New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . was early the. train-ing ground of men of intellectual activity, andfurnished in the upbuilding of Newark and othercities of the eastern portion of New Jersey ele-ments of strength. Thus at Branchville were the ONY AND AS A STATE 77 Colts, Prices, Gustins, and De Witts; in the Still-water region the Swartwouts, Hunts, and Bark-ers, who had defended the county in the Indianraids; the Coopers and Deckers, of Deckertown;the Meddaughs, Westbrooks, Jobes, Winfields,Wildricks, and Shumars, of Wantage; and thewidely scattered Ande
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . was early the. train-ing ground of men of intellectual activity, andfurnished in the upbuilding of Newark and othercities of the eastern portion of New Jersey ele-ments of strength. Thus at Branchville were the ONY AND AS A STATE 77 Colts, Prices, Gustins, and De Witts; in the Still-water region the Swartwouts, Hunts, and Bark-ers, who had defended the county in the Indianraids; the Coopers and Deckers, of Deckertown;the Meddaughs, Westbrooks, Jobes, Winfields,Wildricks, and Shumars, of Wantage; and thewidely scattered Anderson family. In Warren County there had been Colonel Will-iam McCullough, of Asbury, a town named inhonor of Bishop Asbury; at Hard wick the Shafers,Dyers, Wilsons, and Lundys, Samuel Hackett, ofHackettstown, and Major Robert Hoopes, of Bel-videre. And among them all were the peace-seek-ing Moravians at Hope, who from 1770 to 1806,in following the spiritual teachings of CountZinzendorf, had essayed the establishment of acommunity, but were doomed to OLD STONE HOaSE AT SOUTH ORANOB. CHAPTER IVPolitics and the War of 1812 THE opening of the second war withEngland found New Jersey pecul-iarly exposed to the assaults of anenemy. On either side of the State,as in the Revolution, lay two greatcommercial cities, tempting prizes for the greatfleet which the British were preparing to send tothe North Atlantic coasts. To the west wasPhiladelphia, glorying in a vast commerce, trad-ing with the East and West Indies, with theSouthern States, and with the important seaportsof Europe. To the east was New York, rapidlybecoming Philadelphias rival, possessing the ad-vantage of a wide and deep harbor and an openwaterway leading to the rich and rapidly develop-ing agricultural section of the central part of theEmpire State. To capture either or both of thesecities, desolate the surrounding country, and de-mand an adequate ransom was the dream of theBritish government—a dream al
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