Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . ded by sentinels, the church-goers carriedarms, and every precaution was taken in case the Hackensacks shouldsurprise the town. They never came. In all the history of Newarkno trouble occurred between the whites and the Indians. After the excellent cider of Newark had been tasted by GovernorCarteret and pronounced good, after the first shoe-shop had beenestablished, the first saw-mill and the first tannery. Colonel JosiahOgden, pillar of the First Church, man of will,
Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . ded by sentinels, the church-goers carriedarms, and every precaution was taken in case the Hackensacks shouldsurprise the town. They never came. In all the history of Newarkno trouble occurred between the whites and the Indians. After the excellent cider of Newark had been tasted by GovernorCarteret and pronounced good, after the first shoe-shop had beenestablished, the first saw-mill and the first tannery. Colonel JosiahOgden, pillar of the First Church, man of will, wealth, and wisdom,broke the Sabbath by harvesting his wheat. The dissension whicharose in the First Church was long and bitter, and resulted, as we shalllearn, in the establishment of Trinity Church. Later came Newarks war against rents, the preaching of White-field to crowds that came from far and near, and the first public hang-ing. About half a century later the Revolutionary War broke shot that was heard around the world echoed in Newark, andenthusiastic Patriots answered its call. Streets resounded with the. BROAD SllSOUmi LOOKING SOUTH FROM MARKET STREET IN 1854
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