NEW JERSEY FOURTH-OF-JULY
ORATIONS, 1793-1969
BY DONALD A. SINCLAIR
M r . Sinclair is Curator of Special Collections at Alexander Library, Rutgers.
I
N former times the Fourth of July celebration was an exciting local
event, whose highlight was a speech reviewing the nation's achievements. M a n y of the speeches appeared subsequently ("by request,"
their publishers were prone to put it) as pamphlets, and these collectively form a kind of literary category. T h e y have similarities in style,
purpose, and content, and a chronological orientation which lends itself
to reflections of change. While most of them "viewed with pride," some
dealt with issues of the day—politics or problems such as slavery, the
Civil War, the evils of drink.
Recorded below are those Fourth of July orations, held by the Rutgers Special Collections Department, which pertain to New Jersey.*
T h e y are primarily pamphlets, although the compiler has included several which had been discovered fortuitously—no search was made for
them—in periodicals or within other publications. W h i l e additional N e w
Jersey Fourth of July orations exist, the group listed here is both substantial and representative.
A review of these ninety-five orations will show that many of their
authors were local lawyers and politicians ; only four doctors. Nearly a
third were clergymen, usually Presbyterian. Inevitably there are seven
by Episcopal bishop George Washington Doane, a dominating, vain
individual who somehow managed to have scores of his minor writings
and speeches committed to print.
Resident citizens' committees probably arranged a majority of the
celebrations. Various organizations held or sponsored others. Conspicuous among them was the Society of the Cincinnati, and there were
a few political groups—e.g., Friends of Peace ( 1 8 1 4 ) , the W h i g s of
Newark (1834), and Sons of Liberty ( 1 8 6 1 ) . T h e ceremonies often
took place in churches, Presbyterian mostly, doubtless the only buildings with seating capacity for a proper crowd.
T h e subject matter of the orations has been commented upon. It
may be added that, while patriotic and political essays predominated,
* Tlte Department has also many such orations from other states.
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THE JOURNAL OF THE
there were several good local histories in the lot. These are the most
enduringly useful of all, but singularly ill-suited to the needs of oratory.
T h e y were usually so long and so larded with minutiae as to have
stupefied their respective audiences.
Vote
1793-1799
of
thanks
(p.[4.])
signed:
Uzal
Og-
den, Vice-President of the Patriotic Society.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS, 1740-1821.
" A n oration, delivered at ElizabethT o w n (New-Jersey) agreeably to a resolution of the State Society of Cincinnati, on the 4th of July, 1793 . . . By
Elias Boudinot . .
azine,
United States mag-
or y General
instruction
Newark,
and
N.J.
repository
rational
v.i,
of
useful
amusement.
1794,
p.98-104,
153-158.
An
1
oration
delivered
at
Elizabeth
T o w n , N e w Jersey, agreeably to a resolution of the State Society of the Cincinnati, on the 4th of July, 1793, being
the seventeenth anniversary of the independence of America, by Elias Boudinot
.
. .
[Philadelphia: Press of
printing house, 1893]
24p.
Review
23^cm.
Reprinted by the Society from the 1793 edi-
M A C W H O R T E R , ALEXANDER C U M M I N G ,
1771-1808.
An oration delivered on the Fourth of
July, 1794, to a numerous audience, assembled in the Presbyterian Church of
Newark, to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of American emancipation. By
Alexander C . Macwhorter . . . Newark:
Printed by John Woods, 1794.
22p.
iô^cm.
4-
"Published at the desire of the Republican
Society of the T o w n of N e w a r k . "
T h e two Rutgers copies, their half-titles and
title-leaves removed, are included in volumes
of left-over pamphlets, part or all of them
printed
also by John Woods, which
he
assembled in 1 7 9 7 to be bound and sold together, the first in each case being A
Collection of Essays, on a Variety of Subjects, published in that year.
C R A N E , ISAAC W A T T S , 1773-1856.
An oration delivered in the Presby-
tion.
" O n e hundred and twenty-five copies printed
»
terian Church, at Elizabeth-Town, on
MACWHORTER,
1734-
of the militia officers, it being the eight-
the Fourth of July, 1794, at the request
ALEXANDER,
eenth
1807.
anniversary
of
American
inde-
A festival discourse, occasioned by the
pendence. By Isaac Watts Crane . . .
celebration of the seventeenth anniner-
Newark: Printed by John Woods, 1 7 9 5 .
sary [sic] of American independence, in
23p.
the town of Newark. By Alex.
