{"1": {"fulltext": "142\\nH9 V9\\nopy 2\\nThe\\nHunterdon County\\nHistorical Society.", "height": "2282", "width": "1616", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2194", "width": "1669", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "HISTOKY\\nOF THE\\nHUNTERDON COUNTY\\nHISTORICAL SOCIETY\\nBy Klin\u00c2\u00abs Vosseller.\\nFLEMINGTON, N. J.,\\nPrinted for the Society.\\n1894.\\n-i", "height": "2282", "width": "1616", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "qn3\\nOS\\n(I. W. BURROUGHS,\\nBook and Jon Printkk.\\nCRANBURY, N. J.\\nt\\n4\\nt I t", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "NT\\n4HE Hunterdon County Historical Soci-\\nety was organized September nth,\\n1SS5, by Doctors Henry Race, Geo. H. Lari-\\nson, N. B. Boileau, Geo. N. Best and Rev.\\nDr. Geo. S. Mott, Rev. C. S. Conkling and\\nWilliam T. Srope, E. M. Heath, John W.\\nLequear, Jacob Servis, Richard H. Wilson,\\nWalter F. Hayhurst, Jos. C. Exton, E. T.\\nBush, Asher W T Carroll and Elias Vosselkr.\\nDoctors G. H. Larison, Henry Race and\\nRev. C. vS. Conkling were appointed a com-\\nmittee to draft a Constitution and By-Laws.\\nIn the Constitution the object of the Society\\nis declared to be to discover, procure and\\npreserve whatever relates to any department", "height": "2282", "width": "1616", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "of the History of Hunterdon County, natural,\\ncivil, genealogical, literary or ecclesiastical\\nand generally of other parts of the State.\\nIt shall also act in auxiliary relations\\nwith the New Jersey Historical Society ac-\\ncording to the plan adopted by that Society.\\nDoctor George H. Larison was elected its\\nfirst President. The yearly business meet-\\ning is held on the third Saturday of October,\\nin the chapel of the Presbyterian church of\\nFlemington, at which time officers are elected\\nfor the coming year, reports of the officers\\nmade, the more important items that have\\nbeen added to our Collections during the\\nyear, exhibited, one or more papers of his-\\ntorical value read, and plans for the good of\\nthe Society discussed.\\nDuring the summer at such time and place\\nas the Executive Committee may select, a\\nmore general meeting is held, and often\\nlargely attended. Such meetings have been\\nheld in the M. E. Church, of Frenchtown, in\\nthe grove of W. F. Holcombe, at Mt. Airy,\\nin connection with the Holcombe Re-union,", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "terization of a would-be Reformer.\\nDay bv day he gave the Almighty advice,\\nWhich he deemed of great woith.\\nAnd his wife took in sewing,\\nTo keep things going,\\nWhile he superintended the earth\\nFrom Miss Kate Taylor. Shuster s Hol-\\nlow School and its Teachers.\\nFrom Dr. Havhurst A Memorial of Jacob\\nServis one of our most enthusiastic mem-\\nbers From our Corresponding Secretary,\\nMr. Elias Yosseller, A Sketch of the Copper\\nMining Enterprises near Flemington. 1 Ins\\nalso was published in pamphlet form by Mr.\\nH. E. Deats.\\nFrom Mrs. Mary C. Vail A Historical\\nSketch of the Friends Meeting at Quaker-\\ntown. From Walter F. Havhurst an\\nappreciative Sketch of the Life of George H.\\nprison, M- I)- our first President, whose\\ndeath was greatly deplored.\\nOne of our members discovered that k,\\n()hn Atkinson, the founder ol the M. B.\\nChurch of Flemington was living in Benton\\nHarbor Mich. Through his daughter, Mrs.", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Sarah Wirians, a considerable correspondence\\nwas carried on with him and many interest-\\ning items relating to the early history of\\nFlemington and snch families as the Alex-\\nanders, Flemings, Lowreys and Atkinsons\\nwere secured. He died in the spring of 189 1\\nof La Grippe in his ninety-fourth year.\\nOur Society sent the following Communi-\\ncation to the Legislature of Pennsylvania,\\nwhich explains itself.