The Boudinot Mansion

1073 EAST JERSEY STREET

ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY

In Commemoration of Its Presentation

BY THE BOXWOOD HALL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

TO THE Commission on Historic Sites of the State of New Jersey

Lt Loa·n Ecvhibition of

BOUDINOT HEIRLOOMS

Portraits, Silver Plate, China, 11-,urniture and Library

LENT BY THE FAMILY

Through The l(noedler Galleries~ ~Tew York City And Including Other Original Pieces of the Period

Opening Ceremonies, April 10th, 1943.

~E:·~td l{e-.-rark NJ, 1943 \.'fljoo words.) Lewis Ii.Cook Cook/Boudino€) -i.a:J tru,rt ii.Jte 1

/J ~: ~/~r!, ~,u& DOUUME.NTA.RY HI8'I'ORY OF BOUDINOT MANSION, - lf,J...,,_ et..lZ4-5ETH) /'J.r:.w Tl! Rs e:y ~ f\ 1P1 1:+QW1>ll~D HSti JDRNCR pf 1;;,':=\.RLY d:AYQB f)F

By 1=5e~vi3 _D. Cook, B.Sc. in A11 chitecture; Li:'e 1.:er.lber of' the I-I1stor1cal and the Geneal.of!ic.aL Socie.. tie.s o~ r>an.na.

In its iasue of i·,Aonday, 15 August 1768, theI·f8-Vv YorkJa.zett€ and ,ieekly

morning lliat, ct€par~ed ~nia Life after ti shor~ illness, ~he Hon. Samuel

Woodruff., Esq., one of His Iviajesty's Council r·or tnis Province. A G€ntle•

ma.n univeraa.lly known t·or his undaunted Rea'1-ution, unshaken Fide!i~J, and

just Decisions, in tne charac1,er of a Ma6istrate, for his Benevolence,

Hoa?i~ality., public spirit and Liberality, few, it· ani, Excel1Ect nim. In

·his priv~te Life were most Eminently joined tne e1.ffectionat,e husband, ten­ der ~arent, Kind Master, faithful friend, ~nct to crown all., the cheerful

~nd devout Christian. By his sudien Fall, several ?UDlic ana important

Pl~c€a of Trust became vacant, all of which he fillea with distinguished

Int€grity. His remains were decently intErred yeste.t:·dc1y Aft€rn,:)on in the

first Prtsbyterian Church, attended by u nurierous Concourse of' People,

frorn this ttnd t,ht: neighboring Towns., wr1en a very pertinent linct judiciously 1/ appliect Sermon was prehch€d bJ' t,h€ Hev. James G1a.ldwelI, fro1~ lat:iiah lvii, 1,l.~

Thia first known owner ana occu~ant... of the house here considered, the

Hon. Sar1.uel Wooaruff, Es(1,, who is thus record€d as havinr; died on 10 .nug­ d,PJ'~r1 fl'c/ ust 1768., wa3/·a son of that Joseph 'No'Jdruff whose ~ruve stone in the First s-/at~s Prtsbyt,eriun Churchytt.rd"ehowa -r:,hat he died on 25 ~ep~er!lber 1746 t16ed 72 2 yeurs.-/H e is· sui· d oy tl.1e h is' t orian, t h € Rev. ~....., F •.laH tf J.€· 1... d J;~~~-~, t - t o h ave

been extEnsively engaged in merchanclise, tradinG t,o the "t€st Indies, one

of thE moat influential citizens of ~li~abeth, rntrnbe~ of the Provincial 1/ s·ix ME cbo--s of thE . • Cou~1cil 1757-6tJ, namEd one of -lhe 4 Uor~irion Uouncil iu the first chnrter of /~) Cook/rloudinot/ L:,:/

.t"l.ldErmun, und was thE YJ.6..yor 1751-60 etc., a justice of the pea.cc far r!ld,ny 4/ ye6.rs and one of thE judges of th€ County C')urt7 ?resident of the board of

trustees of the First Presbyterict~ Llhurch 1756-65, :,rib.ined an elder thereof

1765, a menber of the PresbytEri~n Synod 1?64-65, and ti trustee of the Uolle~e ,16/ of New Jersey 1 749-66.hs the i·1i&.-;for of Elizabeth, hE entertained thE wife and

da.u0 hter ot C.iovernor Jonathan Belcher in ~AHrch 1!51, during their visit to

ins~tct the house \no. 1J46 ~- JerdEY 3t.; ~hich he had pro~osed for the 1~t-

by him. The ~overn~r arrived ttt &lizhbethtown from Burlin~ton on 4 November

follo~in~, and the t~wn which hbd beEn the original c~~ital of the colony 6/ °'6c1in becam€ the sEa.t of g:,vernmEnt until his death on )1 Au6ust 1757.

In a. letter datEd i~lizabeth Town Nover1ber 19, 1756, nominating 5a.muel ~,ood­

ruff ~s'i • to the Vh.cancy in "His Maje sty's Council of this Province", the Gov­

ernor advised the Lords of 'I1rhdE thl:i.t 11 1 do with all Freedom rEco!!lI'1€nd him to

your Loriships as u Gentlem~n of strict Virtue of gJod ability,~~ of a good

Estate; he is & has been f1r several years ;.,1ayor of this Town, and one of the

Judges of' thE County Court; of Jre c1. t Loyalty a.nd t~eal for advancing liis l·,la je sty's

Inter€ st ~.~ Honour ht all time a, nor do I know a :•1ore Wr)rthy Person to su~?lY

11 thE said Place. ,woodruff ·11iaS acccrdin~ly adni ttt d to the lJ )u.ncil on ;.j c.Tuly ..... l ?·/ l •p. "-'' (J .,

By his Hife Elizabeth (Ogden) 1--Tooclru.. ff, ·who st1rvived hi:n, the

1·1ayor Samuel 1Joodruff had issue:- The Rev·. Be11jamin l·!oodruff, .1~.B.

1753, .Ji.r1. 1756, Princeton, ·who died 3 .April 1eo3 aged 70 yenrs, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of ;Jestfield, l{.J.; Joseph 1·lood­ ruff born abou~t 1734, of ·whom further; ..Ebigail ·woodruff born 14 and died 27 September 1736; Sa.muel ~Ioodruf'f Jr. born 15 I1arch 1746 §_/ and died in Nove~ber 1747; and Eli zeheth 1ioodruff who died in ~lbany, N~Y., h2ving married first on 9 May 1759, ·with her brother officiating, Ebenezer Bryant, a la~1yer of Elizabethto1~m, !~.J., who Proposlfed Eestoration of the Boudi11ot T1Iansion, Elizabeth, 1-l". J. ! 1942. (without the t,10 wings) died there in 1761, and second the Rev. Jose~_h Treat, l7J4-1797, . ~) pastor o~ the l'irst Presbyterian Churoh ot Hew York City 1763-1784. ·

.. :· ""•. . ·-r' •· ·i:;· ' ·.-:::i.·-~,-:::-: ,· ' ·; . . t . 9/ · · ... · _-._}···Gt:•~;:lit8frf.lt ~the H-on~·- Samtl'!l V/oodruf:f' d@ccao(;tr• - The administrat·dr'sf-hi:9· "Wi'doir ,--•t,ro· sons, ~nd brothE r Isaac 1• oo

·1··'.- ...•~- h-,-~ L ~ in th€ New 'for'!:.· OU:"U~l or Jailz Advtrtiser 'Jf 1 3Ept€~b€r 1768 c1. :)ublic StilE

1) deptember next, of 11 .n. ~rec.1.t Vhriety of J:,ods, c~:1;3istin~ of 6 €nteel h-)USE-

pair of 6 ood oxen, tht be at milch cows, ct. nurr1be r of younc..:; c~l. ttle, b. he rd of

:3,1vine, a com..iletE set of fB-.rm.in~ uten3ils, Ll. ,1uantity of wtll-curtd hay, both

the ~rcund, with other o.lruJst innunerable a.rticles. 11 In thE issuE of c:::6 .:)€p•

tEL'1b€r followin,G, they advertised the udjou.rn€d s~:i.le to be held on 4 Octob€r,

11 iihen the rEmC\ining !!lOVEable est.~te will b€ sold, C:JnsistinJ of two 1~J.r~e

boats in good trim, a larJE anchor anrt cable, a neat dinJinG clock, currlint

wine, a stout ne~ro r.ia.n, h:JUdE hold furni turE ii etc _J:Q,/

11 Th€ invent:ir~f the Personal estu.te of the Honble. Sa!'luel ,loollruff ~s<1 .,

11 deceased, trtken ye 1r3th day of Au~ust 170() , li:1ts the 7·urniture in these

named (and other irn~lied; rooms in his late dwelling houBE in &li/4abeth Town:­

bltj.E roo~., 7

t:J.e..L, • Cn::/BaU.Ci:n.-:Jt (! crinson roo:'.:1, 02.k roon, ~s ~lso Prticles in the nilk house, kitchen, cPll?T,

bArn thf?; dock, ? 11 chsise hbuse, ~ncl. hP.yr2.ck ~t fprm, the r..el:-r bor-1.t n.".lY.:led Lone,_,

13lac~', 2:0,:,ds in the store, etc. n.t. t.JtP.l v~l11rtion of 1696 nour.1.0_:::;, 2 shillings, 1 1 uence; rri th a_ebts ~_,_le the est~te 3:10 DO1.md.s nn8_ bon:1-s. 3S6~' ]JOUL"1.ds, 3 shillings, ~/-/,P ll/ 4 ""!)(-?nee; which ina.ic~cte~ a mA,n of c:Jnsia_erable ~.'.'8~1 th. ~ \

~,cco:rd_ingly u-oon his t,~:o sons, of v1ho·rr: '-Tose~Jh cane into D:J~sessio::-i~of tl1ei n~tern~l L~.;~ ,6r'7"/ler- ~e- w-✓ /3 · n, ,!J 1 I 'Cf(;/ homestead by deed of 1~5 Octobe~ 1768 from 4;be ')tl·ie-.-. C'.Qn. Thi3/is e:-

1 11 ..C> for p2.;v"Tnent of '3CY) -pounds cur:---ent r:i~:n1ey of Ee :· Jersey, All t}1r1t lat 0.L

by George Price, &nd which the s~id

J~)se~oh Wo,:Jdruff hold.s by. virtue of R deed of convey~nce fror:i the SP.id Benj~nin

7Jc,,)o..ruff beari112: d?te the d~ ...v before the a_ate of these presents, tot;ethsr with L- • 12/ 11 1 211 2r1.d. sing:1lar the 'Buildings Pnd 21rourtenRnces to .the sr-u:1e bel·)ngin:~;. --

But this Josffqh W0,1druff J!'., who thus succeec.9a. his father in -ooss~~s·~3ion ~na. occu~1ation of the fr-unily scat, survi ve

Wooa.ruff Junior of the B1rofu~:h of Elizabeth and. Provi:nae of NewtJersey, l:e!'chr.nt", d~ted 8 :B,e1)ru.?.ry 1769 ancl -pI·oved 18 Febr·UP..ry 1 769, cl.evi sed te> his wife Re11eck~.h

"m~r best chintz bed, bedstePd ancl fu.rni t"l.1.re thereTu.-ito belon,?-:ing", y1i th 500 ~Ou....'1.ils

11 li.~bt money -in lieu of her a_•Jwer ri~~hts. Unto my beloved son H-wiloke Wo'.1druff An·1. ti') , J to his heirs & assiens forever, a.11 8: sin(~ulPr the rsst r:.nd r8sidu.e of m;:l· s~.ia Est~t~~, both ~eal & nersanal, wheresoever & wh1=Jtsoeve1·./In c:ose my s"ia. son a.e-p,,rt this

1) 1_. i· .J::'.J. e w1· t'_1011 t is· :-~ue 1)e-:: ,..,. ore P.rri· vin~c;· at th_e_ ri.r:_·e or·" 21 i,1,,re~r~ .., , e ...-"'_--ecuto,_,s ord.ere_ji_ to Cook/ 3 1udir!.ot / i1/ ren of mjr brother 13enjnmin, ?Q<~ :)ounds to my Yrife Re1)eckA,h, Pna. the resi

7 1 equ~--7 1.... ~~- oe' t ween SHl.O_• ., 1-...;ro t,ner P.nu.,:i sis• t er~-r-:,1 1.zA• b ev!l."-~ A···J·-:oin · • t e,""A f rien• d s rnJ..L• 1 J.Firn· · P ear- tree Sr:1i th P.nd Eli!'.ls 13ou.dinot Es~,rs. P s {~-1~r,1i~.r...s of son Hu11loke Wo:)d_:r.,J.ff m1. til he

P.na_ ern7owers them to sell Pncl convey rep,_l estrte "P2.--ovicled. neverth9less th~t they . do not sell, c:na co.!.1vey F,~tray the Ho1.ise & Lott in which I now dwell, or the Store c~

w ~-C' T tt ~/ Lott ~ajoining to 0.i~ I Sf"l.ac -1 Q-:) aLruJ: .1. r_, r • .

LI ST Ob, Fur:!{! TITRE 1 769

11 4 The Invento~y of the goods & chc~ttles Rights & Credi ts :Jf Jt)se-oh 1.-!n:vlr-uff J1.1.1i.J". n l / t~J:en 22 Febrwry: 1769 by the tnree executors Bnd Willi~r-~ the P~}pr~isers, shows the i'ollovJin,c; roorc.s ~na c·:intents o.f' the Ltansion house:

I n J..iun.e 1....-reen"' ::.-;--,00 m

All his wer.rir.~ PDnP.rel P!ld his 2 sm~.11 red. trunks . • • •

I shars of his f s ther s & :.~ tr11.i.~ks • • 35: O: 0 ~n officer's gorget

P. silver hilted sv1ord cc han·

!?, ow.rte Bible 1: O: 0 furniture, left his widowl 7: O:. O r.s odd S:pect~_tors, I :2rtin I s Phil'.)sophy his -oicture (blrnk)

P 2uilt_, walnut sconce 4: 10: O

Seasons, En:tlish Physici2n, Les A~-1eus- 6 red rush bottori ch~.irs 1: 10: 0

nents, L;-,. Belle Assenble, 4 -lj//;)bJ.et¾:17:11 I

1 Fl curl d mPnle desk 3: O: 0 scn:.. P!re a O. 17: 6

P cPrnet or floor cloath h~nd irons, shovel, tongs

8: bellows 15: 0 In the Chintz Room

P. :---:ui 1 t sconce r;lr-:iss 5: 10: 0 ,; Elbow do. 2: .0: 0

P green cott 10: 6

6 v,~ lnu.t check 1)ottom ch.'-' i rs 5: 0: 0 brPss ton 'Pnd irons L: 8: 0

In the :Slue Room

1 1,··-~ .:?reen field. bedster:id . )•. 0 7 ~.r::!) 11 c;l2ss :pict11.res 4: 0

"1 -~ }4 .... 1 ·) -- -r:-... '\! -, u~ttd I_-, s,·1.-.t .... r-:!. 11 . . . J !'~..._ l .;,, .,_ , () • O~e-SS 1-:..r.nd.les 4: 0 .:..'....r:.ss 1c::-·_) . ,.... _,.. r ~ cott bed bolster & uillows 3: 6: O 10 bl-::nkets & 2 ru:.,-s,-::, c::::: o: u

~ ur. crinson check curtRins 1: 5: O bla.ck WAlnut dressing te.ble 2.: 5: 0

tte Crinson Room

10 crimson T!1P.hOgP.ny ch'1_irs 1- ()•- . 0: 0 large v1il ton c?.r:9ett o.e1. n•.J. o ,..,, c ?.,rn a.o. 3: 0: 0 a crir:son settee 4: 10: 0 curtPins &c 5: o: 0 . ., t . 1 1,.. a F;tll.L pi er g P..SS C.: 0: 0 pr. br~ss 2rns & hooks 15: 0 r-.. pr. mahoePny dinin,~~: te..bles 6: O: 0 10 wine /-:lasses 5: 0 a. pr. mf.'.hog. CP.rd_ do. 4: 0: 0 a broken sett of china 1: 10: 0 a J apen sa1 ver 1r'J. • 0 a pr. wine sliders 3: 0 In the Com. PPrlour

,... I'" , -s ,-:uil t 1,; .. lnut pier gl2..ss o: o: 0 oa.cL china cu1)s & s::.:.ucers,

,... .,..,. 1- I""\. c .... -or. l CUT t '.0 i -·;;JYI"' &c: c... O: 0 .L t~ee:1 ~-"~rr~. 2 bowls 14: 0

