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November 2010 Issue of the NJPH Journal REVOLUTIONARY WAR COVER
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The cover of our most recent journal features this Revolutionary item, from Don Chafetz’s prize-winning exhibit of Morris County Mail Service, 1760 to 1850.
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It is addressed to Brigadier General Woodford at Head Quarters (in Morristown), New Jersey. It was sent from Fredericksburg (Fredbg), Virginia in 1777. This Morristown encampment took place from July 3 to July 11, 1777. The cover is rated at 2 dwt (pennyweight) for 60-100 miles, plus an additional 2 dwt for an additional 100 miles, for a total rate of 4 dwt.
At this encampment, a number of Courts martial were held, and decisions were made regarding the ranking of various officers. It was cut short by the news, received on July 10, that Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence had been evacuated, and Washington began the movement of his troops closer to the Hudson, near Newburgh, to protect the Highlands forts. For further information on this early, short, and forgotten encampment of the Revolutionary War, we refer you to Washington's Forgotten Encampment, by Carl B. Scherzer, published by the Morris County Historical Society in 1977.
A number of other interesting Revolutionary covers relating to New Jersey are also included in the Chafetz exhibit in our November 2010 issue of NJPH, and we have made these available in our Free Online Library at www.NJPostalHistory.org/media/pdf/revolutionaryNJ.pdf . Visit our Free Online Library at http://www.njpostalhistory.org/freelibrary.html for other interesting material.
In researching your own Revolutionary covers, other excellent Revolutionary War sources relating to New Jersey are available online at Rutgers Cartography at
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/REVOLUTIONARYWAR/Revolutionary_War.html
The New Jersey State Library has a collection of pamphlets of NJ in the Revolution at
http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Revolution/NJRevolution.php
These 18 different pamphlets give a good overview of New Jersey’s role in the Revolution.
Digital Antiquaria carries a number of reprints of articles on New Jersey and the Revolution (some available for download), in many cases reprinted from the New Jersey Historical Society’s journal and other sources at:
http://www.digitalantiquaria.com/servlet/Categories?category=American+Revolution
And Frank R. Stockton’s Stories of New Jersey includes many interesting tales of the Revolution. It is available in digital form (pdf) at the Guttenberg press at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24713/24713-h/24713-h.htm
Past Featured Covers
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August 2010 Issue of the NJPH Journal NEW JERSEY ILLUSTRATED LETTER SHEETS
These items were made popular by the nice ones that exist from the California Gold Rush days, and those used during the Civil War, where they depicted contemporary scenes at the top of the letter sheet, the rest of which was then used to write a letter.
Earliest examples usually included an attached sheet and were used as stampless folded letters.
Later ones were more like letterheads, and were sent enclosed in envelopes.
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May 2010 Issue of the NJPH Journal Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America!
Treasure Island Scout Camp occupies a fifty-seven acre island in the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The camp is operated by the Cradle of Liberty Council (formerly the Philadelphia Council), Boy Scouts of America. Read more..... |
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February 2010 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a 1995 cover of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the last of the conventionally-powered US aircraft carriers, decommissioned in 2009.
This great ship served almost 50 years in service of her country.
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November 2009 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a Holiday Greetings from Viet Nam
Just before Christmas of 1971, a GI-produced Christmas card was distributed to the troops of the 101st Airborne for them to send home. A hand-made envelope served to carry it home to New Jersey.
As it was late in December, member Jim Walker used a U.S. air mail stamp instead of the usual free frank available to soldiers in combat,
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August 2009 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a a Graf Zeppelin cover.
L127 First Trip to the USA in 1928. Special credit to John Trosky for this nice article!
WEB-SITE SPECIAL: an addendum to this article with additional information on an originating 1928 LZ-127 cover from Len Peck!
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May 2009 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a DPO cover from Maurer, New Jersey.
A pretty little letter sheet invitation from a local hotel in Maurer (now part of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County), NJ turned up at the Garfield-Perry Show in Cleveland, in JWF (Jim Faber’s) stock. Used in 1905, it is from a community that literally does not exist anymore. The location is now the site of a large “tank farm” belonging to Chevron.Read more..... |
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February 2009 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a cameo campaign cover.
A December 15, Hoboken, NJ postmarked Embossed Cameo Campaign Envelope produced by William Eaves was offered this March by Robert A. Siegel Auctions featuring a beardless Abe Lincoln. Only a few examples are known. This Hoboken, New Jersey cover hammered on March 25, 2009 for $2600.00 before the 15% buyers premium! Read more..... |
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November 2008 Issue of the NJPH Journal featuring a cover of seasonal greeting.
A RFD ”Season’s Greetings” post card, cancelled December 24, 1915 with a Pittstown, NJ postmark, sent by the carrier on Route 2 out of Pittstown to the people along his route. Special thanks to Member Jim Walker for sharing this cover. Read more..... |
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