OF ESSEX AND HUDSON COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY. COMPILED BY WILLIAM H. SHAW. ILLUSTRATED. VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA: EVERTS & PECK. 1884. HARVARD COLLEGE DEC 21 1913 Bright fund HARVARD PREFACE. IN presenting these handsome volumes to the many patrons of the "History of Essex and Hudson Counties, N. J.," the author will not waste the time and space usually occupied in a dry and meaningless essay, under the guise of an Introduction, nor weary the thousands of readers with fulsome praise of a work of which they are to be the judges, but simply say, "Here is our work; judge it by its merits." In the preparation of this work the compiler has been greatly assisted by some of the most prominent citizens of both counties, some of whom are authors of literary works of great merit. Among those who have contributed to the general chapters of this work, we may be permitted to mention Rev. Henry Vehslage, of Irvington, for the first chapter in the first volume; Prof. George H. Cook, of New Brunswick, for article on the Basaltic Formation of First Mountain; Hon. Frederick W. Ricord, of Newark, for the Early Courts and Bench and Bar, and the Medical Chapters of Essex County, Education in Newark, and Medical Chapter of Hudson County; R. Wayne Parker, of Newark, the chapter on Taxes and Money in New Jersey before the Revolution; Henry Farmer, of Newark, for the chapters on Railroads, the Morris and Essex Canal, Old Roads and Bridges and Street Railroads in both counties; Hon. P. T. Quinn, of Newark, for the Agricultural and Horticultural Interests of both counties; Hon. Charles H. Winfield, of Jersey City, for chapter on the Capture of Paulus Hook by Maj. Lee, and on the Affair at BlockHouse Point, 1780; Hon. Jacob Weart, of Jersey City, for Bench and Bar of Hudson County; Edward S. Peck, Esq., of New York City, for the Educational Interests of Hudson County. For the History of the Revolutionary War we are indebted to Hon. William S. Stryker, from whose "Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War" it was taken; and for War of 1861-5 to "New Jersey in the Rebellion," by John Y. Foster; and to Samuel Toombs, of Orange, for sketch and roster of the Thirteenth Regiment. For township histories we are indebted to Rev. John L. Chapman, for history of Clinton ; Daniel T. Clark, Esq., for South Orange, and for Early Settlers of Clinton township; Jeptha H. Baldwin, for Livingston; Hon. C. M. Harrison, for Caldwell; Rev. Charles E. Knox, D.D., for Bloomfield and Montclair townships; Theodore Sandford, Esq., for Belleville; Henry Farmer, for Franklin; and Thomas Cushing, M.D., Alfred Mathews and C. D. Peck, for the townships of Millburn and East Orange. The educational chapter of Orange was compiled from iii MSS. left by the late Alexander H. Freeman, of that city. The Societies of Newark, Jersey City, Orange, Bloomfield and Montclair, and Industries of Jersey City, were contributed by Henry Farmer. To the late William A. Whitehead we are indebted for the chapter on the early settlement of Newark, compiled from his printed MSS. The first chapter on the Industries of Newark was compiled from P. T. Quinn's report to the Board of Trade of Newark for 1881. For the second chapter on the Industries of Newark, and other chapters in this work, we have been permitted by the author, Mr. Joseph Atkinson, to draw largely from his "History of Newark" for many items of interest pertaining to the pioneer manufactories, their location and early ownership. The pioneer history of the Oranges was compiled from the late Rev. James Hoyt's "History of the Mountain Society." The genealogical sketches of the Oranges are the contributions of Gen. Alfred F. Munn and Jotham H. Condit, of East Orange. To Stephen Wickes, M.D., of Orange, are we indebted for an interesting article on the Mountain Colonnades, of West Orange, and to the late John C. Williams, of Newton, N. J., for Reminiscences of Tory Corner. To Judge Jesse Williams, Ezra C. Williams, William Williams, Joseph M. Dodd, Abram Mandeville, Edward Reeve, I. P. Baldwin and others in Orange are we indebted for many items of interest. The city of Bayonne, town of West Hoboken, town of Union, town of Guttenberg, and townships of Weehawken, Union and North Bergen, in Hudson County, were written by the Hon. Anthony H. Ryder, of New Durham, and the city of Hoboken, by Charles B. Brush. Hon. George H. Farrier, of Jersey City, contributed valuable historic material, as well as plates, maps, etc. We are also indebted to the press of both counties, and more especially the Centinel of Freedom and the Daily Advertiser, of Newark, for valuable extracts from their files relating to the early and later history of this territory. To the pastors of the several churches to whom we are indebted for many courtesies, and to all others who have kindly assisted in furnishing material for this work, we return our most grateful acknowledgements. W. H. S. |