Narratives of Newark (in New Jersey) from the days of its founding, Part 28

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


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Madison, President, orders militia into service, 1812, 246


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Malvern Hill, Battle of, 291


Market Centre, established, 269


Market place, location of, 16


Marriages, laws pertaining to, 22 Maryland, troops of, in 1776, 198


Massachusetts, troops of, in 1776, 198


Mass meeting, Essex County, 1774, 182; 1798, 225; at beginning of Civil War, 286


Matthews, William, wounded at Battle of Second River, 209


Meadow Brook, east boundary line of Orange, 237


Meeker, Captain Obadiah, parade on 50th anniversary Independence Day, 264


Meeting House, building of, 34; barricaded against Indian attack, 78; mass meeting in, 182, 185, 188; pastoral letter read in, 190; ransacked by British, 199; used as court house, 220


Meeting House, Orange, pastoral letters read in, 190; hospital supplies brought to, 216


Memorial Building proposed, 355; committee, 360


Memorial Day, veterans remembered, 305; Lincoln statue dedicated, 349


Memorial, Revolutionary, proposed in 1836, 271 Mexican border service, county troops in, 350


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Middlesex County created, 133


Mifflin, Major Thomas, accompanies Wash- ington, 192


Milford, changed to Newark, 16


Military Park, originally Lower Common, 16; soldiers train in, 187; homes near, 231; founda- tion for Revolutionary War Memorial laid in, 264; unemployed hold mass meeting, 280; Lincoln memorial services held in, 304; Kearny statue proposed for, 325; Frelinghuy- sen statue dedicated in, 347


Military training begun, 76


Militia firmly established, 134; the, enlist in Washington's army, 199; dress in 1794, 224; assembled at Common, 1812, 247; local, pa- raded in 1812, 250


Mill, built by town, 47


Millerites, The, awaited Saviour's coming, 273


Minute Men, drilled on Training Ground, 188; Essex County provided six companies of, 193


Monmouth County created, 133


Montclair, adjoins Orange, 237


Morris Canal opened, 265


Morris Canal Company contract to furnish water, 343


Morris & Essex R. R., extended to Morristown, 266; extended to Madison, 266; chartered,


266; first freight train, 266; completed to Hackettstown, 281


Morris, John, location of town lot, 13; on com- mittee to purchase lands from Indians, 165


Morris, Gov. Lewis, sends recommendation to Legislature in Indian land deal, 167


Morris, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12


Morris, Major W. W., at dedication of Kearny statue, 327


Morristown, Washington occupies, 202; ene- my's objective, 213; second attempt to reach by enemy, 214; Washington's headquarters at, 216


Mott, Gen. Gershom, at dedication of Kearny statue, 327


Mountain Settlement, Benjamin Williams, of, 205


Mount Pleasant Turnpike Company, incor- porated 1806, 230


Mountain Society, Rev. Jedidiah Chapman in- stalled at, 179


Municipal Employment Bureau established, 349 Munn, Judge Aaron, Essex County court house election, 241


Munn, Joseph, slave escapes from, 257


Munrow, Alexander, location of town lot, 13


Murphy, Hon. Franklin, presides at 250th anni- versary celebration exercises, 355


Nassau, Old, hospital in, 216


National Bank Chartered in 1816, 253


National Cemetery of Newark, 305


Navy, U. S., its status in 1792, 223


Newark Academy, early morning school, 256; Rev. Dr. James Richards, president of, 256; Rev. Humphrey M. Perine, instructor of, 256; dancing at, 257; oldest educational institu- tion, 353; memorial at first site, 357


Newark Aqueduct Co., incorporated in 1800, 339


Newark Aqueduct Board sells its plant to city, 342


Newark Banking and Insurance was chartered, 233


Newark Bank's offering to war funds, 286


Newark Cadet Corps salutes Lafayette, 260


Newark Camp for tuberculosis patients insti- tuted, 349


Newark, name adopted, 16; under Dutch rule, 95; raid on by British, 210; industries in 1815, 255; welcomes Henry Clay, 262; votes in favor


of incorporation, 265; divided into four wards, 265; port of, 266; entertained Louis Kossuth, 275-278; in 1850, 279; population in 1872, 321


Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary established, 24


Newark Free Library incorporated, 347 Newark Gaslight Co. formed, 274


Newark Industrial Exposition opened, 316


Newark's 150th Anniversary, 153; first financial institution, 248; first board of aldermen, 268; first Mayor, 268; vote in 1860, 283; 200th anniversary celebration, 311-312; first water supply, 339; population, 1856, 342


Newark's Wigwam, 281


New Barbadoes Neck, purchase of, 98, 102, 107 New Brunswick, militia entertained at White- hall tavern, 225


New Jersey, Constitution of, adopted, 195


New Jersey Convention orders appraisement of property, 196; Samuel Tucker presides over, 196


New Jersey, divided by sale of Berkley's interest, 117


New Jersey Historical Society, The, 50th anni- versary, 348; entertains guests of 250th anni- versary celebration, 355


New Jersey Legislature adopted amnesty act, 205


New Jersey statistical information, 368


N. J. R. R. Transportation Co., began operations 266


New York, Washington arrives at, 192; troops of, 199


New York Mercury, excerpt from on death of Rev. Aaron Burr, 177


New York Weekly Post Boy, excerpt from, 169 Nichols, B. T., warehouse used as hospital, 300 Nichols, Dr. I. A., surgeon at Ward U. S. G. Hospital, 300


Nichols, Isaac, made first census, 268


Nichols, Captain Robert, Revolutionary War patriot, 213; delivers cartridges, 217; com- pletes first church edifice, 220; builds town dock, 234-235


Nuttman, James, on jury to indict second raid- ing party from Elizabeth Town, 137; well- known tory, 199; abused by British, 201; in gaol, 207


Oakley, Dr. Lewis, at dedication of Kearny statue, 327


O'Brien, James, well-known tory, 204


Observation, committee of, names on, 185; conference held, census taken, 187


Odenheimer, Bishop Wm. Henry, at Industrial Exposition, 321


Ogden, Abraham, the patriot, 208; acts for Academy Association, 221


Ogden, David, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed to arrange gates, 67; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135


Ogden, Justice David, property confiscated, 206; sons of, divided in allegiance to American cause, 208; the loyalist, 218


Ogden, Isaac, signs call for mass meeting, 182; petitions to be removed from Essex to Morris gaol, 207, 208


Ogden, John, on Newark-Elizabeth Town bound- ary commission, 24; elected schout of Dutch house of deputies, 98


Ogden, John, his house ransacked, 201


Ogden, Col. Josiah, desecrates the Sabbath, 159; censured by church, 160; decision re- versed by Synod, 161; is means of organiza- tion of Episcopalian parish, 161; death, 163; his daughter, 218


Ogden, Lewis, chairman General Committee, 189; issues order, 193


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Ogden, Moses, purchases slave, 222


Ogden, Nicholas, tory refugee, 208


Ogden, Peter, loyalist, 208


Ogden, Samuel, joins patriot forces, 208


Ogden, Uzal, commissioner to administer oath of allegiance to rioters, 171


Ogden, Rev. Uzal, on committee to secure funds for building academy, 221; signs call for mass meeting, 228


Old Burying Ground, remains exhumed from, 334, resolution for abandonment of, 337


Old Burying Ground, Orange, Nathaniel Wheeler donates ground, 337


Olden Camp, Second N. J. Vols., mustered at, 291


Olden, Gov., gives permission to provide hos- pital, 299


"Old Nat" ordnance given by Washington to Nathaniel Camp, 216


"Old Sow" sounds alarm at Springfield, 214


Oliff, Anthony, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed constable's deputy, 65; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict members of second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


Orange Board of Trade, Essex County Park system proposed by, 353


Orange, set off from Newark, 235; divided into two sections, 265; fire in, 322; half-fare to, 354


Oranges, the territory embraced in, 237; suf- fered for lack of water, 330


Oxen, value to early settler, 68


Pageant, Historical, The, in 250th anniversary celebration, 358


Parade of school children in 250th anniversary celebration, 358


Parades of political organizations in 1860, 281- 283


Park, Branch Brook, source of first water sup- ply, 339; in County Park system, 353.


