Narratives of Newark (in New Jersey) from the days of its founding, Part 27

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


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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.


377


INDEX


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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INDEX


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


379


INDEX


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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INDEX


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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