"Published at the
the auditors."
Mac-
whorter, D . D . T o which is annexed the
Declaration
of
Independence,
which
was read, with a few introductory remarks, by Alex. C . Macwhorter,
iôj^cm.
5
request of a number
of
YARROW, T H O M A S , 1778?-1841.
An oration, delivered at Port-Eliza-
esq.
beth, state of New-Jersey, on the Fourth
A . M . . . . Newark: (N.J.) Printed by
of July, 1 7 9 9 ; being the twenty-third
John
anniversary of American independence.
Woods,
1793.
24p.
20^cm.
95
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
By Thomas
Yarrow,
M.L.C.S.
. . .
Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren
[1799]
I
5P-
21 cm.
"Proceedings
in
Port
Elizabeth
. . .":
BOGGS, J O H N .
Orations, delivered by the Rev. John
6
Boggs. Trenton: Printed by James J.
p.
Wilson, 1 8 1 1 .
CI3H-I5-
Delivered
30p.
20^cm.
11
at Hopewell, N . J . , the first for
President Madison's inauguration in 1809, the
remaining three being Fourth of July orations,
1800-1809
1809-1811.
C R A N E , D A N I E L , d. 1861.
An oration, delivered at Bloomfield,
on the Fourth of July, 1801. By Daniel
Crane, A.B. . . . Newark, (New Jersey)
Printed by Pennington & Gould, 1801.
i6p.
19cm.
"Published
Contains
7
by
request
Jefïersonian
of
the
political
audience."
comment.
An oration, delivered in the PresbyChurch
at Newark,
July
4th,
1803, being the anniversary of American independence, by Lewis Morris Ogden, A.B., student at law . . . Newark:
Printed by John Wallis [1803]
12p.
23cm.
Oration delivered by James H . Imlay,
in the Presbyterian Church, Allentown,
on the Fourth of July, 1809 . . . T r e n ton: Printed
16p.
by James Oram,
8
"Published at the request of a number of the
gentlemen of the t o w n . "
4, 1806, in the Methodist Church at
Belleville. By John Dow, minister of the
gospel. Newark, (N.J.) Printed by John
21cm.
9
An
oration
by
An address delivered to the inhabitants of the township of Fairfield, CumFourth of July,
Jersey, on the
1808;
in conformity
with their previous appointment,
and
published in compliance with their request. Philadelphia: Printed
Binns, 1808.
Copy
bears
"by James D
12p.
Westcott
by
2ij4cm.
contemporary
manuscript
Esq."
the
Rev.
Samuel
Whelpley . . . delivered, in consequence
of his illness, by his son, Melancton P.
Whelpley, in the Presbyterian Church
in Morris-Town, July 4, 1809. MorrisT o w n : Printed by Henry P. Russell,
1809.
14p.
23^2cm.
Copy imperfect: p.9-14
13
lacking.
COOK, H E N R Y , 1769?-1824.
A discourse on American
John
10
note:
independ-
ence; delivered on the Fourth of July,
1 8 1 1 , at Metutchen meeting-house, by
the Rev. M r .
Printed
[ W E S T C O T T , JAMES D . J 1775-1841.
berland County, N e w
of
1810-1819
A discourse, delivered by request, July
22p.
12
W H E L P L E Y , S A M U E L , 1766-1817.
Dow, J O H N , I766?-1838.
A. Crane, 1806.
1809.
22*/2cm.
"Published by request of the committee
arrangements."
O G D E N , L E W I S M O R R I S , 1783-1810.
terian
IMLAY, JAMES H E N D E R S O N , 1764-1823.
James
and
Fitz
Cook.
published
Randolph
New-Brunswick:
by
David
[i8ii]
19cm.
&
18p.
14-
" A g r e e a b l y to an arrangement, the Congregations of Metutchen, Samptown, Piscataway and
Seventh-day Baptists met at Metutchen Meeting-House . . . "
Copy imperfect: p . 1 5 - 1 8 lacking.
" A discourse on American independence, delivered on the Fourth of July,
1 8 1 1 , at Metuchen meeting-house, by
THE JOURNAL OF THE
96
the Rev. M r . Cook." Hunt, Ezra M u n dy. History
ment.
of Metuchen
. . .
KEAN, PETER,
Suffle-
?
[Metuchen, 1888] p.18-24,
15
byterian Church at Connecticut Farms,
Reprinted from a copy of the original
1811
N.J., before the citizens of the township
pamphlet in D r . Hunt's possession.
