Bibliography

General History

A History of Morris County, New Jersey, Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710-1913.2 vols. New York, Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914.

Barber, John Warner, and Henry Howe. “Morris County,” Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. New York: By the Authors, 1944.

Cunningham, John T., “Morris, Iron Backbone.” This is New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1968.

Daily Record.  Morris County Memories: The Early Years, 1850-1939.  Vancouver, WA: The Pediment Group, Inc., 2001.

___________.  Morris County Memories: Volume II, the 1940s, 50s, & 60s.  Vancouver, WA: The Pediment Group, Inc., 2002.

History of Morris County, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers. New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1862. Reprint. New Vernon, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1973.

Hoskins, Barbara. “Jerseyman Index.” Morristown, NJ: Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1972-1988.

Local History in Libraries in Morris County, New Jersey: a survey of the holdings of public, county, college, and special libraries. S.l., NJ: Morris Area Coordinating Council and the Associated Libraries of Morris County, 1987.

Morris Area Genealogy Society Indexing Group.  Index to Morris County History, 1881-1892: A monthly synopsis of local events compiled from the newspaper Dover Iron Era.  Morristown, NJ: Morris Area Genealogy Society Indexing Group, 1998.

Morris County History, 1738/39-1988. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1988.

Murrin, Mary R., comp. Guide to New Jersey Historical Manuscripts in Morris County. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Historical Commission, 1983.

Perrucci, Doreanne R. Morris County, the Progress of Its Legend. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 1983.

Raser, Edward J. New Jersey Graveyard and Gravestone Inscriptions Locators, Morris County. New Brunswick, NJ: Genealogical Society of New Jersey, 1994.

Simon, Richard C. Made in Morris: Eighteenth and nineteenth century trades, industries, and products of Morris County. Morristown, NJ: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 1997.

Snyder, John P. Civil Boundaries in New Jersey, The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries, 1606-1968. Trenton, NJ: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969.

Turkington, Cheryl C., comp. “News Index to the Jerseyman, a Morris County Newspaper.”  Morristown, NJ: Local History and Genealogy Department, Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1996.


Colonial and Revolutionary War Period

Ladies at the Crossroads, Eighteenth-Century Women of New Jersey by the American Association of University Women, New Jersey Division. American Association of University Women, 1978

Shepard Kollock: Editor for Freedom by John R. Anderson. Chatham Historical Society, 1975.

New Jersey’s Revolutionary War Powder Mill by Fred and Isabel Bartenstein. Morris County Historical Society, 1975.

The New Jersey Brigade Encampment Near Morristown, Winter of 1779-80 by Fred Bartenstein Jr. Self-published, 1967.

The March to Quebec by Marie E. Blades. Morris County Historical Society, 1980.

Hard Winter. Motion picture by Mathias von Brauchitch. Morris County Historical Society, 1982.

The War Years 1775-1783 by Mary Ann Cataldo and Judi Benvenuti. Morristown National Historical Park, 1979.

“Diary of Sylvanus Seeley.” 12 May 1768-2 December 1800. from Manuscript Collection, Morristown National Historical Park.

The Writings of George Washington, 1745-1799 by John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. U.S. Government Printing Office, January 1931.

The Secret War in Morristown by Thomas Fleming. Morris County Historical Society, 1980.

George Washington in the American Revolution (1775-1783) by James Thomas Flexner. Little, Brown & Co., 1967.

New Jersey’s Revolutionary Experience by Larry R. Gerlach, ed. 28 vols. New Jersey Historical Commission, 1975.

New Jersey's Revolutionary Experience: Vol. 3: Morristown, A Crucible of the American Revolution by Bruce W. Stewart. New Jersey Historical Commission, 1975.

Observations on the Reconciliation of Great Britain and the Colonies by Jacob Green. R. Bell, 1776. Reprint, with introduction by Larry R. Gerlach. New Jersey Historical Commission, 1976.

History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, New Jersey, Records of Trustees and Session, From 1742-1882. Two Parts. First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, n.d.

History of “The Arnold Tavern” by Philip H. Hoffman. Chronicle Press, 1903.

Men from Morris County Who Served in the American Revolution by Barbara Hoskins, comp. Friends of the Joint Free Library of Morris and Morris Township, 1979.

Morristown in the Revolution–A Bibliography. Typed list. from the Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, n.d.

American Loyalists in Morris County: Persons defending government from the protest, revolution, and war leading toward an American independence in colonial New Jersey by Richard T. Irwin. Morris County Chapter, Historiographers of New Jersey, 1996.

Smallpox Mortality in Morris County: 1777. by Richard T. and Linda P. Irwin. Typescript. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1972.

Washington Captured in Morris County’s Local History: Little known anecdotes appearing in “tell-it-yourself” history programs by Donald Kiddoo. Morris County Library, 2002.

On the Other Side of the War for Independence: Being memoirs from the remarkable life adventures of Major Thomas Millidge (1735-1816), esteemed surveyor, loyal spy. by the Landmark Commission of the Township of Hanover, ed. Landmark Commission of the Township of Hanover, 2002.

A Certain Splendid House by James Elliot Lindsley. Washington Association of New Jersey, 1974.

First Winter: Washington and His Army in Morristown, 1777 by James Elliot Lindsley. Trustees of the Morristown Green Incorporated, 2006.

