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Thomas Jones v. David Johnes

February 27, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bowne Station, Bray, Headquarters, Hunterdon 8 Comments Tags: The Revolution

Who Collected The Boats?

WashDelaware — Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

I must begin by congratulating all those who worked so hard to save the Christopher Vought house in Clinton Township. The building is a living reminder of the passions that so profoundly moved Americans of all persuasions during the Revolutionary War. To lose that building would have been a tragic loss through demolition by neglect.

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Home of Capt. David Jones

February 27, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bowne Station, Bray, Headquarters, Historians, Hunterdon, J. M. Hoppock 3 Comments Tags: The Revolution

by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published August 31, 1905
in the Democrat Advertiser, Flemington, NJ

The article was written by Mr. Hoppock. The footnotes are mine.

DavidJohnesNewspp — Article on Capt. Johnes captures the front page in 1905

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The Bull’s Island Bridge

February 22, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Raven Rock 2 Comments Tags: bridges, Bucks County, Bull's Island, legislation, Nath'l Saxton, politics, roads

In a recent post I mentioned that I found two items at the Hunterdon County Historical Society that explained what Nathaniel Saxton was doing during the years 1808-1815. Besides investing in Raven Rock and a couple properties in other locations, and becoming an active supporter of the Federalists, Saxton was thinking of infrastructure, in particular, construction of a bridge between Bull’s Island and Lumberville.

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