Biographical And Genealogical History Of The City Of Newark And Essex County New Jersey PDF Download

Excerpt from Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey: Illustrated It was undoubtedly the sterling honesty of Mr. Peddie which pointed him out as a desirable man to be placed in public posi tions of great responsibility. It was thiss that sent him, in 1863 and 1864, to the state legislature. Where, as a member of the gen eral assembly. He gave valuable support to the general government during the war of the Rebellion. And by his influence and contributions did good service in behalf of the Union. During the period of four years, 1866-69, he was mayor of Newark, an office which he filled with credit to himself and advantage to the city. In 1876 he represented the sixth congres sional district of New Jersey in the forty flfth congress. On the expiration of his term he declined further nomination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.