Bayonne Old and New
• GLADYS MELLOR SINCLAIR BAYONNE OLD AND NEW THE CITY OF DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY * * * By GLADYS MELLOR SINCLAIR "I li/1,· lo ur 11 111a11 proud of lhc plt,a i11 'it. 1hid1 ht• li•ves, "I /ir.r lo .rer a 111011 /hie sa w,•/1 t/1111 his place 1,•i/1 be proud nf him." .-\111<.\IIAM Lr,:cnL~ * * * MARANATHA PUBLISHERS 150 Fifth Ave. - New York City FIIIHT ElllTIUN, MAY 1940 Printecl ancl bouncl in the Unltecl States of America b11•Theo. Gaus' Sons, Inc., New York 01111. To M':>' Bc/o7,•cd Fat/rcr Whose Co11s/a11t a11d 011t sta11di11g Civic Pride Has Always Been An fospira tio11, a11d For Jlis S)•111pathctic Help fo [Vriti11!} This His/or::,• of BAYONNE 01.n AND :N'Ew, This Bonh ls Affcctio11atcl)' Dcdica.fed. GLADYS MELLOR SINCLAIR CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION, by Mayor James J. Do11ova11...................... xi AUTHOR'S PREFACE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • . • • . • . • • • . • • . • • • xiii CHAPTER I. BAYONNE'S EARLY SETTLERS • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • 15 CHAPTER II. BAYONNE lN THE COLONIAL DAYS , •• , , , . , , . , . , , . , •. , , , , , •. , , , , , 21 CHAPTER III. BAYONNE lN THE WAR OF 1812 • , , , • , , , , , , , • , , , , , , , . , , , , , , . , , , , 25 Excellent' Fish and Oyster Enterprise-Natives Live Quietly: The Irish Come To Town. CIHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN ROBERT FlSH 31 Pre-Civil War Days and the La Tourette Hotel, Prominent Families. CHAPTER V, BAYONNE DURING THE CIVlL WAR • .. .. .. .. • .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. • .. 37 CHAPTER VI. BAYONNE IN THE RECONSTRUCTlON DAYS
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