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Tompkins, Seth, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Toombs, Samuel, assists in organizing Kearny Monument Association, 324; Tories, circulate rumors, 188; damage property, 196; property violated by British, 198
Tories treated same as Whigs, 201; give infor- mation to enemy, 203; prepare to pillage, 209; British receive favorable reports from, 214; exiled to Acadia Valley, 217; their conditions relieved, 218
Tory's Soliloquy, The, at end of war, 217
Tory Corner, Benjamin Williams lived at, 205
Tories' Memorial to Council of Safety, 206 Tory women impede business, 204
Town lots of the first residents, 13
Town drummer, duties of, 29
Town meetings, opened to all residents, 62; trouble over non-attendance, 64; reduced to four per year, 66
Town's men, in charge of school affairs, 113, 116 Trade, Orange Board of, conceives county park system, 353
Training Ground, Minute Men drill on, 188; troops assemble at, in Whisky Rebellion, 224 Treat, John, location of town lot, 14; surveys the west line, 105; on committee to purchase lands from Indians, 165
Treat, Robert, chairman of committee on re- location of Puritans, 4; arranges for settle- ment in New Jersey, 6; signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; lots assigned to, 12
Treat, Captain Robert, location of town lot, 13; location of extra town lot, 14; represents Newark at first General Assembly, 21; on
Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commis- sion, 24; proposes building of public mill, 47; on mill committee, 48; oversees construction of mill, 48; signs agreement to finish and main- tain mill, 49; retires from mill copartnership and returns to Milford, 51; on tax commission, 53; removes to Milford, Conn., afterward be- coming Governor, 71; connection with Char- ter Oak, 72; death, 72; estimate of his life and service, 72; descendants in Newark, 73; recommends payment of proprietor's quit rent, 90
Treaty of Ghent at end of War of 1812, 251 Trenton, loot from Newark, found in, 202
Tribute to Adams and Jefferson, 264
Trinity Episcopal Church, parish inaugurated, 161; Church erected, 162; pastor of, loyalist, 205
Troops, Continental, retreat of, 199
Tuberculosis Pavilion at Verona, 349
Tucker, Samuel, joined adherents of Crown, 196
Tucker, Colonel Isaac M., receives mortal wound, 291
Tuttle, William, makes announcement of court house vote, 241
Twenty-sixth N. J. Volunteers, recruited, 294; breaks camp, 295
Tyron, Governor, his expected arrival in New York, 192
United States, what constituted treason of, 196 U. S. Government, France tries to extort money from, 225
Upper Common, now Washington Park, 16
Vailsburg, annexed to Newark, 349
Van Arsdale, Rev. Jacob, Revolutionary War patriot, 186
Van Berckel, Hon. Peter I., Minister from Hol- land, 231
Van Buskirk, Colonel Abraham, commands troops in raid on Elizabeth Town, 210
Van Cortlandt, Colonel Philip, issues order for cartridges, 217
Van Gieson, Isaac, witness to new Indian deed, 166
Van Horn, Amos H., provides for Lincoln and Washington statues, 350
Van Valen, Alderman Joseph R., presides at Founders Monument dedication, 335
Van Vorst, Col. Cornelius, commandant Camp Frelinghuysen, 292
Van Winkle, Gideon, copper miner, 158
Van Winckle, Johannes, arrested in Indian lands controversy, 168
Vincent, John, arrested in Indian lands contro- versy, 168
Vincent, Levi, Jr., arrested in Indian lands controversy, 168
Virginia, troops from, 198
Vreelandt, Michael W., witness to new Indian deed, 166
Wagner, General, reception for in Board of Trade rooms, 326
Wakeman, Rev. Jabez, chosen fourth pastor, 154, sickness and death, 155
Ward, Deacon Lawrence, location of town lot, 13; death, 31; co-builder of meeting house, 34; on mill committee, 48; on tax commission, 53 Ward, Elihu, arrested in Indian lands contro- versy, 168
Ward, Governor Marcus L., in 200th anniver- sary celebration, 311-312; experience on horse car, 314; opens exposition, 316; entertains President Grant, also Horace Greeley, nomi- nated for Congress, 319; gives reception to President Grant, 320; closes industrial exposi- tion, 321
Ward, John, Jr., signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; appointed to arrange gates, 67; chosen to procure ammu-
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nition to resist Indian attack, 79; on committee to send petition to England, 94; on committee to treat with Dutch generals, 96; magistrate under Dutch rule, 97; sworn in as lieutenant under Dutch rule, 98; on reconstruction com- mittee, 100; on committee to treat with Gov- ernor Carteret, 101; on committee to debate with Governor, 105; on committee to purchase Kingsland property from Dutch, 108; on com- mittee to arrest Nicholas Bayard, 110; on committee to conduct suit against Nicholas Bayard, 110; on committee to arrange for third pastor, 152
Ward, John, Sr., signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11; location of town lot, 13; signs agree- ment providing for pastor's salary, 44
Ward, Josiah, one of first Puritan settlers, 6; signer of Fundamental Agreement, 11; loca- tion of town lot, 13; death, 31; selected lieu- tenant of soldiery, 76
Ward, Lawrence, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 11
Ward, Marcus L., "Soldiers' Friend," 299; dedicates Soldiers' Home, 301; presides at Lincoln Memorial services, 304
