The city of New Brunswick; its history, its homes & its industries . RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY ROSS At this time. New Brunswick was oneof the greatest agricultural depots of theNorth. The grain of practically the en-tire state of New Jersey was conveyed toNew Brunswick where cash was paid forit. Whitehall Tavern was the headquar-ters where farmers and provision men con-gregated and bartered and sold theirgoods. It was the custom in those days for allcities to have a market for the sale and ex-change of merchandise; it is not knownwhen the first market was built in NewBrunswick, but it must have b
The city of New Brunswick; its history, its homes & its industries . RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY ROSS At this time. New Brunswick was oneof the greatest agricultural depots of theNorth. The grain of practically the en-tire state of New Jersey was conveyed toNew Brunswick where cash was paid forit. Whitehall Tavern was the headquar-ters where farmers and provision men con-gregated and bartered and sold theirgoods. It was the custom in those days for allcities to have a market for the sale and ex-change of merchandise; it is not knownwhen the first market was built in NewBrunswick, but it must have been before1 763, as the Charter of that year speaksof a market clerk. In I 796 Robert Hude was appointedClerk of the old market house which stood. VIEW OF GEORGE STREET SOUTH FROM WASHINGTON18
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