Narratives of Newark (in New Jersey) from the days of its founding, Part 26

Author: Pierson, David Lawrence
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Newark, N.J. : Pierson Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 478


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1714-Queen Anne died at the age of fifty, and was succeeded by George I. Interest in England reduced to five per centum.


1715-Louis XIV died and was succeeded by his great-grandson, Louis XV. Rebellion in Scotland began in September and ended in November.


1718-Charles XII killed at the siege of Frederickshall, in Norway. 1719-The Mississippi scheme at its height in France. Lombe's silk throwing machine, containing 26,586 wheels, erected at Derby, took up one-eighth of a mile; one water wheel moved the machine, and in twenty-four hours it worked 318,504,960 of organzine silk thread.


1720-France visited by pestilence. Earthquake in China.


1724-Earthquake in Denmark. An Academy of Sciences estab- lished in St. Petersburg.


1727-King George died in the 68th year of his age; succeeded by his only son, George II, Inoculation first tried on criminals in England with success. Russia, formerly a dukedom, now established as an empire.


1732-Settlement of Georgia began.


1738-Westminster Bridge, consisting of fifteen arches, begun,


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and finished in 1750, by Parliament at an expense of 389,000 pounds.


1739-England declared war against Spain, on October 23. Kouli Khan, who usurped Persian throne in 1732, carried a treasure of 231 millions sterling from the conquered Mogul Empire.


1744-England declared war against France.


1746-Lima destroyed by earthquake.


1747-Kouli Khan murdered.


1748-The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, by which restitution of all places taken during the war was made on all sides.


1750-Two shocks of earthquake in England. Academy of Sci- ences at Stockholm established.


1753-The British Museum instituted. Society of Arts, Manu- factures and Commerce established in London.


1754-Dreadful eruption of Mt. Etna. Earthquake at Constan- tinople, Lisbon destroyed by an earthquake, November 1.


1755-Quito destroyed by earthquake April 28.


1759-General Wolfe was killed in Battle of Quebec, won by Eng- lish. Balbec and Tripoli destroyed by earthquake.


1760-King George II died October 25, aged 77 years; succeded by King George III, who on September 22, 1761, married Princess Charlotte, of Mecklenburgh Strelitz.


1762-War declared by England against Spain. Peter III, emperor of Russia, deposed, imprisoned and murdered. American Philosophical Society organized at Philadelphia. 1763-Definite treaty of peace between Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, concluded at Paris, February 10, which confirmed to Great Britain the extensive provinces of Canada, East and West Florida and part of Louisana; also the islands of Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica and Tobago, in the West Indies.


1765-Island of Man annexed to England.


1766-Earthquake at Constantinople.


1767-Mattinico almost destroyed by earthquake.


1768-Turkey declared war against Russia.


1772-The emperor of Germany, empress of Russia and the king of Prussia stripped the king of Poland of nearly all his dominions, which were divided among themselves despite solemn treaties.


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1773-The Jesuits expelled from Pope's dominions, and sup- pressed by bull August 25.


1774-Peace was declared between Turkey and Russia, the former being unsuccessful in every campaign.


1774-The British Parliament having passed an act laying a duty of three pence per pound upon all teas imported into Amer- ica, the colonists cons dered this as a grievance, and denied the right of the British Parliament to tax them. First Congress of American Deputies convened at Philadelphia, September 5.


1776-The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of In- dependence and the United States was erected as a separate world Power.


The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. Let him not leave us nor forsake us; that He may in- cline our hearts unto Him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers." I Kings, VIII. 57, 58.


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NEW JERSEY


MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICAL INFORMATION


From "Newark A Manufacturing City." (Year Book of the Board of Trade, 1915-1916.)


Gross area in square miles .


8,224


Water surface, square miles


710


Rank in size among States .


45


Population in 1914 .


2,816,000


Rank according to population .