Topography of Washington’s Camp of 1780 and Its Neighborhood by Emory McClintock. The Washington Association of New Jersey Publications, 1897-1898.

Philip Mazzei: Jefferson’s “Zealous Whig" by Margherita Marchione. American Institute of Italian Studies, 1975.

Jacob Green and the Slavery Debate In Revolutionary Morris County, New Jersey by David Mitros. Morris County Heritage Commission, 1993.

Neighbors to the Winter Camp by the Brookside Woman’s Club. Brookside Woman's Club, 1977.

Continental Army Signal Beacon # 11: A Military Secret by Passaic Township Historical Society, comp. Passaic Township Historical Society, 1991.

A Ride into the Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick by Ann Rinaldi. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

Morristown: A military headquarters of the American Revolution by John W. Rae. Arcadia, 2002.

Washington’s Forgotten Encampment by Carl B. Scherzer. Morris County Historical Society, 1977.

Those Who Served In The American Revolution At Rest In The Grave Yard Of The Presbyterian Church In Morristown, Morristown, New Jersey by Scott Shepherd. Self-published, 2002.

Winter at Morristown, 1779-1780, The Darkest Hour. by Samuel Strelle Smith. Philip Freneau Press, 1979.

War Comes to Morristown: The Impact of the Revolutionary War Upon a Small Village, 1775-1783 by Alan Stein, Eric Olsen, and Joni Rowe. Washington Association of New Jersey, 1998.

Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War by William S. Stryker. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967.

Some Early Records of Morris County, New Jersey, 1740-1799. by Harriet Stryker-Rodda, ed. Polyanthos Press, 1975.

A Military Journal during the American Revolutionary War by James Thacher. Self-published, 1823.

Colonial and Revolutionary Morris County by Theodore Thayer. Morris County Heritage Commission, 1975.

“Washington at Morristown During Winter of 1777 and 1779-80.” by Joseph Farrand Tuttle. from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1859. Annals of Morris County. n.p., n.d.

“A Patriot’s Story of Service” in Centennial Collections, 1776-1876 by Rev. Joseph Tuttle and Timothy Tuttle. Benjamin H. Vogt, 1876.

Morristown in the Revolution by Grace A. Vogt. Typescript. Local History Collection of Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township, n.d.

Orderly Book kept by George Washington at Morristown, 1779-1780 by George Washington. Typescript copy. Local History Collection of Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township.

Morristown National Historical Park, A Military Capital of the Revolution. No. 9 of the Historical Handbook series by Melvin J. Weig. National Park Service, 1950.

A Village at War: Chatham and the American Revolution by Donald Wallace White. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1979.


Local Histories

Babbitt, J.W. Morristown, N.J., 1876. Morristown, NJ: T.J. O’Donnell, 1876.

Bello, Vincent; Flavelle, Patricia; and Geftic, Lora. None Outsings Parsippany. Parsippany, NJ: The Parsippany-Troy- Hills Board of Education, 1976.

Businessman’s Association, Boonton, NJ. Boonton, the Gem of the Mountain. Boonton, NJ: The Nation Press, 1910.

Case, Joan S.  Chester, New Jersey.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998.

Cavanaugh, Cam. In Lights and Shadows: Morristown in Three Centuries. Morristown, NJ: Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1986.

Chambers, Kemper, “Evergreen Cemetery [Morristown] Tombstone Inscriptions.” Typescript. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1975.

Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. Early Germans of New Jersey, Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. Dover, NJ: The author, 1895.

Chester Historical Society.  An Auto Tour through the Village of Chester, N.J.  Chester, NJ: Chester Historical Society, 1999.

_____________________.   A Stroll through the Village of Chester, N.J.  Chester, NJ: Chester Historical Society, 1999.

_____________________.   A Stroll through the Village of Chester, N.J. Videocassette Recording, 56 min. Chester, NJ: Chester Historical Society, 1999.

Crayon, J. Percy.  Historical Notes of Union School and Sunday School [Denville, NJ].  N.p., n.d.  Photocopy.  Denville, NJ: Denville Public Library, 1976.

Crayon Percy J. Rockaway Records of Morris County, New Jersey, Families. Rockaway, NJ: Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902. Reprint. Boonton, NJ: Historical Society of Boonton Township, 1982.

Cunningham, John T. Chatham: At the Crossing of the Fishawack. Chatham, NJ: Chatham Historical Society, 1967.
_________________. Chatham. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997.

Emmons, Catherine M. Through the Years in Mendham Borough. N.p.: The author, 1973.

Firtko, Steven F.  History of Middle Valley, New Jersey: Where the Past is Present.

Washington Township, NJ: Middle Valley Community Center, Inc., 1995.

Foster, Caroline, Gladys Foster, Barbara Hoskins, and Dorothea Roberts. Washington Valley, An Informal History. Ann Arbor, Mich. The authors, 1960.

Gill, Mildred Lawrence, comp. & writer, and Helen Smith Moorhead. Denville Days, A History of Denville Township. N.p.: The Board of Education, Denville Township, 1955.

Greenridge, Frances. Chester, New Jersey, A Scrapbook of History. Chester, NJ: Chester Historical Society, 1974.

Hopler, Theresa. “Morristown Hotels and Taverns.” Scrapbook. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1977.

