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Welcome aboard, RelicHunter! A quick review of your webpages appears to reveal you as a gentle, thoughtful soul. I'm glad you’re here to share some tales with us. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: I get the distinct impression there is a lot of stereotypical goofin’ and spoofin’ going on here. :ninja: Sorry, but I'm not buying any of it—although currently I do find it rather amusing. :) It may soon get old, however. :rolleyes: Best regards, Jerseyman

An Eagle-Eye Truck Kinda Guy! Folks: Glad that Clayton Sand Company truck driver was on the job!! :dance: :dance: :dance: I agree with you, Guy—either the reporter or the police officer can’t tell the difference between Stafford Township, Ocean County and Woodland Township, Burlington...

Pine Baron: As the editor of the article that Gabe (pinelandpaddler) linked for you, I can assure you that you will not find a more authoritative narrative on the history of the Marple/Richards/Hays (Hayes) mill currently available. Can more research be conducted on the mill? Absolutely—but...

Welcome aboard, Michael—it is great to have another historian posting on Ben’s forums. Come back often! Best regards, Jerseyman

Mark: You are correct with your analysis of the greater context for slavery in New Jersey and I am glad you added your post to this thread. In my posting, I intended to discuss only the issue of the apology and what the background for that apology could be. I can agree with your point about...

Mark: There are two theories on how the early German Lutherans arrived in the Raritan River Valley: one is the shipwreck idea and the other stems from factional infighting, causing a splinter group to walk away from the New York Germans and travel south. I think the latter is the more...

Tom: You have presented a well written, impassioned posting about our current fiat money situation—bully for you! Keep up the good work!! As you and Enoch noted in subsequent messages, the attribution of that quote to Franklin is dubious at best. Many sources agree with our assessment...

Mark: Very, very nice posting. Back in the mid-1990s, Toll Brothers began building a townhouse development called Patriot Mews near Pluckemin on top of a prominence known locally as Pig or Schley Mountain. In the course of blasting bedrock to lay in the utilities and construct foundations, a...

Folks: On an individual citizenry level, having the State of New Jersey issue an apology for slavery would be pointless and ineffective. However, the history of lawmaking and slavery in New Jersey is one of inaction, loopholes, and accommodation. In the years prior to the American War for...

Gabe: I will not express an opinion pro or con on whether New Jersey should offer an apology for slavery. Certainly residents in New Jersey engaged in the detestable practice of slave trading and slaveholding—more so in East New Jersey than West New Jersey. The presence of Dutchmen and the...

George: Your PM is already waiting for you, my friend! Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: Man—I really hate it when the ER doctor “sticks” it to you!! I think he should probably pursue a different “branch” of medicine! I'm sure you’re “bushed” from all this activity!! I hope you heal up real soon!! :) :) :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Yoo—Guy—that story of the ER missing the stick is positively eerie! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Seriously, though, I sure hope they get you fixed up pronto! It's no fun to have problems with your hearing!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Mark: Believe me, the availability of wood is not the issue here. With Camden serving as a regional lumber processing center, featuring numerous steam sawmills along its waterfront, and raftsmen bringing timber rafts down the Delaware River and also down the Susquehanna River and towed up...

TrailOtter: I considered Lower Forge, but then I did some background research on Washington Forge in Morris County and it seemed to fit better. I think the only way to know for sure is to contact the author of the book! I will do so today and report back. Best regards, Jerseyman

“Peter Collinson:– I engag’d an owner of part of Cedar swamp for my Guide without whome I could hardly have found It. Wee travel’d about Twelve Miles beyond the inhabitants over Desarts of sand & such deep mirery Swamps that sometimes both Wee and our Horses had much ado to gett out. The Sand...

Mark: I suspect that Mr. Potteiger is dabbling in prosaical juxtapositioning here. In carefully reading his text, I find no proximate geographical link between Washington Forge and Martha Furnace. Rather, I think he is attempting to discuss two locationally diverse New Jersey iron production...

Guy and Mark: Breakfast Point, or as originally identified, Break-Fast Point, is an interesting place. Writing in his place name book, Sign Posts, Doc Bisbee describes the place as: “The finger of land where Papoose Branch joins Oswego River at edge of Penn State Forest.” The first proported...

Sorry, Bob--I should have reread where you guys entered the woods near the stream before I posted my query about finding any mill remnants. Best regards, Jerseyman