P · chimin£~ clock ,...,o•c. .. o: 0 a blott tin colser & tea. potts

7: o: 0 &4 spoons 17: 6

? elbov, chairs ?•-- . O: 0 a crane llO. 3: 6

2: 10: 0 odd vrockery ;;;~re & s~lt 4: 0 . 1: O: 0 fruit a_ish & JPDA.ll s~lver 2: 0 l""•c, 0 7 brass screws ~-_, 0 a -pr. Bnd. irons, brass hea.ds, book tea chest & canisters 5: 0

shovel & tongs 1: 3: 0 silver- tPnka,rd ?6 oz. 16 pvrt. e. 119.nd. be 11 ~-~'. 0 14 13

P hr-?.. t br-n.sh 1: 0 14

1 r-; • ? ~icture King & ~ueen -· . 0 do.smR11 do. 6 5 4: O: 0 do. creRm pot 4 4

r. 1--z__. vr 1· l 1 e ::;;1 e.sses o. 6 6 do. tP.ble suoons12... 10

r. cruet st~nd with .~;lA.sses c@mpleatlO: 0 10 d.o. te2 do.

do. do. tongs 1 l ~ u~inted tAble cover 2: 0

I do. -ounch s t:.r!")_ir.'..e!' ----1 .?...;. I (j) Co?k/ 3pudin':lt/ 'I( Back Barl our

-1• 1r::;·../. 0 3 wn· 1·te stone 11_1~- ~.nes, a broken sconce 2l~ss; . 10: 0

~ .; Q 1 I") -=-or1,..s R. b 1:..·• o·. o 7 ;:Q -·-Ve S (,:; . _,_ _.n... ,.x, OX 12: 0

2n old_ couch &: cover 10: 0 blu.e & ~''hi tP })1111.ch -o ov,l 1: 6

6 blPck chPirs ~ s:h bottom 4 bP~rs 1: 4: 0 G firkin wt. some butter 5: O

13 do. do. COffiL"lOn sort 1: 4: 0 a ch2_irs feRther cushion 2: 0

6 rea... rash cio. 1: o: 0 13 pr. sheets 13: O: 0 h guns ..,,~- . O: 0 18 ta..ble cloa.ths 4:10: O

?• O• 0 3 pr. boots & 1 pr. nevr shoes 1: ~-. 0 1 7 n2.:nkins l•• _I. j

,.. 12 knives 6: forks & knife box, 18 nillow cases 1:16: 0 ivory hana_1 es 16: O 6 -or. ,:,hi te 'lfojv~~ 3: O a wt. wash bason & bottle 5: O

Lo-rrer p C":1,... ss-:it:.!~~ --~e uainted floor cloath 7: 0

1: O: 6

~ ~lPss lcnthorn 8: 0

Kitchen

?• 2 2Teenc~ corner cuuboaxd-~ ~• 5 br~.ss Chaffin dishes 5: 0

.. ,-.. . R painted granidier 14: !)~ C: do. scimtners & lga_1e l ..1 .• O•. .· o.-·:~.· . An ov2..l .p;u.m table l':')~. • 0 a pr. 3nd irons, tonr;s &

? sq. ta,bles 8: 0 shovel 1: o: 0

~ settle 10: 0 5 tramels 18: 0 . 3 br2-ss kettles 4: O: 0 1 grin. iron & toaster 5: 0

,-.. .,,,. ,~ 12.r~e. - brP.ss CP:16.le sticks lb: 0 1 iron uott 7: 0

? ,r. decBnters, 2 sPlts & bott 4: e ? iron d..isn " Jcettles 12: 0

P. w2.rming pan _ 10: 0 1 1~.rge iron a_o. 1: O: 0

,., l•lt;• ~ ].. i~r • rr,•e .. ,, . .-' . 0 iron "':')Otts & bB.son 1: 5: 0

P (1t.lst shovel ,? ... • 0 beedle, wed.n:es & a.x 10: 0

1 ..., ti:::-1 ~ci tchen 15: 0 bas~:et & -,"') 1Jeck ?•... 0

,-.. r:- ,.. .-- --- '1 '--e, ,·)· () 1: .• 0 Ji•; s ~ ~"',!'.'Irle.._,,, ~ . ..-1_ · ✓ s~ 1: •

., - ,,..--, ("'\ l 7 r-,-,·a.,, ~ f"" C ~ ._., :; 7 ~ .-- C" • .. , ..;.. ;) 111. ,_, ~- 1· ~ _-,, "._ ' : i - • . ..;. __ . ··'· . ~~ r,:.. c~ -- 7: Con'k/ 130:J. 7 inot / x4A. • I V( (f) .,; te2, kettles 1: o: 0

1 vridker basket 1: 0

1,! e-vr Kitchen

1 PTeen s2.. cl:cen bottom bedstead 11""\·c... • 0 R veF-1 & bucket 4: o

P. fish kettle & str~_iner' - 1: 5: () an O 1 a. S-Oc:,d.e (torn) Cellar

-:'.)pr ce 1 DO t~. toes 1: o: 0 lye tub 1: o: 0

2 doz. bottles ( torn) sand 3/6. it~ 3mpty casks 1:11: 0

2 bbls. soap r.•c::. O: 0

Kitchen

6 a.ishes, pewter, 25 plates,

-,.,._ . _., J ·--•:J o ....,_ ..,..- i -n2•eya' :, -'· s & 12 spoons 2: 5: 0 a cha.ffing dish, 2 stone netts 1: C

~ -r;o Jden t!'encher 3: 0 a pr. stillards 14: 0

•--,:, ·qe-,:mer mill 2: 6 3 ced~r tubs & ? ogk do. 11: 0

,:-r~ ..l'f'l e -~ •. ' . J.. - iron 6: 0 2 old. churns 3: 0 e nr. brnss svales & 7 le.~_den v,ts, soap f:=i·tt 12: 0

8 roa.stine; hook 3: s 4 c~.kes tPllow 1: 10: 0

5 e.'='rthen rnilk cans· 6: 3 cheese ~oress & fHtt &c 5: 0

. 0 do. su..i."'1.dri es 1: 0 si ve, trP.y & c.. bowls 2: 0

In the Yflrd &c

-~rrsterc, shells 6: 0 flatt irons 12: 0

(torn).- 0P.t s 3; 10: 0 10 iron & brass cf-1.ndlesticks d:utch 1rrheel 17: 6 & sa.l t mortp.r

~ine ~iue & bFrrel 10: 0 1: 6 • .J

---?•. 0 2 windov, curt.~ins 1: 0 . 5: 0 a beer Anchor & c.ci.gg r:i s~.ck of -pulleys 17: 6 7: 6 4 le~ther buckets 1: O: 0 ~. cloathes li-::ie 3: 6

n blue & 1.·:hi te c~llico bed. auil t 10: 0 1 steu lr.1do.er 1: 6

1 nr. sPddle bags 3: O

Kitchen Ch2nber At J,.-:r. Boudinot I s house, in the

fea.ther bed 1:10: 0 Titdow•s nossession

P 2: 0 1 nr. blue & w11..i te c~llico O: 0 gum table J.. 6: pr. old boots 2: 0 ?2 yds~ di~per halfton ·. ,-.- , 2: 5: 0

In the Store

P desk 10: 0 ,,,. lo -pr. gloves 8: 0 c:i. piece o:f chec1-; furni ti..:t.re 12: 0

old trunk 2: 0 In the Desk

Fnd irons & tongs 14: O gold jewel, ch'?.in & old but­

2" cross leg I d table 2: 0 tons wt. 3:10

1 nr..... small leather breeches 4: o

~ At Princ.eton .College, in· Hunlb}(e 's Room

?•·· r.:;:). 0 5 mans . ., . '.'.) ClJ.TtPins 3: 6

? beds 5: o: O 2 CAndle sticks 1: 3

}-1- chairs 10: 0 1 crean cuu 1

1 "9r. G.n(l irons 15: 0 1 cloa.th t)rush 2: 6

l shovel 1: 0 , l co=tJerlid 12: 0

1 1)ellows 2: 0: ; · 1 rug 1: O: 0

1 looking e;lass 1:10: 0 1 "blanket 7: 6

4 cuusJ.. & sflucers 1: 2 2 pr. sheets 2: O: 0

3 tea SlJQ')llB 3 7 I>illow CP.ses 10: 6

1 teP... kettle 3 towels 2: 6 a. tea ceni star 9

ro~Jl)ey L ~o Ann L Phill 1 15 Cook/Boudinot/~

This Joseph \Voodruff Jr./ b

First Presbyterian Churchyard there.:-.~ .. 4 He received the degrees /I-. /3 r /J.. M, lG( of~ ln 175j and M.-r. in 1758 from Princeton College.---: , , By his first wife# Ann Hunloke,who died .28 June 1757 in her 23rd year ~1 2/ according to gravestone inscription, - a daughter of Captain l7/ John· Hunloke of Elizabeth Town,-· he had an only surviving child, Hunloke Woodruff, born 23 October 1754, who was a student at Princeton at the time of his father's death in 1769 but did not graduate, and who died 4 July 1811 at Albany, New York, haV1ng married Maria Lansing of that city and fta~ ~sue. He studied med- h;i llll~f Ei/~~J,-e-#/~} ~(,~-£4f ~ icine under~Dr. Malachi Treat in New York City, and served as sur- 181 geon in the 3rd regiment of New York troops during the Revolution•.:- Tlill . . DESCRIPTIO!~ OF /HOUSE _Ill·. 1769. The 15-year old orphaned son and heir, Hunloke Woodruff, never came into possession of the paternal homestead in Elizabeth; appar- ently he went to live with his aunt Elizabeth (Woodruff) Treat in

t.. New York City. Necessity for closing the accounts of the estate of his father, Joseph Woodruff Jr., prompted the executors to offer "To be let and entered upon imraediately, the dwelling house late of the Hon. Samuel W0odruff Esq., deceased, at Elizabeth-Town, in New-Jersey. This 1s a very large and handsomely finished house, with two wings; it is two stories high, and has four large rooms on a floor, with a back piazza of the length of the house. The wings are also ~ . two stories having several commoiious apartments; the lot contains about three acres, on which are several convenient out-buildings and a capacious well-inclosed garden with a small orcr1ard behind Co olc/Boudino t/G(

it. The whole in ~he.:,best repair." 1 as advertised on 20 February l9/ 1769. ~ ~ Tl-::.e sale~-'_0f.~_-,th1s property had been expressly forbidd·en the executors by the will of said Joseph Woodruff Jr., a difficulty overcome by the Court ordering a forced sale, as follows. In the New York Gazette, or .The ~eeklX Post-Boy of 16 March 1772, appeared this advertisement:- "At Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey, By virtue of a writ of F1er1 Facias to me directed, at the suit of J·ohn Reid against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, which were of samuel Woodruff Esq., late~

The house was bought then by the surviving son of the Hon. Samuel

\Voodruff Esq., the Rev. Benjamin \Voodruff or ·'-Vestf 1eld, N .J. 1 and John Barnes of New York City, as the following advertisement indicates:-

11To be sold at public vendue at the Ivlerchants I Coffee House on . {1772) Tuesday the 6th of October/, or at private sale any time before, That

commodious and well-finished house I with a convenient coacl1-house, stable, and out-houses, late the property of Samuel \Voodrufr Esq., Cook/Boudlnot/f deceased, situated mn the most agreeable part of Elizabeth-Town, together with near fou.r acres of exceeding good land adjoining thereto, including an extensive garden and good bearing orchard. The conditions of sale will be made known at the time of the ven- due: or by inquiring of the Revd. Mr. Benjamin Woodruff at Eliza­ beth-Town, or of John Barnes in Bayarc1-street, who will give an 21/ · .L -+- indisputable title for the same."~:, DE.eds convet.t~~'i-H,E.,froper•~ 10 or from sqid.. Woocl.Y't.4 ff C4nd Sc:irn..e.s C\ r~ not- recorded.. TI-r;; 1IOUSE ACQUIRED BY ELIAS BOUDil~OT 1772 Elias Boudinot, who had been attorney for the Hon. Samuel Wood­ and defended his estate in the suit brought by Reid, ruff Esq. 1anq_Ao_ne of the three executors of the will of his son %ad .:bee11 Joseph Woodruff Jr., purchased the house above described, as the 22/ following extracts from his Ledger- indicate. The deed of conveyance of this property to him is not found on record, unfortunately.

(quote)D~ Dwelling House & Lott 1772 1 Novr. -To Purchase Money, including Ir1terest from 1 rday last, paid BenJ: Woodruff and John Barns of whom I bought 892: 1: 6 -To Do. paid for widow's Dower L 110 light 102: 0:10 L 994-: 2: 4 Dec. 6 -To sundries 37:10: g 1773 Feb.ll -To ao. 3:10: 4- :March 8 -To Do. 1: 7: j 3:17: :>

?• 29 -To Do. 12: c,_ • 0

July l::~ -To Do. ;)f .• 5: 0 9:19: 9.

T •) r- m ':> ... ov. ., ·•·o n· o 10!16: '- 1 ,... .,, -- ~ . 177~) tTuly 6 -To sundries taken out of ace of expences for

cistern, repairs-fences- & quit claim of Kenny 4-7:10: 0

Dec. 29 -To cash to R. K~~rey for release & Deed 7: 0: 0

-To sundries _6: 12!_ __Q Cook/Boudino t/4'

No entries appearing on the credit side of this account, which ends on 29 December 1775, it is obvious that Boudinot derived no revenue from renting this house, and that accordingly he occupied_/ 2» it during those three years from the time of purchase, at least.(zp-;

ELI/1.S BOUDINOT I S Pli.EVIOUS HOUSE ]]L ELI~ABETII, 1762. U7~0-I B2I );J Of this Elias BoudinotJ\ a ttorney-i-a t-law (:..1740-1$21 t, !Jiurray I s

l-.Jotes Historiq_B;.l .ar1:q .. ~i_9gr:qp:qi:~f!.J:., published in 1S4l-~ 1 s~ate ~: that "When adnitted to the bar, he selected this town for his residence, and lived several years 1n the old building, now almost 1n ruins and known as the Whitlock Hmuse, in Meadow Street, next south of the

11 residence of Nir. James G. l~uttman , and Hatfield's His;~or:y: of ~~l:.z.­ abeth, published in 1868, that Boudinot HResided first in a smaller and then in a larger house on Jersey Street, both of which he ppught 2J/ ' a1L:.Alderman Woodruff or his heirs."---:-.,·. Agreeably to t~~se statements, but more specifically, the fact that Boudinot purchased the large house of the late Mayor~ Samuel Woodruff Esq., from his' surviving son, the Rev. Benjamin Woodruff, and John Barnes, at their public sale thereof on 6 October 1772 1s demonstrated above. T~at he had previously acquired the smaller /j:i //rul- [~2/ house appears 1ntaa- entry under "Real Estate" in his Ledger-;-thus :- ' 11 1762 Oct. 31 - To cash for Ho·use & Lott bought ot. Saml Vloodrµff

Esqr light 11 L 360 • • • • • • L 308:11:,, 5. Record of his selling this house is not entered, a fact which indicates his occupying it following his marriage on 21 April 1762 and until some date before 31 December 1775, when he entered credit 11 By cash for rent of old

House. • • 42:17: 2~ and again on l April 1777 for the same at L 25, witho3t naming his tenants. Boudinot had come to Elizabeth Town from his father's ~ome in Princeton after being licenses an attorney-at-law 71-ii Yde'nii t'y /o:V ~~&WfJ.~l/oqk}/o\l'se/ ~ ~vl~qb~ 9"tf'e(ft o/ on 9 November 1760, and boarded with~W1111am·:iml~:= Barnet from J_J)t: ' JUI1e 1761 to 24 April 1762, as an entry of ... ,25: :.14-:~--1t-:.. 1n.~_fav:or of

0")/~~ the latter 1n the Ledger indicates-:- .Cook/ Boudinot/ I/ The identification of the 11 11.hi tlock house in lieadow Street!!, now

Tuladison Avenue, with this II smaller house" purcl1ased from Mayor Samuel Smith in 1762, is clearly established in a mortgage of 10 March 1785, by which George Pugh of Elizabeth To-wn, "Practitioner of Physic 11 , and wife Mary, conveyed to 11 El1as Boudinot of the same place, Coun­ celler at Law'', as security for the payment of 350 pounds current money of l'Jew York, 11 All that certain d,velling house in which Elias

Bo 1J.dinot forrnerly 11ved arid in which Silas Hals~yLnow"".live~, _ibeiJ.1.g the house and part of the +ot which the said Elias purchased of the late Samuel Woodruff esquire by deed dated 22d of July An.no Dom 1763, situated on the easterly side of the road leading to Woodruff's .....,_24/ . farms. 11 Evidently, this mortgage was foreclosed after the death of Doctor Pugh s~me eight months later, for Elias Boudinot appears sub­ t?-:9a/~ sequently,1inI possession of the property. He conveyed it to Colonel Ephraim Lockhard Whitlock before 10 October 1803, as is rec11ted in a mortgage of 2 September 1805 g1 ven by \Vhi tlock to Susan Niemcuiez 25/ of Elizabeth.-- Neither of these two deeds are on record. This "smaller house" on the east side of ]Jleadow Street, no~v Mad­ ison Avenue, conveyed to Elias Boudinot by Samuel Woodruff by deed of 22 July 1763 as above recited, appears to have stood about 315 feet north of East Jersey Street, on a lot 9~ rods deep and contain­ ing more than one acre, the site now occupied by the Winfield Scott Public School. This lot of Boud1not 1 s 1s mentioned as lying on the west line of that of the late Samuel Woodruff Esq. in the mortgage&~ of the latter given on 14 October 1768 by Joseph Woodruff Jr. as prev­ iously quoted herein, and as lying on the north line of the lot ac­ quired by Isaac Woodruff from his nephew the said Joseph in a mortgage 26/ thereof dated 6 July 1773.--:- / It was ~Yidently the large house of Boudinot's,on Jersey Street, to which William A~exander (Lord Stirling), brigadier general of the Ee.stern Battalion of New Jersey~1-J1111t1a. refer1"'ed in his letter dated Elizabeth Town, 10 January 1776,

ord€red thE royalist gov€rnor of New Jers€y 1 Willict □ Frunklin, hrrested and r€moved to that town, where 0 I hav€ providtd good ientEEl lcd~in6 s for the Gov­ ernor at Mr. Boudinot's which I expect he will oCCU?J t~i3 u.f'tErnoon and whErt;

sht-... froe1 whn I intend he 11 remain until I hav€ dire ctiona ConC..> ;•re ss t t:::i do with

.nmbo.,· until hi8 arrest on 17 JunE 1776 and subsequEnt r€moval to Connc: c ti cut 27/ unde:r ~U1=4rd pursut.nt to the act of Congre sa on ~4 June 1776.- ·

THi HON. ISn..i1.C :t'IOODRUFF ES~.