Hosking, Annie Steele, and Harriet Meeker, comp. and ed. The History of Roxbury Township. 2 vols. Netcong, NJ: The Roxbury Township Historical Society, 1965/n.d.

Hoskins, Barbara. Morris Township, New Jersey: A Glimpse into the Past. Morristown, NJ: American Revolution Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Hopatcong Historama. N.p.: Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club, 1955.

Irwin, Richard T., ed. A History of Randolph Township, Morris County’s First Bicentennial Community. 2d ed.  Randolph, NJ: Township of Randolph, 2002.

Jefferson Township High School. “The Development of Jefferson Township, A Record of the People, Events, and Industry, 1700-1900.” N.p.: 1976.

Kane, Martin.  Hopatcong: A Century of Memories.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1998.

___________.  Lake Hopatcong Then and Now.  Landing, NJ: Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, 2003.

Kane, Martin and Laura Kane.  Greeting from Bertrand Island Amusement Park.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000.

Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum.  Greetings from Bertrand Island.  Videocassette recording.

Landing, NJ: Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, 2000.

Landmark Commission of the Township of Hanover.  The Parson Green Autobiography Booklet.  Whippany, NJ: Landmark Commission of the Township of Hanover, 1991.

Langstaff, John Brett. New Jersey Generations: Macculloch Hall, Morristown. New York: Vantage Press, 1964.

Lindsley, James Elliot.  The Silent Procession: A History of the Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown, New Jersey.  Morristown, NJ: Evergreen Cemetery, 2001.

Madison War Memorial Committee.  Always With Us.  Madison, NJ: Madison War Memorial Committee, 1998.

The Mayor’s Tercentenary Committee. The Mendhams. Brookside, NJ: Township of Mendham, 1964.

Meyer, Lucy A. Kinnelon: A History. Kinnelon, NJ: The Kinnelon Bicentennial Committee, 1976.

Miller, Wayne J. Washington Township Historical Society Presents Tercentenary Days. Washington Township, NJ: Washington Township Historical Society, n.d.

Mockridge, Ella W. Our Mendham. Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, 1961.

Myrose, Elizabeth R., and Kitchell, Claire B. along the Whippanong, A History of Hanover Township, New Jersey. 2nd edition. N.p.: Hanover Township Committee, 1976.

Parr, George G.  A History of Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey: Our Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary.  Pequannock, NJ: The author.

Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society. Parsippany Troy-Hills. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997.

Philhower, Charles A., Brief History of Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey.  New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.

Platt, Charles D. Dover Dates, 1722-1922. Dover, NJ: Dover Fire Department, 1922.

____________. Dover History. Dover, NJ: The author, 1914.

Reilly, Michael R.  Just Like the Ones We Used to Know: Christmas Past in Morristown, a Souvenir.  Morristown, NJ: Christmas on the Green, 1998.

Rockaway Borough Bicentennial Committee. Rockaway Borough, A History. Rockaway, NJ: Rockaway Borough Bicentennial Committee, 1975.

Rogers, Ransford. The Morristown Ghost. Newark, NJ: Reprint Society, 1896.

Smith, Dwight B., ed.  Illustrated Guide to Lake Hopatcong for Season of 1898.  Lake Hopatcong, NJ: By the author, 1898.  Reprint.  Lake Hopatcong, NJ: Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum, 2002.

Schenck, Rev. Garret C. “Early Settlements and Settlers of Pompton, Pequannoc and Pompton Plains.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. New series, 4 (1919): 44-87.

Sherman, Andrew M. Historic Morristown, New Jersey: The Story of its First Century. Morristown, NJ: Howard Publications, 1905.

Swanbeck, Steve.  The Seeing Eye.  Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.

Tamburro, Peter J. Gateway to Morris [a history of East Hanover]. Chester, NJ: CATS, 1992.

The Trial, Sentence and Confession of Antoine Le Blanc, who was executed at Morristown, N.J. on Friday the 6th Sept. 1833 for the murder of Mr. Sayre and Family. Morristown, NY, 1833.

Vanderpoel, Ambrose Ely. History of Chatham, New Jersey. New York: Charles Francis Press, 1921. Reprint. Chatham, NJ: Chatham Historical Society, 1959.

Washington Valley Community Association.  Washington Valley Schoolhouse, 1869-2003.  Morristown, NJ: Washington Valley Community Association, 2003.

Weller, Mary Lou. Long Hill Township. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997.

Williams, Joan M. Morristown. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996.

Wright, Helen Martha. Early Records of Mendham Township, Morris County. Montclair, [NJ?]: [The author?], [1964?].

Weiss, Harry B. The History of Apple Jack or Apple Brandy in New Jersey from Colonial Times to Present. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Agricultural Society, 1954.


Church Histories

Church of the Assumption.  We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe: Assumption Parish, Morristown, New Jersey: 150 years.  Morristown, NJ: Church of the Assumption, 1998.

Hoskins, Barbara., comp. “Morris County Churches: 18th and 19th Century with a Date of Organization and a Listing of Such Vital Records and Cemetery Inscriptions as Are Available at the Morristown Library.” Typescript. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1972, updated May 1981.

Kittner Lynn, ed.  The Charred Cross: A Current History.  Morristown, NJ: United Methodist Church, 1995.

Saint Virgil’s Parish.  In Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Saint Virgil’s Parish: Morris Plains, New Jersey. S.l.: [1956?]

