. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. e building. Just after thewar. there were ten dwellings in the place. It gradually increasedfrom that period until 1830, since which it has nearly doubled inpopulation. The annexed view was taken in the main street ofthe village, which is about half a mile in length, and, being thicklystudded wi
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. e building. Just after thewar. there were ten dwellings in the place. It gradually increasedfrom that period until 1830, since which it has nearly doubled inpopulation. The annexed view was taken in the main street ofthe village, which is about half a mile in length, and, being thicklystudded with stores, mechanic shops, and dwellings, has a thriving,business-like appearance. On the left, near the spectator, is seena part of the Methodist church, built in 1833, and the spire in the * This circumstance is not published in the Counts memoirs, lest, as he states, thebrethren should think the conversion of a part of the Shawanese was attributable totheir superstition. The author received the narrative from a companion of ZinZendorf,who afterward accompanied him to Wyoming. 63 498 WARREN COUNTY. distance is that of the Presbyterian church, a handsome buildingof wood, with pillars in front, erected in 1819, on the site of the oldSchooleys mountain, 3 m. from the village, appears in the Central View in Hackettstown. background. Hackettstown contains a woollen manufactory, acupola furnace, 2 large flouring-m., 2 taverns, (one of which islarge, and capable of accommodating many guests,) 1 tannery,about 25 mechanic shops of various kinds, 6 mercantile stores, 91dwellings, and about 700 inhabitants. The Morris canal runsthree quarters of a mile W. of the village, at the base of BucksHill, a bold eminence, deriving its name from the deer formerlyabounding there. The land in the vicinity of the village is fertile,under excellent cultivation, and is valued at from $50 to $100 peracre. The following inscriptions are copied from monuments in thegraveyard adjoining the Presbyter
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