The Story of Its First Century
by Andrew M. Sherman
Republished from the original 1905 edition
- (273 pages, 2.71MB)
This classic local history chronicles the
settlement of Morristown from the early 1700s through the Revolution. General
Washington's army spent two winters in Morristown, and the author devotes
a substantial portion of the narrative to those encampments. Local lore
and legend includes the tales of the "Morristown Ghost," and Tempe
Wick as well as detailed reports of Masonic meetings during the Revolution
and the court martial of Benedict Arnold.
The original book included about one hundred
illustrations, mostly half-tones previously published in a newspaper serial.
Their quality leaves much to be desired, and their combined digital volume
would make a fully-illustrated PDF edition too large for convenient download.
Some of the illustrations are embedded in the text, the rest are here.
The Digital Edition (Adobe PDF 1.4) is published
in portrait orientation; fully-searchable, fully-printable.
