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| − | Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography, Vol. II, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887 | + | ===''Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography,'' Vol. II, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887=== |
| − | + | De Hart, William, lawyer, b. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 7 Dec., 1746; d. in Morristown, N.J., 16 June, 1801. He practised law before the Revolution. He was appointed major of the 1t New Jersey battalion, 7 Nov., 1775, and lieutenant=colonel in 1776. Before the close of the war he resigned his commission and resumed law-practice at Morristown. One of his two brothers was also engaged in the service as aide to [[Gen. Wayne,]] and fell at Fort Lee in 1780. Colonel De Hart was eminent as a lawyer, and possessed much with and humor. He was president of the [[St. Tammany society]] in 1789. -- his son William Chetwood, soldier, b. in New York state in 1800; d. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 2 April 1848,..." | |
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===Recollections of Alexander Thompson=== | ===Recollections of Alexander Thompson=== | ||
| − | <blockquote>Dear Sir,—In explanation of the nature of the [[Tammany Society, New York City|Tammany Society]], of which there is a Diploma in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society,* I am informed that there is a reference to it in Isaac Collins’ N.J. State Gazette, of May 15th and 22nd, Sept. 4th and 18th, 1786. The | + | <blockquote>Dear Sir,—In explanation of the nature of the [[Tammany Society, New York City|Tammany Society]], of which there is a Diploma in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society,* I am informed that there is a reference to it in Isaac Collins’ N.J. State Gazette, of May 15th and 22nd, Sept. 4th and 18th, 1786. The Society appears to have been formed during, or at the close of the Revolution. <br>The names of the persons inscribed on the Diploma have appeared in various publications of your Society, within a few years past, and two of them will be found in the list of officers of the N.J. Regiments, which I have sent you. <br>Col. William DeHart, the President, was Lt. Col. Of the 2d N.J. Reg’t. <br>The Secretary Eben Elmer, was Surgeon of the same Regiment. <br>Mr. [[Jesse Baldwin]] was a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the Army. |
| − | Of Col. DeHart, I have heard much in connection with Revolutionary matters, at Morristown, where he resided, and it will give me pleasure, to present at some future time, some of my recollections of conversations with one who was nearly related to him, and to myself in a more extended and valuable communication. | + | Of Col. DeHart, I have heard much in connection with Revolutionary matters, at Morristown, where he resided, and it will give me pleasure, to present at some future time, some of my recollections of conversations with one who was [[Mattias DeHart, 1723|nearly related to him,]] and to myself in a more extended and valuable communication. |
<br>I am, sir, Very Respectfully, Your Obd. Servant, <br>[[Alexander Ramsey Thompson|Alex. R. Thompson.]] | <br>I am, sir, Very Respectfully, Your Obd. Servant, <br>[[Alexander Ramsey Thompson|Alex. R. Thompson.]] | ||
William Whitehead, Esq. Corresponding Secr’y of N.J. Historical Society. </blockquote> | William Whitehead, Esq. Corresponding Secr’y of N.J. Historical Society. </blockquote> | ||
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Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography, Vol. II, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887
De Hart, William, lawyer, b. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 7 Dec., 1746; d. in Morristown, N.J., 16 June, 1801. He practised law before the Revolution. He was appointed major of the 1t New Jersey battalion, 7 Nov., 1775, and lieutenant=colonel in 1776. Before the close of the war he resigned his commission and resumed law-practice at Morristown. One of his two brothers was also engaged in the service as aide to Gen. Wayne, and fell at Fort Lee in 1780. Colonel De Hart was eminent as a lawyer, and possessed much with and humor. He was president of the St. Tammany society in 1789. -- his son William Chetwood, soldier, b. in New York state in 1800; d. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 2 April 1848,..."
Recollections of Alexander Thompson
Dear Sir,—In explanation of the nature of the Tammany Society, of which there is a Diploma in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society,* I am informed that there is a reference to it in Isaac Collins’ N.J. State Gazette, of May 15th and 22nd, Sept. 4th and 18th, 1786. The Society appears to have been formed during, or at the close of the Revolution.
The names of the persons inscribed on the Diploma have appeared in various publications of your Society, within a few years past, and two of them will be found in the list of officers of the N.J. Regiments, which I have sent you.
Col. William DeHart, the President, was Lt. Col. Of the 2d N.J. Reg’t.
The Secretary Eben Elmer, was Surgeon of the same Regiment.
Mr. Jesse Baldwin was a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the Army.Of Col. DeHart, I have heard much in connection with Revolutionary matters, at Morristown, where he resided, and it will give me pleasure, to present at some future time, some of my recollections of conversations with one who was nearly related to him, and to myself in a more extended and valuable communication.
I am, sir, Very Respectfully, Your Obd. Servant,
Alex. R. Thompson.William Whitehead, Esq. Corresponding Secr’y of N.J. Historical Society.
