CUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Publication List
Revised July 24, 2012
No
Name
Qty
Each
S&H
Total
1
A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF
BRIDGETON NJ – Architectural drawings for this and the following
guides were made by Robert Watson, A.I.A.
$1.00
.40
$1.40
2
A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF
MAURICETOWN NJ – Architectural sketches of the dwellings in this
village.
$1.00
.40
$1.40
3
A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO HISTORIC GREENWICH NJ – Architectural
drawings of buildings on Ye Greate Street in the “Tea Burning Town.”
$1.00
.40
$1.40
4
A COLLECTORS ITEM – A facsimile excerpt from The Pennsylvania
Packet giving the reports of the Greenwich Tea Burning as it appeared
in the January 1775 edition of the Paper and which was
simultaneously published by two other Philadelphia newspapers.
$1.00
.50
$1.50
5
RINGING THROUGH HISTORY – Charles Scarani – 8 pp. A brief
history of Cumberland County’s Liberty Bell, telling of its location and
events of interest concerning it.
$2.00
$1.00
$3.00
6
This is Colonial Greenwich – Josephine Polizzi – 10 pp. Prepared
by the school children of Greenwich School in 1973, with the help of
Sarah Sheppard Hancock.
$2.00
$1.00
$3.00
7
GREENWICH ON THE CREEK – Grace Watson Ewing – 4 pp. The
description of early farm. The history of Ye Greate Street and the
burning of the British tea on December 22, 1774.
$1.00
.50
$1.50
8
TALES RETOLD – Sarah Sheppard Hancock – 8 pp. Stories about
early schools conducted in the homes of Quakers: development of
schools during the mid-19th century.
$2.00
.50
$2.50
9
THE UNALACHTIGO OF NEW JERSEY – Anne S. Woodruff and F.
Alan Palmer (1973) 33 pp. 20 illus. An introduction to those Indians of
southern New Jersey whose personal possessions now form the
collection accumulated during the lifetime of George J. Woodruff and
which is now on display in the Woodruff Museum of the Bridgeton
Public Library.
$3.00
$1.00
$4.00
No
Name
Qty
Each
S&H
Total
$1.00
$4.95
10
EARLY SHIPBUILDING, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH JERSEY –
Ruth Cook Brown (1961) 12 pp. 3 illus. History of early shipbuilding
and description of shipyards, oyster schooners and other launchings.
$3.95
11
THE OLD STONE TAVERN – Sara W. R. Ewing (1967) 28 pp. Illus. A
description of the Stone Tavern and its use as a place in which court
was held when Greenwich was an important shipping center.
NOTE: OUT OF PRINT
OUT
OF
PRINT
12
TASTES AND TALES FROM GREENWICH FRIENDS – Recipes
collected by the Greenwich Friends Meeting. (Illustrated)
$12.00
$2.00
$14.00
13
GREENWICH HOSPITALITY – Favorite recipes submitted by
members of the Cumberland County Historical Society.
$4.00
.75
$4.75
14
NEW JERSEY CENTENNIAL TEA PARTY HELD IN TRENTON
FEBRARUY 1874 – (Reprint) 30 pp. An account of the “tea party”
held to raise funds for the 1876 centennial celebration.
$1.00
.75
$1.75
15
STORY OF GREENWICH – Sarah Sheppard Hancock 3 pp. An
abbreviated history of Greenwich with special note of “firsts” for this
historic village on the banks of the Cohansey River.
$1.00
.50
$1.50
16
TEA BURNING TOWN – Joseph S. Sickler (1940) 125 pp. 54 illus.
An illustrated history of Greenwich NJ. Reprinted by the Cumberland
County Historical Society in 1973.
$12.00
$1.25
$13.25
17
THE GIBBONS, NICHOLAS AND LEONARD – F. Alan Palmer (1981)
44 pp. Illustrated. The story of the brothers who, in 1728, inherited
6,000 acres of land. With emphasis on the house built by Nicholas in
1730, which is now the headquarters of the Cumberland County
Historical Society.
$6.00
$1.00
$7.00
18
MATTHEW POTTER – HIS TAVERN AND THE PLAIN DEALER – 8
pp. A description of the innkeeper and New Jersey’s first newspaper
which had been posted in his tavern.
$1.50
.75
$2.25
19
THE MILITARY JOURNAL OF GEORGE EWING 1775 – 1778 – The
experiences of a member of a prominent Greenwich family.
$3.50
.75
$4.25
20
HISTORY OF SALEM NJ – Robert Gibbon-Johnson 173 pp. The first
settlement of Salem in West Jersey by John Fenwick, Esq., covering a
period of 150 years. Printed in 1839. Reprinted in 1991 – Paperback.
$9.00
$1.00
$10.00
No
Name
Qty
Each
S&H
Total
21
THE CUMBERLAND STORY – A BRIEF HISTORY OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY NJ – 25 pp. Illus. A comprehensive, yet
compact, account of the land, the people, industries, cities and towns
of Cumberland County from the 17th until the late 19th century.
$2.00
.75
$2.75
22
THE WARE CHAIRMAKERS – Sara Carlisle Watson 119 pp. Illus.
The story of six generations of the Ware family who made rush seated
chairs in Cumberland County from 1790 until 1938. Limited edition.
Hardback.
$30.00
$2.00
$32.00
23
TEA BURNING ON MARKET SQUARE – Cushing & Sheppard
(1883) This description of the “tea burning” was extracted from The
History of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties, New Jersey.
$1.00
.32
1.32
24
GRANDFATHER’S FARM – Mary Patterson Moore – Edited by F. A.
Palmer (1981) 16 pp. Late 18th century life and customs in
Cumberland County as dictated by the author when she was 82 years
of age. A unique example of oral history.
$4.00
.75
$4.75
25
TEA BURNERS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY WHO BURNED A
CARGO OF TEA AT GREENWICH NJ – Frank D. Andrews (1908) 41
pp. 2 illustrations. Reprint. An account of the tea burning with brief
biographical sketches of 23 of the men who participated in destroying
the tea.
$7.00
$1.00
$8.00
26
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS HARRIS OF FAIRFIELD – In
addition to listing the members of his family, Thomas Harris describes
his very unusual experiences during a brief military service in the
Revolution.
$4.00
$1.00
$5.00
27
THE BELOVED COHANSIE OF PHILIP VICKERS FITHIAN –
Previously unpublished portions of the 18th century journal of a young
man describing his father’s farm in Greenwich and his preparations for
a career as a Presbyterian minister. Limited edition – 1990.
Hardback.
$16.00
$2.00
$18.00
28
THIS PLACE CALLED HOME – (1985) 203 pp. F. Alan Palmer
Profusely illustrated. A history of Upper Deerfield Township,
Cumberland County NJ. Includes map of Deerfield Township which, in
1922, was partitioned to form “Upper Deerfield.” Hardback.
NOTE: OUT OF PRINT
OUT
OF
PRINT
29
THE HISTORY OF THE NAME, “SHIP JOHN” – Donna Meyers
(1996) 24 pp. 2 illus. Local shipwreck in 1797.
$7.00
$1.00
$8.00
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30
31
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CHRISTMAS IN THE WOODS – Dallas Lore Sharp, a local Naturalist.
(1908) 30 pp. 2 illus. Attractive red and green cover. Hardback.
$8.00
$2.00
$10.00
HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY –
Illustrated, D. L. Steward 1876 Reprint
$30.00
$5.00
$35.00
MAIL ORDER TO:
CUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 16
GREENWICH NJ 08323
Office Telephone: 856-455-8580 or 856-455-4055
ORDER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER
THANK YOU!