Tag: James B. Dayton
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Abraham Browning
Abraham Browning, a distinguished attorney in Camden, achieved the position of New Jersey Attorney General during his career. Born near Camden on July 26, 1808, he joined the New Jersey Bar in September 1834. In 1843, he participated as a delegate, alongside John W. Mickle, in the New Jersey Constitutional Convention. Browning assumed the role…
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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. In an earlier chapter I suggested that a young writer seeking a subject for a story could take any Camden street that leads to…
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The West Jersey Ferry (Excerpted)
Excerpted from History of Camden County, New Jersey, George Reeser Prowell, 1885 THE WEST JERSEY FERRY, familiarly known as “The Market Street Ferry,” extends from Market Street, Camden, to Market Street, Philadelphia, and is now, and has long been one of the leading lines of· transportation across the Delaware between the two cities. This ferry…
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1861 – The First War Meeting in Camden
On the 16th of April, 1861, three days after the Confederates fired upon Fort Sumter, at the entrance of Charleston Harbor, a large number of loyal and patriotic citizens of Camden City and County issued the following vigorous and spirited response to the President’s proclamation: To the President Of the United States: The unparalleled events…