.Cl . . In re gb.rd to the pro~e rty at the north.e~•.at corn€ r O.i.. ~a.st Jersi:·rti StreEt a.nd

Mudison Avenue, which like Boudinot•s 176.5 purchhBE wc1.s ori~inc.~lly pc1.rt of the lca.rl€ lot of th€ Hon. S~uEl Woodruff Jsri•, it o.c.:..y be of intt:r€st in passinz to observe here thb.t the lutt€r• s brcth€r, th€ Hon. Isahc Wo::,druff J~s1.1., --d-epqr mayor of ili~abeth and member of the Asse~bly, Ehose Jr~vestone in the First

Presbyterian Churchyard stttt€s thnt he died 17 October 1bO) in hiB bdnd ~rE~1 purchased from t~te estu.t€ of his n€ph€W Joseph dead.ruff Jr., hS is stut€d in his will of b FE:bruury lt5v2 and described in tt r.iort~& 0 E of 6 Jul:r 177,5, th€ '".?,eecs1'/-~ Me.. )Jo~Jt!/ o/ P,:,c..f-.,,- JY/1//an,, .Bcz~n!::,j-~ corner part th€rEof {extendinc so11.e 214 feet alon::; the €:,.st :!.in€ of Madison

II 11 AV€nue northwhrd frol'!l Je ~ €;/ Street to th€ lot of ~liu.s Boudinot , With a front-

of Samuel tloodruff .r~s~., d.tcEused, hnd thE hJuse cor1nonly Crllled bnd kn)Hn by the ----···20/ -

11 ntHU€ of thE Gre€n Store. -· ------. ------1'····· . -·--·--~·-·-·-- l-v-u/2.,,--p ~ I , In thE/division 0f this lot hM0flJ the heirs in 1b17, the western h~lf of thE house l which fc1.cE .J Jersey St.) WtiS tiWo.rde d to Is1..lb.C '/JorJd.ru.ff' s d~Ghte r 3arhh

~uton, ttnd thE €a.ate rn ha.lf to his aon l'!€ hEmiah Woad ruff. 'i.1 h.E f'oruer half ha a

Je rnr:;//s, .)r ~t) re:•; since been dilzi3btd 1 but the latter half a?parentlyAfor~s no. 1ud5, its front consid€rubly rEmod€lled.

BOUDINOT FAMILY /, (,' (..?\ i2 , ' ·t ..n:n cl e/;;, s ,,wtt u /Qu r"//) e, t.fa,,,,~ µ,,,,id, n (/ ,

Eli~s BoudinJt )rd, a silversmith by trhde,1~arn in New York City~ July 1706 ~nd bt1 ptised thcr€ in the protestant French Uhu.rcb .Jf 0hir:t ,~s~rit C)TI th€

1'+th1 died in Eliztib€th., New JErsEy, 4 July 1770, u.nd Whs buried in thE: First Presbyt€rian Churchy-u.rc1 thErE, as his sro.vestJne: testifi€s. lie wc:1.s ~; ,.,,,-~\ Cook/Boudinot/., {_ffi-; Province of Rochelle, ~ri;l.ndson of thc\t Hu6 utnot refu~€e Elias Boudinot who car.'.:E from. IJ.arans.,/ F'rtince_,

by way of London ~nd the islhnd of ~nti~uh., British Jtst Indies., to New York

City in 1667 Hnd died th€r~ in 1702. Th€ Jr--ndson wua a_::)renticed to Sim.eon . . . of 1;ev1 York Cit:v ~ S_ilv.. e rsn1:i th.,___ on 2~ June 1721 for S Oum.al. n€ ~»~~jtl{kf~~x~~-'k2:t.a-~XEN:lCtlJi.~'"lj-~ sever:i, ye~rs, ~:rter y1l1icl1. term he was .. ser.it + o his. ~1r-'i-c:t:ivx . rElatJ.VEs in Antigua. He CTarried ther€., in St. John"' a pa.rish,-:S .-1.u6ust 17.29, seco11dly, Susc.nnuh L€Roux.. ~f't€r her riec:-th in 1755., he r.1hrr~·-e 1}· in the au_€ parish,

Jersey, dauJh .er cf a Welsh ;>lanter, Arthur and 11.nnh (Richardson) ,'/illiaL1s. By his second marriage, Elias Boudinot 3rd had- :Lssue viz.: John I I,. Boudinot born 22 Ja11ua~J 1735 in An~a, a doctor o:f n1edicine at .,.. Bound Brook and at Beverv'Yck, li.J., v1ho married llacl1el Van Orden of said Bound Brook; Annis Boudinot born i July 1736 and ba?tised

5 February 1736-/7 in Christ Cl1urch, PhiJ.adelphia, Ylh.u married ~he Hon. Richard Stockton of Pr1-oceton, N.J.; Elias Boudinot born 2 ~ay

1 1 740 in Philadelphia, of ,.. 1hom furt11e1 ; tla~.f Boud i11ot bor11 in 11 ovember

1742 in Philadelphia_,.!.· wh.. Q n1arried Abner Ilat:fiel.d; Elis.ha Boudino\\j;... :-·:,,. born 21 January l 749~~•in ,Philadelphia, ,vho diad.: ~ ~'9q!,,ober 1819 i~, ~ Newark, 1~ .l!J.; and ·Lewis Carre Boudinot 'born •·1.,~rftWirlrJe~ '1753, who. was lost at sea in 1786.t_28/ /I? Th€ faciily rerioved froI!l Antigua to Phi:&delphi~{ 1!ct:;et!!' 17)6 athi 1.?37,thence

to Princeton in 1752-5.5, and to i~lizab€th shortly after 1761. F~xar:iplea of the:

ailverwar€ mad€ by Elihs Boudinot ;rd. c1.re r[-; .. r€, due to th€ fact th;.,t he hr.. d

lon~ btEn c.fflicted by thE dead pals€y, as dtscribed by his son ~lis.a in 1769.

An inf ormu ti V€ hr tic le on this s i 1 ve rsrii th :1. 1 .K hrt d in th€ antiqut a ?hiG of

the NE~ York Sun on 15 June 1940.~ portrait of thE silver~~ith,painted by ~~r­ ;;;.rd~;-D~ykinck --\ 1695-174,~), €Xiata in lJOS;3ESSion J.!:' a d€SC€nri~~nt. TH~ HON. SLir..S BOUDI1\JOT

and a fluming heart below, all i~ gold; the crest H wretith of leuves und ber- 29/ ries; hnd the motto 11 Soli Deo Glori~ i~t Honor."TIIs ?ortru.it ~nd tha.t of his wife.; wnich he devised to ~heir nE1)h€W Dr. John ~tock~on of Princeton in 1~1 arE Charles Vlilson Peale's portrait of Elias Boudinot vvas known to exist./·· - ~--- exhibited at the formal reopening of Boudim,;t liar1sionin Elizabeth pi~x~x~~x~~~:X~~~~~~~x~~--:.c

"ftK~?!D ~3 Ia 'tiffi .. Olf S4~~ Elias Boudi11ot On 21 A~ril 1762,/}t r1arrie,.-i h~nnah Stocl,:ton, who was born ~1 July 17.>61:anrt- died 2b Octob€r 1ouo ht Burlington u.nd. waB buried in St. Iif1D.ry·o Churchyard thErE,

a dau~hter of John and hbiJail lPhilli?a) Stockton of 11 Morv€n", Princeton, N.J.,

and sister of the Hon. Richard ~tockton ubove~enti~ned, a si~ner cf the Declara­

tion of Independence in 177b, who married Elias' sis~er rtnnis Boudinot. Th€ int­

erests of two wealthy and ?rorninent fuCTilies of New Jersey were thus doubly united •

• -/;:;,a of :from Pri11ceton Th€/ rc-rilov& l of the Hd~dinots/to Eli~ajethtown, the son preceedi~g his parents, I I

in which ,ljurchc:i.sers of' a house and lot o~·~o:3i tE the Gol~E 0E in .Princeton hr€ dirEct-

€d to an·,1ly to 11 .'.~lias rl0L.tdinot of Princ€tcn or to -~lias Boudinot, .\.-t_,torne~r ,'1.t Law, .&. ·• -31;I

se1i th· a sister _iary Boudinot waa the

lie V. etts, the hon. John Uhetwaod ~later u judge of tne N.J. SunrECTE1 Uourt), and the 28/ Tho~as Brhdbury Chandler, rectar of St. John·s Uhurch, all of that place.- -

~~ ELIAS BOUDDrar Ill TlIE Y/AR FOR IlIDEPElIDElICE

Elias Boudinot 4th served ~a preaid€nt of the bolird of trustees of ~n€ Firs~ Pre sbyteria.n Church o:C Elizabethtown, Ir .J., .A e:a, r.;11:. Cook/Boudinot ti q) from 23 December 1765 to 21 December 1767, was a trustee of the ~ College of New Jersey (Princeton) from 1772 until his death in 1821. On 11 June 1774 he became a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Essex GoW1ty·,'and in 177:;; was chairman of the Comrnittee of Safety ·32-1,i&itr at Elizabeth Towri--1 U.Jli ts of the orgar1ized resistance to British gov- ernment oppression of the Colonies. In the latter year he was elected from Essex County to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey and ap­ pointed there to the Provincial Committee of Correspondence. Upon the outbreak of the Revolution, he served as aide-de-camp t9 Brig­ adier General (later Governor) William Livingston at Elizabethtown 30·/ Point. ·=-.6 BOUDINOTS .riE1iOVE TO BASKING RIDGE, 11 .J. At this time, and•certainly before the Spring of 1777, Boudinot removed his family from the mansion on Eaat Jersey Street, Eliza­ beth Townito the farm some twenty miles westward at Basking Ridge in the hills of Somerset County, to escape the danger of British

and Tory raids on the town, ~:rThia farm was: ·.one~.of _:three there _·which

he_,bad .purchased.. in 1771 and 1775, known as the Edward Lewis, Pat­ erson, and Talmadge farms, and he leased it in 17S5 to Joseph Lewis 33/ of Morristown._,.. ~,.;· .~{e leased the Le1Nis Farm to Henry Southard for ., , . 3 years to 17~ 8nd. th~n s~~~ it to ~~m for 650 poundst~/ ~~:<~- i . ._;.. · GE11ERAL J //1.{J'{1_.,,"/i,;l;;/ S'i:.~c:._ .-----·_,/ 1fFPOINTED C01Jilv1ISSARY 1777. f I

In a letter ·dated 1Ii.orristown l April ·1777 1 General \Vashington informed Boudinot tb.at 11 I.-----·-·-..-:;..--~----·.....;;.....;;;;..__ am authorized by Congress to appoint__ _a commissary of priso:11-ers •.Tee P~. will, I_expectj be about sixty d~llars a_E1~nth; the duty, except as to confinement, not hard. Close attendance on the army will be requisite in order to receive and distribute the prisoners to places assigned for their confine­ ment •••• I intend to annex another duty to this office, and that ---~;-~--- .is the procuring of intelligence:-i, On 6 June 1777 the Continental Cook/Boudinot/~ Congress /resolved "That a C?mmission be gran~ed to Mr. ~?U~fnot Esgr as Com- missarr of Pr~soner~, the said commission to be dated the 15 day of 1'-;il • last 2 and Mr. Boudinot to be ~llowed the, pay an~ r~~ions of a. I\ l) q/SO colon~l~ ~at Elia€ Boudinot b~ empowereLt?.~ppoint two. Deputy _ · rrc1 Commissioners of Prisoners-=, and on 23 June 11 That Elias Boudinot Es~. Commissary Genl. oLJrisqners _g§._ve power t2 ~ppoin~.~fil'ee Deputies under___ him ....,..__ in addition to those he heretofore was ay_~horized to ap- 35/ point. 1f-]3oudinot I s activity under this commission is apparent:. from his letters being dated at various camps above Philadelphia and addressed to his wife at Basking Ridge from 22 July 1777 to 4 March ,36/ 1778.-She remained there until called dln ~---•November 1782 to Join him 1n Philadelphia, upon his election to the presidency of Congress. Boudinot being Wlable to obtain money from Congress for clothing the Amerio~n soldiers in British prisons in New York, wrote in his in my power journal, that he h~~9-. ~•No means/but to take what monies I had of my own and to borrow from my friends in New York: Wa.~hington~~.~.•Rrom1s1ng that if I fi~~ally met w+~h a~;r_lossi he would divide it with me. On mis I b!:gan to afford tJ:1~~ s»me suppli~s a:;i_<'L..Et2.,.Vis ion§ -~7~:r--.mid ab,ive ---,- , w~at ~~e enem1 affo~ded them, ~!!ich \Vas ~y small." ··He was later reimbursed by Congress. S f:-::1 ct," --t '-X, PRESIDENT OF COl\JGRESS 1782:-3 ,- ~ - Having been elected on 20 November in the same year 1777 as a del- i egate from New Jersey to the Congress, Boudinot resigned the commis­ sion but continued his duties until a successor could be obtained, and so did not take his seat until 7 July 1778. He was re-elected, pre-bonstitutional and on 4 November 17g2 chosen to head the/government, as "Hls ExaeJ­ */ lencl Elias Joud~not Esq •• President-of the United Stat~s in Congress. ,B . 11 Assembled _. 111 that capacity he proclaimed the cessation of hostilities

and signed the treaty of peace with Great Britain which was ratified by Congress on 15 April 1783. He presided at the session of Congress t~-1'1t1/&f *----- He was-·------the 10th of the 15 successive presidents, 1774--1788 incl.

