Somerset County, 1688-1938 : a chronology with tales from the past : a bicentennial project Author: Clark, Grace Description: Somerset County, 1688-1938 : a chronology with tales from the past : a bicentennial project. Somerville, N.J.: Somerville Press, 1976. View this book online Subject(s): Somerset County (N.J.) -- History. New Jersey -- Somerset County. Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Preface Table of Contents Chronology Register of historic places 1688 : A county called Somerset...tweaking the kings nose Boundaries in the wilderness...northwest into the hills Tales of early travellers...nothing to drink but the vile rum Law and order in colonial Somerset...39 lashes on the bare back Bloody Tarleton captures General Lee...the British Don Juan Washingtons army in dire straits...the hanging at Middlebrook The famous Somerville lottery...a neat profit of $5,000 A good horse for house calls miles away...calomel for cholera Instructing young men in Greek and Latin...prep school for college The legend of Chimney Rock...as invented in 1839 A little tempest tossed church...St. Thomas A.M.E. Zion Confrontation on the courthouse steps...forestalling a civil war riot The man who chased John Wilkes Booth...and strong men wept and cursed Americas first woman minister...even Lucy Stone was startled No cranks or critics welcome...graduation in the 19th century Bridgewaters poor farm and outside poor...religious services at any reasonable hour The flagtown forger...freehand counterfeits A new town is born...Johns-Manville comes to Somerset The night the gin mill burned...fact and fancy History comes home...to the Frelinghuysen House Reference reading Back matter

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