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IN THIS ISSUE: The Story of a Quilt (p. 2) A Visit from "Nipper" (p. 3) FROM LeConey's Gold Medal (p. 4) THE Before & After: Rt. 130 — the FRONT old Burlington Pike (p. 5) Membership News (p. 6) PORCH Historic House Plaques (p. 7) THE NEWSLETTER OF THE Visit us on the Web! (p. 7) HISTORICAL SOCIETY Motown in Mo'town (p. 8) OF MOORESTOWN View From the Porch Mark Knopfler, the great guitar player and Responsibility for the care of the Smith- record producer was once asked what exactly Cadbury Mansion falls primarily under the the job of producer entailed. “Some of the time watchful eyes of two trustees Lisa Hammell House Tours and you make important decisions and some of and Paul Canton. Lisa, a past board president, Gift Shop Hours: the time you go get the tea” he replied. That’s is responsible for the Museum contents. 2nd & 4th Sunday 1-3 PM not unlike what it means to be a Trustee of the We constantly leverage her experience as an Tuesdays 1-3 PM Historical Society. At times we are in meetings antique lover and dealer in the evaluation and deciding on the future of the organization and care of the treasured items in our collection. Research Library Hours: other times we are making sure that the trash Paul Canton is in charge of the building Tuesday 1-4 PM gets out to the curb on collection day. But one and grounds. If you have an iconic historic Second Sunday of each Month 1-3 PM thing I have learned over that last three years home, who better to entrust it to than Paul. is that if there was a list of the easiest jobs in Jill Weiss heads up our membership Address the organization being President would be committee as correspondent secretary. She has Historical Society of near the top. This is due to the tremendous instituted many novel approaches to reaching Moorestown group of people we have on our board and our audience, including business memberships. Smith-Cadbury Mansion the dedication they have to our mission. Each John Watson, joined our board two years ago 12 High St. Moorestown, NJ 08057 person on the board has a role for which and has been an integral part of our exhibits they either volunteered or had thrust upon team. His skill at restoring old photographs Phone them, and they all perform that role flawlessly, and just making things look better has been 856-235-0353 leaving the President with precious little to invaluable. Our exhibits and displays have do. So in this the final “View From the Porch” never looked better. Our newest member Liz Web Site for this season, I wanted to acknowledge the Rosenthal has taken on the important job of moorestownhistory.org outstanding job being done by our trustees. publicity and has made an immediate impact, E-mail Stephanie Herz runs the library and as demonstrated by the great turnout we have research arm of the organization. She has been had at our recent events. And speaking of our moorestownhistory@ events, Vice-President Mickey DiCamillo verizon.net the heart and soul of the Historical Society for years. Mary Berardi, who serves as second has done an amazing job in organizing Facebook Vice-President is also in charge of accessions and arranging programs, not only for our facebook.com/historical and is a significant contributor to our exhibits. membership meetings, but also in creating societyofmoorestown Cathy Hartley, who serves as our treasurer the Historical Society’s New Jersey History has done an excellent job in modernizing Speaker Series. As anyone who attended our our record keeping and has restructured Annual Meeting, can attest our programs are our investments for the maximum return. more popular and energetic than ever before. Published by Lynne Brill is our recording Secretary and a Last but not least I want to thank our The Historical Society key member of our fundraising committee. Student Trustee, Ben Gromacki for the great of Moorestown Another key member of the fundraising job he did for us this year. From staffing the committee is Julie Maravich. I would say Ghost Tours to arranging for the Madrigals too, that if you have a job, that most would to sing at our holiday party, Ben was someone think impossible, look to Julie to make the upon whom we could always count. most of it. She has built the annual “Ghost On behalf of the board I hope that all Tour” into a bonafide town treasure. Lisa of our members have a great summer! Knell is the editor or our newsletter. Being the “editor” of our newsletter bears a close Lenny Wagner, President JUNE 2016 resemblance to Knopfler’s “producer”. We send her material and she does everything else. Store at the corner of Main & Chester Avenues in The Hooton/ Moorestown, a daughter of the Emlen Brewery The Historical Society business in Philadelphia, the owner of Woodlawn of Moorestown Warrington Family Estate which was part of