·~ s' J4 _____,,.. i ._ .. _.., __ _.._...... ,,, .._ _._._ .. ..,...... ,. . ------L----- Cook/Boudinot/ f €) 1n Nassau·.. Ha.11 in Princeton on 23 August of that year, and made the address of official commendation of Washington for his success Hin

acquiring and establishing the frpedo~ and indepen~ence of your c~unt~y 11 , 39/ to which the latter, being present by appointment, made reply.~ In a letter dated Princeton, Oct. 27, 1783, Boudinot informed the chairman of the Joint meetirJ.g of the New Jersey Legislature t~nat 11 :tJly time in the chair of Congr~ss h~v~ng just expired and the sev~nth year. of _my §?Cpul~~'?Il fr~.JPY, h~us.e and esj;at,e comE_leated, tp.e gre:9-ter part

of w~~ch ~~~ b~en ~evpted to the public service, wh~reby ~y prlv~~e affa1r~__ h§lve become totally ~erangedu, and requested permission to re- LlQz I'/ tire •.._.- Ir1 one dated Prince Town, 1 :Novernber 17B3, Boudinot wrote to John Adams, 11 I sh~.11. J_eay~ the chair of pongress on Monday and retire to. prlv~te l~fe at. El1i 1 t To~~fter almost eight u~ars speµt 1n the 41/ wu-x1ce gf my count~-~-:- Previously, on 21 August 1783, Charles Thompson, the secretary of Congress, wrote from Princeton to his wife that "The pr~sident of Cong­

r,es~~-§.__no~ provJ.d~g. a house for himself:, nor is h_e 11ke~y to find one he~e t~Jluit hi~~ l. f1n~_J;l1zabethtown has been talked of at hi~ table as a pi;ppep J21M-e for _the residence __g_LQ_ongr~ss. !Ie ~~~.~-!louse th.ere wb.icb. be -~Ys has twenty rooms, and _m11ch_l1e wi!-.1__1..~Lfor. the_ --...... ,...,_. .. . ' ...... ~ use __ of th~_Pres1dent. It is true the_placUs infested with mosgui toes

in ~umrner, ar1d. lyin_g_J__p,v and n_ear II!arshes 1 may b_e liabl~~-o 1nterm1 t­ t~~1ts in the _sprir1g !9,Ild fall, but tl1es~a1~e trifling v,h __en ~t is cor1sid­ §£.~d tha~ bM f~xing the residence of CopgFess -~here the value of hi~­ estate will be increased and he w~ll have. an opportW1ity of lett~ng _ t_is hou,s,e at a good rent.• But lte,t r-am.,,ir1clined to believe this will 42/ b.e ppposed. ,r- In a letter dated Elizabeth, 11 January 1784, Boudinot informed. vVashington of his "Being a.t. last peace~bly settled in private life:? :t>Q~~~ * 11 11olly ors~~------en, my housekeeper1jbeginning 1:) November 1783 and end- .,,~J' ing 15 Sept. 1790, A.t :the an11ual wages of 13 pounds, is so listed in ,.A,/.'/ _r-~r Boudinot I a Ledger. gg/ . ~- .,,,,,,.. Cook/Boudinot/ clp

JJlY 1;1 ttle estcite b.e:&:le reserved from the hands of the powe!ful enemy

after a seven year expulsion." and continues 11 I need not add the sense of obligation I feel myself under for the many kind marks of personal attention and confidence expres~~~_E_~~rds me duri~_g_the war, an~~ shall----·----·- ever esteem it one of the greatest honors of my life that I have. served-- --~---__.;..----·---~ my co,.1ntry in conjunction with and under the direction of Genl. 11 43/ Vlashington. -:-- Jf'ive years later, Boudinot was recalled to public life.

Eli&s Boudinot was elected from New Jersey to the House of Repre- ~/ sentatives of the firs·:t:7 ,second, and third, United States Congresses, 1789-1795, taking his seat at the first session, held in New York City, on 23 March 17s9. President Washington appointed him on 1st November 1795 as superinten·dent of the U.S.Mint at Bhiladelphia, which position he fiilled efficiently until his resignation thereof on 1st July 1805. He then retired from pubiic life to Burlington, New Jersey, where at his new home at no. 135 West Broad Street, he pursued the study of holy scripture ~d religion and compiled four books on the subj e·ct, which were publisped. He became president of the American Bible Society at its organization in 1816 (a full-length portrait of him painted

.._~fitMil!IR"e 8aily is in their possession), and of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. s. of A., likevjise of the Society for Ameliorating tl1e Condition of the Jev1s, a l'Jew· York State corpor- 44/ . ation-:-A.t a.,mee~ing:·of tne:_,$ociety .of the Cincinnati in the .State,of

New,Jersey.:.held. at, Princeton 23rd· September 1783~j 11 His Exeellency · Elias Boudinot, Esqr., President of Congresstt, was elected an honorary •-~4:57 .. ·- rt - - 1 member~'l1he ce/ificate of membership signed a11d dated subsequently by Washington 1s in possession of the family. This hereditary order was

established by the officers of ·Nashington 1 s army.

-~~~.oc:r:~ir¥t~.r-~,,,.,~~'First Session 4- Mar.-29 Sept. 1789 at N.Y.C.; Second Session

~\. x~~ 4 Jan.- 12 Aug. 1790 at N.Y.C.; Thied Session 6 Dec. 1790- 3 Mar. 1791 \J;:f at Philadelphia, of the First u.s.congress. Cook/Boudinot/ff "BURIAL .A..T BUBLING:'PO~J ~,. J On his monument in St. Mary's Churchyard in Burlington;tsl~ • ihe •I inscription- :- 11 here lies the remains of the Horiorable Elias Boudinot LL.D., Born on the 2d day of May A.D. 1740. He died on the 24th day of Oct. A.D. 1$21. His life was an exhibition of fervent piety, of useful talent, and of extensive benevolence. His death was the tri­ umph of Christian faith, the aonsumnation of ho»e, the dawn and the

pledge of e11dless felicity. To those v,ho k11ew him not, no words can paint, and those who knew him know all words are faint. Mark the per- 46/ feet man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.•~ ...

ELIAS BOUDINOT' S ~DESCE11DANT3 By his wife Hannah Stockton Boudinot, he had issue two daughters viz. Susan Vere;ereau Boudinot born 21 n·ecember 1764, who died without issue 30 November 1854 in Burlington, having married in 1784 the Hon. v,ho vvas and ~,V1111arn Bradford,lborn 14 September 1755 in Ph1ta.delph1a,/lViuE died there 23 August 1795 at the 11 Rose Hill" estate of Boud1Lot, having been the Attorney General of the U.S •. of A.; and Anna Maria Boudinot born 11 ·who 47/ April -1772,ftlui died 3 September 1774. ·-:--.-,

LETTER l• 1ROM. LA1'7 AYETTE 1785 'Upon his returr1 to France from mil1 tary service in the American

army, lvlajor Ganeral the lVi.arquis de la Fayette, in a letter dated Pai,is, 16 hlarch 178:> and addressed to the Hon. ___Elias Boudinot E~.9...,

wrote II To rem~ti_9._.YO~_g_t_a_frien_g. w!!Q__r_eel_§_ __ flim.sel.f.._ a_t.taQ.heg. to yQ_q_

£Z_ every, sentiment. of gra;t1t.ude BJ1Q. regardu, and concluded with 11 L beg, my _g_~__g_:r_S1:r:, you will present my best reg,ard_s to your Lad.Y an

hlao a11d Ili.iss Jelf. Adfueu my dear Sir, witl-i the highest regards .--::;::::::::-~,,.. -. - ' . . . . ' f~~-- ,. ,. ------~ • This corrects t-he remarkable Astat.emen~ in B .J. Lossing, P.ictq~ic!l E.!~l.~~ ..l~~q~ .. ~f -~h~-~~y~~i.?I¼, 1860, I, 326, that Boudinot v,as buried i3 First Presb Chyd in Elizabeth, illust~ated with cut captioned "Boudinot' s Vault n, al.so il1 Historic ~~!~~Q~~h-!~61~19:1:~,. page 24, v1hicr1 obviously confuses the father and son.

----,', /' r, \ Cook/Boudinot~ ~,! 48/ and sincere affection.".-·· · :, Thirty-nine years later Lafayette vras · - in per.fpn,.,,,- to follow the letter~to Boudinot Mansion in Elizabeth ToV'm.. General

J 0 nathan Dayton/who succeeded Boudinot in the ownership and occupation of this house; was official host to Lafayette there on the nig·ht of 23-24 September 1824. Having acc~pt~d the invitation of Congress,_ k- r::.,t-1./>rJ-J / :r,;,- >..,; 1-0 l4 r J T rf;c,,, ..-/J~_;_,,f';' <:T ,.) /-arr::. .f..) extended by President James IJ:onroey Lafayette was met at Jersey City

by General Dayton as grand marshal of the public ceremonies there

I and in Nev,ark, iivi th Colonel Kir1ney and hlaj or Ke 2~n of the Governor s

, Staff, on the 23rd and condl1cted, :ln ,rocessit)n through those cl ties o.nd 49/' to Boudinot fuansion in Elizabeth7.-General Dayton died 16 days later.

fylRS., GARRET NOEL,- CUSTODlA!r.. oF BOlJDTilor !\il~1lSIOII

Returning to considerat~on of the history of the mansion itself, it is apparent that when Boudinot and family removed to his farm at Baski.ng Ridge in 1776. - .._ -- , he placed this house in custody of a Mrs.

~v0m-0cr 11~ ~1,/·~'~Wi/elr/Wsfl~,w'Ws,1.{lelsY,IUs ltiJ-J ,t.6J~M.4.U~,,£1 ~s';Iit¼il ~ /

dishes &c with a large assortment of new books in history,

~1v1n1ty, law, physic. and miscellany, with stationary &c. Also Cook/Boudinot/a::( ,.,..-,4 7,. r"i an exceeding good phaeto~,~-almost new, to be sold . at .12.ri_vate ~ale. En9.~_ire of Mr. Caldwell,. in S12r1ng- f1eld. Elizabeth-Town, 1:~aY: _i, 177$. ~(, This lJlrs. Noel was the agent in Elizabeth-Tovm for the l'Jew York Gazette and Weekly _Mer~l!EL, according to 1ts advertisement of 6 Jan- - 52/ ·uary 1 777 -~ .- in Blizabeth Boud1not 1 s concern for the safety of his house/is indicated 1n his letter dated Philadelphia, 20 June 1773, informing his wife at Basking Ridge that 11 Genl....L_fi..Qbinso~ ha:s promise~ rr~e to ~i_rect his aid to. _qua±:­

ter ~..§:~ Mr. Stockton's ( 11 Morven 11 in Princeton) apd ?.Jirs. Noel's .tP. pro- 53/ tect" those houses from plundering British and Tory raiders.-~· On 5 .L~arch 1779 he wrote her from Philadelphia that 11 I have been much dis­ tressed on your ac~qJlllt since we heard of the Enemy lanqin& at Elizabeth Town. We heard of th~ir burning Mr. Smith's, Mr. Woodruff's, _and ml gous~, but I r~a~l~ did not believe it and~ now_reJoiced to hear o~ ,q__,...54/ ' the~r d~R~~ture,. · ,

CALD\¥ELL ltlilJERAL 1 7S1

The Rev. Nicholas l~~urray D. D., in his Hates His tori cal and ~iograph;- - _r.~fJfil- -· * I .!_cal, published ip 1S44 and reprin~ed in 194J-;-g1ves an account~ of the ( /.I ,/3. l7s.:'j~ /f,;1/. 176'2, p,./;,JC'G~), Rev. Jamee Caldwell,_,,, the patriot mi~ister of the First Presbyterian ij Church of Elizabeth Town since 1761, being shot and killed in an encoun~ ~,Z~...,8:1~~:.:::-~_:-:'~.'.:.'.:".. guard at the wharf at Elizabethtown Point ~IE

* Dr. tiurray also composed the 1~1emoir- .r.s~·------..---~-:;;~------,..--~.,.,.-----~------o:f the Rev. James..... ~---~ Caldwell ------... __ .....,...... in 1848 which was published in Er.oce~di:ng~

·• 9.f \'I~~ ~t: ~~J:q,. .Ii!.~ • ------

Cook/Boudinot/M' I on Saturday, 24 November 1781. He reports that the body was carried ti); .. thence in a wagon "To the house of !~rs. NoeC h:~s. u:qwa~ering .t:~1.end,

~henqe 1 t ..w.as. burieq O}l Tue.~day:. ;\f,te~ tlle. r:elig1,o_1J&_ exercises were ended, the ~o~pse was Ql~ce~_o.n a large -~~one_before the door of the house of Mrs. Noel, now the residenc~ o~ Mi~s S~a~ding, ~~ere all could take a last view of the remains of their_murdered R~stor. Be­ fore. ~I1;e coff,1n \11as. clos_ed, D~. Bouq~no:~ _q_arne forwqr:d, leqq_~ng nine o.r:211an q11.,i~di:e.n, and_ p+.,acing tJ~eII! around the bier of the 1.r: J~aren t, made an address of surpassing pa,tl10s tp tl!_e_ .mul_!;i tude in the:!_r_,pehalf. 11 The reference is to the Hon. Elias Boudinot,LL.D. In this con­ nection it should be noticed that the pastor's wife had died,from British gunshot -in her house at Connecticut Farms,on 25 June 1780, that the parsonage on R9hway Avenue, west of Race Street, in Ellzabellb., had been burned down by British and Torj:t~raiders on 25 February :779, the church and adjacent court house likewise destroyed on 2j 56/ January 178G...... ''· _..... -...... -...... -~ ... ------...... --- ...... -...... _...... -~ ...... -...... _...... - Garret Noel, many years an eminent bookseller in the city of New York 11 died in Elizabeth Town 22 Sept. 1776 in 70th year,

11 a kind husband and te11der parent",- obituary in N.Y.Gazette and .- reprinte a in ... _VJ..!if;-..k.ly .M.~L.9..\1-.F.L of 23 Sept. 1776,/· N.J .Archives 2nd. Series, I, 193 •. Garrat Noel, mercht.,and·Experience-Young "·tere mar. 30 Sept. 1756 ---per records of First Presb. Ch. of N.v.c. (N.Y.Gen. ffe Biog.Record, XI, S3.),and had issue baptized there viz. Eleanor Noel uorn 2~

June 1758, Garra t l~oel born 8 May 1760, and John Young Noel born 18 June 1762, (Ibid. IV, 197; V, 36 and 102/). Elias Boudinot 1 s 22/ LedgerConta1ns an accoW1t with Experience Noel of New Brunsw·ick, beginning with a note or bond dated 11 Jan. 1790, and with Mrs. E. Noel, debtor for 11 cert1ficates paid into office", 1 Jan. 1791 to 31 Oct. 1794. His account with Garret Noel contains only three items f'rom 23 rJov. 1761 to 22 ~.Iar. 1763, all for "cash".

-...... _..... __ ...... , ...... ~ ...... ------PRES IDElJT-ELECT VlASIITIJGTOl1 Jtf ELIZABETH IlJ 1. 789

The follov;ing accow1t by an eyevvitr1ess to this histOI'ic eve11t is here presented as authentic source material v1hicl1 has been

overlooked by the lady v1riter vvhose erroneous stor:r of an elab~.e "luncheon" at Boudinot tlansion in honor of Preside11t-Elect Vlashtlllll\)n *I appearea in prir1t a celttury later-; and has since beer1 uncritical~ ~~peated in pu.)lications as late as 1932. From the Pl1iladelpl1ia

.,news_uan_er .• The Pennsylva.uia Packet o:C 2 l~I-~~~l'l~,, --~~~~-~ _·1·~t8m;.·._.

"New Brunawick 1 April 28. On ledneaday last t2·2), about five o' clo-0k in the

afternoon his E:xc€1Jenc:/, accompanied by m.£1.ny citizens of New-Brunswick., ar.d

by se ve rhl JE nt lEmen from th€ County of ~ sse x., and a~ids t thE j 0 ~rful ace lama­

tions of a l~rlE- concourse of hap~y ~eople, crossed the river on hia way to

NEW York. His Excellency ~nd suite lod~ed nt Woodbridge, ~nd in the ~orninJ

set out for New-York, and was ~et in Rahwuy by the light Jrtigoons from Eliza­

b€th-Tpwn and Newbrk, and at ~lizabeth-Town by the infHntry, ~renadiera., und

a.rt,illery, who saluted him ciS h€ phssed by.· 11 57/ _

1 --~-----~~------,a.;.~---Bron1 the sa.ru€ newspaper,______....., ___ 5 i~lay 17b9:- 11 1~lizab€th-1l1own, A:1ril .?.9. Thursday last (2))., between ei~ht and nine o'clock in thE r"1orning., His ~~xcElJ.t:nc:,r i,i€n€r-

o.l WashinJt•'Jn r.li..:.de his «:ntrt.t.nc€ into this town, a!!lidst festive thront:s of nunErous

with cupt~in Herd•; troop th&t had composed the escort of his ~xcellency fro~

approaching the town, his arrival was ~nnounced by a fEderhl salute fro~ the

cunnon, and th€ illus~rious hero was rEceived by th€ grenadiers and li~ht troops

und€r arl!ls. HE alighted at th€ house of Mr. Sr!1ith, wherE h€ rEceivtd th€ con­

Kfi?tulptigns of ths town and the co~ittEE fro~ New York. He partook of a repast * I~rs. ~.'lartl1a t.,T. Lan1b, "Vlashingtor1' s ·~Tt:Ystor1€'•ffiihcl1eon in E1izabeth 11 -, in The Tul~£a?~ne of fa.r11e~ica_n ~~story, 1889,- :-C{I, 365. See also Yl .n. Dix ir1 Proceedings ~f' the UI!~~:q Cour!:t~r l~i~t-qr_lcal ~~q~ety, II, p 123, for some comment thereon. ------...... -......