Shepherd, Scott. Who’s Who In The Grave Yard Of The Presbyterian Church In

Morristown–Third Edition. Morristown, NJ: The author, 2002.

Price, Margaret M.  St. John Baptist School: 1880-1980 [Mendham].  S.l.: [1980?]

Shaw, Viola E. and Parker, Barbara S. Madison, New Jersey, Presbyterian Church Vital Records, 1747-1900. Madison, NJ: The Presbyterian Church of Madison, 1982.

Union Baptist Church.  Union Baptist Church (Morristown, N.J.) 80th Anniversary, 1916-1996.  Morristown, NJ: Union Baptist Church, [1996?]

Wright, Helen Martha, comp. and ed.  History and Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey.  Jersey City, NJ: The author, 1938.

__________________, comp.  “Mendham Cemeteries Old and New, Morris County, New Jersey: With inscriptions from the First Presbyterian churchyard and the Mendham Cemetery Association, 1747/8 through 1948.”  Microform typescript.  Jersey City, NJ: The author, 1952.

_________________. Records of the Millbrook and Walnut Grove (Mount Freedom) Methodist Episcopal Churches of Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey. S.l., [NJ?]: [The author?], 1937.

_________________. The First Presbyterian Congregation, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey: History and Records, 1738-1938. Jersey City, NJ: The author, 1939.

_________________.  Two Hundredth Anniversary, Reminiscences of the First Presbyterian Church, Mendham, New Jersey, 1738-1938: Supplement to History and Records.  Jersey City, NJ: The author, 1938.


The Lenape Indians

Kraft, Herbert C. The Lenape. Newark, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1986.

_____________.  The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage, 10,000 BC to AD 2000.

Many, Florence. “The Place-Names of Western Morris County.” Master’s thesis. Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, 1964.

Philhower, Charles. “Historic Minisink Country.” Archaeological Society of New Jersey Historical Bulletin. Number 8 (May 1954).

______________. “Historic Minisink Trail.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. 8, (January-October, 1923): 199-205.

______________. “Indians of the Morris County Area.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. 54 (October 1936): 248-267.

______________. “Some Personal Characteristics of the Lenni Lenape.” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. 16 (January-October, 1931): 138-161.


The Iron Industry

Boyer, Charles S. Early Forges and Furnaces in New Jersey. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.

Chapin, John R. “Artist-Life in the Highlands, the Iron Region of New Jersey.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 20 (April 1860): 577-598.

____________. “Among the Nailmakers.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 21, no. 122 (July, 1860): 145-164.

D’Angelo, Rev. James J. “Denbrook Forge and Mill Sites: An Archaeological Study.” Master’s thesis, Graduate School, Drew University, 1980.

Fielding, William J. “At the Blast Furnaces.” All the Lives I Have Lived. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1972.

Hanson, Kenneth R. Port Oram Circa 1882, a New Jersey Iron Town. N.p.: Hanson Press, 1981.
Hoff, Charles, and Joseph Hoff. “1 Letter Book, 1775-1788.” Letters, bound. Manuscript Collection, Morristown National Park, Morristown, NJ.

Korinda, Lawrence, “Nail-Making Operations.” Profile of Boonton, An Architectural and Historical Perspective. Independent senior study, Carnegie-Mellon University, May 6, 1975.

Lowenthal, Larry. Chester’s Iron Heyday. Chester, NJ: The Chester Historical Society, 1980.

Morrell, Brian H.  A Rich Vein of Iron Information: An annotated bibliography of documentary of reference materials relating to the Picatinny Arsenal Area Ironworks and the historic iron industry of Morris County, New Jersey. Ringwood, NJ: North Jersey Highlands Historical Society, 1998.

New Jersey Office of Safety Compliance.  Abandoned Iron Mines of Mt. Olive, Roxbury, Mt. Arlington Townships, Morris County New Jersey.  Prepared by Mine Safety Section.  Trenton, NJ: State of New Jersey, Division of Workplace Standards, Office of Safety Compliance, 1978.

Niemcwicz, Julian Ursyn. “Visit to the Iron Furnaces and Iron Forge at Mount Hope.” Under Their Vine and Fig Tree. Translated by J.E. Budka Metchie. Newark, NJ: Vol. 14 in The Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, 1965.
Porter, Richard L.  A History of the Richard Mine Property.  NJ: RBA Group, 1989.

Shea, Thomas K. Abandoned Iron Mines: Mine Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: State of New Jersey, Dept. of Labor and Industry, Division of Workplace Standards, Office of Safety Compliance, 1979.
______________. Abandoned Iron Mines of Jefferson & Rockaway Townships, Morris County,

New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: State of New Jersey, Dept. of Labor and Industry, Division of Workplace Standards, Office of Safety Compliance, 1992.

______________. Abandoned Iron Mines of Kinnelon, Boonton, Montville & Riverdale Townships, Morris County, New Jersey. NJ: State of New Jersey, Dept. of Labor and Industry, Division of Workplace Standards, Office of Safety Compliance, 1992.

______________. Abandoned Mines of Mine Hill, Randolph Township & Wharton Boro, Morris County, New Jersey.  Trenton, NJ: State of New Jersey, Department of Labor, Division of Workplace Standards, Office of Safety and Compliance, 1989.

