Collection Gem : April 2018
Collection Gem articles were broadened to include manuscripts in the Society’s holdings. This month features a letter stored in Collection
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to collect, preserve and share the evolving social and material history of the
entire County of Hunterdon, New Jersey. The Society will fulfill its mission through
educational programs, research and publications, and by maintaining for public
benefit the growing collections of the Society and the buildings that house them:
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Goodspeed Histories: The Cook Proprietary Tract
The Hammond Maps of Hunterdon County proprietary tracts are a wonderful resource for county historians. Many of the property owners
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Collection Gems: March 2018
Map 92 in the Society’s Map Collection shows the known world as of 1851 (title block in Figure 1). Comparing
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Goodspeed Histories: Home cooking in the 1880s
Okay, I confess, I’m buying a little time with this week’s post. It’s an article by Egbert T. Bush on
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