Park, Clinton, Colleoni statue in, 358


Park Commission, Essex Co., created, 353


Park, East Side, in County Park System, 353


Park, Elwood, Washington's soldiers camp at, 199


Park House, Louis Kossuth entertained at, 276; a landmark, 348


Park, Military, soldiers train in, 187; homes rear, 231; foundation for memorial laid in, 264; First regiment assembled, 287; Lincoln me- morial services held at, 304; Kearny statue pro- posed for, 325; Kearny statue dedication in, 328; Frelinghuysen statue dedicated in, 347 Park System, Essex Co., The, created, 353


Park, Washington, old site of academy, 221; Seth Boyden statue in, 347; Washington statue in, 350


Park, Weequahic, in Essex County Park system, 353; Historic Pageant in, 358


Park, West Side, in Essex County Park system, 353


Parker, Cortlandt, President Kearny Monument Association, 324; orator dedication Kearny statue, 328; counsel in Burying Ground dis- pute, 334; orator 1876 celebration, 346


Parker, R. Wayne, assists in Burying Ground dispute, 335


Parliament-British, passed "Boston Port Bill," 181; Parliament gives Tory relief, 218


Parmator, Joseph, prisoner, liberated by Eliza- beth Town mob, 135


Parsonage land dispute settled, 263


Passaic River, Washington's army crosses, 198


Passaic River, water supply from proposed, 342; water used from, 343; purification agitated, 348; city located on, 352


Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, 348


Pasture fenced for town cattle, 67 Patriots captured in raid by British, 212


Paulus Hook, Washington to cross at, 192; British assemble at, 210; soldiers on duty at, 251


Peacock, Archibald, killed in Orange, 302


Peck, Judge, administers oath, 205


Peck, Jeremiah, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11


Peck, Joseph, on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


Pecke, Jeremiah, location of town lot, 13


Peddie, Mayor Thos. B., proclamation of, 309, 310; at 200th anniversary celebration, 312


Pemberton, Rev. Ebenezer, assists in organiza-


tion of College of New Jersey, 174; chosen its president, 174


Penn, William, interested in purchase of West - Jersey, 117; with eleven associates, purchases East Jersey, 117


Pennington, A. C. M., marshal of Kossuth parade, 276


Pennington, Ephraim, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 12; location of town lot, 14; W. S. Pennington, grandson of, 214


Pennington, Samuel, home robbed by British, 201


Pennington, Judge William S., Revolutionary patriot, 213; spurns offer of uncle, 214; Lieu- tenant, journal of, 214; Captain, 215; works at court house election, 241; offers site for court house, 243; elected governor, 215, 251


Pennington, W. S., speaker of House of Repre- sentatives, 297


Pequannock watershed, proposed to build a dam in, 344


Perine, Rev. Humphrey M., at Newark Acad- emy, 256


Perro, chief of Hackensack Indians, 8


Perth Amboy, a principal New Jersey Town, 223 Petersburg, battles near, 298


Philadelphia, capitol of United States, 223


Philadelphia City Troop escorts Washington, 191 Phil Kearny Monument Association, 324


Phillips, Abraham, home destroyed by rioters, 172


Pierson, Mr., on reconstruction committee, 100; on committee to negotiate for purchase land from Indians, 164


Pierson, Rev. Abraham, aids in locating Puritans in New Jersey, 6; signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; account of his labors, 26; death, 30; last will and testa- ment, 31


Pierson, Abraham, Jr., location of town lot, 13; married, 28; succeeds his father as pastor, 30; history, 41; assumes pastorate, 41; family, 42; discord among parishioners, 43; accepts call to Killingworth, Conn., 45; afterwards to Yale University, 45; death, 46; visits Dutch Commission to petition for Kingsland dced, 109 Pierson, Benj. T., issued first directory, 265


Pierson, Bethuel, a rioter against proprietors, 171


Pierson, Caleb, tavern keeper, 250


Pierson, Dr. Isaac, elected sheriff, 243


Pierson, Jabez, presides at citizens' meeting, 242 Pierson, Rev. John, assists in organization of College of New Jersey, 174


Pierson, Jonathan, house burned and documents destroyed, 166


Pierson, Joseph, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


Pierson, Justice, defies mob from Elizabeth Town who seek to liberate a prisoner, 136


