County House, Part 6—
Political Animosity in the 1790s
Federalists v. Democratic Republicans in Hunterdon County got heated in 1795. The Jay Treaty and fallout from the Sheriff’s election of 1794.
Anderson v. Stockton
crime
Oysters Every Style
The surprising history behind a modest building
My last article was the first of the series I hope to write about Flemington’s 19th century buildings with arches on their rooflines. That last article featured the Clock Tower building at the corner of Main Street and Bloomfield Avenue, built in 1874 by George A. Rea. Now let’s stroll south along Main Street to visit the next building in this series.
Sand Brook Hostilities
My next article on the proposed route of the Delaware Flemington Railroad is not ready for publication. However, a few years after the railroad company collapsed, one of the company’s directors found himself confronted by an angry man.