. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. and much of it highly Morristown, there are several small villages or localities:they are Logansville, New Vernon, Morriss Plains, and SpringValley. There are in Morris 2 paper-m., 5 grist-m., 6 saw-m.;cap. in manufac. 8137,380 : 3 academies, 116 students ; 10 schools,341 scholars. Pop. iiil865,7,391. Morristown, the seat of justice for Morris co., is situated on anelevated plain, 50 m. from Trenton, 19 from Newark, and 20 fromNew York. It is one of the most beautiful villages in the is laid out
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. and much of it highly Morristown, there are several small villages or localities:they are Logansville, New Vernon, Morriss Plains, and SpringValley. There are in Morris 2 paper-m., 5 grist-m., 6 saw-m.;cap. in manufac. 8137,380 : 3 academies, 116 students ; 10 schools,341 scholars. Pop. iiil865,7,391. Morristown, the seat of justice for Morris co., is situated on anelevated plain, 50 m. from Trenton, 19 from Newark, and 20 fromNew York. It is one of the most beautiful villages in the is laid out into streets crossing at right angles, in some instancesadorned with trees, and many line private dwellings, with ampleyards and garden plots, giving an air of neatness and comfort. Inthe centre of the town is a beautiful public square, on which frontmany stores, the first Presbyterian church, and one of the most mag-nificent hotels in the country. The village is supplied with purespring water by an aqueduct, the head of which is over a mile dis- MORRIS COUXTV. 385. Court House at Morrislown, N. J. The American army under Washington had their winter-quar-ters at Morristown and viciivty, on two different occasion?. Thefirst time was in Jan., 1777, irimediately after the battles of Tren-ton and Princeton. The second was during the winter of 1779-80,The Pennsylvania line were also stationed here in the succeedingwinter. The first season, Washington quartered in the old Freeman tav-ern, which stood on the north side of the green. While here, hewas initiated into the mysteries of free-masonry, in the Moii-is ho-tel, in the room over where the bar-room now is. That buildingwas l)uilt for a commissaries storehouse, and the upper part reserv-ed ibr a ball-room and a masons lodge. The dwelling occupiedby Washington his head-quarters, in the winter of 1779-80, issituated about half a mile east of the public squarjp, on the New-ark and Morristown turnpike, and is now the residence of
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