Wendt, Peter C. Jr. Boonton Was an Iron Town. Morristown, NJ: Boonton Historical Society, 1976.


Historic Speedwell

Baxter, William. “The Real Birth of the Electric Telegraph.” Typescript. Historic Speedwell, Morristown, NJ, 1981.

Cavanaugh, Cam; Barbara Hoskins, and Frances Pingeon. At Speedwell in the 19th Century.

Morristown, NJ: The Speedwell Village, 1981.

“Copy of Smithsonian Alfred Vail Manuscript.” Observations by Vail on experiments with telegraph and Morse Code. Historic Speedwell, Morristown, NJ.

Vail, Stephen. “Diaries, 1825-1864.” Historic Speedwell, Morristown, NJ.



Travel & Transportation

“Copy of a Diary Kept by Phebe Marvin during the Journey of Herself and Family from Morristown, New Jersey, to Ohio.” Photocopy of typescript. Local History Department of the Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township.

Kobbe, Gustav. Kobbe’s Jersey Central, an Illustrated Guide Book. New York: 1890.

Lowenthal, Larry. Iron Mine Railroads of Northern New Jersey. Dover, NJ: The Tri-State Railway Historical Society, Inc., 1981

_____________. Morris County Traction Company. Denville, NJ: Heritage Enterprises, 1984.

Reilly, Frank T. “Morris County Traction Company History.” The Block Line. Morristown, NJ: The Tri-State Railway Historical Society, February 1977.

Taber, Thomas T. “Commuter Railroad, A Century of Public Service by the Morris & Essex Railroad.” Typescript. Archives, New Jersey Historical Society, 1947.

_____________.  The Rock-a-Bye Baby: A History of the Rockaway Valley Railroad, Morristown, Mendham, Gladstone, Pottersville, Oldwick, White House.  Muncy, [PA?]: The author, 1972.

_____________. “The First Commuters from Morris County.” New Jersey Historical Society, 85, no. 2 (Summer, 1967): 86-99.

Taber, Thomas T., Sr., and Thomas T. Taber, Jr. The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, Part Two. Williamsport, PA: The authors, 1981.

Tabor, Thomas T., III. Morristown and Erie Railroad — People, Paper, and Profits. Morristown, NJ: Railroadians of America, 1967.

_____________. The Rock-A-Bye-Baby. Williamsport, PA: Lycoming Printing Company, Inc. 1972.


The Morris Canal

Cressman, Lee Y. Morris Canal Memories. Washington, NJ: S.n., 1969.

Dempsey, Arline Fowler. Memoirs of the Morris Canal. N.p.: The Author, 1980.

Drago, Harry Sinclair. “The Morris and Delaware Division Canals.” Canal Days in America. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1972.

Harlow, Alvin C. “The Morris Canal.” Old Towpaths. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1926.

Kalata, Barbara N. A Hundred Years, A Hundred Miles: New Jersey’s Morris Canal. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1983.

Lee, James. Tales the Boatmen Told. Exton, PA: Canal Press, Inc., 1977.

________. The Morris Canal: a Photographic History. York, PA: Canal Press, Inc., 1973.

Macasek, Joseph J. Guide to the Morris Canal in Morris County. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1996.

Maxim, Hudson. Morris Canal Abandonment Problems: A Plea for the Abandonment of the Morris Canal and a Plea for the Preservation and Dedication of Lake Hopatcong the Beautiful As a Public Park & Health Resort for All the People. Hopatcong, NJ: Maxim Park, Borough of Hopatcong, 1913.
Thompson, Mary Wolfe. A Summer’s Adventure on the Morris Canal. N.p.: Roxbury Township Historical Society, 1974.

Simon, Richard C.  The Morris Canal: New Jersey’s Mountain Climbing Waterway. Morristown, NJ: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 1992.

Veit, Richard F. “Sailors in the Mountains.” The Old Canals of New Jersey. Little Falls, NJ: New Jersey Geographical Press, 1963.


The Civil War Period

Bilby, Joseph C. Three Rousing Cheers: A History of the Fifteenth New Jersey from Flemington to Appomattox. Hightstown, NJ: Longstreet House, 1993.

Chadwick, Bruce. Brother Against Brother: The Lost Civil War Diary of Edmund D. Halsey. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1997.

Dempsey, Joseph H. “Civil War Deaths: Morris County, New Jersey.” Typescript. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township. S.l.: s.n., 1994.

Durkin, Joseph T., ed. Confederate Chaplain, A War Journal [Diary of the Rev. James Sheeran, Catholic chaplain in the Confederate Army who later became pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Morristown]. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1960.

Haines, Alanson A. History of the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. New York: Jenkins & Thomas, 1883. Reprint. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Butternut Press, 1987.

Mitros, David. Gone to Wear the Victor’s Crown, Morris County, New Jersey and the Civil War. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1998.

New-Jersey Freeman. Boonton, NJ: Dr. John Grimes, pub. June 15, 1844 – March 20, 1850. Local History Collection of the Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morristown Township.

Pierson, Stephen. “From Chattanooga to Atlanta in 1864, a Personal Reminiscence.” Typescript. Local History Collection of the Morristown-Morris Township Library, 1907.

Scherzer, Carl B. “Morris County’s Role in the Civil War,” Morristown Daily Record, 41 articles, May 2 – June 23, 1961.