11


Rank according to density of population


3


Density of population per square mile


337.7


Cities in State with over 50,000 population


9


Cities in State with over 10,000 population


23


Per cent. of total population residing in cities


64.7


Per cent. of total value of manufactures of cities


74.3


Miles of steam railroad tracks operated within State . 2,256


Total number of manufacturing plants in the State employing ten or more operatives, 1914 9,742 Primary horse power employed, 1914 792,885


Number of operatives employed, 1914


431,003


Aggregate total of wages paid to employees yearly .


$211,136,000


Total value of raw materials used, 1914 . Value added by process of manufacture, 1914


$883,465,000


Aggregate total of finished products, 1914


$1,406,633,000


Per cent. of increase in number of establishments 1909 to 1914 10.5


Per cent. of increase in number of employees, 1909 to 1914 . 14.5


Per cent. of increase in horse power employed, 1909 to 1914 29.5


Per cent. of interest in capital, 1909 to 1914 38.4


Per cent. of increase in wages to employees . 24.4


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$523,168,000


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Parade Passing City Hall on Labor Day, 1916


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Per cent. of increase in cost of materials .


22.7


Per cent. of increase in value of product .


22.8


Number of families in the State


558,202


Number of dwellings in the State 407,295


Average number of persons per dwelling


6.2


Average number per family


4.5


Area of land in farms (Acres)


2,573,857


Value of farm lands and buildings


$215,434,782


Latest figures received July 18, 1916.


Hail! Hail! ye Peoples yet unborn, We leave you all that Love bequeaths; Our gems and mines and fields of corn, Traditions, arts, and Valor's wreaths. New voices call. We disappear. Above our dust your songs will swell; Your banners float-Our Kinsmen, dear, Hail! Hail! and then-Farewell, Farewell. ELLEN M. H. GATES.


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Abbett, Governor Leon, inspects Old Burying Ground, 334


Academy, Newark, burned, 211, 212; restored, 220-222; board of Governors, 222; stone com- memorating, 357


Acadia Valley, Tories exiled to, 217; refugees in, 208


Accident, Clifton Avenue crossing, 349


Acquackanonck, Washington's army at, 198 Act, Amnesty, 205


Albers, Hans, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 12; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; operates tan- nery, 86


Aldermen, Board of, organized, 268


Allegiance to Continental Congress, 189


Alger, Camp, First regiment at, 348


Allen, Col. William, at dedication of Kearny statue, 327


Allen, John, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Allen, Samuel, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Allen, Thornton W., charge of music festival, 358


Amnesty act, last hours of, 205


Andruss, Colonel Isaac, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Andros, Governor, attempts control of East Jersey, 117; demands that Gov. Carteret vacate governorship, 118; receives defiant note from Carteret, 119; places embargo on all ports other than New York, 118; citizens of New Jersey oppose his claims, 118; meets Gov. Carteret and demands that East Jersey be turned over to him, 123; agrees that matter be referred to English authorities; but later has Gov. Carteret seized and taken to New York for trial, 124; and seizes government, 125, 130; inaugural address, 130; recalled to England, 132; returns later as Governor of New England, but again recalled, 132 Anniversary, 50th Independence Day, 265 Anniversary, 200th celebration, 311-312


Anniversary, 250th celebration, 355; program, 356


Aqueduct Board, first meeting of, 343


Aqueduct Co., incorporated, 339; contract executed, 340; water supply inadequate, 341; plant of, sold to city, 342


Arnold, John, schoolmaster, 115


Arthur, President, takes oath, 332


Articles of the First Committee, adoption. of, 165


Aschenbach, William M., reservoir site, 340 Assanpink Creek, battle of, 202


Assassination of President Lincoln, 303


Assessed valuation 1916, 352


Associators, patriots designated as, 206 Athletic games, 250th anniversary, 358 Atlantic cable joined, 281


Auguste, François, Rev. Ogden's guest, 233


Ayres, Enos, member first class, college of New Jersey, 175


Bacon, Colonel, aide to General Sherman, 326


Ball, Caleb, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Ball, Edward, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44; sur- veys line, 105; on committee to secure Kings- land property, 109; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict second Elizabeth Town raiding party, 137; on alms committee, 142


