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Crane, Samuel, killed in Newark raid, 209
Crane, Stephen, death, 31
Crane, Stephen, delegate to Continental Con- gress, 185
Crane, William, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Craven, Dr. John J., receives flag for First Regi- ment, 1861, 288
Craven, Rev. Dr. Elijah R., delivered eulogy on Lincoln, 304
Creek, Assanpink, battle of, 202
Crimes, punishments for, 21
Crops failed in 1816, 257
Crowell, Samuel, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Cumming, Gen. John N., Revolutionary War patriot, 213; officiates at Academy corner- stone laying, 221
Cumming, Rev. Hooper, in militia manœuvre, 1812, 247; installed pastor second church, 251 Cumming's, Mrs. Hooper, tragic death, 252
Cundict, Captain Jonathan, receives cartridges, 217
Cundict, Daniel, his home, 180
Cundict, Jemima, begins her diary, 180-181; tells of troublesome times, 185; hears Mr. Greene preach, 186; sees soldiers train, 187; alarmed over coming of enemy's fleet, 188; account of Green coats capture, 206; story of raid on Essex County, 209
Cunditt, John, town weaver, 84; kindness to the sick, 139
Cunditt, John, keeper of tavern, 169; one of the rioters against Proprietors, 169
Currency, scarcity of, 54, 90
Curtis, John, signer of Fundamental Agreement,
11; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed to arrange gates, 67; surveys the west line, 105; chosen as substitute to deputies for Gen- eral Assembly, 117; associate justice, 134; supervisor of bush burning, 147; on committee to arrange for third pastor, 152
Custer, Gen. Geo. A., visits Newark, 296
Committee, General, passes restrictive resolu- tions, 193; orders appraisement of property, 196; welcomes Washington's troops, 198
Committee, Memorial Building, 250th anniver- sary celebration, 360
Committee of Fifty, The, 250th anniversary cele- bration, 360
Committee of One Hundred, 250th anniversary celebration, 358-360
Committee on Correspondence, its members and duties, 190; Isaac Longworth-member of, goes to enemy, 196; 1807, 246
Committee on Kearny Statue, 326
Committee on Observation, its members, 185: conferences of, 187
Committee, Public Aid, in Civil War, 299
Common Council, acquires control of water sup- ply, 340, 341; purchases water plant, 342; authorized to erect Memorial Building, 355
Company, East Jersey Water, The, sells Pequan‹ nock watershed to city, 344
Concord, battle of, 187
Cleveland, Benjamin, silversmith in 1790, 228
Clifton Avenue Crossing Accident, 349
Clinton set off, 1833, 265
Clinton Ave. Baptist Church dedicated, 322
Clinton Park, Colleoni statue in, 358
Cockburn, John, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44
"Cockloft Hall," Washington Irving at, 230,
Coe, Benjamin, house burned by British, 201; House, 205
Coles, Dr. Abraham, author of 200th anniversary ode, 307
Collector, Newark Port, first appointed, 266
College of New Jersey, organization, 174; first commencement exercises, 175
Colleoni statue in Clinton Park, 358
Colve, Anthony, Governor under Dutch rule, 99
Colyer, Captain John, under orders from Gov.