\\nThe members of the Hunterdon County\\n(New Jersey) Historical Society desire to call\\nyour attention to the Bill now pending\\nbefore your legislature relating to the pur-\\nchase by your state of Valley Forge. We\\nhope you will pass this, or a similar Bill, so\\nthat this historic spot, dedicated to the spirit\\nof Liberty, may be preserved. We are of\\nopinion that Valley Forge stands for a crisis\\nin our Country s history of no less magni-\\ntude than Gettysburg. At Gettysburg amid\\nthe roar and flame of battle, our brave troops\\nshowed that our country was able to conquer\\nthe Military power of the Rebellion. At", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "ill the Baptist Church at Baptisttovvn, at\\nDeer Park, Perm, in connection with the\\nBuck s county Historical Society, in the\\nroom of the W. C. T. U. in Clinton, in the\\nBaptist Church of Sandy Ridge, in the home\\nof Jacob Servis, in Lambertville, in the Pres-\\nbyterian Church of xMilford and in the Hall\\nat Pittstown.\\nThe first paper read before the Society was\\nby George N. Best, M. D., on the Duties of\\nthe Historian. Other papers of importance\\nhave been prepared and read by the following\\nmembers By Henry Race, M. D., on Jane\\nMc Crea, who at one time lived in Hunter-\\ndon County, and who was brutally murdered\\nnear Fort Edward, N. Y., in 1777. This\\npaper was afterward read before the New\\nJersey Historical Society and incorporated\\nby them in their Proceedings. He also\\nprepared and read a Historical and Genea-\\nlogical Account of Col. Thomas Lowrey and\\nEsther Fleming, his wife, and showed their\\nphotographs. This article has been pub-\\nlished in pamphlet form, by Mr. M. E. Deats.", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "of Flemington, including the pictures, and\\nhas been of great interest to the numerous\\nbranches of those families. Also A His-\\ntorical Sketch of the Rockhill Family, and\\nother shorter papers.\\nFrom Geo. H. Larison, M. D,, we have\\nhad A Genealogical History of the Hol-\\ncombe Family, The dead in Barber s\\nBurying Ground, The mode of life in our\\nKarly Settlements, Elnathan Stevenson\\nFamily, including the Sharps and the\\nFields, A History of the Sandy Ridge\\nBaptist Church, A Sketch of the Life of\\nDr. Gershom Craven, who practiced medi-\\ncine in Ringoes and vicinity from 1771 to\\nfSiq.\\nFrom our Recording Secretary, Mr. John\\nW. Lequear we have had The Early Settle-\\nment and History of the Baptists in Hunter-\\ndon County, History and Settlement of\\nthe Rittenhouse Family in Hunterdon\\nCounty, History of the branch of the Ing-\\nham Family in Hunterdon County, The\\nCulture of Flax, and making of Flax seed", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Oil their labor and importance in the early\\nwealth of Hunterdon County, with samples\\nof home-spun and home-made linen, ging-\\nham, and calico. Also, Biography of\\nRobert Rittenhouse, Some Recollections\\nof Lambertville over fifty years ago, The\\nRodman Tract once owned by Col. Thos.\\nLowrey, The Rio Grande Mills, Rem-\\niniscences of the Border between Kingwood\\nand Delaware Townships, and Recollec-\\ntions of Pittstown General Training of\\nMilitia.\\nFrom Mr. Stacy B. Bray, we have had an\\nimportant paper on The Life and Times of\\nGeneral Robert Hunter, the Colonial Gover-\\nnor after whom Hunterdon County was\\nnamed, showing an oil painting on wood of\\nhis Excellency. Also Some accounts of\\nGeneral Daniel Bray s Efforts in procuring\\nthe Boats for Washington s Crossing the\\nDelaware bringing to our minds an impor-\\ntant act in our National History, of which\\nevery Jerseyman is proud, as it was the\\nturning point of the Revolution.", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "From Rev. George S. Mott. D. D., we\\nhave had The old churches, more particu-\\nlarly the Presb}^terian Churches of Hunter-\\ndon Count}\\nFrom Mr. Jacob Servis, The Early Mar-\\nriages in old Amwell Township from Official\\nRecords of Rev. William Frazer from 1769 to\\n1793. Also an account of a Visit to the\\nMc Neely Farm and Grave Yard, near New\\nHope. Here a number of Revolutionary\\nsoldiers were buried.\\nFrom Mr. W. T. Srope, Baptisttown and\\nKingwood History, The Sheriffs of Hun-\\nterdon County, and obituaries of Hugh E.\\nWarford and Rev. C. S. Conkling, deceased\\nmembers of our society.