Ball, Jonathan, marriage, 28


Ball, Stephen, patriot martyr, 213


Baldwin, Benjamin, location of town lot, 13; town weaver, 84; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Baldwin, Daniel, home pillaged, 202


Baldwin, Dr. Cornelius, revolutionary surgeon, 213


Baldwin, John, Jr., location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed town's man, 113


Baldwin, John, Sr., location of town lot, 13; assists in flooring meeting house, 35; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; saws lumber for mill, 48; appointed to arrange gates, 67; on committee to secure Kingsland property, 109; on jury to indict second Eliza- beth Town raiding party, 137


Baldwin, Jesse, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Baldwin, Mayor Jesse, signs water contract, 340 Baldwin, Nathan, wounded by British, 200


Baldwin, Nehemiah, arrested in lands contro- versy, 168; released from sheriff by mob, 169 Baldwin, Rev. Burr, instituted sabbath school, 255


Baldwin, Samuel, arrested but delivered from jail by populace, 167


Banks of Newark offering for Civil War, 286


Bans, reading of the, 37


Barclay, Robert, Governor of East Jersey, 133 Barracks, Old, at Trenton, 202


Barter, value of staple products, 54, 90


Battery A, Hexamer's, saluted Kearny statue, 328 Battery B, second artillery, organized, 290-291 Battery D, fourth artillery, in Civil War, 296 Battle of Long Island at Brooklyn, 196; defeat of patriots, 199


Bauldwin, John, Jr., signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11


Bauldwin, John, Sr., signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11


Bayard, Nicholas, demand on, for restitution in Kingsland property deal, 110


Beach, Josiah, home pillaged by British, 201 Beach, Rev. John, Episcopalian, 161


Beach, Zophar, home pillaged by British, 201 Beals's Brigade, enters Newark, 1776, 198


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Beam, John E., Lieutenant, presented with sword, 287; killed at Malvern Hill, 291 Belleville set off, 153


Belleville engine house constructed at, 343 ;; reservoir, 344


Bergen County created, 133


Berkley, Lord, receives grant, 5; letter from, in quit rent controversy, 93


Berry, John, Deputy Governor, takes charge, in Governor Carteret's absence, 92


Berry, Capt. John, appointed Deputy Governor, 119


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Bill of sale of Indian lands, 19


Bigelow, Moses, Mayor, welcomes Lincoln, 285, 286; first president Aqueduct Board, 343 Blacthly, Aaron, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; appointed to arrange gates, 67


Blacthly, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11.


Bloomfield, Governor calls out militia in 1812, 246


Bloomfield, General Joseph, contributes to church building fund, 254


Bloomfield, part of Orange, 237; receives name, 254; incorporated, 255


Bloomfield Presbyterian church corner stone laid, 255


Board, New Aqueduct was created, 342; first meeting of, 343


Board of Freeholders, accepts offer of court house site, 243


Board of Health created, 280


Board of Trade, holds first annual dinner, 322


Bond, Robert, on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24; on committee to send petition to England, 94; on committee to treat with Dutch generals, 96; magistrate under Dutch rule, 97


Bond, Stephen, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 14; on commit- tee to arrange for third pastor, 152


Bonded debt, 1916, 353


Bonnel, Joseph, takes depositions of settlers, in controversy with Proprietors, 167


Borglum, J. G., sculptor of Lincoln statue, 349 Boston, port of, mandate against, 181; Essex county relief for, 184


Boston Port Bill, retaliation measure, 181


Boudinot, Elisha, clerk of General Committee, 190; writes to Governor Livingston, 203; Secretary of council of safety, 208; patriot in Revolutionary War, 213; on committee to raise funds for academy, 221; home destroyed by fire, 227