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Andros, seizes Gov. Carteret and takes him to New York for trial, 124
Combs, Rev. Moses N., pioneer shoe manufac- turer, 228
Commercial wharf, fire at, 322
Dalglesh, Robert, signer
Committee, General organized, 1775, 189 of Fundamental
Agreement, 12; location of town flot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44 Dancing lessons at Newark Academy, 257 Davenport, John, Jr., marriage, 28
Davis, Col. E. W., marshal of Garfieldį funeral parade, 333
Davis, John, location of town lot, 13
Davis, Stephen, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44; assists in building mill, 48; on reconstruction com- mittee, 100; on committee to draw up petition to Governor, 105
Davis, Thomas, builds saw mill, 88
Day, Barnabas, Henry Clay entertained by, 262
Day, Barney, stage headquarters, 270
Day, George, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; assists in building mill, 48; appointed one of the town's men, 113 Day, Isaac, candidate for sheriff, 1807, 243; de- feated for sheriff, 243
Day, Matthias, postmaster, 256
Day, Stephen D., acts for Orange in separation from Newark, 237
Day's Hill, court house site election at, 240; vote for, announced, 241
Dayton, General Jonathan, welcomes Lafay- ette, 261; entertained Lafayette, at Elizabeth, 261
Decatur House, The, 250
Decatur, Captain John R., militia commandant, 247
Declaration of Independence, its adoption, 195; declared "pack of lies," 196
Declaration of Rights, adopted by Essex county citizens, 182
Dedication of Soldiers' Home in 1866, 301-302 De Hart, John, signed call for mass meeting in 1774, 182; delegate to Congress at Phila- delphia, 185
Delavall, John, offers to present colonists' ar- gument to Lords Proprietors, 94
Delaware River, War Council on bank of, 199
Delegates to Provincial Convention in 1774, 183 Dennison, Robert, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement of purchase of Indian lands, 20 Dental Clinic established, 349
Dickinson, Rev. Dr. Jonathan, selected to con- trovert Episcopalian doctrine, 161; assists in organization of College of New Jersey, 174 Directory-first one issued, 265
Dispute over title to parsonage lands settled, 263 Doane, Monsignor, orders bell tolled for Gar- field's death, 332
Dock, new town, built in 1804, 234
Dock, town, contributors for, 234-235
Documents of Concessions of Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret destroyed by fire, 83
Dod, Daniel, location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44; re- quired to keep his fence in repair, 70 Dod, John, copper mine of, 158
Dod, Samuel, location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment for providing pastor's salary, 44
Dodd, Daniel, surveys the north line, 105
Dodd, Eleazer M-Alderman-died of cholera, 279
Dodd, Samuel Uzal, killed at Franklin's crossing, 295
Domestic animals, care of, 67
Doremus, Mayor Henry M., advocates railroad grade crossing elimination, 349
Dougherty, Dr. A. N., parades with Civil War veterans, 327
Douglas, John, on special jury to indict Eliza- beth Town raiders, 135
Douglass, Major, engineer Morris Canal, 266 Drafting of citizens in Civil War, 295
Drummer, town, salary of, 55
Dutch rule of Newark, 95
Dyeing, home, 85
Eagle Hotel, patriots' headquarters, 192
Eagle Rock, old lookout, 58; Daniel Condict lived near, 180; proposed exploding powder from, 331
Eagle Tavern, Washington probably stopped at, 199
East Jersey Water Company, The, agrees to supply water system, 344
East Side Park, in Essex County Park System, 353
Edison, Thomas A., invents arc lamps, 329; invents moving pictures, 347; resident in 1870, 350
Edsall, Samuel, arranges purchase of lands from Indians, 18
Eighth N. J. Vols., mustered in service, 290
Electric Arc Lamps, introduced in 1882, 350
Elizabeth Town, settlement of, 5; revolutionists' activities, 134; Rev. Mr. Caldwell assassinated at, 186; raid on, 210; battle of, 213; voting at, 240
Elizabeth Town-Newark boundary established, 24
Elwood Park, 199
English Government, 200
English Parliament, 218
Episcopal Church, parish organized, 161
Erie car shops, fire at, 322
Erskine, General William, 202
Essex County created, 133; mass meeting, 182; institute, 277; park system, the, 353
Events in Colonial Era, 362-367
Exposition, Industrial, 358
Exposition, Pan-American, 348