SOUTHARD, S A M U E L LEWIS, 1787-1842.
An oration, delivered at Flemington,
Hunterdon County, state of New-Jersey,
of Union, on the Fourth of July, 1818.
By Peter Kean, esq. . . . ElizabethT o w n : Printed by J. and E. Sanderson,
1818.
on the Fourth of July, 1 8 1 1 , by Samuel
L . Southard, esq. Trenton: Printed by
James
Oram,
1811.
FRELINGHUYSEN,
21p.
An
oration,
FREDERICK,
delivered
1788-
July
fourth,
1 8 1 2 . Before the New-Jersey Washington Benevolent Society, in the city of
New-Brunswick. By Frederick Frelinghuysen . . . New-Brunswick: Published
by
C.
D.
Green
printer, 1 8 1 2 .
& Co.;
16p.
L.
Deare,
20cm,
17
?
An oration delivered in the PresbyChurch
at
Elizabeth-Town,
(N.J.) on Saturday, July 4, 1812. By
Peter Kean, esq. . . . Morris-Town:
Printed
16p.
by
Henry
P.
Russell,
1812.
19cm.
18
C L A R K , D A N I E L ATKINSON, 1779-1840.
Independence-sermon, delivered July
1814,
at Hanover, N . Jersey.
By
Daniel A . Clark. Newark: Printed by
John
Tuttle
&
Co.,
1814.
2ij4cm.
24p.
19
STOCKTON,
LUCIUS
HORATIO,
1768-
1835.
vention of the Friends of Peace of the
state of New-Jersey, July 4, 1 8 1 4 , by
Lucius Horatio Stockton, esq., one of the
1814]
30p.
23cm.
21
of arrangements."
1820-1829
C U M M I N G , H O O P E R , 1788-1825.
An
oration,
delivered
at
Newark,
N.J., July 4, 1823. By Hooper Cumming . . . pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Van De Water Street, N e w York. Newark: Printed by John Tuttle
& Co., 1823.
23p.
23^cm.
22
KEAN, PETER, I 7 8 8 . - I 8 2 8 .
?
byterian
Church
in
Elizabeth-town,
N.J., by the request of a committee of
the
honourable
New-Jersey,
Cincinnati
Society
of
before his excellency the
governor, the Hon. Cincinnati Society,
the inhabitants of the borough of Elizabeth, and of the township of
Union,
July 4, 1823 . . . By Peter Kean, esq.
. . . Elizabeth-town: Printed by J. and
E.
Sanderson,
1823.
14p.
24j4cm.
STRYKER, JAMES.
An oration, delivered at Woodbridge,
New-Jersey, July 4,
1823. By James
Stryker, esq. . . . Rah way, N.J.: Printed
by
An address delivered before the con-
delegates from Hunterdon.
23^cm.
Oration, delivered in the First Pres-
KEAN, PETER, I 7 8 8 . - I 8 2 8 .
terian
14p.
"Published at the request of the committee
22^2cm.
1820.
4,
I788. -I828.
An oration, pronounced in the Pres-
James
20cm.
A.
Bennet,
1823.
16p.
24
"Published at the Request of the Committee
of A r r a n g e m e n t s . "
H E N R Y , SYMMES C L E V E S , 1797-1857.
[Trenton?
An oration delivered by appointment
20
before the Cincinnatti [sic] Society of
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
New-Jersey, in the Presbyterian Church,
Trenton, July 5th, 1824. By Symmes
97
D A Y T O N , AARON O G D E N , 1796-1858.
Eulogy
on La Fayette,
pronounced
C . Henry . . . pastor of the Presbyterian
before the Society of Cincinnati of the
Church in Cranbury. Trenton: Printed
State of New-Jersey, on the 4th of July,
and published by Francis S. Wiggins,
1824.
22p.
25
24cm.
T h e first jubilee of American independence; and, tribute of gratitude to
illustrious
Adams
44P30
22cm.
NEWARK, N . J . CITIZENS.
the
1835. By Aaron Ogden Dayton, a member of the Society, [n.p.] 1835.
and
Jefferson.
SCOLES, J O H N B E N T L E Y .
An
oration,
delivered
at
Rahway,
New-Jersey, July 4th, 1839. By John
Newark, N.J. Newark: Printed by M .
Bentley Scoles . . . N e w York: Apple-
Lyon
gate, printer, 1839.
and
plates.
