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George: It will be good to see both you and Lynn there! Numerated cards and balloons always allow for the proper designation of table numbers! 9 :) 9 :) 9 :)9 :) 9 :) 9 :) 9 :) 9 :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Pine Barren Outliers Folks: I am in full agreement with Spungman and German. These outliers are found in many places. The Camden County municipality of Lawnside and the portion of Bellmawr Borough known as Guineatown are both discontiguous outliers. The Pine Barren nature of these two...

Wow—too bad John Mahalchick is not around anymore! He could set up some signs around the teepee!! :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Jeff: Notice how Bob’s mouth/smile mimics the teeth of the raccoon scull in the photograph above. Funny—very funny! :mrgreen: Thank you all for the great trip report!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: The “Lines on the Pines” event is still two months away, but Linda informs me she ALREADY has 51 reservations for dinner and the dining room only has max capacity of 125 if she places tables on the dance floor. So, if you have any thoughts about attending the dinner, please do not...

No offense taken, Mike; my presumption about the cause of your emotive outburst was correct. Best regards, Jerseyman

Excuse me? Is there a problem or are you referring to current funky narrow display of the text? If you are referring to the narrow text column, Ben indicated it should be corrected with the next version of the software—and hopefully that will happen soon. Jerseyman

Images of Kenilworth Folks: I finally had a few minutes to scan four post cards in my collection of Lake Kenilworth. Here they are in no particular order: I first became interested in Kenilworth a few years ago when I began researching antebellum African American enclaves...

Thanks, Ben! I’m glad to learn that it is in no way related to my display orientation. I hope you can fix it soon—my eyes are going cross as I attempt to keep them within a narrow field of vision!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Tony: Here is a quick-and-dirty map that depicts the bounds of the reservation: http://www.pineylenapenj.com/brotherton.reservation.nj.html A year or two ago, Don Catts, of the Indian Mills Historical Society, produced a large map of the township with all of the landmarks labeled and...

Bob: The publication I have extracted this piece and some of the other articles from is named The Friend, which is not just a nice appellation, but it also signifies this weekly journal’s direct association with the Society of Friends (a.k.a. Quakers). Members of this society retained “Old...

Display Problems Ben: The new software looks great and I am most appreciative of the time you have expended on everyone’s behalf!! I am different than most folks because I have my monitor set up in portrait (vertical) mode due to the many documents I work on. When you still had the old...

Folks: Here is a short account of a trip to Edgepillock or Brotherton in 1892 by the famous “J.W.” All spelling and grammar retained in this transcription from the original published account. Extracted from The Friend, Vol. LXVI, No. 6, Seventh-Day, Ninth Month 3, 1892, pages 46-47 and Vol...

Folks: A year before the United States entered the First World War, the Bethlehem Steel Company quietly purchased vast quantities of land southwest of Mays Landing for building a new proving ground. When the country did declare war, Bethlehem altered its plans and constructed BELCOville...

Folks: Although this is the transcript of a legal proceeding, I thought the subject matter might be enough to interest you in reading it. It provides some interesting details about McCartyville and its paper mill. Extracted from Reports of Cases Determined in The Court of Chancery, and in...

Pancoast Drifter: I came across another great quote in a very long discourse on Jersey Mosquitoes that I thought you would enjoy: “Late in July I sent Mr. Brehme into this same territory for a somewhat closer survey and he wrote me on reaching Tuckerton from Atlantic City, by stage: ’What...

Folks: Here is a 1905 account of the Jewish settlements in Southern New Jersey: Extracted from: The Russian Jew in the United States : Studies of Social Conditions in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, with a Description of Rural Settlements. Planned and edited by Charles S. Bernheimer...

Folks: Here is wonderful description that famed local historian George DeCou prepared in 1904 of Camp Kenilworth, once located on Kenilworth Lake near Kresson. I hope tomorrow I will have time to scan some post cards of the camp and post them. Extracted from Village Improvement...

Janet: I am honored to have you post here regarding one of my messages! I’m glad you have found my recent contributions interesting. Although I could conjecture about which mines in North Jersey and, perhaps, even in New York State, may have provided the Pine Barren iron furnaces with ore, I...

Folks: In reading through a much longer article on malleable cast iron, I came across this paragraph, which provides yet another explanation of what happened to the iron furnaces scattered through the Pines: Etna and Weymouth recall to us the industries which once existed in the Jersey...