HERE’S A SCARCE Ca.1900 NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL PHOTO BOOK
TITLED:
“SOUVENIR
LETTER
TRENTON,
N. J.”
The mailing booklet has a
front section to write a letter (datelined at Trenton, New Jersey), and eight (8) photo-plate images Titled:
“STATE CAPITOL (SIDE VIEW);” “STATE
STREET-POST OFFICE;” “COURT HOUSE;” “HIGH SCHOOL;” “STATE NORMAL and MODEL
SCHOOLS;” “BATTLE MONUMENT;” “FREE
PUBLIC LIBRARY;” and “MAIN ENTRANCE TO CADWALADER PARK.”
The book is in
soft-cover stapled wraps, with mailing address information on the cover, and
glue adhesive on margins for sealing and mailing with 2 cent US Postage stamp!
The piece was
published by
“C. L. TRAVER,
Bookseller Trenton, New Jersey”
Measures 6½” x
5” and is in remarkably VERY FINE CONDITION considering how delicate this piece
of ephemera is –
A GREAT TURN-OF-THE-20th
CENTURY SURVIVOR &
A RARE PIECE OF CITY OF
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY HISTORY, AT ITS PINNACLE!
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Some of Trenton’s History
Trenton
is the capital of the U.S. State of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer
County. The city is part of the Greater New York City Area. Trenton dates back
at least to June 3, 1719, when mention was made of a constable being appointed
for Trenton, while the area was still part of Hunterdon County. Boundaries were
recorded for Trenton Township as of March 2, 1720, a courthouse and jail were
constructed in Trenton around 1720 and the Freeholders of Hunterdon County met
annually in Trenton. Trenton became New Jersey's capital as of November 25,
1790, and the City of Trenton was formed within Trenton Township on November
13, 1792. Trenton Township was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial
group of 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21,
1798. Portions of the township were taken on February 22, 1834, to form Ewing
Township.
A
series of annexations took place over a 50-year period, with the city absorbing
South Trenton borough (April 14, 1851), portions of Nottingham Township (April
14, 1856), Chambersburg and Millham Township (both on March 30, 1888) and
Wilbur borough (February 28, 1898).
The
first settlement which would become Trenton was established by Quakers in 1679,
in the region then called the Falls of the Delaware, led by Mahlon Stacy from
Handsworth, Sheffield, UK. Quakers were being persecuted in England at this
time and North America provided the perfect opportunity to exercise their
religious freedom.
By
1719, the town adopted the name "Trent-towne", after William Trent,
one of its leading landholders who purchased much of the surrounding land from
Stacy's family. This name later was shortened to "Trenton".
During
the American Revolutionary War, the city was the site of George Washington's
first military victory. On December 26, 1776, Washington and his army, after
crossing the icy Delaware River to Trenton, defeated the Hessian troops
garrisoned there (see Battle of Trenton). After the war, Trenton was briefly
the national capital of the United States in November and December of 1784. The
city was considered as a permanent capital for the new country, but the
southern states favored a location south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Trenton
became the state capital in 1790, but prior to that year the Legislature often
met here. The town was incorporated in 1792.
During
the 1812 War, the primary hospital facility for the U.S. Army was at a
temporary location on Broad Street.
Throughout
the 19th Century, Trenton grew steadily, as Europeans came to work in its pottery
and wire rope mills. In 1837, with the population now too large for government
by council, a new mayoral government was adopted, with by-laws that remain in
operation to this day.
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(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the
American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). I
subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.
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