Co.,
1826.
6op.
incl.
23cm.
3
26
" A d d r e s s " (of W i l l i a m S. Pennington, July
4, 1 8 2 6 ) : p . [ i i ] - i 3 .
" A d d r e s s " (of W i l l i a m Halsey,
1 8 2 6 ) : p.[15:1-32.
"Census, &c. cof N e w a r k ] as taken
Nichols, assessor": p.c333-36.
" T r i b u t e to the memory of Adams
f e r s o n " (July 1 1 , 1 8 2 6 ) : p.c45]-6o.
(p-c52:-6o) address of Philip C. Hay.
July
by Isaac
and JefIncludes
Address delivered before the Newark
1830.
By Samuel L . Southard . . . Newark:
Printed
27p.
by W .
Tuttle
& Co.,
2I^CM.
23>4cm.
HALSTED,
OLIVER
SPENCER,
1840-1849
HART, JOHN C .
"Historical sermon of July 4th, 1840,
by Rev. John C . Hart, pastor,
terian
Church,
200th
anniversary,
1835-
Commemorating
17^5-/9^5
the
• • •
32
[Elizabeth, N.J., 1945] p.1-6.
Annotated
paugh.
(p.7, 10) by R e v . W i l l i a m
Hop-
ZABRISKIE, JAMES C A N N O N , 1804-1883.
Col.
James
C.
Zabriskie.
Printed by John T .
16p.
Princeton:
Robinson,
23cm.
1843.
33
H A R R I S , OSCAR.
16p.
A n address delivered in the Presby-
28
terian Church of Basking Ridge, N.J.,
1792-
on the 4th of July, 1844, by the Rev.
Oscar Harris. Morristown: Hull & L u m ,
1877.
Address delivered before the Whigs
of Newark, July 4th, 1834. By Oliver
5. Halsted. Newark, N . J . : J. B. Pinneo
& Co., printers,
31
arrange-
An oration delivered on the Fourth
New-Brunswick, N.J.: Printed by Van
1831.
of
of July, at Princeton, N e w Jersey. By
of July, 1 8 3 1 . By Robert Adrain, Jr.
M'Cready,
21 cm.
27
An oration, delivered on the Fourth
&
12p.
committee
1830.
ADRAIN, R O B E R T , 1809-1866.
Doom
the
1 8 4 3 , " Springfield, N . J . First Presby-
SOUTHARD, S A M U E L LEWIS, 1787-1842.
5,
by
4,
1830-1839
Mechanics' Association, July
"Published
ments."
1834.
34p.
23cm.
Discusses removal from office of W i l l i a m J.
Duane, Secretary of the Treasury.
2IJ^CM.
34
delivered at Bergen
Point,
printers, 1844.
15p.
CODDINGTON, DAVID S.
Oration
on the Fourth of July, 1845, by David
S. Coddington . . . N e w York: Printed
6
By J. T . Crowell & Co., 1845.
14^2 cm.
"Published
for
the
benefit
of
Charity F u n d . "
Bergen Point is now part of
DOANE,
GEORGE
14p.
35
the
Ladies'
by the Right Rev. George Washington
Doane . . . bishop of N e w Jersey, president of the college. Burlington:
Ed-
mund Morris, at the Missionary Press,
Bayonne.
WASHINGTON,
THE JOURNAL OF THE
bp.,
1848.
14p.
23cm.
39
1799-1859.
Civil government a sacred trust from
T h e men to make a state; their mak-
God: the anniversary oration before the
ing, and their marks; an address, before
New Jersey State Society of the Cincin-
the trustees, teachers, and students of
nati,
at Trenton,
July
4,
MDCCC
Burlington
College;
seventy-
ington Doane . . . bishop of N e w Jer-
pendence, and the third anniversary of
sey.
the college, July 4, 1849: by the Right
Burlington:
Edmund
3^p.
Morris,
22j4cm.
36
Oration pronounced at the celebration of the Fourth of July, 1846, at the
Oaklands School, by Joseph Dunbar, a
pupil of the institution: together with
the other proceedings on the occasion.
Burlington: Printed by Edmund Morris, 1846.
14, [ i ] p . 23cm.
37
"The
Oaklands
School: Burlington,
N.J.":
p.ci 5: A brief prospectus.
American
inde-
Rev. George Washington Doane . . .
president
DUNBAR, JOSEPH.
of
the
third
printer, 1845.
anniversary
on
X L V ; by the Right Rev. George Wash-
of
the
college.
