The Two Hundredth Anniversary Of The Settlement Of Haddonfield New Jersey PDF Download

Excerpt from The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Haddonfield, New Jersey: Celebrated October Eighteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Saturday, October eighteenth, was a cloudy day with sufficient threats of rain to hold the town in suspense. Fortunately the weather proved not unfavorable, except for lack of sunshine. Early in the morning a costumed Herald on a gaily caparisoned horse announced at every street crossing the opening of the celebra tion. Flags were ying and the town was in gala array. Visitors came pouring in by train, trolley and automobile. Among theespecially invited guests were officers of various patriotic societies and of State and County historical societies. At the morning exercises the Friends Meeting-house was over owing. By noon Visitors began to assemble in the seats on the lawn of Mr. Samuel Wood, the site of the permanent home of Elizabeth Haddon. 'speedily the two thousand chairs provided were all filled and still the crowds came. More than four hundred automobiles were on the ground and a conservative estimate fixes the number of persons present at about six thousand. The afternoon ceremonies began promptly at and the elaborate program was carried through with military precision. The promptness with which hundreds of persons were moved on and off the scene was remarkable. The tableaux were beautiful and historically impressive. The literary and musical features were original and interesting. An exhibition of historic objects in Artisan's Hall had been opened the previous day and remained open to visitors until Sunday evening. The collection of old furniture, chinaware, glassware, silver, ornaments, samplers, quilts, household utensils, manuscripts and books could scarcely be duplicated in any other community of like size in the country. Crowds visited the exhibition and attended the public reception held Saturday evening in the hall. A meeting of the Official Organization, held Thursday evening, October 23d, passed upon the receipts and expenditures of the celebration and discovered a good balance in the treasury.' It was determined that the ultimate use of this balance should be decided only after mature deliberation. 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."