What to see in America . n, and at one time King of Naples and Kingof Spain, bought anestate of 1400 acresafter Waterloo. Thiswas his home until1832. It is now apublic park. AtBurlington, thirteenmiles farther south,is the house in whichJ. Fenimore Cooperwas born in industrial andcommercial city of Camden, just across the Delaware fromPhiladelphia, was long the residence of Walt Whitman, andthere he is buried. Historic Princeton, about twenty miles northeast ofTrenton, is famous, first of all, for its college. One of theearly college presidents was Jonathan Edwards. He isburied in the
What to see in America . n, and at one time King of Naples and Kingof Spain, bought anestate of 1400 acresafter Waterloo. Thiswas his home until1832. It is now apublic park. AtBurlington, thirteenmiles farther south,is the house in whichJ. Fenimore Cooperwas born in industrial andcommercial city of Camden, just across the Delaware fromPhiladelphia, was long the residence of Walt Whitman, andthere he is buried. Historic Princeton, about twenty miles northeast ofTrenton, is famous, first of all, for its college. One of theearly college presidents was Jonathan Edwards. He isburied in the Princeton Cemetery, as is also his brilliant buterratic grandson, Aaron Burr. A recent head of the collegewas Woodrow Wilson. The oldest college building isNassau Hall, completed about 1756. It served as a meeting-place for Congress in 1783. In the Princeton vicinity, ona height above the town of Rocky Hill, is a mansion whereWashington was several times a guest, and from which heissued his farewell address to the Blair Hall, Princeton New Jersey 109 The most popular resort section of New Jersey is its sea-shore. This is practicall} a suburb of New York andPhiladelphia for its entire length. The most conspicuousfeature of its northern coast is Sandy Hook, which formsone of the portals of New York Bay, and on which are an oldstone fort and three lighthouses. Near Highlands, at thesouthernmost nook of New York Harbor, is Water WitchPark, which takes its name from Coopers Water Witch, anovel that has its scene laid in the vicinity. A seaside resort with an individuality of its own is OceanGrove, controlled by a Methodist association. The groundshave the sea on the east, lakes north and south, and a highfence on the west. At ten in the evening, daily, the gatesare closed. They are not opened at all on Sunday. NoSabbath bathing, riding, or driving is permitted, notheatrical performances are allowed at any time, and thesale of tobacco is strictly prohibited. An annual camp me
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