Burlington:
Samuel C . Atkinson, at the Missionary
Press, 1849.
viii,[9]-i6p.
22cm.
40
NAAR, DAVID, I 800-1880.
An oration, delivered by David Naar,
in the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, New-Jersey, on the Fourth of
July, 1849,
at
^
request of the com-
mittee. Elizabethtown, N.J.: James S.
and Albert D . Drake, printers, Essex
STUDDIFORD, P E T E R O G I L V I E ,
1799-
Standard office, 1849.
*8p.
22j4cm.
1866.
T h e privileges and responsibilities of
our country. An oration: delivered on
the Fourth of July, A.D., 1846, in the
1850-1859
M I L L E R , JACOB W E L S H , 1800-1862.
Reformed Dutch Church of Readington,
Oration; pronounced by the Honor-
by the Rev. Peter O. Studdiford . . .
able J. W . Miller, of the U.S. Senate,
of Lambertville, N.J. . . . New-Bruns-
on the Fourth of July, 1851, at Morris-
wick: Press of J. Terhune, 1846.
town, N e w Jersey . . . Newark, N.J.:
22j4cm.
DOANE,
17p.
38
GEORGE
WASHINGTON,
bp.,
1799-1859.
America and Great Britain: the ad-
Printed
Daily
at the office of the
Advertiser,
1851.
Newark
20p.
22^
cm.
42
"Published by request of the Committee."
the
PATRIOTIC S E N T I M E N T in the early fif-
seventy-second anniversary of American
ties: a reminiscence of the celebration of
independence, July 4, M D C C C X L V I I I ;
Independence
dress, at Burlington
College,
on
Day
at Newark,
N.J.,
99
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
July 4th, 1 8 5 1 . Oration by Amzi Dodd,
DOANE,
esq. [Newark?
1799-1859.
190—?]
24p.
23cm.
The
" T h e oration": p. 10-24.
STOCKTON, R O B E R T F I E L D , 1795-1866.
Address of Hon. R. F. Stockton, delivered at Elizabethtown, N e w Jersey,
July 4th, 1 8 5 1 . Trenton, N . J . : Printed
at the " T r u e American" office,
16p.
1851.
22cm.
44
Deals considerably
GEORGE
with contemporary
poli-
tics.
WASHINGTON,
young American;
his
bp.,
dangers,
his duties, & his destinies: the address,
at Burlington College, July 4, 1853, the
seventy-seventh
anniversary
of
Ameri-
can independence, and the seventh anniversary of the founding of Burlington
College: by the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane . . . president. Philadelphia:
Inquirer
press,
1853.
17p.
22cm.
DOANE,
GEORGE
WASHINGTON,
bp.,
1799-1859.
Influence, without intervention; the
duty of our nation to the world: the
oration, at Burlington College, on the
seventy-sixth
anniversary
of
American
independence, and sixth, of the founding of the college, July
5,
MDCCC
L I I : by the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane . . . bishop of the Diocese,
president
of
the
college.
Burlington:
Printed by John Rodgers, 1852.
22cm.
17p.
45
[ M C D O W E L L , A U G U S T U S W I L L I A M ] d.
48
R Y D E R , A N T H O N Y H., 1824?-1898?
An
oration,
pronounced
at
Bergen
Point, N e w Jersey, July 4th, 1853, by
A . H . Ryder. N e w York: Printed by
E.
O.
Jenkins,
1853.
15p.
23^
cm.
49
Bergen Point is now part of Bayonne.
DOANE,
GEORGE
WASHINGTON,
bp.,
1799-1859.
E
pluribus,
Burlington
eighth
unum: the address,
College;
on
the
at
seventy-
anniversary of American
inde-
pendence, and eighth anniversary of the
institution; July 4, 1854: by the Right
Reverend George W . Doane . . . bishop
1878.
"Fourth of July oration at Plucka-
of N e w Jersey, president of the college.
min." Our home. Somerville, N . J . v . i ,
Burlington: Printed at the Gazette of-
1873, P - 3 H - 3 I 8 .
fice, 1854.
Delivered
46
"shortly
after
the
Church was built" (i.e., 1 8 5 2 ? ) , according to
the introductory note signed
"A.W.M."
College,
Divine providence in American history and politics. A discourse delivered
the
Second
22^cm.