Ward, Nathaniel, signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on special jury to indict Elizabeth Town raiders, 135; on committee to provide pastor's firewood, 153
Ward, Robert, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Ward, Samuel, on jury to indict second raiding party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Ward, Sergeant, selected lieutenant, 76; on bush burning committee, 147
Ward, Captain Thomas in Whisky Rebellion, 224; presides at war meeting, 1807, 246; welcomes Lafayette, 260
Ward, Dr. Thomas, poet of 200th anniversary celebration, 312
Ward, U. S. G. Hospital, instituted, 300-301; care of soldiers, 305
Ward, Uzal, replies to Justice Smyth's charge, 186; Broad Street store, 257
Ward, Gen. William, secretary Kearny Monu- ment Association, 324; President Fairmount Cemetery Association, 336
Watershed, Pequannock, proposed dam in, 344 Walters, Joseph, signer of Fundamental Agree- ment, 12; location of town lot, 14; chosen to restrain disorder during services, 38; signs agreement providing for pastor's salary, 44; on tax commission, 53
Wampum, how made, and value, 20
War, Council of, Dr. Macwhorter participates in, 199
War passports provided by Council of Safety, 208
War, Spanish American, local soldiers in, 348
Washington Park, originally Upper Common, 16; Seth Boyden statue in, 347; Washington statue in, 350
Washington's retreat from Hudson to Delaware rivers, 198
Washington's army, results of defeats, 197; enters Newark, 198-199
Washington, Statue of, in Washington Park, 350
Washington Park, Academy site in, abandoned, 221
Washington, President, orders troops to subdue Whisky insurrection, 224
Washington, Mrs., Captain Pennington meets, 215
Washington, Newark's distance from, 352
Washington's camp ground at Elwood Park, 199
Washington's headquarters, Morristown, 216 Washington's troops raid on Staten Island, 209
Washington, Colonel, chosen commander-in- chief of army, 191
Washington, General, in Newark, 191; in New York, 192; message from, to General Com- mittee, 198; captures Trenton, 199; the strategist, 20; returns loot, 202; entertains Captain Pennington, 215; memorial parade for, 220; death of, 226; memorial service for, 226; commands army in French war, 225
Water supply, Newark's first, 339
Water system first used, 344, 345
Watering place, location of, 14
Watson, Luke, on Newark-Elizabeth Town boundary commission, 24
Watson, Peter, letter indicating changing re- ligious sentiment, 42
Webb, Rev. Joseph, 158; sixth pastor of Meeting House, 158; resigns pastorate, 162; death by drowning, 162
Weddings, laws pertaining to, 22
Weequahic Park, Divident Hill in, 25; in Essex County Park System, 353; historic pageant in, 358
Westfield favors court house at Day's Hill, 240
West Side Park, in Essex County Park System, 353
Whaling vessels equipped, 259
Wheeler, Captain Caleb, Revolutionary War patriot, 213
Wheeler, Captain James, Revolutionary War patriot, 213
Wheeler, Nathaniel, signer of Fundamental Agreement, 12; location of town lot, 13; on committee to close deal for Kingsland prop- erty, 109; supervisor of bush burning, 147; donates Old Burying Ground, Orange, 337
Whigs, The, suffer loss of property, 198; treated
outrageously by British, 201; patriots known as, 206
White, General A. W., entertains at end of Whisky Rebellion, 225
Whitehall Tavern, General White entertains at, 225
Whitehead, Isaac, clerk of Assembly of Deputies, 131
Whitehead, William, planned 200th anniversary
celebration, 308; reads historical paper at 200th anniversary celebration, 309
Wigwam in Newark, in political campaign, 281 Wild beasts annoy settlers, 58
Williams, Amos, on jury to indict second raid- ing party from Elizabeth Town, 137
Williams, Benjamin, takes oath of allegiance, 205 Williams, Captain Cornelius, commands militia company, 209
Williams, Daniel, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Williams, Matthew, location of town lot, 14
Williams, Matthews, admitted as planter, 66
Williams, Nathaniel, arrested in Indian lands controversy, 168
Williams, Thomas, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Williams, Captain Thomas, Revolutionary War patriot, 213
Williamsburg, battle of, 290; wounded received from, 299
Williamson, William, arrested in Indian lands controversy, 168
Wilson, President, calls troops to Mexican bor- der, 350
Winter, unusually severe, 209
Winthrop, Governor, secures charter combining New Haven and Connecticut colonies, 4
Wolves, depredations of, 58; bounties for, 59; 60, 61
Woodbridge, Dutch house of deputies, convene at, 98
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Woodbury, George T., Captain of Battery D., 295
Woodside, now Forest Hill, 354
Wright, Col. E. H., entertained General Mc- Clellan, 326
Wright, William, President Aqueduct Company, 340
York, Duke of, receives grant from Charles II, 5
Yorktown, Cornwallis surrenders to Washing- ton, 206; continental forces remain on duty after surrender of, 217
Young, Robert, chosen sheep master, 85; on jury to indict second raiding party from Eliza- beth Town, 137; arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168; released from Sheriff by mob, 168
Young, Stephen, arrested in Indian lands con- troversy, 168
Y. M. C. A. dedicates new building, 349
Y. W. C. A., its building, 349
Zenger, Widow Catherine, printer of pamphlets opposing Proprietors, 171
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
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