Tempe Wick Cabin, Jockey Hollow National Historical Park, Morristown, New Jersey
The Wick House served as officers quarters during each of the Continetal Army's encampments at Morristown, New Jersey. The Wick House in the Morristown National Historical Park served as the quarters of Major Joseph Bloomfield of the Third New Jersey Regiment during the winter of 1776-1777. Later, it also served as the winter headquarters of General Arthur St. Clair in 1779 through 1780. The Continental Army spent that winter camped on the Wick and Kimbel Farms. In 1781, the Pennsylvania soldiers under Captain Anthony Wayne mutinied. Mrs. Wick was ill at the time and Temperance Wick, known locally as Temp, was sent to get her brother-in-law, Dr. Leddel. Upon returning on her horse, several soldiers stopped her and made her dismount, telling Temp that they needed her horse. Temp played a trick on the soldiers and escaped with her horse. When she returned to the house, she hid the horse in a bedroom using a feather bed to muffle the sound of the horses hooves. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers came looking for the horse and searched the barn and in the woods surrounding the home, never thinking that the horse could be inside the house. In one version of this story, the horse remained hidden in the home for three weeks.
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