50
Presbyterian
Organizations, dangerous to free institutions:
SHANNON, ISAAC N . , 1821-1858.
in
20p.
Presbyterian
ninth
the
July
address,
4,
anniversary
at
1855;
of
Burlington
the
seventy-
American
inde-
pendence, and the ninth anniversary of
Church,
the founding of Burlington College: by
New-Brunswick, N.J., July 4, 1852. By
the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane
Rev. Isaac N . Shannon, pastor of said
. . . president. Philadelphia: Inquirer
church . . . New-Brunswick: A . Acker-
book
man,
publisher,
1852.
24p.
23cm.
press,
1855.
16p.
22j^cm.
51
100
THE JOURNAL OF THE
L Y T L E , T H O M A S G . , D. 1879.
P R I N C E T O N , N.J. CITIZENS.
Address delivered before the Young
Celebration
of the Fourth of July,
Men's Literary Association, at the occa-
1861,
sion of their annual exercises on the
N . J . : J. T .
Fourth of July, at Mercer Hall, Prince-
24p.
ton, N.J., July 5th, 1858, by Thomas
" T h e Constitution not a compact between
sovereign states": p.[5:1-24. Oration by Richard S. Field.
G . Lytle, esq. . . . [Princeton] Printed
at
the
22p.
Princeton
Press
office,
1858.
21cm.
52
at
Morristown,
N e w Jersey, July 4th, 1859. By Richard
Busteed. N e w York: Chas. W .
printer, 1859.
16p.
N.J.
Princeton,
Robinson, printer,
1861.
22^cm.
57
Oration delivered by Jacob Vanatta,
esq., before the Society of the Sons of
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VANATTA, JACOB, 1824-1879.
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H U N T , EZRA M U N D Y , 1830-1894.
anniversary oration of the Cincinnati of
T h e war and its lessons, by Ezra M .
N e w Jersey, at Trenton, July 4, 1859.
Hunt . . . N e w York: Printed by F.
By
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The
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STOCKTON, J O H N P O T T E R , 1826-1900.
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76
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Cover-title: 1 7 7 6 . Address on the
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"Historical
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New
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An
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H I L L , THOMAS W I L T O N , 1835-1891.
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F.
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JOSHUA
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HALSEY, L U T H E R FOSTER, 1833-1895.
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M . D . . . . [Philadelphia: Review printing
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" R e a d before T h e Society of T h e Cincinnati
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W E S T , JOSEPH HARRISON, 1847-1916.
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83
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in
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Township;
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44)
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COOK, J . H E R V E Y .
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4, 1893, by J. Hervey Cook, of Fishkillon-the-Hudson,
N.Y.?
18933
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addresses
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" T h e beginnings of the Society of the
By
William
the
State
of
New
Hon. William
P E N N I N G T O N , W I L L I A M , 1866-1922.
Cincinnati.
1911,
upon the occasion of the annual meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati in
Letterpress on covers.
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Allenhurst, N e w Jersey, July 4,
Pennington.
Read before the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of N e w Jersey on July
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N e w Jersey. Historical fafers . . .
i8çy.
Brooklyn [1897] p.[273-37.
88
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H A L F O R D , E L I J A H W A L K E R , 1843"The
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it is—what
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Col.
E.
Halford, Leonia, N.J., July 4,
it
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From 1900
"Unveiling
DAYTON, H U G H E S , 1873-1944.
Line
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New
fafers
Jersey."
. . . igoi.
4th,
1901.
By
W A R D , W I L L I A M R A N K I N , 1870-
Hughes
City,
Dayton,
Ibid.,
90
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N.J.,
July
Wherry,
New
4th,
Jersey,
1901,
by
at
Atlantic
Brig.
Gen.
James
Bergen.
dedicating
at
soldiers'
of
dedication
of
monuFrank
Soldiers'
Sailors' Monument at Elizabeth, N e w
July 4, 1 9 0 6 . "
1926.
[By]
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of
William
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New
Rankin
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[ C U N N I N G H A M , J O H N THOMASJ 1 9 1 6 Master
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" . . . Santiago-de-Cuba, 1898."
State
Our heritage. An address delivered at
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W H E R R Y , JAMES.
the
and
89
Cincinnati
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July
from
the celebration of the sesquicentennial
" R e a d before the Society of the
N.J.,
troops
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[1901] p . [ i 7 r 3 i .
A.M., M.D., New
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Society of the Cincinnati. N e w Jersey.
