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Only if he was wearing a wizard's hat! Jerseyman

Sorry, George, but the ship’s number is actually 798, not 79. The pole is very nicely hiding the numeral “8.” As you note, she is the U.S.S. Monssen, a Fletcher class destroyer. Here is a quicky reference to her history: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/dd798.htm Best...

Whip: You are correct about steamboats stopping at Lanning’s Wharf. During the late 1880s, Billy Thompson, the so-called Duke of Gloucester, purchased the New York steamers Sylvan Glen and Sylvan Dell to aid in bringing the teaming throngs to his amusements at Gloucester Beach, known to Quaker...

Gibby: I’ve been watching the development of this thread with some fascination and amusement. You are correct: three of the workmen are holding half-hatchets (splitting blade on one end and forged with a hammerhead on the other end) and one is holding what appears to be a tack or nailing...

Lost Town Hunter: My “absence of a response” was due to looking for a research folder from a documentary project I completed back in the early 1990s. I am well aware of the Braddock-Rogers article, but that article is a secondary source at best and a tertiary source at worse. Braddock-Rogers...

Thank you for the definitions. That definition, however, does NOT appear in the OED, my standard for etymological sourcing. Both of the references you provided define the woman as disreputable and, in the latter source, ill-tempered. It says nothing about the woman being an indentured servant...

Ben: I can’t speak with certainty here—and I can’t explain why the center channel does not appear on the historic maps—but with the forge working off the one raceway and the sawmill operating on the main stream, if you have the gates shut on both head races, then you still need a way to allow...

The earliest use of the toponym “Stop the Jade Creek” to be found is in a survey of Daniel Leeds lands dating to 1719. The survey references a sawmill belonging to Thomas Budd on Stop the Jade. Sorry to say, but I have never heard the term “Jade” applied to a slave or indentured servant. I’m...

Gentlemen: Just to clarify: I am not disputing the two mill locations on the Wading River branches; I merely disagree with Hawthorne’s assertions concerning who constructed and operated the skit mill. Hawthorne indicates it is unknown and I contend that Evi Bellangee, either Sr. or Jr., built...

There were all kinds of permutations of mill combinations. For example, I documented an eighteenth-century windmill in Burlington that began as a gristmill and then later was converted into a combination linseed oil and snuff mill. Certainly there are numerous examples, particularly along the...

Gabe: When I have a few minutes, I will check some sources, but it has always been my understanding that Bellangee owned the skit mill. I will double-check later this evening or tomorrow and reply again. I remember reading Hawthorne’s article when it first came out in the magazine and disagreed...

Lost Town Hunter: Any mention of Watson Buck always brings a smile to my face as I recall my many trips into the countryside with him. We shared a commonality of friendship with Watson! Lost Town Hunter and pinelandpaddler: I think most people who know the history of Harrisville and Evi...

Ted and Gabe: For my convenience and as a time-saving measure, I left off all of Doc’s end notes from my original posting, including the one Ted cites above. Gabe, if you need to know all of those end note references, feel free to email or PM me. Likewise, I have a complete set of the SGO...

Let the Dog Wars begin! :rolleyes: Jerseyman

Gabe: I am not sure when Ted will return to view the forum, so if you do not mind a response from me, I will quote from the same source that Ted would likely use: In his work, Sign Posts, Doc Bisbee notes: ROBERTS BRANCH. A branch of Batsto River which rises on eastern border of Tabernacle...

Welcome back, my friend—you have been sorely missed here! Best regards, Jerseyman

Mudpie: Welcome to the forums! I cannot tell you where Flash obtained the photographs of the Woodmansie/Bullock school and post office, but I can tell you that he derived the photograph of the narrow-gauge locomotive and the Giberson house in Mount Misery from Henry Beck’s original 1936 edition...

Folks: Here is the story behind the map: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20111208/NEWS02/312080019/ Best regards, Jerseyman

Eric: I will be ordering your book today. Considering my own work on the Torrey family, Manchester/Lakehurst, the early history there, and the railroad, I will be interested to see what you have prepared. As somewhat indicated in my previous posting to you, I have also done extensive work on...

Guy: If you look closely at the title block for the LOC map, you will see it DOES say 1858. I checked the 1833 Gordon and the 1849 Otley and Whiteford and the watering hole does not appear on either map. Best regards, Jerseyman