Pierson, Dr. Matthias, father of Dr. Isaac, 243 Pierson, Samuel, signs agreement providing for


pastor's salary, 44; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


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Pierson, Thomas, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; signs agreement providing for pas- tor's salary, 44; assists in building mill, 48; town weaver, 84; location of town lot, 13; appointed one of the town's men, 113


Pierson, Thomas, Jr., location of town lot, 14; chosen to restrain disorder during services, 38; appointed one of the town's men, 113


Pierson, Theophilus, signs agreement providing


for pastor's salary, 44; associate justice, 134 Pistols and swords, wearing of, prohibited, 82 Plume, Captain John J., volunteers in 1812, 251 Plume, Col. Joseph W., marshal of parade, 310, 311, 326, 327; command First Brigade, N. G. N. J. 333; commissioned by President McKin- ley, 348;


Plum, Joseph, Broad Street store, 257


Plum, Samuel, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44


Political parades in 1860, 281, 283


Political parties nominate candidates, 281


Poor, care of, 139


Population in 1683, 65; in 1856, 348; in 1890, 351 Port of Boston, Parliament's drastic action against, 181


Postmaster Matthias Day, 256


Post, John, guides Washington to Passaic, 198 Postal facilities of early settlers, 23


Postal service improved by Benjamin Franklin, 158


Potter, Samuel, chosen to restrain disorder dur- ing services, 38


Pound, for cattle and horses, instituted, 68


Princeton, Battle of, 202, hospital at, 216


Princeton University, original organization, 174 Program, 250th anniversary, 356


Proprietary Government restored, 29; end of, 132; dissolved, 138


Proprietors, controversy with, over purchase of Indian lands, 164


Provincial Congress, resolutions adopted, 183; delegates to, 183; representatives, 190; consti- tution adopted by, 195


Provisions, prices of in early days, 151


Pruden, Rev. John, third pastor, 152; resigna- tion of, 154; death, 157; remains removed from Old Burying Ground, 337


Prudential Insurance Co., building dedicated, 347


Public Aid Committee, in Civil War, 299


Public Service, building on site of Park House, 348


Punishments for crimes, 21


Puritan restraint lessened, 62


Puritam Sunday, efforts to restore, 227


Puritans, arrival in New Jersey from Connecti- eut, 3


Purchase of lands from Indians, 18, 20


Quarry, The, reservoir at, 340; reservoir at, va- cated, 343


Quinby, Mayor, welcomes Louis Kossuth, 276 Quit rent, attitude toward payment of, 89; con- troversy settled, 103, 106


Rah way favors court house at Day's Hill, 240 Rahway River, East branch of, battle of Spring- field, begins at, 214


Ramsey, John, Licutenant-Colonel, promoted colonel, 290


Raritan River, army's march to, 199


Rankin, William, first president Newark Li- brary Association, 274


Rebels, patriots designated as, 206


Reed, Israel, member first graduating class, Col- lege of New Jersey, 175


Reed, Joseph, Washington's military secretary, 192


Reformed church system succeeds Puritanism temporarily, 29


Regiment, First, Leaves for Civil War, 287, 289; in Spanish-American War, 348


Relief for Boston, in Revolutionary War, 184 Religion changed under Dutch rule, 98 Representatives to Provincial Congress, 190 Residents on Broad Street in 1800, 228-232


Resolutions, Provincial Congress adopts, 183 Revolutionary Memorial project abandoned, 271


Revolutionary War memorial foundation laid in Military Park, 264


Reynolds, Abraham, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Rhind, J. Massey, sculptor of Washington statue, 350


Richards, Miss Anna, organized first Sunday school class, 255


Richards, Rev. Dr. James, president Newark Academy Association, 256


Richards, Thomas, location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on reconstruction committee, 100; on com- mittee to treat with Governor Carteret, 101; on committee to appeal to Governor, 101; chosen one of deputies to General Assembly, 117


Ricord, Mayor F. W., speaks at exposition, 317


Ricord, Miss Sophia P., exhibits bust of father, 318


Rigs, Edward, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 14; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44; chosen as fence viewer, 67