Styple, William B., and John J. Fitzpatrick, eds. The Andersonville Diary and Memoirs of Charles Hopkins, 1st New Jersey Infantry. Kearny, NJ: Belle Grove Publishing Co., 1988.

“Three Years in the 6th Corps: Diary of Edmund D. Halsey.” Bound photocopy of handwritten diary. Rockaway Free Public Library.


Social History

Barnes, Valerie. Behind the Scenes at Giralda Farms. Bernardsville, NJ: Bernardsville Book Co., 1976.

Costanzo, James V. New Neighbors, Old Friends: Morristown’s Italian Community, 1880-1980. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1982.

Coultas, Annabelle Miller. “The Age of Gold and Glitter, and Other Vignettes.” Typescript. Madison Public Library, Madison, NJ, 1958.

Fiske, William E. A Curious Childhood. Madison, NJ: The author, 1975.

Flynn, Joseph Michael. Story of a Parish: First Catholic Church in Morristown, N.J.  Morristown, NJ: S.n., 1904.

Forgosh, Linda B.  The Jews of Morris & Sussex: A Brief History and Source Guide. Whippany, NJ: Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest, 2003.

Heller, Rita, executive producer. Chanceman’s Brothers and Sisters: The origins of the twentieth century Morris County black community. Videocassette, 30 min. Randolph, NJ: County College of Morris, 1998.

Irwin, Richard T. “Breslin Park: Building the Borough of Mount Arlington.” Lake Hopatacong Breeze (Mount Arlington, NJ), four-part series, June-September, 1978.

_____________.  Bibliographical Traces of a Change: New Jersey, Slavery the, Underground Railroad, and Morris County, New Jersey, Part One.  Madison, NJ: The Historiographers of New Jersey, 2001.

_____________.  Gradually Leaning Towards Reforms: New Jersey, Slavery, the Underground Railroad, and Morris County, New Jersey, Part Two.  Madison, NJ: The Historiographers of New Jersey, 2002.

Kaschewski, Marjorie. The Quiet Millionaires (The Morris County that Was). Morristown, NJ: Morris County Daily Record, 1970.

Kiddoo, Donald B.  Sisters on the Home Front.  Whippany, NJ: Whippany Rotary Club, 1998.

Langstaff, John Brett. New Jersey Generations, Macculloch Hall, Morristown. New York: Vantage Press, 1964.

Mitros, David, ed. Slave Records of Morris County, NJ: 1756-1841. 2d ed., rev. and exp.  Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 2002.

Rae, John W. Thomas Nast–The Man Who Drew Santa Claus. Morristown, NJ: The author, December 1980.

Rae, John W., and John W., Jr. Morristown’s Forgotten Past–The Gilded Age. Morristown, NJ: The authors, 1979.

Rutsch, Donald Herman.  A Genealogical Survey of Important Families of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, 1700-1900.  N.p., 1971.

Scannell, J.J. ed. New Jersey’s First Citizens, 1917-1918. Paterson, NJ: J.J. Scannell, 1917.

Scherzer, Carl B. “A Brief Review of Morristown’s Jewry.” Typescript. Local History Collection of Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1976.

Simon, Richard C.  Leisure Sports in the Gilded Age: Morris Area, 1875-1910.  Morristown, NJ: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 2001.

Surdam, Charles E., and William Gardner Osgoodby, comps. Beautiful Homes of Morris County and Northern New Jersey. Morristown, NJ: Pierce & Surdam, n.d.

“The Youngest Daughter–Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge.” Videotaped interview. Produced by Barry Byrne and Edna Ierley. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University/Madison Public Library, 1978.

Turkington, Cheryl C. Setting Up Our Own City: The Black Community in Morristown. Morristown, NJ: Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1992.

Waller, Bernita and Cheryl Turkington, comps.  “Index to Photographs Documenting the African-American Experience in Morris County.  Morristown, NJ: Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1999.


Historic Site Guides, Tours, and Maps

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Morris Co., New Jersey, New York: F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis & G.G. Soule, 1868. Reprint. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1979.

Cutler, Ralph H., ed. Morristown and Morris Township: A Guide to Historic Sites. Morristown, NJ: Washington Association of New Jersey, 1987.

Mitros, David, ed. Historic Sites of Morris County, New Jersey, with Illustrations by Lucille Hobbie. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1996.

Morrell, Brian H. Historic Main Street, Netcong Tour Guide. Netcong, NJ: Musconetcong Foundryman Historical Society, 1994.

Morris County Heritage Commission. Highlights of History. Audio-slide presentation, 18 min., Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1983.

___________________________. Highlights of History. Videocassette, 18 min.  Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1983.

___________________________. Historic Highlights. Historic site tour brochures. Series of  21  (Boonton, Butler, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Chester, Denville, Dover, Florham Park, Madison, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Montville, Morris Plains, Morristown, Mount Arlington, Mount Olive Township, Parsippany -Troy Hills, Pequannock Township, Riverdale, Roxbury Township, Washington Township).   Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1988- 1995.

Morris County Historical Society. Tours in Historic Morris County. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1977.

Passaic Township Historical Society, comp.  A Guide to Historic Buildings and Sites in Passaic Township.  Passaic Township, NJ: Passaic Township Historical Society, 1984.

Robinson’s Atlas of Morris County, New Jersey. New York: E. Robinson, 1887; Reprint. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1979.