Fairmount Cemetery, Civil War veterans plot in, 305; remains in Old Burying Ground removed to, 335; Miss Maas buried in, 352
Farrand, Ebenezer, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Fast Day, in Revolutionary War, 190
Fearey, Jabez, telegraph operator, 332
Feigenspan, Christian W., contributes Colleoni statue, 358
Female Charitable Society, first one organized, 233
Fence viewers appointed, 67
Fenwick, John, one of the purchasers of Lord Berkley's holdings, 117
Fielder, Mayor, announces Garfield death, 332 Fifty, Committee of, The, 250th anniversary cele- bration, 360
Financial institution, Newark's first, 248
Financial panic of, 1857-1858, 280
Findley, Rev. Wm. F., at dedication of Founders Monument, 336
Fire, at Commercial Wharf, 322; at Elisha Boudinot's home, 227; at Erie car shops, 322; disastrous, 1836, 271-272, 322; in Orange, 1872, 322
Fire department organized in 1797, 228; auto- mobiles introduced, 349
First Presbyterian Church of Orange, history, 157 First Presbyterian Meeting House, built, 157
First Regiment leaves for Civil War, 287-289; returns home in 1861, 290
Foote, E. L., addresses General Mcclellan, 297
Forest Hill, formerly Woodside, 354
Fort Sumter, surrendered, 286
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Founders Day, in 250th anniversary celebra- tion, 358
France, war with, 225
Franklin, Benjamin, improves postal service, 158
Frazer, Rev. David R., at dedication Founders Monument, 336
Freeholders, Board of, accepts offer for Court House lot, 243
Freeman, Mr., on reconstruction committee, 100; on committee to treat with Governor Carteret, 101
Freeman, Samuel, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44
Freeman, Stephen, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; on committee to obtain arrest of Nicholas Bayard, 110; on bush burning committee, 147
Free Masonry, instituted 1761, 179
Freight boats operated on Morris Canal, 259
Freight train, first on M. & E. R. R., 267
Frelinghuysen, Camp, opened on Roseville, 292; recruits received at, 293-295
Frelinghuysen, Captain, of militia company, 247 Frelinghuysen, Fred T., orator at Lincoln me- morial service, 304; statue of, 347
Frelinghuysen Lanciers, escorts President Grant, 320
Frelinghuysen, Senator, speaks at reception to President Grant, 320; entertains President Grant, 326
Frelinghuysen, Theodore, welcomes Lafayette, 260
Frog Pond, location of, 14; source of water supply, 339
Fruits, abundance of, 147
Fundamental Agreement, text of, 10; signers of,
11; adoption of, 16, as to town government, 16 Gaines Farms, battle of, 291
Game, abundance of, 61, 145, 151
Games, Athletic, 250th anniversary celebration, 358
Gardner, John, agrees to care for Richard Hore, 142
Gardner, Thomas, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Gaol, Essex County, tories in, 206, 207
Gaol, Morris County, tories in, 206, 207
Garfield, President James A., assassinated, 330; removed to Elberon, 331; died, 332; parade in memory of, 333; memorial services for, 333 Gas introduced, 274
Gas Light Co. formed, 274
Gates, Ellen M. H., verse written by, 369
General Assembly, first, 21; powers restricted, 93 General Committee, 1775, organized, 189; passes restrictive resolution, 193; orders ap- praisement of property, 196; welcomes Wash- ington's troops, 198
Gerhart, Karl, sculptor of Boyden and Fre- linghuysen statues, 348
Ghent, Treaty of, in war of 1812, 251
Gifford, Archer, first collector, port of Newark, 266
Gifford, Captain John, parade forms at his tavern, 247
Gifford's Tavern, turnpike begins at, 230
Gillespie's Spring Mansion, summer resort, 270 Goble, Luther, welcomes Lafayette, 260
Gordon, Charles, writes on Newark's advantages, 151
Gouveneur, Isaac, President Newark Academy Association, 221
Government, English, Cornwallis prepares an- nouncement to, 200
Government, U. S., French try to extort money from, 225
Grand Jury, challenged by Justice Smyth, 1774, 186
Grant, Dr. Gabriel, in dedication Kearny Monument, 327
Grant, General, assists in dedication Kcarny Monument, 326
Grant, President, visits Newark, 1872, 319-320 Grant's vote in Essex County in 1872, 320
Great Britain, unfriendly attitude, 245; in war 1812, 246; king of, 196
Greeley, Horace, guest of J. H. Dennison, 319; visited Industrial Exposition, 320
Green, Rev. Jacob, sides with patriots, 186 Gregory, John, location of town lot, 14
Griffin, Rev. Dr. Edward Dorr, 238
