| Haddonfield Contributor(s): Mansfield Tassini, Katherine (Author), Rauschenberger, Douglas B. (Author), Historical Society of Haddonfield (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738556742 ISBN-13: 9780738556741 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Haddonfield was founded in 1701 by Elizabeth Haddon, a 21-year-old English Quaker, as a place for Quakers and others to live and worship in freedom. Because of its location as a crossroads of water, road, and rail transportation, the community evolved from an 18th-century agricultural and trade center for southern New Jersey to a railroad suburb of Philadelphia in the late 19th century. The Indian King Tavern, a significant Revolutionary War site, was the first historic site purchased by the State of New Jersey. In 1858, the discovery in Haddonfield of the first nearly intact dinosaur created a sensation in the world of paleontology. Today Haddonfield has again evolved into a suburb known for the qualities of its residential and educational resources. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 974.987 |
| LCCN: 2007943908 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey |
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| Publisher Description: Haddonfield was founded in 1701 by Elizabeth Haddon, a 21-yearold English Quaker, as a place for Quakers and others to live and worship in freedom. Because of its location as a crossroads of water, road, and rail transportation, the community evolved from an 18th-century agricultural and trade center for southern New Jersey to a railroad suburb of Philadelphia in the late 19th century. The Indian King Tavern, a significant Revolutionary War site, was the first historic site purchased by the State of New Jersey. In 1858, the discovery in Haddonfield of the first nearly intact dinosaur created a sensation in the world of paleontology. Today Haddonfield has again evolved into a suburb known for the qualities of its residential and educational resources. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mansfield Tassini, Katherine: - Katherine Mansfield Tassini, librarian of the Historical Society of Haddonfield, and Douglas B. Rauschenberger, retired director of the Haddonfield Public Library, are past presidents of the Historical Society of Haddonfield and serve as the official borough historians. These historic photographs have been culled from the extensive collections of the historical society, which has been gathering images of Haddonfield s rich past since its founding in 1914, as well as from private collections. |
