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Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House

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Description:Chapters: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House, Wyckoff-Garretson House, Van Liew-Suydam House, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Franklin Inn was built by Cornelius Van Liew in 1752. Located at 2371 Amwell Road (Route 514), East Millstone, NJ. Originally the Van Liew farmhouse, it has also been known as Annie Van Liew's House and, after being remodeled into a tavern and inn, the Franklin House Hotel. Cornelius Van Liew (1734-1777) and his wife, Antje Bowman aka Anne Bowman, were married in 1757, and they lived in the house. Their children were: Frederick Van Liew (1758-?); Cornelius Van Liew (1762-?); Antje Van Liew (1764-?) aka Anne Van Liew; Marya "Mary" van Liew (1766-?); Deneys van Liew (1767-?); Johanis "John" Van Liew (1770-?); and Helena Van Liew (1772-?) During the Revolutionary War, British General Charles Cornwallis, in June 1777, took over the house and used it as his headquarters for five days while hoping to engage a greatly outnumbered Continental army under General George Washington encamped nearby in the Watchung Mountains at the First Middlebrook encampment. Several thousand British troops camped nearby in what is now Colonial Park as more of British General Howe's troops occupied nearby New Brunswick and Middlebush. During the war, American Revolutionary generals used the house to hold meetings. The homestead remained in the Van Liew family until 1822, when it was sold to John Wyckoff. He rented the property as a tavern around 1829. It was closed in 1916 with the onset of prohibition. The opening of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in 1834 brought in boat crews and a steady flow of customers that continued with the arrival of the railroad in 1870. The b...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=43732We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House. To get started finding Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
28
Format
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1157255655

Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House

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Description: Chapters: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House, Wyckoff-Garretson House, Van Liew-Suydam House, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Franklin Inn was built by Cornelius Van Liew in 1752. Located at 2371 Amwell Road (Route 514), East Millstone, NJ. Originally the Van Liew farmhouse, it has also been known as Annie Van Liew's House and, after being remodeled into a tavern and inn, the Franklin House Hotel. Cornelius Van Liew (1734-1777) and his wife, Antje Bowman aka Anne Bowman, were married in 1757, and they lived in the house. Their children were: Frederick Van Liew (1758-?); Cornelius Van Liew (1762-?); Antje Van Liew (1764-?) aka Anne Van Liew; Marya "Mary" van Liew (1766-?); Deneys van Liew (1767-?); Johanis "John" Van Liew (1770-?); and Helena Van Liew (1772-?) During the Revolutionary War, British General Charles Cornwallis, in June 1777, took over the house and used it as his headquarters for five days while hoping to engage a greatly outnumbered Continental army under General George Washington encamped nearby in the Watchung Mountains at the First Middlebrook encampment. Several thousand British troops camped nearby in what is now Colonial Park as more of British General Howe's troops occupied nearby New Brunswick and Middlebush. During the war, American Revolutionary generals used the house to hold meetings. The homestead remained in the Van Liew family until 1822, when it was sold to John Wyckoff. He rented the property as a tavern around 1829. It was closed in 1916 with the onset of prohibition. The opening of the Delaware and Raritan Canal in 1834 brought in boat crews and a steady flow of customers that continued with the arrival of the railroad in 1870. The b...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=43732We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House. To get started finding Meadows Foundation: Franklin Inn, Hageman Farm, Van Wickle House, Tulipwood (Somerset, New Jersey), Blackwells Mills Canal House, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
28
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157255655

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