Rigs, Sarj. Edw, co-builder of meeting house, 34 Riggs, Caleb, welcomes Lafayette, 260


Riggs, Joseph, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 13; assists in flooring meeting house, 35; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; appointed to arrange gates, 67


Riggs, Sargeant, Sr., death, 31


Riggs, Sergeant, expert wolf hunter, 59


Righter, William A., entertains Gen. Sherman, 326


Riker, Abraham, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


Riots against Proprietors, 167


Rising Sun Tavern, St. John's Lodge instituted at, 180


River, Delaware, Washington retreats to, 199


River, Hudson, Washington crosses, 192; Washington's retreat from, 199


River, Rahway, East branch of, Battle of Spring- field, begins at, 214


River, Raritan, Washington's retreat continues from, 199


Roberts, Amos, imprisoned as leader of rioters, released by mob, 171


Roberts, Mistress Elizabeth, rushed to her brother's assistance, 211


Roberts, Hugh, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 14; death, 31; tanner, 86


Robinson, Alexander, house used as British headquarters, 202


Rock, Eagle, Daniel Cundict lives near, 180


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


Rogers, Jabez, on special jury to indict Eliza- beth Town raiders, 135; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137 Rogers, John, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13


Rogers, Dr. John R. B., welcomes Lafayette, 260


Rose, Samuel, signer of Fundamental Agrec- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


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


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INDEX


Ross, Dr. John W., eulogizes Miss Maas, 351 Roosevelt, Theodore, dedicates Lincoln statue, 349


Rudyard, Thomas, Deputy Governor of East Jersey, 133


Rules of conduct, 80


Runyon, General, commands Brigade, 287


Runyon, Mayor, recommended jubilee, 302; acts on Lincoln's death, 303


Runyon, Chancellor Theodore, grants temporary injunction, 336


Runyon, Gen. Theodore, speaks at Industrial Exposition, 317


Rutherford, John, officiates at 200th anniver- sary celebration, 312


Sabbath, observance of, 40; desecration of by labor, 159


Safety, Counsel, of, order issued by, 203; receives tory memorial, 206; allows Mrs. Boudinot tea, 208


1 Safety of town threatened, 188


Safety, State Council of, Elisha Boudinot, Clerk of, 190


St. John's Lodge, F. and A. M., lays Academy corner stone, 221


Sanford, Capt. William, buys New Barbadoes Neck from Indians, 107; presiding justice, 134 Sandy Hook, soldiers at, in 1812, 251


Sanford, William, loyalist, 214


Sargeant, Jonathan, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; granted piece of land, 84; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137


School, the first, 112


School children parade in 250th anniversary celebration, 358


Schuyler, Arent, copper mine of, 158


Schuyler, General Philip, escorts Washington, 192


Scott, George, Newark's historian, 149


Sea Girt, camp at, 348 ; troops mobilize at, 350


Seargeant, Jonathan, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 12


Second N. J. Vols. in Civil War, 291


Second Meeting House erected, 156


Second Presbyterian Church history, 157


Sergeant, Thomas, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168; released from sheriff by mob, 168


Settlers, inducements to, 146, 149


Seven Days' Fight before Richmond, 291-292


Shade Tree Commission instituted, 349; trees in its care, 353


Sheep raising premiums provided by town meet- ing, 219


Sherman, General, at dedication of Kearny statue, 326; entertained at banquet, 328


Shoe industry, beginning of, 86


Shoe trade with South paralyzed, 287 Shoemakers, itinerant, 86


Skinner's Brigade, Loyalists, organized, 206


Skinner, General Cortlandt commands Skin- ner's Greens, 206


Slaves, in Newark, 88; freedom of, 256


Smith, Rev. Caleb, tutor at College of New Jer- sey, 174; acting president, 174; pastor Meeting House at Orange, 174