\\nFrom Rev. W. W. Bullock, The Founda-\\ntions on which our Fathers Built and The\\nRittenhouse Manual Labor School. This\\nschool was established by Robt. Rittenhouse\\nin 1830 near Locktown. It was not a finan-\\ncial success and Mrs. Rittenhouse soon\\ncomplained that all the manual labor came\\non her. It reminds one of this clever charac-\\ni", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Valley Forge our forefathers by heroic endur-\\nance, amid manifold discouragements, even\\nthe elements of nature seeming to augment\\nand protract their misery, proved their abil-\\nity to maintain their war for Independence.\\nWe cherish their memory. We would\\nhonor them by preserving, as nearly intact\\nas possible, this spot the very mention of\\nwhich recalls such worthy deeds.\\nThe Bill passed both Houses and was\\nsigned by Governor Pattison on last Memor-\\nial Da}*, an act appropriate to the day and\\nthe day worth} of the deed.\\nThe Columbian Liberty Bell Committee\\nappealed to Historical Societies and Mu-\\nseums for filings from objects of Historical\\nvalue, especially those that had any bearing\\non the struggle for Freedom, to be cast in\\nthe Bell. Our Society responded as below\\nOn the 14th of December, 1776, Cornet\\nFrancis (xeary with about twenty picked\\nmen of the 16th Regiment (Queen s Light\\nDragoons, the pet Cavalry Regiment of the\\nBritish Army, led a raid from Trenton, New", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "Jersey, on the village of Flemington, Hun-\\nterdon County, New Jersey.\\nBy a clever ruse on the part of Col. Thom-\\nas Lowrey he was frightened out of the vil-\\nlage without doing much harm.\\n1 On his retreat he was ambushed by Capt.\\nJohn Schenck, home on a furlough from the\\nPatriot Army, who hastily collected a half\\ndozen farmers for that purpose. In the skir-\\nmish Geary was killed and was buried near\\nthe spot where he fell.\\nA committee of the Hunterdon County\\nHistorical Society opened his grave in May,\\n1891, and took from it the silver buttons\\nfrom which these filings were taken.\\nOur Society has stirred up a new interest\\nin local history and in genealogical research\\nand we receive many inquiries relating to\\nfamilies that were prominent in the earlj\\nhistory of the County. In some cases we\\nare able to furnish the information desired,\\nin others, are able to suggest probable sources\\nof information.\\nWe are making a Collection of Books,", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "Pamphlets, Newspapers, old Deeds c relat-\\ning especially to Hunterdon Count} We\\ninvite all to co-operate with us in this. We\\nhave even undertaken to collect complete\\nfiles of all the newspapers ever published in\\nour County. Stray numbers of any of these\\nthat precede 1880 will be welcomed by our\\nLibrarian Mr. H. E. Deats. We have the\\nnucleus of a very interesting Historical Col-\\nlection which some day will be an honor to\\nour County, and of sufficient interest to at-\\ntract the attention of visitors.\\nAt present we have fifty-four Resident\\nmembers, and eleven Corresponding and\\nHonorary Members.\\nElias Vosseller,\\nCorresponding See y.\\nLofC", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "OFFICERS\\nOF THE\\nHunterdon County Historical Society\\nPresident, E). T. Bush, Stockton, N. J.\\ni st Vice-Pres., I\\\\. Thomas, Milford, N. J.\\n2d Vice-Pres., A. W. Carroll, Tocktown. N. J.\\n3d Vice-Pres., W. F. Hayhurst, L,ambertville, N. J.\\nKec. Sec, J. W. I^equear, Frenchtown, N. J.\\nCor. Sec, K. Vosseller, Flemingtou, N. J.\\nLibrarian. H. R. Deats, Fleniington, N. J.\\nTreasurer, X. 15. BoiLEAU, M.D., Jutland. N. J.", "height": "2261", "width": "1700", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2204", "width": "1652", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\nIII\\n014 224 971 6\\nThe Jerseyman\\nIs a Quarterly Magazine of Local History\\ncontributed to by members of the Hunter-\\ndon County Historical Society and others,\\nand contains all the papers read at the\\nmeetings of that vSociety.\\nNow in its Third Volume.\\nSubscription, 50 cents a year.\\nH E. DEATS,\\nKditor aii(i Rul li\u00c2\u00ablier,\\nFLEMINGTON, N. J.", "height": "2333", "width": "1643", "jp2-path": "historyofhunterd00voss_0018.jp2"}}