Tag: Charles S. Boyer
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Winfield S. Price
Winfield Scott Price enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard in 1892, starting as a private and eventually retiring as a Major General in June 1939. During this span, he served in both the Spanish American War and World War I. Prior to his military service, he held a seat on the Camden NJ City…
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Glass Windows and the Nicholson House – Tracking History
Joseph Nicholson, whose father immigrated with John Fenwick, incorporated glass windows in the construction, which was considered a marvel at the time.
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Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden’s earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County – Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
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The Attitude of the Society of Friends toward Slavery
THIS will not attempt to be a history of human slavery, but will be confined to its relation to the Society of Friends in America. In the early history of this country the first negro slaves were said to be 20 negroes brought by Captain John Harkins in 1620 from the Coast of Guinea and…
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Merchants Trust Company
The Merchants Trust was organized in November of 1911. It was a small bank that catered to Camden’s business community, and was one of many small and medium sized banks active in the 1910s and 1920s. From its founding through his death in 1924 the president of the Merchants Trust was Charles Reynolds. He was…
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A history of banking in Camden, NJ
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank was organized with a capital of $300,000 on March 31, 1855. The banking house at the southeast corner of Front and Market Streets was built at the cost of $18,000. This institution was conducted as a State Bank until September 1, 1864 when it became a National Bank and its…
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Mad Hatter
The year was 1870 at 308 Mechanic Street. Camden, NJ. The occupant of the house was a mad hatter—a man who shot the man who shot Abraham Lincoln.
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47 More Men Join League to Aid Baird
Forty-seven prominent men yesterday joined the Baird-for-Governor and pledged themselves to work actively in interest of David Baird Jr.