Coot/Boudinot¥@

provid€d by th€ 6 entlemEn of th€ town; and., hfter thut., wuitcd on thE Co!!l!!littEE

of-·------~------·--·------Ucn~ress ht:~. Boudinott•s, fron whence he ?roceeded, attended by b vuat

--- •• -~------■ _____...._...... _, __ ...,, __ concourse of ,eople and the ChVulry to the point, and ~ftEr reviewinJ the troops,

who were by this time joinEd by some res,€ct~b!e co~punies fro~ Newurk and its

environs, h~ was conducted on board of thE burJe prEp---rEd for his rtcE :Jtion,

the beauty of which ~et his hi~hest approbution; he was rowed ucros8 the b~y by

11 58/ thirt€en skillful pilots. Thanas Rundall, Jsq; acted b.a cocl~swc..in. - See also (ieorP-e .:Ao Boyd, Elias Boudinot, published in 1953, for use of the f aots. Thea€ news,a~er accounts obviously foroed the b~sis for th€ historian~

.. ___ ...... ,...... - =•-•- ...... ,...... e-~ • • WWW e:o------I _!ltw J ~ r~ ~~ in 1J ~,2f., published in 1 ,:,82. 'fhe y a ppe ~s r ve rbatiitH in -41 li&a S=.- 1ffikh s­

~sh~ n.zton aft€! The ~cvo1uti.Jn 17,54-17~, -~iblished~--±~1t1~~- Gtne:ral Stryker~}j.P-';":'V_; •

N€W Jerse~, SociEt.;/ of th€ liincinnati, as W€ll a.a th€ Adjutant GEneral· of th€

State. Hia wif€ was a __;r€at ~ra.ndniec€ of l~lias Bou~iinot, and. ~ ~H:rved aa the

State R€ 0€nt of th€ Da~ht€ rs of the Ar:iE ri can H€vo lution. Sh€ contri b- on 1:l/111C.s u~ed an .urticle Boudinot to

ii) 1879. The site of the •11ted Lion Inn'e: of Samuel Smith, at which Washiµg!,on is /~~ported~in the above contemporary item~to have held a reception,

and at v1hich evidentl.y the ••repas-ttt ,vas provided ·.> . .·:. ·__ · .. _· ·: t ... ;... by the gentlexµer1 of Elizabeth, is satd to be nov1 occ1-1pied by the Free 59/ Public Library on Broad Street-- ... The comrnittee from liew Y0rk, mentioned above ~s offerring congratulations to the president-elect the at that reception was composed of/Chancellor and the Adjutant.General of the State and the Recorder of New York City, not to be confused 58/ with the committee of Congressmen.r

T#~x~:.8x-JtX.&1)XAIJ..d~1e:i.~:fix~~~=IQ,,--R,.11.....iHII- ~lJ~:lfx-~KSff.itX t~M.:t1x:Btix&x~JtI~.ffl.x~i~fix~xlJJf~ft.fHUX~fi:x!atxihilEi 6'Dj C~Sila1.vAe.J..-av-,ia..HeWv~~~~-t.¥v#.Aa,.,4vMar.gbxx.:DX~...... ~_,.....~M\,.-■ At#lln,m11-,P Cook / Bot1dinot

In a letter dated l-fe1,-1 York, .i:April 24, 1789, Elias Boudinot to his son-in-law the Hon. 1·Jilliam Bradford Junr., Third Street,

Philadelphia: 11 1 wj~sh it ,daS i11 my po1"ier and I had sufficient time to give you some adequate idea of the reception our worthy

Preside1:1t met 111th, on l-1is arrival in this City. LA Cormnittee, or rather a deputation from Both Houses of Congress, were appointed to meet him on the Jersey Shore. ThiE they did at Elizabeth Town on th€ 23rd instant. They v1erie condueted the day before to Eliza­ abeth To1-·m-point in a most elegant B~rge, about l}7 feet long, with a very elegant awning and highly finis11ecl. She 1,-1as ro·wed with 13 oars b:v lJ of the Branol1 Pi 1 ots of this Port, tL11de:c' tl1e direction of Capt. Thomas Randall of this City, 1;-1ho generously and eagerly undertook the pleasi11g task. This barge was bu.ilt by a nurnber of

Citizens for this very p'illrpose, with which they mean to co1npli1p.ent the President • .f.bout nine o I cloclc in the morning, the President arrived at Elizabeth Town, and after takillf; part of a cold Colla­ tion provided by the Gentlemen of the Toi1n,and being received by the deputation from Congress at m:v House, we proceeded to the Point, being escorted by seversl Troops of light Horse from Bergen, Newark, Elizabeth To·Vin, and a very large Cpmpany of C"rentlemen and Ladies in Ch2riots, Chaises, and on HorsebRck. ~t the Point, a large de­ tDchment fT'om the Newark and Elizabeth Towrn I·Iilitia, with a small

trai11 of ,;,_4rtillery, together with the Horse, i°'iere dra1m up and made a most mart:bal appearance, being all::_dressed in co1npleat uniform.

They were reviewed by the President, who e.xpressed himself high:J_y gratified with their eleg-dnt and soldierlike appearance, and was pleased to say that whilst this Spirit was preserved and cherished there Hould be no danger to our Liberties, but that the present

opportw1ity ought not to be passed over by our Legislatures, lest Cook / Boudin.at if this Spirit should be onoe lost, it might :not be regained, but at the e.zpense of several years ,..1ar arid Confusion. Jl..fter taking leave of his Exoellenc~ Governor Livingston and the other Gentlemen ·who attended him, he embsrqued on board the Barge wi tr1 the deputation from Co~~ess and proceeded to }Tev-1 York, the Nili tia firing a _feu. ~ _;;Joy in a very regul:ar and military manner.

<3-enl. Ogden, Col. Curnn1ing, and the other officers ·who coinrJ.anded on this occasion,gained great credit by the m8.rn.mer in v,1hich they conducted the whole business. The Day proved very propitious, and tl1e 11aters seemed to rejoyce in bearing its precious Burtl1en across its placid Bosom!) (etc) -Transcript of first part of the llallace original letter v1hich is the YJkii6i Papers, Historio8l Society of Pennsylvania, Phila~

The I-Ion. Elias Boudinot, as an. elected Co11gresfman from Ne~1 Jar­ sey, took his SeHt on 23 March 1789 at the first session of the. First Session of the first tJ.S. CC"ngress, held in New York City _,,/60 I from 4 Jviarch to 2 9 Se1)tember follo1-ring. He lodg:ed at the ho11se of Jolin r•I. Pintard at ~~8.00 a ·week, hF1virur moved there on 13 r-1a.y from tl1e house of one U'r'iclt. Ina very brief "Journal ~·Jhile in Congress'j ·which he began at· this time, his connection ·with the reception of the president-elect is mentioned orJ.l~,r thus: "23 ..April

1789. i.-;ent to Eliz. To·wn in the Barge and Retu1."'ned on the (same ?) §..i./ ·with the President, and received l--1ith great acclamation. 11 The Proceedings and Debates of the House of Representatives record that on 24 lApril 1789, ur~rr. Bou.dinot reported fpom the com- PreaidEnt of the United States at the ~lace of his e~barkation from New Jersey,

that the cori~ittEe did, according to ord€r, tog~thEr with a coCT~ittEE fron the

Senate, attEnd at Eli.·,ctbEth 1'own., 1::1 New Jersey, on th€ ~)d instant, at wnich

place the two coct~ittees ~et the President, anrt thence e~~barked for this city,

where they brrived about three o~clock in the afternoon of tne sa~e day, and 60/ conducted him. to th€ house ap)ointed for his rEsid.ence. --'' 'i'h€ r11ErjbErs of th€s€

two 90Dmtttees WE re Senators John La:igdon of New Hampshir€, CharlEa Carroll of

i•1laryla.nd, and William S. Johnson of Conn€ cticut., and Con~rE ssP1€n Elias Boudinot

South Carolina, Egbert BEnson and John Lawrence of New York- ..

GENERAL JONATHAN DAYTON, 1760-1824 • in J.795 1 RE!!lovin£f'f'rom Eli;.abeth to his 9~-acrel1Rose:hill' €state, north of r'hilanElphia, p/;..e tfor ixx'W-$:): evidently on account of his a;J~Jointment as su:gcrintEndEnt of the U.S.

Mint in that city on 1 NoVEr!lber of that year., Elias Bourtinot a:1~Ettrs to have in Elizabethto,vn, lf .J •. sold th€ hous~ here considered., to th€ Ron. Jonuthb.n Ui:t~rton, thE deEd of such

conv€yance not beinJ 1·ound on record. ~ut in a nortsa~e dated 25 Se?te~ber 1BOO,

Jonathan Dayton of EliL.ht)E th Town conveys to Elias Bo·.,idinot of Philci.d€ li]hia., · Eaq.,

--~two tructs in tilE roriYJ.er plac€ as security f'or ·Gh€ phyr.!lEnt of ._,6000 on or before thE

1st of Ju.ne 18u2, with int<:rest at 7 :JErcent, and this ~a~, rEpresEnt th€ ~urchase

pric€ money 1.nvolved,in =the ?urct,noe.

The first of tnE two trc:1.cts is t,h€rEin describ€d as bounded oy a line ,, ·e u,i•.1· n-

ning at u stukE on the north line of the s~reet rrom µolden Hill to Robert O~den's,

being the south€ast corner of a lot in possession of Isaac Joodruff., th€nce ~1)

north dO de~re~a €&st u1ong said Woodruff and in the line of land of ~~hr~im

Whitlock 1'0 the land of JosE ph ·Noodruff, thence \2) east€rly ulonJ a.aid Noodruff

to the land of Anthony Price~ tt1encE (j) southerly alon~ hi8 lin€ to the said

th€ courses and nur!lber of acres are not :Jtated in this docurient, but fror1 the Cook/Boudinot/l r!:J) pr€viously ~Ention€d her€in, nam€a of u.dJ 7nt :)rO;>Erty owners giv€n,/it is obviously the pro?erty h€r€ -2 v1ho ':las Jonathan Dayton,/b·:rn 16 OctobEr 1760, di€d intesta.tE 9 Octob0:r 1824 in Dayton of Elizabf~th Eliza bEth., ~AA c:1.~;n~ren-tly in this houS€, son of (ienera.l Elias /x:r~;,c hnd was ' buried 192 Jo· '!C ~ r.eceived the.degrees-o:f·A~B: 1776, A.ll;.·1783, and Li.n. 1798 ~~ He,{wa=s ~r·11u.nte-a 1·ro~ th€ Col~ei:;€ of New JersEy fflOtl.~ was a pay- mast€ r in tht Army l 77,j-77, cctptb.in 17dO a~d at fork-town., at:' rvins with his fu.ther 1,hrou~uout l.'.lUCh cf tht Revolution, uft.,er which hE studied luw C\.nd was

~dmitted ~o the bur. he served in ~he New JErsey ~S3€flbly 17bo-b7, 1790-91, one of the 59 and 1614-15; wa.s/.1 r!1Er!lb€rsof the Constitutioni:l.l UonvEntion in 1797; elected to the U.S.Con~ress 1791-99, and ~o /cj' Jt..,/ 1 / 7q8 BriJ&dier GEnEral/by Pr€sid€nt John

:XOC~¥~¥lf~~~XYw'XT1k HE hEld title to 250,000 u.cr<:s in where Ohio.,/~ 1.,nE pre BEn't city of Dayton is named !·or hir!l. On d5 Ju!le 1 b07, he was indicted for high trEason and ~isd€~€anor in CQnnection with his friend .naron 631 Bu!r•s C".)~S;Jiracy, out 'ntiS not prosecuted. ' var~ (..,(_)q.J qt/I ().,/'li/>:?,;;z ✓/ #?£P11LJ~r D f f I, ,(";,,, ~o c/ e /y () f -1-h ~- C / //'J e--/ n r? ~ -;-L' • . rlE r1.(.1rri€d Susan 'Nillic.lr1son, who survivEd hir~, an;1 nc.1d issue :-3usc:..n J. JJH.y~on born 1782 and died 27 Nov. 1804 in 22nd year, who married 22 Aug. 1~03, as hi? first \fife, __ . thE RE:v. FrEderick Bea.slEi, rect,:;r of St. John's in• Church/ ~li~aoEth; H,1.nnhh D,.1.-,rton who l!l.arried rirst, 3' .nu,·udt td1j, 0r. Uliver • eJ L) and son J.011athan Elias Dayton. li. Sp€nctr und 8€ cond Geor6 E H. ChE1'wood;/His w2..ciow ;:.;,.,s ,-,llowetl a ?Ension in 64/ 1 bj6 !'or his BE rvic€ a as ,hyrnH.ster 1:-1ud as c;;,pthin in the HE vslution~l'hE wood mtintel hn~ urchtd recesses in tne s~u~heastern front room of ~he tirst rlo~r o:f Baud ir1ot t~a11s ion are evicten1,ly re?lacements of the ~ri~inul wo~dw~rk tnere, ntld€ during 1~yton•s ownership of tne h~use. ~he wood spindle ~~ln~el in the rront phrlor was also - . so.. v.;as. · 1942 thu cturin ... 1,ne 1;.i.z:e..s.ai1.t.r restori:.1.- of t ;,tri-:)d, and/~~~ r€f!loved to tne r;urret 0 ; x~.x.x.J~ .

-~io.n~ revealiqz. thea hori~qntal r~-u~ect ~hnil~ wnich ~t h~td {;OnCEi.=tlEd. The wood mo~u 1ng suri-oun ihg 11ne maro~e rac ng or tne fireplace is a repro­ duction of part o~.,-) th~ ~T:old .. one. lJ:\ ,.the same position in the chamber above. I \ I J DR.. OLIVEt1 Ii. ;jPEliCER AC 1.2UIRES BOlJ1)IlJor 1:AIISIOII On )1 ;1uy 1ctJ.2, (Jonu.tht~n Dtiyton Co!1vt~r€d t,ne !rc:i:1Er"ty, "The prEsEnt l!lansion c1.nd dwEllinJ tiouse of "the Shid J. D-:1.y·... on" Qn JersE? ,:>{,rtet, i:.o his SDn-in-luw

Oliver H. Spencer., ooth ,)f Eli:~abEth, as sEcuri,:,y r')r ·e,!1€ IJi:,:J1.ll.€nt of :~5400 in G5/ \- two yeurs, but S~)encer di€d on ~9 1·,Ihy 1824 and Dayton on 9 Octo~]€r in tht s&rie

Spc nee r • s € XE cu.tors for 36000 at public s.:-1.1€ h€ ld on 26 June 1 b26., it was con- 66/ veyed to th€m from th€ Dayton EStc:J.tE by Sheriff's d€ed 0f 1st July fo:1..lowir.J:-

of' Jonc;.than Dc1yton, dec€US€d", describing a lot h,1.vin6 a j4b.6 feEt frontc...c.:;€ -67,/ on the north side cf J€rsey Street ttnd some 600 feEt dEptr~On 2. l;ovECTber 18)5,

Sushn D(.\~rton, v.·idow of Gen€rt-.l Jeno.than D,1.yton, JccVE her CiUitclaim d€Ed to h€r 68/ ~randson., the Shid B~D.Spencer, for the sa~e pro,€rty. -

CAPT. 'NILLI.1.~·,i C. Di~HART SR. 1\EQUIRES B

By d€ € d of ; November 18_55, Robert D. S:1E nee r an1 wife i~li .:..h bE th O., of

Elizu beth Town, conv€yed the sar~E to Williarl C. DeHart of ?'JE·.v York Git~,, for 69/ the sar.1e pr ice·.- This srun tee was co. pt&.in in the 2nd Re ~in€ nt of U. ~) • .n.rt.,i 11€ r~r, who while on service in ~exico contrbcted the illness of which he died in the fro11t ro,1 in 1~li:d.1.b€th on 21 b.pril 1548, a.s is sta."tiEid on his brt\VEstone in/St. John's Church-

1646. \ i·,1ISS S}Jr..LDII,:G's SCHOOL TI~ B01J1)Il;QI1 l.lJ\l~GIOli

b. t pr€ s € n t ---70/. it,~~ s did his widow) :1c. n~r ~'€hrs,·- o.nd 3 lEased the Noodruff-Boudinot House ht no. 1 ()7~ on th€ sar:i.E lot to :'-1iiss Clurissa

in the town., at leust fror.i 1fJ44 ,when Dr. l1urray :::ientic~d it) to 1b:J4 when :3hc I\ purchC-4 se d a. lot at the soµth~eat corn€r of Brohd and Pearl Streets and moved her school 71./ ~~to thht location.-- i/ith th€ two-story wing which th€n :•-~1·3:1 existed at

EltCh end of the bEntr~l unit of the house lwhich now remtiins), her purpose was ~ Co'?k/iioudinot/ 4? ~,,,,,4,..,-,ed dierl/19 JE ?tember 1060 in .5r$ 7'e<15 ' /r'> ~li~u.beth,· and w,:i.s buri€d in the Firat Pre sbytEria.n ChurchJ---.. rd thErE, as the --72/

., 11 C. Dehart ur. 1 of' ~li:~a.b€th, describea the lot as then divided by c:1. fence

betwEen th€ prEr!li~H:a on which I r€side and the hotl.~3€ and ;,rer1ises occu~)iEd by l 1081 tind 107( E. J€rsey St.;, and devised the one to his

son wiillia·11 C. Deliart Jr. 6.nd the other to hia son hEnry V. Deht1rt whEn they

bE came d.5 years old, his wife Aary V ~ Dellart to have the use of hi:3 esta.t€ dur- -

Captain Henry V. DeHart, U.3.A.rPJ.y, to whom w~,s thus devised the Bouriinot

!✓.1.ansion by hi0 father in 1645, beque .... thed th~ :3a.e1e t,::, his nother and hi3 bro­

ther, Nilli~.m C. DeHart, by will dhted 2.9 .n.u0 llst 1o61 cind ~Jroved b Septel!lber 74/ 166~:-- By deed of d9 September 1066, Llary H. JEhart, wiiow, of E11~~0eth, con- 1r· ?5/ veyed to hEr son, the Sa.id ·.'iilliurn C. DeHar1i; her h~lf intcrEat in ·shis l'Jr~;>t rt./.,-· . I He in turn conveyed to he~by~deed of 6 October followin~, the balance

lot, the o7 1/d foot frontage on Jersey 3treEt on which his father h~~d erected

th€ houue "-t no. 1081.