Mount Vernon purchased from a Custis Descendent, a wife of a silversmith in Officers Signature Quilt Lancaster, PA, and also a daughter of a Revolutionary President also known as The War Captain, the owner of a glassworks in Millville, Lenny Wagner New Jersey and also administrator for an evening 1st Vice-President school for African American men in 1832 and the Roberts Family Quilt Michael DiCamillo Institution for Poor Quaker Children in 1839, both In 2011, I had the privilege of making the in Philadelphia, a sister of the original owner of 2nd Vice-President acquaintance of the American Quilt Study Group. Bethlehem Steel, a teacher of a Quaker School Mary Berardi The Study Group had an interest in several quilts for Seneca Indians in New York State, the woman Treasurer belonging to the Historical Society of Moorestown. who established Moorestown Boarding School for Cathy Hartley At the Study Group’s request, these quilts were Girls, a sister of the founder of Swarthmore College Recording Secretary displayed in an exhibition in Cherry Hill hosted by and University of Maryland, an identical signature the American Quilt Study Group Seminar. It was Lynne Brill which can be found on the back of the face of the Corresponding Secretary an honor to spend an evening with these folks and Peter Stretch clock at the Smith Cadbury Mansion to benefit from their knowledge and expertise. in Moorestown, New Jersey, a wife of a minister Jill Weiss The Hooton/Warrington Family Signature Quilt of a Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia and also aka Roberts Family Quilt became an object of head of Young Ladies Seminary in Lawrenceville, Trustees intrigue at the exhibition, due to the fact that a New Jersey, a woman Quaker minister, the Mary Berardi number of signatures were not legible. The Study Editor of “The Friend” Quaker newsletter. Lynne Brill Group members provided several suggestions. The quilt was made for Anna Warrington and Joseph Paul Canton Take close up photos of the signatures. The writing Hooton to commemorate their marriage. Sadly, Michael DiCamillo would become clear through the photographs. they had no children. The question as to how the Also, make a grid of the signatures exactly as they Lisa Hammell quilt arrived with the Roberts Family could possibly Cathy Hartley appear on the quilt. In this way, the relationships be answered by this explanation. Elizabeth West between the signers would become apparent. Hooton, sister of the groom, married Elisha Roberts. Stephanie Herz As I photographed the signature blocks, I developed Since Anna and Joseph Hooton had no children, it Lisa Knell the desire to get to know the signers. Many of the is likely that the quilt was given to Joseph’s sister Julie Maravich names were already familiar to me. I wondered, which Elizabeth West Hooton Roberts family, and the quilt Liz Rosenthal names were family members and which were friends. descended through the Roberts Family before it was Lenny Wagner I devised a chart to list the signer’s name, the donated to the Historical Society of Moorestown. John Watson content of the signer’s signature, the signer’s dates Research for this information came from a variety Jill Weiss and where they were from, the family members of of sources, including the internet, various reference Student Trustee: the signers and other pertinent information. There books, two university libraries, and two historical Ben Gromacki were 90 signatures in all. As a result, some very societies. Research for this quilt and its signers is fascinating information surfaced. Even though the ongoing. Since the Historical Society of Moorestown Trustee Emeritus Hooton/ Warrington Family were Quakers, not all often receives queries concerning various families and Nan Pillsbury the signers of the quilt were Quakers. The wedding the Hooton/Warrington Quilt in particular, the Society Newsletter Editor between Anna Warrington and Joseph Hooton took has decided to make this information available to the Lisa Knell place in Moorestown, New Jersey on May 25, 1843 public. A 15 page pamphlet containing the quilt grid Library but a number of the signers were from other of the 90 signatures, signer information chart, Stephanie Herz regions. Some blocks date as early as 1841 and color photos can be purchased through and others as late as 1844. Men, women, the Historical Society of Moorestown. and youths signed the quilt. There All proceeds of the pamphlet will were commemorative signatures by directly benefit the Historical grieving mothers for their children Society of Moorestown. The who did not survive childhood. pamphlet is meant to be an Many of the signers of this aid and a springboard quilt read like a Who’s for those interested Who of movers and in learning more shakers of the time.
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