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We all do, Dogg, we all do. Never intended to be a scholarly publication, Shirley Bailey’s South Jersey Magazine certainly filled a void for those of us who reside in what most of academia view as a vast historical wasteland. I have a complete collection and they will always hold a special place...

Spungman: Not a one-issue wonder at all, but I do not have a terminus date for the publication. In my collection, I hold June (first issue), July, September, and October 1947. I know publication went through at least December 1947 with suggestions of it continuing into at least a portion of...

Spungman: The first New Jersey magazine? Hardly, my friend! The first issue of New Jersey Compass predates In New Jersey by some years. This issue contains an article about forest fires in the Pine Barrens, a piece by James S. Cawley titled, "Will you take a paddle with me?," and other...

Try a little re-verb; it will make you sound much more authoritative! :p Jerseyman

Folks: For those of you who would like to add Leah Blackman's epic history and genealogy of Little Egg Harbor Township to their library, here is your opportunity...

suresue: Varnish stacks are virtually always constructed in a series of three or four. While anything is possible, based on the appearance of the stack you photographed, it suggests the single stack served a powerhouse or, perhaps, a brick kiln, that is now demolished. Best regards, Jerseyman

Hinchman's Hill: While there may be some familial connectivity way back when in Great Britain, the progenitor of the Ellis family arrived in Springfield Township, Burlington County from Yorkshire, England, sometime between 1680 and 1683. For more information on the Ellis family, please see John...

Scott: The square corbeled stacks at Gibbsboro are a peculiar design specific to manufacturing varnish. The large stacks generated maximum draft to carry away volatile spirits from the closed oven pots inside the buildings used in the manufacturing process. Varnish manufacturing and the...

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...