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Statue of Thomas Paine Prince St. at the waterfront Bordentown, NJ Dedicated June 7, 1997

Statue of Thomas Paine Prince St. at the waterfront Bordentown, NJ Dedicated June 7, 1997. Thomas Paine - 1737-1809 Father of the American Revolution. 1736-1809.

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Statue of Thomas Paine Prince St. at the waterfront Bordentown, NJ Dedicated June 7, 1997

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  1. Statue of Thomas Paine Prince St. at the waterfront Bordentown, NJ Dedicated June 7, 1997 Thomas Paine - 1737-1809 Father of the American Revolution

  2. 1736-1809 The Thomas Paine House became the home of the fiery pamphleteer in 1783. Paine's "Common Sense;' published in early 1776, began "These are the times that try men's souls.“ His words and spirit heartened many a patriot in the early days of the Revolution.

  3. Farnsworth at Park St. intersection, Bordentown Each building at this historic corner figures significantly into our area's Revolutionary War history. The Francis Hopkinson House was the home of one of New Jersey's five signers of the Declaration of Independence. Occupied by the enemy on several occasions, it was spared the torch by a scholarly Hessian officer who was impressed with Hopkinson's library. Facing the Hopkinson House, across Farnsworth, stands the Patience Lovell Wright House, home of the noted American sculptor. Carried to England and the court of George III by her talent, Patience Wright reportedly gathered information helpful to the American Cause during the Revolution.

  4. The Borden House Next to the Wright House, across Park St., stands the home of Col. Joseph Borden, or rather the house built upon the foundations of Borden's home which was burned by the British in May 1778. It was his idea to float the dynamite-filled kegs down the Delaware to blow up British ships docked at Philadelphia. Across Farnsworth from Borden House stood Hoagland's Tavern, a center for the 2,000 Hessians and Scotsmen billeted in Bordentown under Col. Kurt von Donop in December 1776. Had these troops not been lured southward just prior to Washington's attack on Trenton, they might easily have reached the 1,500 Hessians quartered in Trenton and turned Washington's victory there into a devastating defeat. Site of Hoagland Tavern

  5. Farnsworth at Park St. intersection, Bordentown 101 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown The Francis Hopkinson House was the home of one of New Jersey's five signers of the Declaration of Independence. Occupied by the enemy on several occasions, it was spared the torch by a scholarly Hessian officer who was impressed with Hopkinson's library.

  6. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) • One of New Jersey’s signers of the Declaration of Independence. • A man of extraordinary talent and charm. • First scholar and first Graduate of the College of Philadelphia. • Studied Law both in America and Europe. • Composed music, poetry , and satire. • A Pretty Story, a skeptical examination of the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies. • Battle of the Kegs, a sarcastic taunting of the British forces occupying Philadelphia.

  7. “THE SIBYL” Portrait of Patience Wright, c. 1781-1783, attributed to Robert Edge Pine. This is the inspired modeling observed by William Dunlap and others, the wax under the apron on her lap, but here the right hand withdrawn in a gesture that points to a mysterious encircled symbol in the lower left corner of the painting. Earlier references to Wright’s portrait attributed it to her son-in-law, British painter John Hoppner.* *George III’s bastard son

  8. Revolutionary War Ships Monument Bordentown, NJ

  9. Bordentown Wharf • At the foot of the bluff stood, at the time of the American Revolution, the bustling Bordentown wharf. In an attempt to destroy a portion of the British fleet stationed at Philadelphia during the winter 1777-78 a number of floating explosive devices (wooden kegs filled with gunpowder) were launched from this point. The episode was later recounted by Francis Hopkinson in his poem "The Battle of the Kegs" in which he observed, "The kegs, 'tis said, tho' strongly made,of rebel stayes and hoops, sirCould not oppose their powerful foes,The.Conque'ring British Troops, sir:" • Although a failure militarily, the kegs came to symbolize American ingenuity and spirit, and in Hopkinson's satirical lines they provide an early glimpse of American humor.

  10. Clara Harlowe Barton Arrived in Bordentown in 1852, remaining there only one year, until 1853 Bordentown, New Jersey 1821-1912

  11. Founded Red Cross in 1881 Experience in Washington, DC during Civil War (securing supplies for wounded) and a trip to Europe inspired her to found the Red Cross.

  12. Recently underwent a $25,000 restoration with help from the State of N. J. and the Crosswicks Foundation.

  13. The JOHN BULL Bordentown, NJ

  14. The John Bull Locomotive Monument • Location: At the corner of Farnsworth Ave. and Railroad Ave. adjacent to the Farnsworth House, at 135 Farnsworth Avenue. • Significance - Moved here from its original location on Amboy Ave. in 1970, this monument commemorates the famous "John Bull" Locomotive. The inscription reads: First movement by steam on a railroad in the State of New Jersey, November 12, 1831 by the original locomotive "John Bull" now deposited in the United States National Museum at Washington. The first piece of railroad track in New Jersey was laid by the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company between this point and the stone 3,500 feet eastward in 1831.

  15. More on the John Bull Monument… • According to the booklet issued for the monument dedication ceremonies, the Pennsylvania Railroad erected the monument “To mark the first piece of track laid between New York and Philadelphia, 1831.” While the bronze tablet set into the monument does celebrate the John Bull and its movement on the track, the monument primary purpose was to celebrate the trackage itself. The monument consists of a cube of Baltimore granite measuring five feet square and seven feet high set on a foundation of the stone sleepers, manufactured at Ossining Prison by inmates, which once supported the rails of the Camden & Amboy. A circle of original Robert L. Stevens’s designed T-rail encircles the stone cube. When the monument stood along the railroad right-of-way, a second marker, a stone obelisk, set 3,500 feet east of the main monument, marked the opposite end of the first section of track. Back in the early 1970s, a local plumbing supply retailer and renowned model maker named Ed Scholl rescued the monument and moved it to his front yard after discovering some miscreants had stolen a section of the original rail to sell for scrap. He recovered the rail section (or otherwise replaced it) and the main monument remained at his store and house until his death in the 1980s. Subsequent to Scholl’s demise, the City of Bordentown removed the monument and placed it at its current location. I am not aware of what happened to the obelisk marker.

  16. Bordentown Female College Watering Trough Intersection of Farnsworth Avenue and Crosswicks Street

  17. Bordentown Iron Lacework overlooking the Delaware & Crosswicks Creek

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