Havin6 thus in 1 d66 com€ into full :)0:3S€ ssion 01· the Baudinot l~'.l.ansion und

part of th€ lot, Captain Jilliam C. Dehart Jr., an officer in the rEvenu€ a€r-

vie~, occupied it until 1d70 and in thut ye~r removed to the new house which

he had erected next door at no. 1177. At thut time, he also built the row of 1.Q./ I brick housEs ec1.st of B.'Judinot ,,1ansion. 1'hese two o:Jerations re,1.uirt:d the de- ' moli tion of thE two la--cerb.l winJs of the old house, leavinJ; the centr,ll unit in 1942-43 which hu.s now/been rEstored to its e~rlier c-)ndition but necessc,.rily without

them.

But c~ptain DEhart removed also the ~&ble roof, superimposeci two stories on UootrjBoudinot/~

rear,. th€ ancient frame, and a,lde d a 8€ rvicE wing at th€ f 'fo/, in trH.nsforminr; the old

mt1nsion for ti. nEw type of oCCU)c..ncy, and leased it to ,,iiss Jally Pttlr~1er. ~he

it the nb.mE of 11 Boxwcod Hall" in 1877, as a2,ehrs in the ?ublished annu1-il direct­

ories of Elizabeth.

, HOM.i~ FO.K AU-ED WOMl~N W/Jh;mc,, ,, ;;.. The ~00 mortgage which Oct ptain ,,_DE Har \(hb.d

• ust 1d74j in which the lot is dEsc:ribed as hc.1vin6 b;, fEEt 9 inches f'ronta0 E on ic:i.st I !!}_l -/Je /JMlpU'(y t.P 4S depth~rwas forec;losE~andA~onvey€d by Sheriff's dE€d of

7 .\ie.y. 1·<;;77 to the Mortgagee, the Washin~ton Life Insur~nct Uonpany, of 77/ Sc:7h?f!/, Ci ty-:-By d€ € d of )1 A~rch 186), the~r conveyEd the ~l'::,i..,cri;-,J to 'l'b.c Ho!!lE for n.ged 78/ Women, of Eli'.6H.bEth.,--"and thu.t institution occupied the house until 1940.

By a de Ed of 29 Novemb€r_ 1 :;;4o, the Hocre passed title to thi8 ~Jro;,Erty to Boxwood 79/ hall ~-'i€1!loriul As8ociation\ and they in turn conve~rerl it by deEd of 7 October 1941

"f to the State of New Jerse~or the uses and pur;1oses ~ .enrES€rvin.J' u ther€cn:-\ • • • • .. 80/ 11 the buildinJ known us Boxwood hall, the form~r hcr'1€ of ,~lias houdinot. This b.SSQC- of old iliz~beth town, hud coll€Ct€d aubscri~tions loc~lly for th€ purchase price.

Th€ l€ad<:rs in this, th€ off'icEra a.nd truste€s of the assoc.ic:1.tion, wer€ the

...... j J • n€ nr:/ Ge or 6€, Harry Ke s:3ler, Dont~ld h. }Ac Le an, ilillis.n Run~ron, Ja.r.iE: s T. Xirk

lMayor of Eli~hbeth), J.H.M.Dudley, P~trick F. Keelun, Vict~r Jichorn, ~rs. Jdward . . ., A t~qlet_._9-esiined by t~ c~ilAr was e; ~t ~ McMillu.n e1.nd_ Mrs. ilth€i R. Ives. 8cf~::d:3&:x~j:xx¼x1&xx:,&XXXXii~1x¼cmiL ,.~ ' ,~i,n ,1;~ fl}}f~PF ih~6jfs-the mansion at. it.s f'orma1 re-opening ~ .7.~~xxxxxx..L~~,, ~ ~xx 3' ,ra. of in hono~ o~ }heir successful efforts. . ft;J fel ~u bill in3f.'duced by .t1.sser1blym~n Pascoe., th€ Legisl~turE ct CC€ pted the prop€rty for the State of !Ievi ~rerse~ / and appropriated JfQ,OOQ for It's r€storhtion and rE:furnishing, under custody of

th€ Cor.ifllission Gn Historic Sites. In I,iarch 1942., the work of rt=:~oval of thE: aup­

erimposEd third anrl fourth stories and the rebr wint, all of which had beEn added

itect, was in chu.r~e of thE oper.,.tions, the ltlst work of- aEveru.l such reat.,orationa

t:..ssiatant ci.nd prept1.red the architEcturhl dr&.wings nec€ssa.ry for the rtstorbtion. 3rd story OnE of tht; most im;>orti_tnt discoverie a w&.s r!ltide upon r€12ovin6 th€ /1 b70 1atn und

. plctster from th€ twq chic1nic:s. Thea€ were found to be ori0inal., and I!lhrkEd b:,,., a brick .lin~ of bl~ck roofin,~ cemEnt ac~osa thEir/facee were th€ 1inea nf thE fnrmEr ~b.blt - roar-:-- The Pl"esent ra.f ters have been set exactly to those lines, and they slope to the original timber ·wall-plB.tes of the front

and rear walls. The curious drav-1ing published in 1889 and again in 1926, showing a gambrel roof, is thus contradicted bv the ev- ;nn idenoe no1 .. ~r fo1.u1d on the chj;11meys. The artist had no knoi:•Jledge of

tlie formerlJr existing t1\10 lateral v;rj.ings, and even i111agined some

~t-1elve t1naows in the side ·wall. Those 1-Jho inspect the house as

no·w restored m8Y have the satisf2"ction of' knowing that the ·work , h8s been most cerefu.lly designed and executed by the best arcn-

itectural a'---1.thc~iti.es in the subject. The formal openi11g of the Cook/Boudinot/ ,$J 3 REFEREl~CE LIST

(1) Abstracts of l~ewspapers, publ. in ~J..1.P..rchives., 1st. series, XXVI, 244. See also letter from Gov. Franklin in re. death of the Hon. Samuel ·Noodruff on 10 Aug. 176S, in ibi~ X, 44-,

. and footnote by Wm. Nelson. editor • . ~i,&:an:=;a• ~o/J. ( 2~Insc~_i_ptions in ~~t Presb:i:t~ri.an and_S~_ John.ls Ch~rchyards_, ,' Elizabetfh !J.J., copied and pllblished 1892.

(3) The Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, ~istqry .of .Elizabeth TOW!!,, 1S68,

pp. 582 and 320.

(4) Gov. Jonathan Belcher to the Lords of Trade, 19 Nov. 17j6 1 in N.J.Archives, 1st series, VIII, 236. See also p. 257.

See address by hrlayor Samuel Wood1·uff to Gov. Belcher, 1 Nov. l7jl in ~bi_g. XIX, 115, and to Gov. Thomas Boone 1760 in Ibid.

~ ., .. l xx, !,1-52-3. (j) Hatfield, suw.~, 320. ( 6) W.R.Dix, The Gov. Belcher 1:Iansion, in Proceedings N.J .H1st­ or1~al Soc1e~l, new series, VIII, 171-73; Collections of N.J.Hist_Qrical ~~ciet~, vol. V, 268, 269, 27s, 279, 281. ~ Hatfield s.u:er~, 377-78. (7) Letter published in N.J.Archives, lat series, VIII, 236.

(8) Hatfield supra, ~$2; Inscriptions ~uprq;J.H.Treat, The ~re~~ family, 1893, P• 253j N.J.Archlves XXVIII, 200j Ibid., XXXIII, 65, (9) Abstracts of Wills etc., publ. in N.J.Archives, XXXIII, 4$7. (10) Abstracts of l~e,vs1_)apers, publ. ir. lb-lo,. ,1st ser. ,XXVI, 2:J9. and 282. (11) Abstract from original Inventory. Cf N:J.Arch. XXXIII, 4g7.

(12) Recorded in Essex County M0 rtgage Book A., p. 106, Newark, N.J. (13) Abstract from original will. Cf N.J.Archives XXXIII, 487. (14) Abstract from original Inventory. Cf. supr~.

( l:>) Sexton I s Book, 1st Presbyterian Cl1urcl1 of Elizabetp Town, N,3.,

publ. 1890 in Ne,v E~gland I-list.arid Genealog. Register, 264 et se~ mE~n2ion to the p1-1blic on lO dipril 1943 was flelebZ'ated w1 'tn a ..1.oan exhibit of Boudinot f;-:mily portraits, furniture, china, ar:d silver, by courtesy of the presee.t heirs, by a.rrangement with the Irnoedler Galleries of New York City. These heirlooms have sinoe been installed in the t'v'ro-rooms Boudinot Suite of the Fire stone Library, Mlti:x:e:rgxu Princeton University.

Cobk/ Boudinot/~ ,s-., '-'1'0 t2-. (16) ~4er_a)~ Catalqg4e qf Princeton Un~~ersity 1746-19,06, F?{Qre /-c,Pru~u~-e.&:/>H c:1..~~:1zLt121!,r:/;;$;,;/=-4~. (30) Biogr~phical notices of Elias Boudinot appearing in Hatfield, I supra, 588-59-; Murray, supr~, 111; Dictionary of American Biography, 1929, II, 477; J.J.Boudinot, su2r~; W.W.Clayton, Histor~_of .UnJ2n_~d Middlesex Count~~s. N.~., 18S2, p.111. Cook/ Boudinot/ JY (31) The Pennsy1yan1a Gazett~, 5 Nov. 1761, reprinted N.J.~Q~. XX, 627. (32) Elias Boudinot, Journal or Historical Recol~~ctions ~L_Amer1can 1,_v~p!_s d.!J£.~11r; the Revolutionary: \Ya'£,, 1894, p. 1. 1~11nutes of the Provi~cia~_Q9_ggre~and the Council of Safety of the State of New J~rsey, ~775~7q, publ. 1$79, indexed. Minutes of the ~01.g19il_-9f Safety q_f the State_gf Nein _Jerse.~, 177Z, publ. 1872.

(33) Diary of Joseph Lewis of Morrist~vm, in froc. N.JJ!.tst._~Q~. 1942. (31+) Jared Sparks, editor, The vVi:~ti,ngs __ of Geqrg~ 7/a~qington, 1$39, IV, 372. (35) W.C.Ford, editor, Journal of the Continen~~l C~ngr~~s 1774-S9, publ. 1907, VIII, 422 and 491. J.J.Boudino~,suEra, a.. ~b~., I, 43 and 15S. l_b.l:...

indeed the great loss & expense that must ensue me 1n my cir­ cumstances, with the difficulties thst will necessarily devolve

on you, l1ave not been unthought of by me • • • Lose not a mo.m­ ent, but begin immediately to arrange your affairs. You must be here without delay."~Boudinot to his wife, Phila., 4 Nov. 1782. (39) V.L.Collins, The .Q_oJl_tin~:q_tal Con~~r~_§s at Princeton, 1908., pp 51-55_;

VI. s. Baker, Itinerary of General \Vashington 2 1892, p. 304-. (40) J.J.Boudinot, su2r~., II, l • . (41) Burnett, ~ett~s of Members_gf the Qqntin~tal C~ng~~...§Jl, 1934, VII, 363. ( 42) Proce.eqi~g~ .Qt_ the ~ .J .iij.El !o.£...~l!l. __ so,c,le;g, new series, VI, 234. (43) J.J.Boudinot, ~up~a, II, lS.

(44} Elias Boudinot., Th 1.:' Last_jll._11 and Tes~ament Q.t __fil.ias Boudinot, LL.D. an,i_the C.od1c11 Thereto, dated 3 July 1821 and proved 3 l{ov. 1s·21, in the- Pr.erogative Court of New Jersey, publ. 1S54. (45) J.J.Boudinot, SUR~q, II, 3j7.

(4-6) ,Noodward and Hageman, History of ~u.r~i:qgto.~ 8:Ild Merce:r: __Q_o~ties, N.J., 1883, p.63.

Cook/Boudinot/~@ (47) J.J.Boud1not, su:2ra, II, 390 e.t .s.e_q.; Collections 1,;.J.1I.s, D~,49., Thomas C. Stockton, The Stockton Fam11X of N.~., 1911, p.45. Woodward and Hageman, s.u.12r.a, 64. Hatfield, su12r~, 535, 58S. (48) Proceedi~gL9f the N.J.fi!.§.torical So_g__iety, 1942, p. 252.

(49) Frank Bergen, LL.D., La~.fayet_te•s.. V~s.1t_t,o .. New JersEl:Y: 1p

!82~-~, publ. in Ibid.,1924, IX, 211.and 216t alGo Ibid XIV,4G3.

(50) .Qbitttary in the 'b~.Y.Gai~tte & WQekl,;y J4creu!'1£., 28 Sept.

1776 ~ ;reprinted in N.J.Arehiv~, 2nd series, I, 193. Iiat- J ; - -- ~i{~-r'? · ··ee foot11ote i11 r..1ain text, ~ield, SYfF!l!~, I I:,... J ~:~~~ .J 13 l~ay 1 77g, (51) Adv. in the Ncw~Jer~cx .G~z~ttel reprinted in N.J.Archives, 2nd series, II, 209.

(52) Adv. in the lJ,-X. •. G~z.e:~te & W~ekly lwlei:qu.r:y:, 6 Jan. 1777, reprinted in N.J.Archives 2nd series, I, 251. (53) Letter in J.J.Boudinot, sunr~, I, 136. (54) !PM• I, 177. (55) Murray, ~upra, 73.

( 56) Hatfield, ~upra; ll 526., 4-8° . (57) T~e P~nll.§.ll_Van~a Packet, reprinted in W.S.Baker, ~~~hing~on Mt~~ The~evol~ti~~ i1s4-17.9.9_, publ. 1898, p. 127. (5S) Ib1d. p. 128.

(j9) vV.R.D1x, editor, H~stor!c Elizabe_t~-~6Ji+-~1~~1t, p. 15. (60) Joseph Gales, editor, 1~§__Debates J!..!ld ~r~ceeq~ngs of~!)& _Qo~gr~SJ?._.Qf~he _United States, 1834-, I. collections of the (61) Ivianuscript clcurnal. in/Historical Society of Pennsylvania~ Pl1ila. (62) Essex County Mortgage Book E., p. 490.

( 63) Dic~_ionai:Y-..-2.f_American Biogra:2hz; E. F. Hatfield, ~i~~or:y: of Elizabeth ToJm, 1868, p. 662; Penna. Mag. o~ ~istor~ ~_Bio,g~aRhY:, XXXVIII, 133; \V.\V.Clayton, His.t.o.r_.y_ of Union

& 1\lli~dl.~~~_Q_Q..P:nt.ies.,. lf •..i..!.., 1882, pp. 96-97, with portrait. Hatfieill.d _§1:t2ra, Gl8; ( 64-) ;. ~eneB:log~~- E.aga~_!!le of N_d. , III, l:>9. (65) Essex CoW1ty. t~ortgage Book o, p ~191.

(66) Essex C0 unty Deed Book A-4, p 385~ (67) Ibid p 387.

