Items related to Revolutionary Fragments, Morris County, N.J.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...iron works at Mount Hope. He was furnished with thirty muskets, which were always kept in order, and for a long time had regular sentinels stationed at night about his house, to prevent disturbances among the prisoners, and any surprise from the tories, who under the notorious Moody made several attempts to rob him. Mr. Faesch rented the Hibernia Works, and both this and that at Mount Hope were principally engaged in making shot and shells for the army. As late as 18o7 no less than seven thousand tons of these articles were at Mount Hope, and in a lot opposite Col Jackson's house in Rockaway. By order of Government they were conveyed to Staten Island that year. There is a tradition which I have no means of testing, but which is worth repetition. Mr. Faesch had a partner or agent with him at Mount Hope, named Ansenctever, who died, and it is said that in his will he left thirty pounds to the Parish of Rockaway, on condition that his body should be buried beneath the pulpit in the old church. It is said the legacy on so cheap a condition was secured, and the body buried according to the wish of its former possessor. Among the parish records and accounts I find no mention of the fact, and whilst the tradition is in many mouths, I have not found any aged person to affirm its truth. And yet I cannot conjecture how the tradition should be started without some foundation in fact; besides this, the fact that Ausenclever was from Germany, where such burials are not rare, gives it, to say the least, an air of probability. It must pass for what it is worth. I give it as I heard it. Since writing the above, in conversing with Mrs. Anderson, an aged lady, she gives me another version of the burial under the church, which is probably authentic. She says she was not at th...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1231010525
- ISBN 13 9781231010525
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages26
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