Ground broken for Presbyterian church, 220 Guilford Company, arrival of, 9, 16; settlers sign Fundamental Agreement, 10, 16
Hackettstown, Morris & Essex R. R. completed to, 281
Haddon, William, first master Newark Acad- emy, 221
Halsey, William, welcomes Lafayette, 260; elected first mayor, 268
Halstead, D. C., tells of first canal boat's arrival, 266
Hamilton, John, becomes Governor, 170; offers amnesty to rioters, 170; as acting Governor grants charter College of New Jersey, 174
Hancock, John, Washington writes letter to, 192 Harrison, Daniel, on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Harrison, George, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44
Harrison, John, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; death, 31
Harrison, Joseph, signs agreement providing for
pastor's salary, 44; foreman of jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137; on committee to purchase lands from Indians, 165
Harrison, President Benjamin, speaks at N. J. Historical Society, 50th anniversary, 348
Harrison, Sergeant, on committee to treat with Governor Carteret; selected ensign, 76; rep- resentative in house of deputies, 98; on recon- struction committee, 100
Harrison, Sergeant Richard, signer of Funda- mental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; co-builder of meeting house, 34; signs agreement to finish mill, 49; becomes sole owner of mill, 51; operates town saw mill, 88,
Harrison, Samuel, location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed to arrange gates, 67; selected ensign, 76; chosen sheep master, 85; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137; on alms committee, 142; on committee to provide pastor's firewood, 153;
assists in securing new deed from Indians, 166 Hart, John, Abraham Clark writes to, 190
Hawley, Gen. Joseph R., at Kearny Monument dedication, 327
Hay, Colonel Stephen, welcomes Lafayette, 260
Hayes, Major Samuel, appraisement commis- sioner, 205; captured by British, 213
Hayes, Thomas, foreman special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137; murdered during British occupation, 200
Haynes, Mayor Joseph E., comments on Burying Ground, 335; reviewed charter anni- versary ' parade, 334; accepts Monument for city, 336 Founders
Hays, Thomas, chosen sheep master, 85
Health, Board of, created, 280
Heard's Brigade enters Newark, 1776, 198
Hecker, Rev. J., at dedication of St. James Church, 313
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Hedden, Allen, confined in Sugar House, 209 Hedden, Colonel James welcomes Lafayette, 260
Hedden, Justice Joseph Jr., writes to Governor
Livingston, 204; president appraisement commission, 205; captured by British, 211; thrust into Sugar House, 212; martyr to patri- otic duty, 213
Hedden, Mistress, receives bayonet wounds, 211 Hedden Zadock, confined in Sugar House, 209 Henry, Hugo, member first class College of New Jersey, 175
Herschel, Engineer, East Jersey Water Co., 344 Hessian forces occupy Trenton, 199
Hessians, ravages of, 200; at Springfield battle, 214
Hetfield, Matthias, commissioner to administer oath of allegiance to rioters, 171
High Street in 1800, 232
Hine, Gen. Edwin W., in command of troops at Mexican border, 350
Historical Pageant, The, in 250th anniversary celebration, 358
Hobart, Garrett A., offers to supply Newark with water, 344
Hog, source of trouble, 69
Holbrook, Albert M., executive of Newark's Exposition, 316; maintains interest in exposi- tion, 318; receives gift, 321
Home industries and customs, 85, 86, 87
Homesteaders, inducements to, 146, 149
Honan, Robert, clam man, 257
Hopkins, Samuel, elected secretary Dutch house of deputies, 98
Hore, Richard, cared for, 139; deeds property to John Cunditt, 141; cared for by town, 142; death, 143
Hornblower, Joseph C., secretary committee on correspondence, war 1812, 246
Horse Neck, name changed to Caldwell, 254 Hospital in Civil War, supplies for, 216, 217
Hospital, Ward, U. S. G., for Civil War soldiers, 300-301
Hotel, Eagle, patriots' headquarters, 192
House of Deputies convene at Woodbridge, 98 Houses of first settlers, 14
Hudson and Manhattan Terminal opened, 349 Hudson River, Washington's retreat from, 199 Hudson River tunnel caves in (1880), 328
Hunt, Dr. Sanford B., at exposition (1872), 318
Huntington, Samuel, on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Huntington, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13
