds of 1874, 30,000 00
Temporary certificates redeemed by City Treasurer, 63,300 00
$102,300 00
$592,562 81
291
THE CITY OF TRENTON.
Bonds bought for investment-
Temporary certificates of 1894, $8,200 00
The bonds redeemed and canceled amount to $129,000 00
The loans chargeable upon the fund which will become due within the year prior to March 1st, 1896, are :
May 1st, 1895. Water loan of 1875, . $160,000 00 January 1st, 1896. Volunteer bond installment, 15,000 00
$175,000 00
CHAPTER XXXIV.
BOOKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF TRENTON.
GENERAL HISTORIES-SPECIAL MONOGRAPHS-THE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF DR. CHARLES C. ABBOTT-THE PRINTED CHARTERS AND FIRST ORDINANCES.
EGARDING the history of this city, those books appertaining directly thereto are "Ilistory of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N. J., from the First Settlement of the Town," by John Hall, D. D. (1859). Of the many church histories which have been printed throughout the United States, this is one of the best. Accuracy and scholarly treatment of the subject have left this book one of the noblest monu- ments to the life of this distinguished man.
"History of the City of Trenton, New Jersey, Embracing a Period of Nearly Two Hundred Years," by John O. Raum (1871). Mr. Raum's history is the only one of a general nature treating of the city. The work is especially noteworthy in the completeness of its records of the churches and of the fire department.
There is also a useful illustrated "History of Burlington and Mereer Counties," by Major E. M. Woodward and John F. Hageman. It was issued at Philadelphia by Everts & Peck, in 1883, from the press of J. B. Lippincott & Company. The history of Trenton is practically embraced in that portion of the book from page 664 to page 756, inclusive.
The attention of the student of local history is especially called to the "History of State Street Methodist Episcopal Church," a pamphlet of great value, issued June 14th, 1886, by a committee consisting of the Rev. J. L. Sooy, Gen. James F. Rusling, George W. Macpherson and Ira W. Wood, Esquires. The "History of the Trenton Academy," by the Hon. William L. Day- ton, is of much interest. This was issued in 1881. "The Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing," Trenton, William S. Sharp Printing Company, 1883, the original notes being col- lected by the Rev. Doctor Eli F. Cooley, author of the article on Mercer county in Barber & Howe's " Historical Collections," 1844. These notes were later edited by Prof. William S. Cooley, of Philadelphia, and Miss Hannah Cooley, of Ewing, N. J. Three of Adjutant-General William S. Stryker's able monographs deal directly with Trenton. "The Old Barracks" (1885) ; " Washing- ton's Reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789" (1882), and "Trenton One Hundred Years ago" (1878).
The histories of the Trenton Banking Company and the Saving Fund Society have also been printed. Other reference-books are the publications of the Board of Trade, the short sketches of the town in encyclopædias, such as the "Britannica," Johnson's and Appleton's "Lossing's Field- Book of the American Revolution," and like sources of information. In the "New Jersey Archives," the "Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society," the "Pennsylvania Maga- zine," printed by the Historical Society of that State, and the general histories of the State of New Jersey, such as Smith, Mulford, Barber & Howe, Raum, &e., may be found, under proper indices, many allusions to the city of Trenton. The pamphlets published by the Hon. Charles C. Haven relative to Trenton are of the highest value. The one best known is "Thirty Days in New Jersey Ninety Years Ago," which is usually printed with the "Annals of Trenton." The poems of "Clementine" contain allusions to patriotic incidents in this city.
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DR. ABBOTT'S BOOKS.
Although not published in Trenton, the works of Dr. Charles C. Abbott throw much light upon the paleontology, archeology, flora and fauna of Trenton and its vicinity. The following titles of his books show the elaborate scope of his work. Charmingly written, with passing allu- sions to colonial and Revolutionary history, Dr. Abbott's volumes have given the author and Trenton an international reputation. Beside nearly one hundred uncollected articles of a strictly technical character, published in American and English scientific serials, he has published as separate volumes :
"The Stone Age in New Jersey," in annual report of Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., 1875 ; "Primitive Industry, or Illustrations of the Handiwork in Stone, Bone and Clay of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantie Seaboard of America," Salem, Mass., George A. Bates, 1881 ; "A Naturalist's Rambles About Home," New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1, 3 and 5 Bond street, 1884; "Upland and Meadow, a Poaetquissing's Chronicle," New York, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1886 ; "Waste-Land Wanderings," New York, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square ; London, 30 Fleet street, 1887 ; "Days Out of Doors," New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1889 ; "Outings at Odd Times," New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1890; "Recent Archaeological Explorations in the Valley of the Delaware," University of Pennsylvania Archæological and Philological Monographs, Ginn & Company, Boston, Mass., 1892; "Recent Rambles, or In Touch with Nature," Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1892 ; "Travels in a Tree-Top," Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Company, 715, 717 Market street, 1894; "The Birds About Us," Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Company, 715, 717 Market street, 1894; "A Colonial Wooing," Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Company, 715, 717 Market street, 1895.
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