The acme magazine . The cAcme oMagazine Vol. I. November, 1906. No. l. OLD MANSIONS OF Photo by John H. Blackwood. 1—THE HERMITAGE. By Frascis Bazley Lee. ALF-HIDDEN among thecentury old trees, lying-in the valley of a littlestream over which WestState Street makes a long,swinging curve, is TheHermitage, among the most famousof all New Jerseys historical Morven is to Princeton. Lib-erty Hall to Elizabeth, the Cooperhouses to Camden, or the wrecks of theBonaparte mansions to Bordentown, sois The Hermitage to Trenton, thelink of stone, brick and mortar, with itsassociations,
The acme magazine . The cAcme oMagazine Vol. I. November, 1906. No. l. OLD MANSIONS OF Photo by John H. Blackwood. 1—THE HERMITAGE. By Frascis Bazley Lee. ALF-HIDDEN among thecentury old trees, lying-in the valley of a littlestream over which WestState Street makes a long,swinging curve, is TheHermitage, among the most famousof all New Jerseys historical Morven is to Princeton. Lib-erty Hall to Elizabeth, the Cooperhouses to Camden, or the wrecks of theBonaparte mansions to Bordentown, sois The Hermitage to Trenton, thelink of stone, brick and mortar, with itsassociations, that binds us to almost for-gotten days. With the exception of the Bar-racks, no Trenton structure is moreintimately connected with the Revolu-tion than is The Hermitage In the oldest part of the building lived Gen-eral Philemon Dickinson, a noted pat-riot and there he came throughout thewar to seek in his country home arespite from arduous military service,performed in every part of the State. But the connection of The Hermit-age with the battle of Trenton is ofthe most direct interest.
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