Immigration, inducements for, 146, 149
Incorporation favored in 1836, 265
Incorporated, Newark Library Association, 274
Incorporation of town by Queen Anne, 156
Independence Day celebration, 1812, 247; record
ride, 247-248; banquet, 1812, 249, 250; 50th anniversary, 265
Independence, Declaration of, adopted, 195; "Pack of lies, " 196
Indian customs and worship, 23
Indian hostilities threaten, 76
Indian weddings, how conducted, 23
Indians, Hackensack, 8; sell lands to Puritans, 18; sell additional lands to the town, 165
Industrial Exposition opened, 316; Greeley, Horace, visited, 319; 250th anniversary cele- bration, 358
Industrial output in 1836, 268
Industries, beginning of Newark's, 84
Industries in Newark in 1815, 255
Institute, Essex County, 277
Insurance Co., Prudential, dedicates, 347
Irvine's Brigade enters Newark, 198
Irving, Washington, at Cockloft Hall, 229 Irvington, Orange boundary line, 237
Jackson, Dr. J. B., surgeon, Ward U. S. General Hospital, 300
Jackson, J. Wesley, unveils Kearny statue, 328 Jacobus, Hendrick, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Jefferson, President, orders British vessels out of harbors, 243; resolutions sent to, 246 Jeliff, John, in apprenticeship, 269
Johnson, Captain of militia company, 247
Johnson, Colonel Adolphus J., First Regiment,
Civil War period, 286; flag presented to, 288; organizes 8th N. J. Vols., 290
Johnson, Mr., on committee to purchase Kings- land property, 108; on committee to arrange for third pastor, 152
Johnson, Eliphalet, chosen sheep master, 85; on committee to purchase land from Indians, 165 Johnson, Ensign, on committee to negotiate for purchase land from Indians, 164
Johnson, Goodman, father of town drummer, 23; on committee to provide nails for meeting house, 35
Jones, Jeffrey, on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24
Johnson, John, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 14; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Johnson, Joseph, location of town lot, 14; town drummer, 23; useful official, 28; marriage, 28; married into Pierson family, 41; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137; tombstone in Old Burying Ground, 337
Johnson, Saving, 23
Johnson, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; second tav- ern keeper, 23; on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24; assists in raising meeting house, 35; assists in flooring meeting. house, 35; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44; appointed first tax collector, 54; appointed to arrange gates, 67; selected captain, 76; appointed receiver of quit rents, 90; granted pass to bring in supplies, 99; on committee to treat with Governor Carteret, 101; on committees to appeal to Governor, 104, 105; on committee to sue Nicholas Bay- ard, 110; chosen deputy for General Assembly, 117; leader in protest to Governor, 133; on bush burning committee, 147
Jubilee Mass meeting over Civil War's ending, 302
Kean, Major, welcomes Lafayette, 260
Kearny, General Philip, memory revered, 324; statue of, at Trenton, 325; killed at Chantilly, 291-292; remains reinterred at Arlington, 292 Kearny statue, committee on, 326
Kilburn, Captain Daniel, first to respond in 1812 war, 251
Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson, at dedication Kearny statue, 327
King's army expected, 1776, 199
King George, acknowledged rightful sovereign, 183; warned of patriots' ire, 187
King George's army, 213
Kingsland, Isaac, first sheriff of Essex County, 134
Kingsland, Nathaniel, owner of New Barbadoes Neck, 107; land confiscated by Dutch and bought by town, 108; restored by Gov. Car- teret, 102, 111
Kinney, Colonel Thomas T., welcomes Lafay- ette, 260
Kinney, William B., orator 200th anniversary celebration, 312
Kinsey, James, delegate to Continental Con- gress, 185
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Kitchell, Mr., on committee to send petition to England, 94; on committee to treat with Gov- ernor Carteret, 101; on committee to draw up petition to Governor, 105
Kitchell, Robert, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; death, 31 Kitchell, Samuel, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment of purchase of Indian lands, 20; mar- riage, 28; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44; sworn in as ensign of military under Dutch rule, 98; on reconstruction com- mittee, 100