(68) Ibid p 381. (69) --Ibid p 375. (70) Editor's Preface to repri11t of' Yl.C. De1iart's ttpassages i11 th.e

histo1~y of Elizabeth, l{ .J .,~ in Proceedings o:f _the ~uion CoUllt;£:·. h.J. Hi~t2rical ~oc!etl, TI, 16. ( 71.) Ibid II, 124.

(72) ~r.i.scriptio11s ir1 the __ Bt;r:zi11g Grow1ds of L.=h£~~-J~1~esb~erian an.d

St. tJ: 0 hnts Episcoma-1 Churches,._Elizabeth, ~l.J.,l892, p 252; C.Vl.

0pa ld ing, 'rh~ Spa~d i11~ l~§_L1or ia 1, 1897, J) 347.

(73) Essex Cd.wity \fill Book II, p 626.

(74) union County Vlill Book A, p 493.

' (75) Union County Deed Book '")2 p· 245. '-' ~ ' (76) Union Cou11ty tiortgage Book 35 p l4. ' (77) Union Cow1ty Deed Book 115 p 88 •• ' (78) Ibid 160, p 262; -a11d 193 p 373. - I - ' t79) Ibid 14:13, p 591. ( 80 ) ... -Ibid 1439, p 510. .IA Pgotograph ·in thr= ~•Dayton, Room", marked on reverse: "E:t,ias J. Dayton, by Thomas Sully. Elias was the o:nJ.y son of Gen. Jonathan Dayton, youngest member of the Constitutional Convention. Jonathan Dayton was the great grandfather of Weston Gales. Elias J. was one of the foi.mders of Dayton, Ohio, where the orig,1.nal portrait now is."

In tp~, second, story hall: 011 Portrait of a boy, marked in i:everse of the canvass: ''"Richard Stockton, oldest child of Elias E •.and I·1ary Jane ::Boudinot, born at Newark, N.J., Feb. 24, 1828; died at Prinoe­ ·ton, N.J., Nov. 2, 1845." In the Blue Room: Portrait inscribed:: 11 Suza:nne Vergereau Boudinot, dau. of Elias Boudinot, later J\'lrs. 11lilliam Bradford:, 1764-1854, by Matllihew Pratt (1734-1805)·_-u Ditto. Inscribed:"l'Trs. l1'il11am Bradford in old age."

Ditto. 11 "Elias Boudinot, silversmith, in old age; 1706-1770'!

Ditto. tf 11 l1rs. Elias Boudinot, his ·wife, in old age; 1714-1765~" In the Chief J:txont Parlor: Inscribed: "Elias Boudinot, Patriot, (1740- 11 1821), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) • . Ditto: Insoribed: "I-Irs. Elias Boudinot, his wife, (1736-1808), born Hannah Stockton, sister o:r R1ohard Stockton the Signer of the Deo1ar­ ation of Independenoe, by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827). 11

Ditto: Inscribed: "~ Unidentified Clergyman, possibly the Rev. vlilliam Tennen~,whose memo1rs~E11as Boudinot wrmte; or the Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, step-father of .. William Peartree Smith; or the Rev. George 1fhi tfield, who christened Boudinot."

Ditto: Inscribed: "~s Boudinot, r-1rs. Richard Stockton, 1736-1801." In the Second Front Parlor-: Inscribed: "~William Peai,:t;ree Smith, by John 1vlollaston, active in .America pai11tin.g lt:751-1769-."

Ditto: Inscribed: "Mrs. 1:lilliam Pear.tree Smith, his wife, by same~ 0

Ditto: Inscribed: "1Jilliam Peartr·ee Smith.as a child.11

In the Dini11g Ro.om (behind the Second Parlor): In.scribed: "Elias Boudinot in old 8ge (1740-1821), by Samuel l,Ialdo (l'?SJ-1861) and~ ~williarn s. Jei'1ett (1795-187L~).· 11 Ditto: Elias Boudinot Jrd., sj_lversmith, 1706-1770; by C-erardus Duyckinok (1695-1742). 11 Ditto: Inscribed:'' l'-Irs. Elias Boudinot: his 1·-1ife, born !Catherine llil­ liamr of .J\.ntigua, ll.I., 1714-176.5; by-Gerard.us Duyokinok (1685-1742)."

Ditto: Inscribed: "Said to be Marie Catharine Carri, grandmother of Elias Boudinot, the Patriot; born ca. 1670;-d. 17.5'1."

~ th,e staipway from first floor hall: Inscribed: "Engraving of a portrait painted by Alaldo and Jewett; engraved by A.B. Durand; Copy Right secured April JO, 1822. Subject: Elias Boudinot, L.L.D.; pub­ lished by E. Huntmngton, Hartford, Conn., 1825 •" In the Second Floor l'Jorth"tA1est Corner Front Bedroom:

,. ~ primi ti've pastel of a child ina vihi te 'dress, with a sq~irrel on a table at his (her?) inscribed: 11 Possibly Samuel Wood- . - ·n "' left; ruff, 1720. Dinto:- Inscribed: "Photo of the Sully portrait of Elias Dayton, Jr.; .Both the above are the pr_operty of 1~1rs. G. Bartram 11foodruff • 11

. ' . Oil Paint:tng sinscr:tbed: "Jonathan lloodr:u:ff; P.roperty _o_f l'✓Irs. J.A. Cissel.11 (of 704 Salem Avenue, Elizabeth, N.J~ 1r · Pastel by St. I\Iemin, inscribed_ Jonathan Dayton. (Over firep~ace)

In the Second Floor Southeast Corner Front Bedroom:

« .Another engraving _of the i,raldo __ & Jewett portrait o:r "Elias, Boud- inot, L.ID..D."

S_ILVE.B, IN THE BLUE RCO.f-1 CUPBOJJIDS, 1 First flmor Rear: -Child's oup by J.& I. Cox. -Teapot by Thomas Shields, Phila., 1780.

-Sugar Bo1t,1l by Joseph lJ. Richard.son, Phila., 1780. -Wine Strainer by Otto Paul de Paresien oa. 1763. < -Te'"apot, Creamer, an.d SugRr B.asin by Gordon.

-Flatware by Voorhis, Cleveland, and Joseph JAnthony. ·:, -Silver Pap Cup by Gale it.food & Hugnes, N.Y., ca. 18.35 •

•·. Note. I1ost of the above listed portraits, ,~ith furniture and silver, are now, 1959, in the Boudinot suite in the Firestone Library, Princeton University. -L.D.Cook GEORGE A. BOYD 80 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK 38, N. Y.

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Mr. Lewis D. Cook, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. Dear Tvlr. Cook: Your very welcome letter was my first intimation that my name had appeared in the Proceedin'!s of The New Jersey Historical Society. It is very kind of you indeed to give me the benefit of your knowledge. I would that I had knovm of you when I v-ras starting my labors in 1947. One thing that you have certainly done for me: you have hoisted the danger signal on "Boxwood Hall". I fear that I have been a little careless about this and shall remedy th~ matter in the galley proofs, which I expect any day. I assure you, however, that your efforts to correct the false story about Boudinot having entertained Washington at luncheon on 23 April, 1789 will not be harmed by me. I have that situation right. Evidently the local Elizabeth committee stole the march on Boudinot, for in the Library of Congress the local committee's invi­ tation to a "Cold Collation" may be discovered in the Washington Papers. Boudinot wrote to his brother Elisha to extend to Vv"ashington an invitation to a n1ate Breakfast 71 , but he lost out in the competition. The Arnerican Bible Society's portrait of Boudinot raised a delicate n1atter vJhich I have tried to treat as diplomatically as possible. Thomas Sully was indeed commissioned by the Society to do Boudinot's portrait, but we know from the correspondence with John Pintard that it was unsatisfactory and, vvith its dJohn \'iesley vvig", did not resemble Boudinot at all. It is my belief, supported in artistic circles, that the portrait hanging in the Society is really by Waldo and Jewett. In my pseudo frontispiece (opposite page 1) I arn using the Peale portrait of Boudinot hanging in Independence Hall. This is supposed to be the first portrait from which the one GEORGE A. BOYD 80 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK 38, N. Y.

Mr. Lewis D. Cook - 2 l~arch 18, 1952.

you mention in your letter was painted, and it is cer­ tainly handsomer. I believe that ~rs. Landon K. Thorne purchased the portrait which vvas in the custody of M. Knoedler & Co. in 1943. I appreciate your offer of a photograph of the Boudinot mansion, but I had a Mr. Cocker, an Elizabeth photographer, and a brother of the custodian of the mansion, take a photograph late last year. It was no simple matter to select a time when automobiles were not parked in front of it. I think my genealogical data on the family is complete. The next tin1e my researches lead me to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, I shall certainly get in touch with you. Iviuch as I would like to see you personally in the near future, my business here in New York keeps me tied to my post until vacation time. Again thanking you for your interest,

Sincerely,

GAB: cd ELIZP.BETH DAILY JOUPJ~.AL SIX 23 April 1943 BOUDINOT PICTURE MAY BE RETURNED

Authorities Can't Find Suitable Place to Hang Portrait of Revolutionary Patriot Given City by Bible Society.

Heroic-sized, a portrait of El' :ls to the city's committee on historic a!­ Boudinot Elizabeth's Revolutionary fairs. Cole also heads that. . .' . . The works board chairman indi- pat_riot, 15 provmg ~o em~a_rrassmg a cated the portrait will be offered to white elephant for nty officials that it First Presbyterian Church, in ·.1hich may be returned to the donor, the Boudinot was early active. If the American · Bible society of which church has insufficient room, or . . . ' doesn't want the picture, it will be Boudmot was a ::.ounaer. . · shipped back to the American Bible Coincident with rece1:t ~edication Society. of Boxwood Hall, Bou?mot s former The picture is a copy of the famous East ~ersey _street ma1:1s1on, a~ a State painting by Thomas Sully, and the historic shrme, t~e Bible so~i ~ty pr~- original hangs behind the chair where sented the portrait to the city• It 15 sits the president of the American at least 10 by 15 feet in size, dwarfing Bible Society. the pictures of other heroes posSessed by city institutions. What to do with it presented an immediately perplex­ OHIO WIDOW IS NAMED ing problem for the city fathers. , The solution-happy, it was thought "TYPICAL 1943 MOTHER" -was to place it en a wall at the BY.the Un~'1 Press. Elias Boudinot School No. 9 in Jaques NEW YORK, April 23,-Mrs. Ma.ry street. This was done, with appro- Moore Dabney Thomson, whose four ·priate ceremony, simultan~ously with sons are engaged in the war effort the Boxwood Hall dedication a fort- in various part.s of the world was night ago. selected today by Golden Rule Fo~nda­ , The solution wasn't so happy, how- tion as "Typical Mother for 1943." ever, for the Amerl~an Bible Society Mrs. Thomson, 55-year-old Olen­ has addressed a pollt~ but firm let~er dale, o., widow, was described by the to Mayor James T. Kirk and the Ci~y American mothers committee of the council declari~g that the school. 1s foundation as "most representative of not an appropriate place for the pie- the hii?hest ideals of American mother­ ture. The letter, signed by Francis - c. Steifler, suggests the City Council chamber as more fitting. This re­ sulted because Rome A. Betts, of :Sum­ mit, an executive of the Bible group, happened to see the ornate meeting room while conferring with Harry Kessler, a license clerk at City Hall, who happened to serve as secretary of the Boxwood Hall Memorial Associa­ tion, which started the ball rolling for eventual acquisition of the Boudinot home. The council chamber, large though it is, would be dominated by the por­ trait and the picture would require one whole wall, it is said. Kirk mulled over the problem for geveral days and yesterday transmitted Steifler's communication to the Poard of Works which forthwith started wor­ rying about the relative importance of Boudinot in the early American scene. Walter F. Cole, the board's presi­ dent, declared Boudinot "a fourth rate hero." If he had the authority to list heroes for picture hanging, he explained, George Washington, Ben­ jamin Franklin and Thomas Jeffer­ son would come first, then others and Boudinot, despite his Elizabethan habitat, would trail. Cole and Commissioners John J. McGowan and 'William Runyon a.greed that to· put Boudinot in the council ·chamber would be "out of the ques­ tion.'' "Beside," pointed out Runyon, "we haven't even room there for the pic­ tures of all of Elizabeth's mayors." This prompted some levity about the rarity of Republicans among mayors who have served the city, but the seri­ ousness of what to do with Boudinot persisted. · The board ftnally referred the com­ munication and the whole headache --•---- ,. ifo:Of~t;lif" 3 m I 1~ Plans Dedication I ~lill Be Prese11ted in r FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1943. /Special to N cwark N cws. -----.....:.------:----, ELIZABETH-A portrait of Elias i ;; Of Boxwood Hall~ t • ~oudinot.~·esident of the Con- I :{- Elizabeth Will Hold Cere- unental Con~ress. will b0 presented i ;BOXWOOD HALL next Friday to the Elizabeth nublic !e mony April 10 at His- : school system by the American ~'s toric Mansion i Bible Society. All schools will mark Elias · Boudinot Day. Dr. Ray E. I ~ Special to Newark News. ! OPEN APRIL 10' Cheney, superintendent of schools, 1 e ELIZABETH - Boxwood Hall, 'J :l I will accept the portrait on behalf i d, pre-Revolutionary ?nansion at East 1: of the city. to Jersey and Morrell streets, will be , ·: Boudinot Mansion Restored I The portrait. five by eight feet, is er dedicated April 10. This was de- t : I :::-:. copy of the Scuily paintin.~ in the ~- cided Saturday at a confere nee of : i ~ocicty's board room at 57th street -it the state Commission of Historic : I by Elizabeth Group. and Park avenue. Valued at Sl.500, y- Sites, Boxwood Hall Memorial As- J it \Vas delivered to Mayor Kirk in sociation and local authorities. · 1 : l\iay 18, 1941, and has been hung Elizabeth, N. J., March 26.­ d. The building, once visited by 1 1 ,-} t Elias Boudinot School ever since. George Washington and the Mar- ] Boxwood Hall, the old Boudinot · Boudinot ,vas founder of the so­ : cicty. a quis de Lafayette, has been restor~d j lvianslon, relieved of "improve- Blar m with aid of a $10,000 appropriatinn 1 .·, Final exhibition place of the por­ ments" added at various times th e- by the Legislature. It was the l trait has not been decided upon g home of Elias Boudinot, -.first . and restored to its eighteenth but proi-1ably will be one of the city's , 1 hi to president of the Continental Con- J schools, according to Harry Kessler, I century condition, furnished with e 0 ress, and later of Jonathan Day- c to 1 0 • • secretary of the Boxwood Hall Me- Je ton, a signer of the Constitut1011. l Elias Boudinot's furniture and ar , morial Association .. It is too large , 1d Exhibition \ 1 household appurtenances and ap- to fit into Boxwood Hall, Boudinot's, 1 Jf The commission accepted an offer ! >; pe~ring again for a time in t~e · home in East Jersey street. W] Boxwood Hall will be dedicated y. made through vVilliam F. David- : :: , guise of a New Jersey colonial by the State Commission on Historic 1.- son of a New York art firm to ex- · :_:.:: ! mansion, will be opened to the: Sites the following day. ,o hibit portraits, furniture, silverware , A' Jf and other effects owned by '. Fe public on Saturday, Aprn 10. · l' The building has been restored 1 'by the commission with the aid of ,n Boudinot descendants. They are ; n The Boxwood Hall Association, :1 .g Mrs. Clyde W. Simpson of San $10,000 legblative grant. Built 1 I\!( a group of Elizabeth people, nearly 200 years ago, it was visited n Francisco and Mrs. Susan Colt of ; ?, which assumed the obligation of Fe by Generals \Vashington and· La­ it New Hope, Pa. ; fayette. 1- Those at the conference included \l acquiring and preserving the t~~I :Mrs. John F. McMillan. and ~Irs. ,t Commissioners Keim, Marple and ~ I.I house, a year ago presented it to lief, Leland D; Ives will head the recep­ n Yardley, State Senator Pascoe, : \: the State. It will be administered two tion committee April 10. ?S Mayor Kirk, Sigurd A. Emerson, · by the Historical Sites Commis- Eas1 ----•---- 5• president of the association; Sec- l_ f\ :e retary of State Brophy and Walter (\\\:; sion of New Jersey, of which ginn te H. Cole, president of Elizabeth in Thomas . J. Marple is director. loan :y Historic Sites Committee. _____ ,___ _ ;_!,i_~.. \. The family furniture, portraits, lain~ silver, Chinese export ware, mir- be o 1t: rors and other furnishings which M: have been preserved have been frorr. lent by the present owners and tent will remain for about two months fines: 1after the opening. here y. Elias Boudinot, shy patriot, mai. --- who was chosen "President of the add United States of America in Con- fam gress Assembled" in 1782, who of l proclailned the cessation of hos- chie tilities and who signed the treaty of with England, bought the house colo oe some time before the Revolution. T It had been built by Samuel the \Voodruff, who died in 1768. Bou- is u of dinot was born in Philadelhia, but star .er lived in Elizabeth as a boy and moc as studied law here under Richard' It \l ed Stockton. The house is an excel- in I go lent exan-1ple of the. architecture the he\ of the mid-eighteenth century. offie he . NEW YORK HERAr.;D TRIBUNE,· 194:3

