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Thanks Guy for taking me out there with you and Jessica and saving the search for that last stone until I could make it. I had a great time with good conversation and good company. Never would I have thought that some day I would be out there walking the exact boundaries and touching the...

I am curious as to how one maintianed any sort of accuracy with the cannon perched on the bow of the boat. Nice pics.

Wow...sounds like the luck of the Irish. Happy St. Patricks day.

That is quite a piece of ground. What did they mill there? Lumber?

Guy/Jerseyman, Where was the Jones Mill Tract situated? And, was this tract associated with the Hanover iron business/family?

Great photos. I got a rare chance to enjoy the moon and a cigar tonight...the little things.

Jerseyman, The map has seen alot of use. When my ggreat grandfather got it he and Windfield Eldridge were using it to locate pieces of the the Hanover Tract to sell. Then it spent about 40 years folded up in a suitcase. Then, Elizabeth Morgan got in touch with my grandmother about the...

It's a shame the quality is so bad... Anyway, on a different subject, I recently came across a letter on ebay from Benjamin Jones to Isaac Townsend dated May of 1831. Needless to say, I bought it. I expect it to show up in the mail tomorrow or Friday. If anyone is interested I will post it.

Jerseyman, I don't have any information regarding the Delaware & Atlantic Railroad. I would be interested in what you might have, though.

Jerseyman, Thanks for the information. You have done quite a bit of research. Your point about Richard not having any relation to the founders of the Florence City Corp makes alot of sense. While Boyer's book claims that Richard organized the New Jersey Exploration and Mining Company...

I did. A copy of the same map was published in the Burlington County Herald in 1859(+/-) and I have wondered where it came from. Your copy is much nicer, though. The edges of town are cut off on the copy I have. I have often wondered if Richard wasn't behind the formation of the Florence...

Very nice find. It's the first I have heard tell of the R. Jones Hotel at Mt. Misery.

It appears you guys are getting pretty close to it. I don't have any other information to add. There was a letter that I had sent to Ben from Charles Corey regarding Jobs Old Swamp. But it didn't give any detail as to the location. ...and, Bob, I must concur with Guy.

sounds good. Talk to you tomorrow.

This isn't a very good photo...it's the best I have at the moment. Can you make sense of it?

I can show you where Bever Dam Branch is off of Pole Bridge Branch. Is this what you are looking for?

Guy, This may help. If you know where Troy Island is, you're there. R. and S. H. Jones, Tanton Earl, Richard W. Earl, and Franklin W. Earl wishing to dispose of all their cedar timber in "Job's Old Swamp," will again offer for sale on Monday March 19, 1855, 15 or 20 acres of cedar timber...

Does anyone have any idea where this is/was? It is in the Pemberton area. If not, does anyone know where Troy Island is?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We will be going to Langhorne for dinner and then back to Florence for desert. Running around is the best part of the holidays.

That is a great find Guy. It will be a real shame if they end up being destroyed/removed. No need for an apology, your health is more important.