. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . ng as a spy. Theirleader gone the renegades left this section of the country. Jack Fenton wastransferred to the Southern division and was killed in the battle of Camden, S. C. Thus the first settlers of Atlantic County suffered the loss of their homes,their cattle and provisions. Onlv three rebuilt at the Xeck, the others moved backto Gravelly Landing, on Xacut creek, and built the first dwellings, where now isthe village of Port Republic. Ax Er-\ of Pro
. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . ng as a spy. Theirleader gone the renegades left this section of the country. Jack Fenton wastransferred to the Southern division and was killed in the battle of Camden, S. C. Thus the first settlers of Atlantic County suffered the loss of their homes,their cattle and provisions. Onlv three rebuilt at the Xeck, the others moved backto Gravelly Landing, on Xacut creek, and built the first dwellings, where now isthe village of Port Republic. Ax Er-\ of Prosperity. After the close of the War of the Revolution, when the English army hadbeen withdrawn; when peace had been declared; when the young Republic hadbeen established; when Washington had been elected and inaugurated President,an era of great prosperity dawned upon the hitherto struggling colonists. Theywere now a free and independent people and stimulated by the advantages of aliberal government, they went to work with a will and an ambition which onlya people living under a free, independent Republic possess. The forests were con-. E. H. MADDEN, u- t iiiihiM- lot ,1 ;,„,,,^- towns \. innmi- 1)1(1 brick on Main by Jonas 1 th at are oi- r(_)RT verted into fertile farms, streams were danmied. saw mill,> erected ai converted into lumber. Xew settlers came in and towns were bnil composed of frail shanties, bm substantial dwellings of the sjiacion^ tive colonial style of architecture. Many of these buildings stand V ments to the prosperity and comfort of the people a century ago. dwelling, built by John Endicott at the drawbridge, the old mans street, built bv Nicholas \an Sant, and the lirick store at tlie dam. 1 Miller at Port Republic are among the colonial buildings a centnrv still tenanted and have been preserved as landmarks of a more substantial age. The vast swamps of cedar along the Mullica river and its tributaries werevaluable for house
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