Historic Preservation Information

Brown, Sandy. “An Evaluation of Fosterfields (the Willows).” Typescript. Morris County Park Commission, Morristown, New Jersey, 1991.

Cathers, David.  ed.  Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Farms: A Pictorial History.  Morris Plains, NJ: Craftsman Farms Press, 1999.

Chatham Borough Historic Preservation Commission, Design Guidelines Manual For Rehabilitation and Construction in the Main Street Historic District. Chatham, NJ: Chatham Borough Historic Preservation Commission, 1994.

Douthwaite, Lesley.  “From Taj Mahal to Town Hall: A History of the Vail Mansion.”  Transcript of talk delivered to annual meetings of the Friends of the Library. Local History Collection of Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township, April 17, 1997.

Foster, Janet W. Legacy Through the Lens, A Study of Mendham Architecture. Mendham, NJ: Mendham Free Public Library, 1986.

Fowler, Alex. Splinters from the Past: Discovering History in Old Homes. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Historical Society, 1983.

Gateway Productions, Fosterfields: A Living Historical Farm. Videocassette, 28 min. Stephen Larocque, director. Short Hills, NJ: Morris County Park Commission, 1984.

Guter, Robert P., project director. “Historic Preservation Element.” Morris County Master Plan. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Planning Board, 1975.

____________. “Immigrants and Architecture: Who Built Morris County?” Transcript of lecture-slide presentation at symposium, “250 Years of Morris County,” sponsored by Local History Department of County College of Morris, May 5, 1989. Includes 98 slides. Local History Collection of Joint Free Library of Morristown and Morris Township.

____________. “The Willows at Fosterfields: a historic structure report.” Morristown, NJ: Morris County Park Commission, 1983.

Guter, Robert P., and Janet W.  Foster, writers, and Jim DelGuidice, photographer. Building by the Book, Pattern Book Architecture in New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

Historical Society of the Rockaways.  A History of the Ford/Faesch House, Mount Hope, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey.  Prepared by Richard L. Potter, RBA Group.  Morristown, NJ: Historical Society of the Rockaways, 1995.

Hoskins, Barbara. “The Morristown Green.” Pamphlet. Morristown, NJ: The Rotary Club, 1976.

Morris County Heritage Commission, Morris County Historic Sites Survey. 39 vols. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Heritage Commission, 1987.

Morris County Planning Board. “Future Land Use Element.” Morris County Master Plan. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Planning Board, 1975.

_______________________. Morris County Historical Buildings. Slides, 5 vols. Morristown, NJ: Morris County Planning Board, [197-].

Pequannock Township Planning Department.  Doorways to the Past: Historic Homes, Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey.  Pequannock, NJ: Pequannock Township Planning Department, 1974.

Seraly, Ruthann, and Lyman, Frances, ed. Old Homes of Roxbury Township. Roxbury, NJ: Roxbury Township Historical Society, n.d.

 


Read Across Morris County 250

Lower Elementary (Grades K-3):

George Washington’s Teeth - Deborah Chandra & Madeleine Comora

First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780374325343)

Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9780312376048)

 

Dolley Madison Saves George Washington - Don Brown

First edition hardcover-2007 (ISBN: 9780618411993)

Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9780544582446)

 

George Washington’s Birthday: A Mostly True Tale - Margaret McNamara

First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9780375844997)

Paperback reprint-2016 (ISBN: 9781338032437)

 

Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton- Margaret McNamara

First edition hardcover-2018 (ISBN: 9781524765880)

Paperback reprint-2024 (ISBN: 9780593808672)

 

George: George Washington, Our Founding Father- Frank Keating

First edition hardcover-2012 (ISBN: 9781416954828)

 

A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette- Anne Rockwell

First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781467749336)

 

George Washington’s Spectacular Spectacles: The Glasses that Saved America – Selene Castrovilla

First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781662680434)

 

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library- Barb Rosenstock

First edition hardcover-2013 (ISBN: 9781590789322)

Paperback reprint-2023 (ISBN: 9781635928310)

 

Independent Dames:  What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution - Laurie Halse Anderson

First edition hardcover-2008 (ISBN: 9780689858086)

 

Revolutionary Mary:  The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America’s Fight for Freedom - Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney

First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781626723115)

 

The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, His Son Billy, and America’s First Circulating Library - Jane Yolen

First edition hardcover-2021 (ISBN: 9781580897198)

 

The American Revolution from A to Z- Laura Crawford

First edition hardcover-2009 (ISBN: 9781589805156)

 

The Founding Fathers Were Spies: Revolutionary War- Patricia Lakin

First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9781481499705)

First edition paperback-2024 (ISBN: 9781481499699)

 

John, Paul, George & Ben-Lane Smith

First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780786848935)

Paperback reprint-2009 (ISBN: 9780545238311)

 

The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy- Kitty Griffin

First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416928164)

 

Gingerbread for Liberty- How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution – Mara Rockliff

First edition hardcover-2015 (ISBN: 9780544130012)

Paperback reprint-June 2026 (ISBN: 9780063566651)

 

Upper Elementary / Middle School (Grades 4-6):

The Notorious Benedict Arnold - Steve Sheinkin

First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781596434868)

Paperback reprint-2013 (ISBN: 9781250024602)