Boudinot, Major Elisha, entertained Lafayette, 260


Boudinot, Mrs. Elisha, receives tea, 208


Boune, John, speaker of Assembly of Deputies, 131


Bowers, Rev. Nathaniel, fifth pastor, 156


Boyd, Rev. W. W., at dedication of Founder's Monument, 336


Boyden, Seth, born at Foxborough, Mass., 258; comes to Newark, 258; eminent inventor, 258; builds first locomotive for Morris & Essex R. R., 258; cultivates strawberries, 258; bust of, made by Miss Ricord, 317; statue of, 347 Branch Brook, reservoir above, 343


Branch Brook Park, first wells driven in, 339; in Essex County Park System, 353


Brainerd, Rev. John, noted Presbyterian preacher, 180


Branford company, arrival of, 9, 16; settlers sign Fundamental Agreement, 10, 16


Breum, Joseph, on special jury to indict Eliza- beth Town raiders, 135


British, ravages of, arraigned by Dr. Mac- whorter, 200


British raid Essex County, 209; attempts to reach Morristown, 213, 214


Briton in January, 1780, raid, 209


Broad Street, residents on in 1800, 228; paved, 323


Brooks, John B., signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11


Brooks, John, location of town lot, 14


Brown, John, signs agreement of purchase of Indian lands, 20; assists in flooring meeting house, 35; assists in building mill, 48; appeals to Dutch commission for Kingsland deed, 110


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Brown, John, Jr., signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; prepares statement to Governor Carteret, 101


Brown, Rev. Isaac, tory refugee, 205


Browne, Daniel, on special jury to indict Eliz- abeth Town raiders, 135


Browne, John, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11


Browne, John, Sr., location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Browne, John, Jr., location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; ceremony of admittance to Newark citizen- ship, 74; elected town clerk, 74


Browne, Joseph, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Browne, Thomas, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Brooklyn, battle of Long Island, 196


Bruen, Captain Caleb, Revolutionary War pa- triot, 213


Bruen, Captain Joseph, in Independence Day parade, 1812,"247


Bruen, John, signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44; receives land grant, 75


Bruen, Obadiah, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment of purchase of Indian lands, 20; letter to his children, 33


Bryant, William Cullen, verse by, 188


Buckingham, Rev. Jedidiah, last Puritan pastor, 156


Building First Presbyterian Church, 1787-1790, 220


Buildings in Newark, 1860, 342; in 1916, 353 Bull Run, battle of, 290


Bunker Hill, battle of, 191


Bureau of Associated Charities, The, 353


Bureau, Municipal employment, 349


Burlington, state capitol in 1790, 223


Burnet, John, raided by rioters, 170


Burnet, Dr. William, participates in mass meet-


ing, 188; deputy-chairman general commit- tee, 190; receives message from Washington, 197; warns people of British army advance, 198; Revolutionary War surgeon, 213


Burnet, Dr. William, Jr., Revolutionary War surgeon, 213


Burnet, Major Ichabod, served on General Greene's staff, 213


Burnet, Smith, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Burwell, Ephraim, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on committee to provide pastor's firewood, 153


Burwell, Samuel, prisoner in Newark court for- cibly liberated by Elizabeth Town rioters, 135 Burwell, Zachariah, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 12; location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; saws lumber for mill, 48; on committee to de- liver pastor's firewood, 153


Burwell, Mr. assists in flooring meeting house, 35


Burr, Rev. Aaron, installed by Presbytery, 173; assists in organizing College of New Jersey, 174; president of college, 174; marriage, 175, death, 176


Burying Ground, Old, obliteration of, 334; town committee adopts resolution, 1829, 337


Burying Ground, Old, Orange, donated by Na- thaniel Wheeler, 337


Bush burning, regulation of, 147


Butler, Gen. Benj. F., visits industrial exposi- tion, 321


Caldwell, Rev. James, sides with patriots, 186; assassinated at ElizabethTown, 186; his church burned, 210; town named for, 254