Smith, Richard, delegate to Continental Con- gress, 185


Smith, Sheriff, assailed by Elizabeth Town mob, 136


Smyth, Chief Justice, challenges Grand Jury, 186


Soap making, home, 86


Society, Mountain, Rev. Jedidiah Chapman, installed at, 179


Soldiers' Home moved to Kearny, 302


Soldiers' Monument in Fairmount Cemetery, 305


"Soldier's Friend," The, 299


Soldiers' home dedicated, 301-302


Sons of Liberty, their ire aroused, 181


Southampton, Long Island, 26


Spanish American War, declared ended, 348 Speer, Captain Cornelius receives cartridges, 217 Springfield, effort to remove court house to, 240;


vote of in court house controversy, 242; cen- tennial of battle of, 328


Squire, Jonathan, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


St. John's Lodge instituted, 179


Springfield township incorporated, 254


Stage line, E. J. Liming's, 270; the Eclipse, 270


Stage lines, Camptown, 277; William Morgan's, 277; Stephen Bond's, 278; N. R. Dodd & Co., 278; J. P. Doremus, 278; Hugh & Hay, 278; Erastus Pierson, 278


Stamps, sale of protested, 179


Stamp Act repealed, 179


Staples, Thomas, location of town lot, 14


State Bank closed its doors, 253


State capitol, its location, 352


State Council Safety, Elisha Boudinot, clerk of, 190


State Normal School in Newark, 353


Staten Island, British headquarters on, 206; British leave for Elizabeth Town, 210


Statue, Colleoni, gift of C. W. Feigenspan, 358 Statue of Lincoln, in court house plaza, 349


Statue of Washington, in Washington Park, 350


Stevens, Samuel, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


Stockton, Richard, member first class College of New Jersey, 175; signer of Declaration of Independence, 175


Strangers not welcomed, 80


Streets and highways, laying out of, 12


Stuyvesant, Governor, surrenders New Nether- lands to English, 5


Styles, John, deputy sheriff, attacked by rioters, 171


Sugar House, Revolutionary prisoners in, 212 Sunday School class organized, 255


Sunday School, World's first, 255


Swaine, Elizabeth, first woman of Puritan com- pany to step ashore, 6


Swaine, Samuel, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; represents Newark at first General Assembly, 21; on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24; on tax commission, 53; sworn in as captain of military under Dutch rule, 98


Swaine, Lieut. Samuel, location of town lot, 13; on mill committee, 48; supervises construc- tion, 48; selected captain, 76; chosen with Mr. Crane as town representatives in quit rent controversy, 92; on committee to send peti- tion to England, 94; on committee to treat with Dutch generals, 96; on bush burning committee, 147


Swaine, Capt., on committee to treat with Governor Carteret, 101


Swords and pistols, wearing of prohibited, 82 Talleyrand, guest of Rev. Uzal Ogden, 233 Tavern, first established, 22


Tavern, Eagle, Washington stopped at, 199


Tavern, Rising Sun, St. John's Lodge organized at, 180


Tavern dinner, 235-236


Tavern, Gifford's, meeting held at, 221; turnpike begins at, 230; headquarters of militia, 247


Tavern, Whitehall, soldiers entertained at, 225


Taxes, first levy, and how paid, 22; method of raising, 53


Tax budget, amount of first, 54; compared with 1915, 54


Taylor, Rev. Daniel, minister at mountain, 157; assists in obtaining new deed from Indians,


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166; witness to new Indian deed, 166; encour- ages colonists in resisting Proprietors, 168; death, 170


Teese, Judge F. H., treasurer Kearny monument association, 324


Thane, Daniel, member first class, College of New Jersey, 175


Thirteenth N. J. Volunteers, recruited, 292; at Camp Frelinghuysen, 293; leave for war, 294-295


Thirty-third Veteran Regiment leave for Washington, 295


Thirty-ninth, N. J., Volunteers, its service in war, 298


Tichenor, Daniel, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11


Tichenor, John, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Tichenor, Martin, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 13


Tichenor, Samuel, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Tobacco, brought in from Virginia, 69


Toll gates in County, 257


Tompkins, on committee to provide nails for meeting house, 35


Tompkins, Deacon Michael, location of town lot, 14; on reconstruction committee, 100; on committee to draw up petition to Governor, 105


Tompkins, John, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168


Tompkins, Jonathan, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; location of town lot, 14; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44 Tompkins, Micah, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44


Tompkins, Michael, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; signs agreement of purchase of Indian lands, 20; on tax commission, 53; chosen as fence viewer, 67; appointed to arrange gates, 67; previous home in Milford, 73




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