1 '. Restored Boudinot Mansion Will Open as ♦ 1 shrine in Jersey, Visited by l\'lany Early American - - 1 Notables, Was Girls' School, Boarding Ho_use, - -..:: :,,•.. ,; l - Honie for tl1e Aged and Red Cross Center

By Stephen G. Thompson - ELIZABETH. N. J ., April 3.-Restored to its simple Colonial lines by the removal of extra wings and two upper stories. the Boudinot Mansion. one of the country's outstanding Revolution­ , ary landmarks, will be opened as~- a museum at 11 a. n1. Sa.turdayl Indians, and donated 4,000 acres 1 under the directioi: ~f the N~w J for homesteads for exiled Jews. Jersey State Comm1ss1on on His-I H d' d f th · t t one• s·ti es e isoose- o e mansion o _ • • • • 1 Jonathan Dayton, New Jersey , , Thomas_ J_. MaiBle, d 1_1 ector of member of the Constitutional Con- . the commissi_on, wul be 11:- charge vention, and later a member of the of the opening. ceremonies, and House of Representatives and the · the speaker \Vll~ he . Mess~or~ Senate, in whose honor Dayton, Ken?all, of Nev\ York, fo~me Ohio, is named. Dayton occupied pre~1dent general of the Nati?nal the house until his death in 1824, Society . of Sons of the American and twenty years later it became a Rev~lut10n_. 1:edec_01:ated and re- young women's school and em­ fu~n1~hed 1~ its onginal style, the barked on its latter-day checkered ->x::::: < building will ho~se for th~ first career. I ~{/:::><: ::_ two months of 1ts new life an ______~\tk:Ji:. ■·--mt:: exhibition of portraits. silver plate, 0 Elia.~ Boudinot hcuse al Eliza­ china, furniture and heirlooms loaned by present members of bPth, N. J... a/tPr restoration ""'"""------. ·>.: ,..••'>------the Boudinot family through M. ----:- ' ) ever. rep1y1ng tna-i; ··oners of that Knoedler & Co., New York art : kind could have no effect on men fir~. Later the house is expected ,,~=~'o. _ Nov. 4, 1782, to Nov. 3, 1783. Mov­ --- - ' ing to Philadelphia to serve as the :i~~;nof~ Pr~~~:;e\sof ~~=e~~;!~~ {f}i!): <~:a f; strugg-ling nation's chi_ef ex_ecutiye. Alexander Hamilton. John Jay, the ·.. :/:":\ _,::Jf< he recm·ded for posterity his bellef . Marquis de Lafayette, and many ___ _ ?i;f~f. - that the town then ,vas "enough , other Revolutionary and early ,---· ) to kill a horse." A Representative fron1 New Jersey to the 1st, 2d 1 and 3d Congresses under the Con- /(t) 3 stitution, he also was the first :f fiil li~i{T~f;;E,e t~ i~:~t;; 5 Counselor of the Supreme Coun Aged Women, and headquarters foi­ ~ of the United States. I ' the Elizabeth chapter of the Amer­ Founder and first president of ican Red Cross. the American Bible Society, and Known as Boxwood Hall later president of the General As­ sembly of the Presbyterian Church The mansion was kno,vn also as ~~' ==-=<-»>~ mmm&mt in the United States, he left 5,000 Boxwoobd Hall,dbecause of the hand- ::~,:-:-,-::-,_,,::-:,::-:::, ~~~;-;,.:,, &i®™WM~ - ,::::,:::::/)){t(:)::;:::,,;::::::;:::::::f/::_ -- \:/; aci·es to the assembly, and 4,080 some oxwoo gardens that ad- acres to Princeton University for lloudi11ot lwrtM' <1pJU' the executive head advanced $30,000 of his own had n1oved to that state per- - Jersey Street was threatened with · of the government, President of money for the benefit of the pris- m 8,nently in 1795, and a member , demolition, a group of Elizabeth ' the United States in_ Congress As- oners l.leld by the ~nemy. . . of the Pennsylvania Society for ! citizens organized the Boxwood sen:bled, who. l?r?cla1med the ces- While meeting with the Bnt1sh the Abolition of Slavery, he also st a.LHall Memorial Association, which 1 ~~twn of ho illties and signed _the to discuss prisoner-.o~-war pro_b- worked for the education of the riraised $8,000 to purchase the tieaty that ended_ the .Revo11:1tion. lems, one of the British _commis- 1 building and deeded it in trust to It also was Boudinot who signed_ sioners whispered to Boudinot that the state. In March 1942 the New treaties of alliance with France, he was authorized to offer the l Jersey Legislature' app,ropriated . and of amity_ and commerce with choice of a dukedom, or 10,000 . $10,000 for restoration of the , Holl~nd, Spain and Sweden, and pounds sterling a year, to the man ~ building, and the Federal govern- ; r:ce~ved the firs~ ~inisters ac- - who would undertake to settl~ ·•~he · , ment assisted in the rehabilitation ; cred_ited to ~he Un1tea States from unhappy dispute" by bringing . . through the Works Projects Ad- ; foreign nations. - American resistance to an end. , ministration, whichprovided$2_0,000 s Boudinot scorn~d, t~e __offer,_ how- ~ worth of materials an.d la ' - THE NE,VARK STAR-LEDGER, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1943

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p I Drawing room of the mansion, with Girandole mirror, a gift of George ,v ashington j H. E. Dostalik J l lillifi:;; . > "Sc <:::: :·"'.';"~-.....,,,,fa ········" •., ,,-,.,m"'"""""='""""· HISTORIC SHRINE - Tho­ Jr:i· . mas Marple, chairman of the State Commission on­ ~· Historic Sites (above), looks -~..,__ ,. at an oil painting of Elias ;..::t Boudinot after it was placed =~ ~-- < f:-.· in the dining room, fur­ f nished with the original furniture and dishes. At left, is the living room of the restored mansion with the Girandole mirror which .. wa~ a present from George· 0:: Washington and a painting ·:!i! of Mrs. William Peartree !r Smith, who married a. :-\Rr/1. brother of Boudinot. :·,~·-: · ______.,,.,.1A: ~~-- - ~ ~t•·••• #~ ◄14~ -~v..... ':~r:( r;Q =E--1

GIFT. This long n1irror, replaced in the mansion, was another gift of George Washington, first president of the country, to Elias Boudinot. rll t:d their obligations as citizens with­ ·o ~ lL . s::: out a knowledge of their country's (p. ~ Eliza beth ~fJ:;. I-'• structure, aims and purposes? How (; ~ ::::s can they appreciate the privileges :. '0 ~ Opens New of their rights as free men · and Jiii~•.•.· women?" .tt-_j "If our youths understand the .."'~,: 'r.n e: "--J~ meaning- of American liberties, and ,·.. -".·.c-t- Museum ,,1! :_ 0 they can only unden,tand the mean­ '..-, .. ~ Boudinot Mansion, ing by a study of the motives and i~~ n· ~ reasons that spurred American t..t .. n ~ patriots to establish our form of ) *~ .... g ~ 1 Ex-Boarding House, government, they will carry on.' ;, . ~ r ;~.. (t) Other speakers ,vere Secretary. of l t::,· ~· C"l ~ Dedicated -1. ,,.r;· ; '. c+ Is State Joseph A. Brophy, Congress­ l ·..;:, .. ,_., '· J ·:~ i4 0 ~ man McLe::i.n, State Senator Her­ :~ C l:j ·•:.i.,_J • .EL I Z ABET H - The Boudinot J bert J. Pascoe. Mayor James T. <···... i-.i... Mansion at 1073 East Jersey st. was Kirk and the Rev. Charles Alex­ -· ~ dedicated as a public museum yes- ander Ross. George B. ~ein~, ch~ir- ( . . . . man of the State Historic Sites -~ terday with ceremonies 1n which C . . • , d ai d \"as · ~ , . . . omm1ss1011. preswr , 1 rv 111 - n&'tional, State and local d1gn1tanes traduced by Sigurd A. Emerson, § I ,·. c+ ~ ~ 'V ,_. . ..- ~ ,~,:~::;'_,,_, ....,,,/·'' participated. president of Boxwood Hall Me- ~~~p., i.ilJ}~;.,''.~;~,;;Zt, II President Roosevelt sent a gTeEt- morial Association. ,..,"' (1) 0 ~ ~tk"~J.--C":>L-4 ~1~:~,:;,,-::;$t?tf~~r .i~lk · ,.~ Ing r?'-r:• ..... ~- ~ which was read by Congress- The National Anthem was sung .• ' p., ,, .,'/ifAftW>tifitifl _q' fJ/' 0 c+ @p,>;;;;.;~,~~';•;.:?i..f'(2 /~f""c::t~· ~-"', .,- :.. ;.~..., n:ian Donald H. McLean in which by Jackson Hines in opening the ~--,,,;. ~'". -,i£~I-;l?~:'.~ -::·~,_,., < ..i-~. ~,.,~.»,~~ti:i,· ·>->Si s::: ...... ~ \)', , , ~• , '"' ,,,,., he' said: program. Mrs. Leland D. Ives led r.n O (1) ''I rejoice to know that this fine I the pledge of allegiance. The invo­ (1) :; ~ :·:-::.· .'\! .old 1andmark, rich in its association cation was by the Rev. Harold V. ~" ~ p., ~ (1) Washington and Lafayette and Colgan, pastor of the Church of the lJ'J O t; ··-:, wlth 0 .. with other patriots of various Holv Rosan'. and benediction by O'~ ro lJ'J rn ~ods in our national life, is to be Rabbi Rapi1,ael H. Melamed of (1) (1) 'pff$erved for pm;terity. Temple B'nai Israel. ~ p., n .i~r . • "''I trust that this venerable fab- Mrs. John F. McMillan, former ~ ct- t; > ■ (1) ~ ric will inspire generations yet un- regent of Boudinot Chapter, D. A. lJ'J O p., with a deepening sense of ap- R., a p~·ime mover for the preserva­ ct-:; r1 born g (1) ~ iation of the heritage which tion of the mansion as a shrine, was pzec. (1) ITiilil~~~::=]ff 0 baa come down to us from those ill and unable to attend the cere- o.oo . '91bose courage, vision and sacrifice monies. Her part in carrying on c+ H, H, 0 c+ · .,_,went ,, into the building of this na-j the work was alluded to by several ...... ::r ct­ of the speakers. ~ (1) . 1,~n. ::r(1) , Col. Messmore Kendall, . past As part of the dedication. a, ta?let ' 0 1m­ '.· '~ 2, president-general of the Nat10nal was unveiled listing the three ...... I'"'\ td -.,.,, aq ~ . Society, Sons of the American portant personages who had lived in ...... 0 . ~olution, principal speaker, de- the house. These were shown as ::::s O' ~ t-◊~ p., 0 ~ !plored the substitution of sociaJ. Samuel woodruff. 1768; Elias Boud­ 1-'QQ i '3Clence and other subjects for the inot. 1772 to 1795 and Jonathan I ~o 1 9 rn P.. study of American histo:y in Dayton, 1800 to 1824. . I-' schools and colleges. He said: Prior to its purchase for $8,000 as ,. 0 H, I ◄ ::::s ~ ~ .f'I'he appalling ignorance of an historic museum, the house had ..... 0 ~ p., ~ ...... IAmerican history by our youths been occupied since 1824 in ~urn as ...... ;:> I-'· ~,,a1111-~•M• should give us immediate concern a boarding house, as the Ellzabeth ~ i r. ·~ ,.,~, •• .- _...... ,...,...... ;... t..a4 .... _. ._.# ...... ,-.. PA __, ,__,,.,,...... ,._ -· ...... I• and a firm resolve to reform the Home for Aged Women and as - I lack of its teaching in high schools. Iheadquarters of the Elizabethtown i How can these boys and girls fulfill Chapter, American Red Cross. ~· i C t .· .:UDINOT MANSION C '~iLL BE MUSEUM~ C . roup' That Saved the Noted ~

...,. Elizabeth House Fron, Being k ·, Razed ls Con1rnended :c fNew Museum e 1 s Special to THE NEW YORK Tnrns. b To Open in ELIZABETH, N. J., April 10- , Saved from demolition and restored :,lJWlt,~,-~r-- Eliza beth l :as a historic shrine by citizens d l( ; who raised $8,000 several years ago t< 1 to purchase it, the Boudinot 1nan- ! tt Ceremonies Arranged 1 sion at 1073 East Jersey · Street, l a: .. :<.> ... ~- .·•··:::-J For Box,vood Hall t one of the oldest Revolutionary tl ~ landmarks in this part of the State, tl Tomorrow ~ was dedicated today at exercises in a l------· Brophy will speak as a state repre- e eled "vood work of the interior, t ' Following the ceremonies, the ;entative, Mayor James T. Kirk will .- lists three of the city's n1ost fa- .museum will be open to the public ,peak for the city of Elizabeth 1· n1ous personages who occupied the witffaut charge on weekdays from tnd state Senator Herbert J. Pas- • house. They were Samuel Wood- i. nd 8 2 to 4:30 P. M. and on_ Su ays ~oe will speak for Union County. ruff, 1768; Elias Boudinot, 1772- s from 2 to 4 P. M. It will not be 3eorge deB. Keim, chairman of the s 1795, and Jonathan Dayton, 1800- t ()pen at night as there are no lights. Jommission on Historic Sites, will o 1824. t Student groups will be. shown ,;>reside. Cl The building will be open ~o the a 'throujh mornings by appmntment . .i Congressman Donald H. McLean public as a mu~eum for the display n . · 'Jltt;. movement to . acqui~e ~ox- will extend greetings and Rev. a of Boudinot heirlooms. •ood. Hall and dedicate it lS a Jharles A. Ross will be a speaker. n d lt,e1'01utionary shrine was started ~Y ~ev. Harold v. Colgan will give e u Secretary of State Brophy while ;he invocation and Rabbi Raphael, 1' President Send l\Iessage s 'mayor of Elizabeth four years ago. :I. Melamed the benediction. Sigurd ELIZABETH N. J., April 10 (.lP> 1 He named E~erson a~ head of a !\. Emerson, president of the Box­ ; .-...With the r~ading of greeting i citizens' committee which l~ter be- ;i.rood Hall Memorial Association, ·from President Roosevelt, the Elias I came the memorial association. The 1/ill open the ceremonies. Boudinot Mansion was dedicated ~ committee :raised $8,000 to purchase Jackson Hines will sing the na­ today as a State museum. ~ the property and Pascoe, then an ~·onal anthem and the pledge of Representative Donald H. Mc- l assembl~m~n, obta_ined a $10,000 tllegiance will be led by Mrs. Leland appropriation to finance the res- . Ives. Music will be by the Lean Elizabeth Republican, read ~ . ' ·. !this message from the Pre~ide:it: l toration. ______homas Jefferson High School and ( · ·' "I rejoice to know that this fine t Battin High School orchestras with I t old landn1ark, rich in its associa- I IArthur Brandenburg conducting. f tion with Washington and Lafay- ~ f ette and with other pariots of vari- t ous periods in our national life, is r to be reserved for osterit . 9'he [}3axwaad <;}fall C}lneinarial {A;ssaciarian,

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The National Anthem...... MR. JACKSON HINES and THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND BATTIN HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ARTHUR BRANDENBURG, Conducting

Pledge of Allegiance ...... Led by MRS. LELAND D. IVES

Invocation ...... THE REVEREND HAROLD V. COLGAN

Introduction of Chairman ...... HON. SIGURD A. EMERSON President, Boxwood Hall Memorial Association

Remarks ...... HON GEORGE DEB. KEIIvl Chairman, Commission on Historic Sites

Musical Selection ...... ORCHESTRA

SPEAKERS

For Boxwood Hall Memorial Association .... . HON. JOSEPH A. BROPHY Secretary of State

For the City of Elizabeth ...... HON. JAMES T. KIRK Mayor

For the County of Union ...... HON. HERBERT J. PASCOE State Senator

Remarks ...... THE REVEREND CHARLES ALEXANDER Ross

Greetings ...... HON. DONALD H. McLEAN .1"1 ember of Congress

Address ...... HON. MESSMORE KENDALL Past President-General, National Society S. A. R. President, Empire State Society, S. A. R.

Benediction ...... RABBI RAPHAEL H. MELAMED

America ...... ORCHESTRA