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Caldwell, Mrs. James, assassinated, 213, 214 Caldwell township formed, 254


Camfield, Matthew, location of town lot, 13


Camfield, Samuel, location of town lot, 14


Camfield, Mr., on tax commission, 53


Camp, Captain Nathaniel, entertains Washing- ton, 215


Camp, Samuel, on jury to indict members of sec- ond raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


Camp, William, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 13


Camp, William, appointed to arrange gates, 67; appointed town's man, 113; on alms commit- tee, 142


Camp. William, Revolutionary War patriot, 213 Camp Frelinghuysen on Roseville Ave., 292; re- cruits received at, in Civil War, 293-295


Campbell, Col. Edw. A., in Spanish-American War, 348


Canal Company, Morris, proposed to augment water supply, 343


Canal boat, first, arrived in Newark, 266


Canal, ship, proposed, 322


Candidates for President and Vice President nominated, 1860, 281


Candle dipping, 87


Canfield, Ebenezer, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44


Canfield, Matthew, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24; death, 31; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed to arrange gates, 67


Canfield, Robert, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Canfield, Thomas, appraises tory property, 205 Capitol, state, Whisky rebellion campaign ends at, 224


Capteen, John, acts as Indian interpreter for Puritans, 6; represents Indians in sale of lands, 19


Carman, Gen. Ezra L., in patriotic procession, 314


Carteret, Sir George, receives grant of New Jer- sey, 5; letter from, in quit rent controversy, 93


Carteret, Philip, commissioned Governor of New Jersey, 5; induces Puritans to remain, 7; orders first General Assembly, 21; demands payment of quit rent, 89; refuses settlement in grain, demanding gold and silver, 90, 91; fearing violence escapes from country, 92; resumes control, 101; conference with Newark committee, 102; agrees to accept produce in payment of quit rent, 103; receives demand from Gov Andros that he vacate in his favor, 118; writes defiant answer, 119; visited by Gov. Andros who agrees to submit question to English authorities, 123; account of his mar- riage, 123, seized at night by Andros' soldiers and taken to New York, 124; tried before Court of Assizes, 127; jury declared him "not guilty," 129; agrees to refrain from official acts pending decision of Lord Proprietor, 130; resumes governorship, 132; dies one year later, 133


Carteret, James, offered Presidency of country, 92


Catling, John, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; builds hog guard for town pound, 69; on committee to purchase Kingsland property from Dutch, 108; on com- mittee to close deal for Kingsland property, 109; on committee to obtain arrest of Nicholas Bayard, 110; appointed one of the town's men, 113; first Newark schoolmaster, 114; moved to Deerfield, Mass,; massacred by Indians, 115 Celebration, 250th anniversary, 355


Cemetery, Fairmount, Civil War veterans' plot


in, 305; remains in Old Burying Ground removed to, 335; Miss Maas buried in, 352 Cemetery, National, at Newark, 305


Cemetery, Rosedale, remains in Old Burying Ground removed to, 336


Census, first, 268


Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, 346


Centennial of Independence Day, 1876, 346 Centre Market established, 269


Chantilly, battle of, 291-292


Chapman, Rev. Jedidiah, installed at mountain society, 179; associates with patriots, 186; served in Revolutionary War, 213; secures donations for hospital, 216


Charter election, first held, 268


Charitable Society, Female, first one organized, 233


Charities, Associated, Bureau of, 353


Chatteaubriand, Viscount de, visits Rev. Uzal Ogden, 233


Chesapeake attacked by Leopard, 245


Chestnut, Benjamin, member first class, College of New Jersey, 175


Chestnuts, gathering of, 146


Chetwood, Sheriff, imprisons rioters against Proprietors, 171


Cholera epidemic in Newark, 279


Church attendance compulsory, 38


Church of the Redeemer, corner-stone laid, 322


Church Trinity Episcopal, Rev. Mr. Brown, pastor of, 205


Churches, number of and denomination, 162


Cider, manufacture and export, 87


Citizen's Jubilee over Civil War's ending, 302


Citizenship, difficulty of attaining, 80, 104; right of, 195


City Battalion, merged into 2nd N. J. Vols., 291


City Hall, New, 349


City Planning Commission, 349


Civil War, citizens discuss its peril, 286


Clarke, Abraham, writes to John Hart, 190


Clarke, John, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Clay, Henry, arrives in Newark, 261; entertained at Barney Day's Tavern, 262; welcomed by committee, 262