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A n Address delivered July 4, 1969, at the
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Jersey.
I N D E X
Adams, John, 26
A d r a i n , Robert, 28
Alexander, Stephen, 63
Allenhurst, 92
A l l e n t o w n , 12
A l p h a - O m e g a Society, Pennington Seminary,
69
Atlantic City, 89, 90
Baily, Joshua Longstreth,
84
Baptist churches: Camden ( N o r t h Church),
73
Dodd, A m z i , 43
D o w , John, 9
Duane, W i l l i a m J., 29
Dunbar, Joseph, 37
Dunn, Lewis Romaine, 62
Duryee, W i l l i a m R., 79
East W i n d s o r Soldiers' M o n u m e n t
tion, 72
E g e , Ralph, 87
Associa-
Elizabeth, 1, 2, 5, 18, 23, 4 1 , 44, 91
Essex County localities, see B e l l e v i l l e ;
Basking Ridge, 34
Bayonne, see Bergen Point
Belleville, 9
Bergen, Frank, 91
Bergen County localities, see Leonia
Bergen Point, 35, 49
Bloomfield, 7, 64
Boggs, John, 11
Boudinot, Elias, 1, 2
Bloomfield; Montclair; N e w a r k ;
Orange
Fairfield
Township,
10
Field, Richard $., 57
Flemington,
16
Frelinghuysen,
Frederick,
17
Friends of Peace, 20
Burlington, 37, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 5 1 , 61, 67
Gray, N o m e r ,
Burlington College, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 51
Green, E d w a r d T . ,
87
72
Busteed, Richard, 53
Halford, Elijah Walker,
Camden, 73, 84
H a l l , John, 54
Case, W i l l i a m W . , 83
Halsey,
C i v i l W a r , 56-64, 67, 68, 70-72
Luther
Foster,
93
85
W i l l i a m , 26
Clark, Daniel A t k i n s o n , 19
Halsted, O l i v e r Spencer, 29
Coddington, D a v i d
Hamilton
Square,
Hamilton
(formerly N o t t i n g h a m )
A Collection
S., 35
of Essays, 4
Collins, John, 67
Constitution
Township,
83
Communipaw, Jersey City, 79
Connecticut Farms, see
83
Union
( U . S . ) , 57 > 15th
Amendment,
7i
Cook, Henry, 14, 15
J. Hervey, 86
Crane, Daniel, 7
Isaac Watts, 5
Cumberland County localities, see Fairfield
T o w n s h i p ; Port Elizabeth
Cumming, Hooper, 22
Cunningham, John Thomas, 95
Davison, Charles A . , 55
Dayton, A a r o n O g d e n , 30
Elias, 89
Hughes, 89
Declaration of Independence, 3
Democratic Party, 7 ; N e w a r k , 4
Dilts, Isaiah Neighbour, 74
Doane, George W a s h i n g t o n , 36, 39, 40, 45,
48, 50, 51
Hanover, 19
Harris, Frederick Halsey, 75
Oscar, 34
Hart, John, 65, 66
John C., 32
Hay, Philip C., 26
Henry, Symmes Cleves, 25
Hickok, Henry F r a n k l i n , 76
Hightstown, 72
H i l l , T h o m a s W i l t o n , 7 7 , 78
Hopewell, 1 1 , 65, 66, 87
Hoppaugh, W i l l i a m , 32
Houghton memorial, Hopewell, 87
Hudson County localities, see Bergen P o i n t ;
Jersey City
Hunt, Ezra M u n d y , 59
Hunterdon County localities, see F l e m i n g t o n ;
Readington
Imlay, James
Henderson,
Jamesburg, 7 7 , 78
12
THE JOURNAL OF THE
106
Patriotic sentiment in the early
Patriotic Society, N e w a r k , 3
Pennington, W i l l i a m , 88, 92
Jefferson, T h o m a s , 26
Jersey City,
79
K e a n , Peter, 18, 21, 23
K e l l e y , W i l l i a m Valentine,
69
Ladies' Charity Fund, Bergen Point, 35
79
Leonia, 93
Liquor problem,
W i l l i a m S., 26
Pennington, 69
Physicians, 85
Pluckamin, 46
84
L o v e , J. J. H., 75
East Orange
Lytle, T h o m a s G., 52
of O r a n g e ) , 76
Elizabeth ( F i r s t ) , 5, 18, 23, 41
Metuchen, 14, 15
Morristown, 1 3
N e w Brunswick (Second), 47
