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Mark: I won’t attempt to defend or explain the text; the source speaks for itself. I will say, however, that you appear to think these excavations went deep enough to require ladders, whereas I think they were rather shallow, depending upon exactly where the ore lay in the overall...

Mark: Thanx for catching my typo—I have now fixed it! :) No matter how many times you read through a piece, you still miss something!! I cannot answer your question regarding stumps and trunks; perhaps Spungman will rise from the bottomless deep of a Blue Hole and respond to this issue...

In the Lock Bridge thread, I posted the 1765 legislative Act that permitted Read and Estell to construct dams across the Batstow Creek and the Atsion River, respectively. In his original petition to the legislature, Read wrote: And whereas the Honourable Charles Read, Esq; by his humble...

Folks: In conducting my research into the dam and lock at Locks Bridge, I came across some interesting material that did not quite fit into the Locks Bridge thread, but I still want to share with you all. Once you construct an iron furnace, you need three basic ingredients to produce pigs or...

Here are those two earlier Acts: An ACT to preserve the Navigation of the Rivers and Creeks within the Colony of New Jersey. [1755] WHEREAS the Transportation of Timber, Plank, Boards, Hay, and other Things to Market by Water, is a great Conveniency to the Inhabitants of this Colony, and the...

Gabe, Mark, et al.: What do we know? Based on the text of the quoted legislative Act and available recorded deeds, we know that Estell owned land on both sides of the Atsion River, yet we also know that the county bounds established in a 1710 act clearly delineated Gloucester County on one...

Gabe, et al.: Sorry I have not responded sooner, but I have been tied up with work. The answer to your question lies within a colonial law, passed in 1765: An ACT to enable the Honourable Charles Read, Esq; to erect a Dam over Batstow Creek, and also to enable John Estell to erect a Dam over...

Guy: Manuscript material falls into the 1:00 p.m. restriction, but the microfilm reading room is open all day. Best regards, Jerseyman

Thank you, Glo, for your kind words. I only wish I could commit more time to such pleasurable pursuits, but professional work all too often gets in the way, as you have often witnessed! Best regards, Jerseyman

RancocasRover: Prior to congressional passage of the Accidents Reports Act on 6 May 1910, railroad accident reportage fell to the individual states. Here in New Jersey, the yearly publication, Annual Statement of Railroad and Canal Companies of New Jersey, published from 1852 through 1913...

The opening of Terry’s exhibit at the PPA quickly became a wonderful meet-and-greet! I enjoyed seeing Guy and Jessica there, along with Jim and Linda Stantion. Then Terry began to introduce me to her people who entered the inner sanctum and I engaged in the activity of collecting new friends...

Bob: A most apt description, my friend! I am still drooling over Turtle’s painting of the island in Wading River and may be forced to purchase same for my personal and continuous consumption. I think a supply of bibs are in order when you first walk into the gallery exhibit. It is all a feast...

Andy: Welcome! You are among friends here and if you plan to post on local history subjects, you'll certainly have my attention! I'll be checking back for postings from you. Best regards, Jerseyman

Mark: Yes. Cartographers often abbreviated such titles on their works. The Widow Conrad owned 10 acres of land in 1876. Best regards, Jerseyman

Mark: As a variation on Turkeyfoot, there is also Crowfoot: Scott, 1876:41 Best regards, Jerseyman

Chase: I have not found any correlation between a turkeyfoot intersection and the patterning of early quilts. I can see how the quilting designs received their names, just as the roadway intersection has the physical appearance of a turkey foot. I do not, however, observe any connectivity...

Mark: Your comment surprised me, considering one of the best turkeyfoot intersections in this area is still extant in your hometown. Here is a detail from the 1856 Barnes & Vanderveer map of Camden County: The arrow is pointing to the intersection of Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Burnt Mill Road...

Guy and Mark: Roadway intersections carry various monikers, depending on the number of roads radiating from the intersection. These nicknames include: turkeyfoot (4 roads), crossroads or X-roads (2 roads), and wyes or forks (2 roads). One famous sharp-angled intersection just outside of...

Most excellent, Ben! I look forward to reading the other installments to this story. Charles Read left an indelible mark on West New Jersey and you are doing all of your readers a great service to bring this story to them. Best regards, Jerseyman

Ben: Is this a hint to you or to me? Best regards, Jerseyman scriptor rerum Nova Caesarea Dei memor, gratus amicus —————————————————————————————————————— “For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.” Christopher Smart (1722-1771): Jubilate Agno...