Kitchell, Dr. William, reports on water supply, 342
Kossuth, Louis, guest of city, 275-278
Lafayette entertained at Elizabeth, 260-261
Lafayette, George Washington, guest of town, 260
Lafayette, Marquis de, visits town, 260
Lampson, Eleazer, on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; arrested in In- dian lands controversy, 168
Landing Place Park, memorial fountain erected, 4
Lands purchased from Indians, 18, 20
Las Animas Hospital, The, Miss Maas dies at, 351
Lawrence, Joseph, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Lawrence, Deacon Richard, signer of Funda- mental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on tax commission, 53; representa- tive in house of deputies, 98; on reconstruction committee, 100; on committee to treat with Governor Carteret, 101; on committee. to debate with Governor, 105
Lawrie, Gawen, on advantages to settlers, 151 Lee, Charles, Major-General, accompanies Washington, 1775, 192
Lee surrendered to Grant, 302
Legislature, New Jersey, The, adopted amnesty act, 205
Lexington, Battle of, 187
Liberty, Sons of, aroused, 181
Library Association dissolved, 347
Library, Newark, Association incorporated, 274
Library, Newark Free, incorporated, 347
Lighting plant, municipal, established, 349
Lincoln, Abraham, nominated for president, 281; elected president, 283; guest of city in 1861, 284-286; raises flag over Independence Hall, 285-286; elected president, 297; assassinated, 303; death announced, 303; memorial services in Military Park in 1865, 304
Lincoln Park, Colleoni statue near, 358
Lincoln, statue of, in court house plaza, 349
Lindly, Francis, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44
Line, Continental, men enrolled in, 193
Line division, between Newark-Orange, 236
Linle, Francis F., signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 14
Linsley, John, on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Livingston, William, delegate to Continental Congress, 185
Livingston, Governor William, written to by Newark patriots, 203, 204
Loan, The 7.30, in 1865, 30
Locusts, plague of, 155
"Long Bill in Chancery," 172
Long Island, Battle of, 196; retreat from battle of, 199
Longworth, David, published first New York directory, 218
Longworth, Isaac, goes over to enemy, 196; re- turns to town, 218
Longworth, Thomas, tory refugee, 218
Lots, drawing for, 12; of the first residents, 13 Love, Dr. John J. H., at dedication of Kearny Monument, 327
Lower Common, now Military Park, 16 Loyalists, Skinner's Brigade of, 206
Ludington, Thomas, location of town lot, 14; assists in raising meeting house, 35; on jury to indict members second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137; on committee to arrange for third pastor, 152
Lyon, Henry, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 14; first tavern keeper, 22; appointed first tavern keeper, 39; assists in building mill, 48; town treasurer, 55; appointed receiver of quit rent, 90; on com- mittee to send petition to England, 94; on bush burning committee, 147
Lyon, Samuel, signer of Fundamental Agree-" ment, 12; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44
Lyon, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 14
Lymon, Robert, location of town lot, 13
Lymens, Robert, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11
Lyons Farm, school house at, 197
Ludlow, Governor, proclamation issued for President's recovery, 1881, 332
Lumm, Major, commanded British raid on town, 210
McClellan, Gen. George B., nominated Presi- dent, 296; Democratic leaders visit, 297; home of, 297; at dedication of Kearny Monu- ment, 326
McDonald, Colonel,. in British Army, 202 McKinley, President, assassinated, 348
McKeilson, Elias, associate justice, 134
Maas, Miss Clara Louise, trained nurse, martyr to profession, 351, 352
Mac Whorter, Rev. Dr. Alexander, successful pastor, 180, 186; sides with patriots, 192; his parsonage ransacked, 199; arraigns British army,200; writes letter to Gov. Livingston, 203; chaplain in Washington's army, 213; breaks ground for church (1787), 220; raises fund for academy, 221; sermon on Washington's death, 226; calls for fire protection, 227, 228; dies, 238; memorial of, 239; lays corner stone Bloomfield church, 255
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