A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF BRIDGETON NJ
Architectural drawings for this and the following guides were made by Robert Watson, A.I.A.
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A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF MAURICETOWN NJ
Architectural sketches of the dwellings in this village.
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A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO HISTORIC GREENWICH NJ
Architectural drawings of buildings on Ye Greate Street in the “Tea Burning Town.”
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A COLLECTORS ITEM
A facsimile excerpt from The Pennsylvania Packet giving the reports of the Greenwich Tea Burning as it appeared in the January 1775 edition of the Paper and which was simultaneously published by two other Philadelphia newspapers. (8.5 x 11)
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RINGING THROUGH HISTORY
Charles Scarani – 8 pp. A brief history of Cumberland County’s Liberty Bell, telling of its location and events of interest concerning it.
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This is Colonial Greenwich
Josephine Polizzi – 10 pp. Prepared by the school children of Greenwich School in 1973, with the help of Sarah Sheppard Hancock.
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GREENWICH ON THE CREEK
Grace Watson Ewing – 4 pp. The description of early farm. The history of Ye Greate Street and the burning of the British tea on December 22, 1774.
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TALES RETOLD
Sarah Sheppard Hancock – 8 pp. Stories about early schools conducted in the homes of Quakers: development of schools during the mid-19th century.
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THE UNALACHTIGO OF NEW JERSEY
Anne S. Woodruff and F. Alan Palmer (1973) 33 pp. 20 illus. An introduction to those Indians of southern New Jersey whose personal possessions now form the collection accumulated during the lifetime of George J. Woodruff and which is now on display in the Woodruff Museum of the Bridgeton Public Library.
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EARLY SHIPBUILDING, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH JERSEY
Ruth Cook Brown (1961) 12 pp. 3 illus. History of early shipbuilding and description of shipyards, oyster schooners and other launchings.
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GREENWICH HOSPITALITY
Favorite recipes submitted by members of the Cumberland County Historical Society.
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THE HISTORY OF THE NAME, “SHIP JOHN”
Donna Meyers (1996) 24 pp. 2 illus. Local shipwreck in 1797.
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NEW JERSEY CENTENNIAL TEA PARTY HELD IN TRENTON FEBRARUY 1874
(Reprint) 30 pp. An account of the “tea party” held to raise funds for the 1876 centennial celebration.
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STORY OF GREENWICH
Sarah Sheppard Hancock 3 pp. An abbreviated history of Greenwich with special note of “firsts” for this historic village on the banks of the Cohansey River.
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TEA BURNING TOWN
Joseph S. Sickler (1940) 125 pp. 54 illus. An illustrated history of Greenwich NJ. Reprinted by the Cumberland County Historical Society in 1973.
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THE GIBBONS, NICHOLAS AND LEONARD
F. Alan Palmer (1981) 44 pp. Illustrated. The story of the brothers who, in 1728, inherited 6,000 acres of land. With emphasis on the house built by Nicholas in 1730, which is now the headquarters of the Cumberland County Historical Society.
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MATTHEW POTTER – HIS TAVERN AND THE PLAIN DEALER
8 pp. A description of the innkeeper and New Jersey’s first newspaper which had been posted in his tavern.
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THE MILITARY JOURNAL OF GEORGE EWING 1775 – 1778
The experiences of a member of a prominent Greenwich family.
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HISTORY OF SALEM NJ
Robert Gibbon-Johnson 173 pp. The first settlement of Salem in West Jersey by John Fenwick, Esq., covering a period of 150 years. Printed in 1839. Reprinted in 1991 – Paperback.
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THE CUMBERLAND STORY – A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY NJ
25 pp. Illus. A comprehensive, yet compact, account of the land, the people, industries, cities and towns of Cumberland County from the 17th until the late 19th century.
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TEA BURNING ON MARKET SQUARE
Cushing & Sheppard (1883) This description of the “tea burning” was extracted from The History of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties, New Jersey.
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GRANDFATHER’S FARM
Mary Patterson Moore – Edited by F. A. Palmer (1981) 16 pp. Late 18thcentury life and customs in Cumberland County as dictated by the author when she was 82 years of age. A unique example of oral history.
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TEA BURNERS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY WHO BURNED A CARGO OF TEA AT GREENWICH NJ
Frank D. Andrews (1908) 41 pp. Reprint. An account of the tea burning with brief biographical sketches of 23 of the men who participated in destroying the tea.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS HARRIS OF FAIRFIELD
In addition to listing the members of his family, Thomas Harris describes his very unusual experiences during a brief military service in the Revolution.
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THE WARE CHAIRMAKERS
Sara Carlisle Watson – 119 pp. illustrated. The story of six generations of the Ware Family who made rush seated chairs in Cumberland County from 1790 until 1938. Limited edition. Hardback.
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EARLY WOOD ARCHITECTURE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Joan Berkey (2015) 208 pp. More than 230 photographs (many in color), drawings, and maps enrich the text. Examines the forces that shaped the earliest wooden buildings erected in Cumberland County.
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HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY
Illustrated, D. L. Steward 1876 Reprint.
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THE PLAIN DEALER 1775-1776
A NEWSPAPER of the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD Published in Cumberland County, New Jersey
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MAIL ORDER TO:
CUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 16
GREENWICH NJ 08323
Office Telephone: 856-455-8580
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