N e w a r k ( F i r s t ) , 4, 8
Pluckamin, 46
Springfield ( F i r s t ) , 32
Succasunna, 86
T r e n t o n , 25
M c D o w e l l , Augustus W i l l i a m , 46
Macwhorter, A l e x a n d e r , 3
A l e x a n d e r C u m m i n g , 3, 4
Mercer County localities, see H a m i l t o n
Square} H a m i l t o n Township}
town} Hopewell} Princeton
Methodist churches: Belleville, 9
Metuchen, 14, 15, 59
43
Port Elizabeth, 6
Presbyterian churches
A l l e n t o w n , 12
Basking R i d g e , 34
Lafayette, Marquis de, 30
Lafayette, Jersey City,
fifties}
Hights-
Middlesex County localities, see Jamesburg}
Metuchen; N e w Brunswick; Woodbridge
Militia, 5
M i l l e r , Jacob W e l s h , 42
M o n m o u t h County localities, see A l l e n h u r s t ;
Allentown
Montclair, 75
Morris County, 81, 82
localities, see H a n o v e r ; M o r r i s t o w n ;
Succasunna
Morristown, 13, 42, 53, 55, 62, 81, 82
Moses, Richard G., 73
(Second Presbyterian
Church
Union (Connecticut F a r m s ) , 21
Princeton, 33, 52, 57, 63, 85
Pugh, John H o w a r d , 6 1 , 67
R a h w a y , 31, 58
Raymond, George Lansing, 87
Readington, 38
Reformed churches
Lafayette (Jersey C i t y ) , 79
Readington, 38
Republican Society of the T o w n of
Newark,
4
Revolutionary M e m o r i a l Society of N e w
Naar, D a v i d , 41
N e w Brunswick, 1 7 , 28, 47
N e w Jersey, W a s h i n g t o n Benevolent Society
Jersey,
95
Robbins, George R., 83
Ryder, A n t h o n y H., 49
of, 1 7
N e w Y o r k City, 71
Santiago-de-Cuba,
N e w a r k , 3, 4, 8, 22, 26, 27, 29, 43, 56, 7<>>
Scoles, John Bentley, 31
94
N e w a r k Mechanics' Association, 27
N e w t o n , 60
Nichols, Isaac, 26
N o t t i n g h a m T o w n s h i p , see H a m i l t o n T o w n ship
Oaklands School, Burlington, 37
Ogden, L e w i s Morris, 8
Uzal, 3
Orange, 76
Parker, Cortlandt, 56, 60, 64
Joel, 65, 66
Paterson,
68
90
Shannon, Isaac N . ,
47
Shaw, Charles D a n n e l l y , 68
Society of the Cincinnati, 1, 2, 23, 25, 30, 36,
54, 85, 88, 89, 90, 92
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Elizabeth,
9i
Somerset County localities, see Basking
R i d g e ; P l u c k a m i n ; Somerville
Somerville, 74, 95
Sons of Liberty, R a h w a y , 58
Southard, Samuel Lewis, 16, 27
Springfield, 32, 80
Stockton, John Potter, 71
Lucius Horatio, 20
Robert Field, 4 4
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
107
Stout family, 65, 66
W a l l a c e house, Somerville, 95
Stryker, James, 24
W a r d , W i l l i a m R a n k i n , 94
Studdiford, Peter O g i l v i e , 38
W a s h i n g t o n Benevolent Society
Jersey, 1 7
W e a r t , Jacob, 87
Weequahic P a r k , N e w a r k , 94
West, Joseph Harrison, 83
Westcott, James D., 10
W h e l p l e y , Melancton P., 13
Succasunna, 86
Sussex County localities, see N e w t o n
T a m m a n y Society, N e w
T e l l e r , Henry W . , 80
York,
71
T r e m a i n , L y m a n , 70
T r e n t o n , 25, 36, 54
Tuttle, Joseph Farrand, 81, 82
Y a r r o w , Thomas,
Vanatta, Jacob,
Zabriskie, James Cannon, 33
58
79
New
Samuel, 13
W h e r r y , James, 90
W h i g Party, N e w a r k , 29
Woodbridge, 24
Union (Connecticut Farms), 21
Union County localities, see Elizabeth}
R a h w a y ; Springfield} Union} Union
Township
Union Township, 21, 23
V a n Cleef, John T . ,
of
6
Y o u n g M e n ' s Literary Association, Princeton,
52