Condict, Dr. John, Revolutionary War patriot, 213


Condict, Jonathan, Revolutionary War patriot. 213


Condict, Lieutenant-Colonel David, Revolu- tionary War patriot, 213


Condit, Joseph S., Broad Street store, 257


Condit, Miss, tells of Clay's visit, 261-263


Condit, Moses, keeper of Orange Tavern, 237


Condit, Silas, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Conduct, rules for, 80


Congar, Samuel H., in 200th anniversary cele- bration, 309


Congress, Continental, The, allegiance to, 186; at Baltimore, 190; selects Washington com- mander-in-chief, 191; homes loyal to, 192; members aroused over acts of British and Hessians, 200; people required to swear allegi- ance to, 205;


Congress, Provincial, observes first Independence Day, 195


Conklin, Edw. L, in dedicatory exercises of Kearny statue, 327


Connecticut, troops of, 198


Connecticut Farms, fight at, 213


Constellation, in war with France, 225


Constitution of New Jersey adopted 1776, 195


Constitutional, U. S., Convention finishes its task, 220


Continental Congress, allegiance to, 186; 189; at Baltimore, 190; selects Washing- ton commander-in-chief, 191; homes loyal


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to, 192; members aroused over acts of British and Hessians, 200; people required to swear allegiance to, 205


Continental Line, men enrolled in, 193


Continental riflemen, equipment of, 193


Continental troops, retreat of, 199


Convention of New Jersey adopts constitution, 195; order to appraise property, 196


Convention, Constitutional, adopts U. S. Con- stitution, 220


Convention, Stamp Act, 1765, 179


Cook, Francis, witness to new Indian deed, 166


Cooper, John, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on committee to purchase lands from Indians, 165


Cooperage industry, 87


Copper, discovery of, 158


Cornwallis, his army enters Newark, 199; rav- ages Newark, 200


Correspondence, Committee on, its members and duties, 190; Isaac Longworth, member of, goes over to enemy, 196; 1807, 246


Coult, Joseph, in Old Burying Ground contro- versy, 335


Counsel of Safety, order of, 203; receives tory memorial, 206; provides identification pass- ports, 208


Council of War, Christmas night, 1776, 199


Country Club, Essex Co., popular summer re- sort, 270


Court House, vote on, in 1807, 240; new, 349


Court Houses, old and new, 243, 244


Court transferred from Elizabeth Town to New- ark, 134


Corey Captain, in command of militia company, 247


Cowman, Johannes, copper miner, 158


Crane, Azariah, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44; appointed one of the town's men, 113; on alms committee, 142; on com- mittee to arrange for third pastor, 152


Crane, Delivered, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; death, 31


Crane, D. D., acts for Newark in separation from Orange, 237


Crane, Gamaliel, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


Crane, Jasper, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; on Newark- Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; Mr., on committee to treat with Dutch gen- erals, 96; magistrate under Dutch rule, 97; on committee to arrange for third pastor, 152 Crane, Jasper, Sr., on jury to indict second raid- ing party from Elizabeth Town, 137


Crane, John, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


Crane, Job, arrested in Indian lands controversy, 168


Crane, Joseph, on committee to purchase lands from Indians, 165


Crane, Magistrate, visits Dutch Commission to petition for Kingsland deed, 109


Crane, Mr., chosen a town representative in quit rent controversy, 92; on committee to send petition to England, 94; on committee to treat with Dutch in purchase of Kingsland property, 108




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