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Geez Louise, Folks—I attempted to post a reply to the foreign message and I find that someone deleted it while I worked to compose my response! Amazing!! :confused: In any case, for what it’s worth, here is what Google did with a translation of this cyrillic message: Track ra Rebet …...

Folks: Here is some fascinating information extracted from the Appendix of The Life of John Brainerd : the Brother of David Brainerd, and his successor as Missionary to the Indians of New Jersey (pp. 455-456, 466-478, 480-482). There are some place names contained herein—such as...

Folks: Since many of you enjoyed the trip to Atsion, here is an excerpt from the diary of a teenage girl named Sara Thomson, who made a trip to Tuckerton in June 1809 for recreation and dancing. Again, she mentions stopovers for meals and sleeping, including a stay at Quaker Bridge. I have...

Folks: During March 1773, Charles Read sold his interest in the Atsion Forge to Henry Drinker and Abel James. A reorganization completed two weeks later gave Drinker and James a half-interest with Lawrence Salter owning the remaining moiety in the forge. After consummating this transaction...

Not truly a newspaper article yet, but I will post a link to an obituary as soon as it becomes available online. In the meanwhile, here is the sad announcement from yesterday: It is with deep sadness that I must report that Joseph F. Petaccio Jr., Owner and President of Southern Railroad Co...

Folks: Here is an announcement I just received: The Mighty Humble Blueberry Documentary Available at www.aboutblueberries.com NOW! Directed by Nancy O’Mallon and scored by her longtime colleague, Andrew Ingkavet, the 45-minute documentary unearths the history of the versatile...

Name of Egg Harbour. I think, I ascertained at Absecum beach, called Atlantic City now, from “the oldest inhabitants,” why we have had the name of Egg Harbour, for the long sea coast of Jersey—It meant, the egg-shelter—a place of pre-eminent security for Birds, and their eggs—Many kinds of...

Folks: If you have any interest in moving to Pasadena, here’s how to get a FREE building lot: The Philadelphia Inquirer, 23 May 1891, Page 7 I can’t wait to have the Pasadena Wood-Working Mill and Lumber Company build me a house so I can live with the Bon Vivants living at that great...

A NEW RAILROAD BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK. A SKETCH OF THE NEW RAILROAD Pennsylvania Capitalists Interested. Within a week past, parties interested in railroad management have heard indistinct rumors of the completion of a line, destined not only materially to affect the traveling...

Folks: If you will, please invoke your imagination and take a trip with John Watson through the Pines to the coast in the early 1820s. A Trip to Long beach Seashore, 1823. The country from Evesham down to Tuckerton has all the appearance of its original wildness—few houses or...

A short notice appeared on page 1 of the 9 May 1892 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer: South Jersey is shipping thousands of cords of wood to glass factories and brick plants in other States. Now you know what many of those sawmill operators were doing out in the Pines! Best regards...

From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 January 1898, page 6 FOLLOWING HOUNDS IN THE JERSEY WILDS Down Around Waterford the Fox Hunting Fad Now Prevails THE RABBITS ARE GLAD “Bunny” Has a Rest While Villagers on “Old Dobbin” Try to Catch Sly Reynard—The Radnor Hunt Outdone. Special to...

Folks: I thought you would enjoy this article I came across while conducting some research recently: From the 3 July 1854 edition of The North American and United States Gazette (Page 1)— OPENING OF THE ABSECOM RAILROAD. On Saturday the Camden and Atlantic Railroad to Absecom Beach, on...

A Special Notice from Linda Stanton: This year we are calling our annual event: Lines on the Pines: Pine A Barrens Celebration Featuring Howard Boyd. Howard will also be the keynote speaker at dinner. Jim Murphy of the Pine Barons will be the musical entertainment. ...and just...

IN MEMORIAM SAMUEL B. RICHARDS A SKETCH OF THE FOUNDER OF ATLANTIC CITY AND HIS FOREFATHERS. Sterling People Who Bore His Name. How He Came to Build the Railroad to the Sea—Naming the New Town—Other Ventures of Interest. The family history of Samuel Richards, who died in...

Folks: For those of you interested in the history and the legal chain of title for the Weymouth Tract and the Martha Tract, you may wish to read through this book beginning at page 306: http://tiny.cc/qDL5J A fascinating story, to be sure! Best regards, Jerseyman P.S. I will...

Folks: While this is NOT truly about the Pine Barrens, it is a great demonstration that you do not have to be out in the New Jersey woods to encounter these little buggers!! :argh: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080708/NEWS/80708056/1001/NEWS Best regards...

Folks: Besides selling books, I am also cleaning out my flat files of duplicate maps. So, if you are interested in cartographic sources for your New Jersey research and treks, please email or PM me with your email address and I will respond with my current list of maps for sale. Thanks...

Folks: I have just received an undated nineteenth-century manuscript map that shows the toponym “Tadpole” in connection with a bridge carrying Batsto-Washington Tavern Road across the stream in Mordecai Swamp. Has anyone picked this place name up before? I am working to gain permission to...

Folks: In an attempt to relieve the overcrowding in my library, I am selling off duplicative titles and I have a two-page list prepared for distribution. So, if you are interested, please PM or email me with your email address and I will respond with the list attached. General condition of...