PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NEW JERSEY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

(Founded in 1845)

A MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY
AND NOTES ON FAMILIES

NEW SERIES

Volume XIV-1929

New Jersey Historical Society
16 West Park Street

Newark, N. J.

JANUARY, 1929—CONTENTS

FRONTISPIECE: The Proposed New Building of the Historical So-

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THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON. By Prof. Thomas J. Wertenbaker

THE BURR-HAMILTON DUEL. By Joseph Fulford Folsom

AN EARLY MILITIA REGIMENT OF THE "TOWN OF BERGEN"

THE THOMAS RYDER FARM. By William H. Belcher

HOOVER! HE'S WHO! By Edward S. Rankin

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NEW JERSEY'S RICH HISTORICAL TREASURY. By Mrs. Reuben Knox

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THE PRINTER PIONEER. By Joseph Fulford Folsom

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THE NEWARK GAZETTE. By Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen

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ZION, ST. PAUL AND OTHER EARLY LUTHERAN CHURCHES IN CEN-

TRAL NEW JERSEY. (Continued). By Dr. John C. Honey-

man

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NECROLOGY OF MEMBERS

Frederick W. Ball-James W. S. Campbell-Samuel G. Mc-

Kiernan-John O. H. Pitney-Dr. Samuel E. Robertson.

SOME RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS

HISTORICAL NEWS OF INTEREST

QUERIES AND MISCELLANY

Col. Farmar's Regiment-Mr. Hoover's Ancestry-Somerset

Militia Company, 1807-Gilliland-Jones-William and Mary

College-A Correction.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 1928

THE MOST ELOQUENT EULOGY OF WASHINGTON

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