 

George vs. George - Rosalyn Schanzer

First edition hardcover-2004 (ISBN: 0792273494)

Paperback reprint-2007 (ISBN: 9781426300424)

Hardcover reprint-May 5, 2026 (ISBN: 9780792273493)

 

Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper Spy Ring - Enigma Alberti

First edition hardcover-2019 (ISBN: 9781523507948)

First edition paperback-2019 (ISBN: 9781523502165)

 

Guns for General Washington - Seymour Reit

First edition hardcover-1990 (ISBN: 9780152004668)

Paperback reprint-2001 (ISBN: 9780152164355)

 

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 - Lauren Tarshis

First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9780545919739)

First edition graphic novel-2023 (ISBN: 9781338825183)

 

Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes

First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900116)

Paperback reprint-2011 (ISBN: ‎ 9780547614328)

 

Love Thy Neighbor - Ann Turner

First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780439153089)

 

Rush Revere and the First Patriots - Rush Limbaugh

First edition hardcover-2014 (ISBN: 9781476755885)

 

The Winter of Red Snow - Kristiana Gregory

First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780590226530)

 

American Revolution - Stuart Murray

First edition hardcover-2005 (ISBN: 9780756610593)

Paperback reprint-2015 (ISBN: 9781465438584)

 

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1) - Rick Atkinson

First edition hardcover-2019 (ISBN: 9781627790437)

Paperback reprint-2020 (ISBN: 9781250231321)

 

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, 2) - Rick Atkinson

First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9780593799185)

 

Rebel with a Cause: The Daring Adventure of Dicey Langston, Girl Spy of the American Revolution -Kathleen V Kudlinski

First edition paperback-2016 (ISBN: 9781491465585)

 

What was the Boston Tea Party? - Kathleen Krull

First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780448462882)

 

Who was Abigail Adams? - True Kelley

First edition paperback-2014 (ISBN: 9780448478906)

 

Who was Paul Revere? - Roberta Edwards

First edition paperback-2011 (ISBN: 9780448457154)

 

Middle School / Young Adult (Grades 7-9):

Chains (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 1) - Laurie Halse Anderson

First edition hardcover-2008 (ISBN: 9781416905851)

Paperback reprint-2010 (ISBN: 9781416905868)

 

Forge (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 2) - Laurie Halse Anderson

First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961444)

First edition paperback-2010 (ISBN: 9781416961451)

 

Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy, Vol. 3) - Laurie Halse Anderson

First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781416961468)

First edition paperback-2017 (ISBN: 9781416961475)

 

Rebellion 1776 - Laurie Halse Anderson

First edition hardcover-2025 (ISBN: 9781416968269)

Paperback reprint-May 2026 (ISBN: 9781665931960)

 

My Brother Sam Is Dead — James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

Hardcover reprint-1984 (ISBN: 9780027229806)

 

History Smashers: The American Revolution – Kate Messner

First edition paperback-2021 (ISBN: 9780593120460)

 

Hero of the High Seas: John Paul Jones and the American Revolution – Michael L Cooper

First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780792255475)

First edition paperback-2006 (ISBN: 9781426300486)

 

Thomas Jefferson: architect of democracy – John B. Severance

First edition hardcover-1998 (ISBN: 9780395845134)

 

Will you sign here, John Hancock? – Jean Fritz

First edition hardcover-1976 (ISBN: 9780399233067)

Paperback reprint-1997 (ISBN: 9780698114401)

 

Alexander Hamilton: the outsider – Jean Fritz

First edition hardcover-2011 (ISBN: 9780399255465)

Paperback reprint-2012 (ISBN: 9780142419861)

 

Lafayette and the American Revolution – Russell Freedman

First edition hardcover-2010 (ISBN: 9780823421824)

Paperback reprint-2021 (ISBN: 9780823449460)

 

Give me liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence – Russell Freedman

First edition hardcover-2000 (ISBN: 9780823414482)

Paperback reprint-2002 (ISBN: 9780823417537)

 

The signers: the 56 stories behind the Declaration of Independence – Dennis B. Fradin

First edition hardcover-2003 (ISBN: 9780802788498)

First edition paperback-2003 (ISBN: 9780439512060)

 

Who was Ben Franklin? - Dennis B Fradin

First edition paperback-2002 (ISBN: 9780448424958)

 

Who was Thomas Jefferson? - Dennis B Fradin

First edition paperback-2003 (ISBN: 9780448431451)

 

Significant Battles of the American Revolution – Gordon Clarke

First edition paperback-2013 (ISBN: 9780778708179)

 

Black Heroes of the American Revolution – Burke Davis

First edition paperback-1992 (ISBN: 9780152085612)

 

America’s tea parties: not one but four! Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia – Marissa Moss

First edition hardcover-2016 (ISBN: 9781419718748)

 

Ben’s Revolution: Benjamin Rusell and the Battle of Bunker Hill – Nathaniel Philbrick

First edition hardcover-2017 (ISBN: 9780399166747)

 

A young patriot: the American Revolution as experienced by one boy – Jim Murphy

First edition hardcover-1996 (ISBN: 9780395605233)

Paperback reprint-1998 (ISBN: 9780395900192)

 

Everybody’s revolution: a new look at the people who won America’s freedom – Thomas J. Fleming

First edition hardcover-2006 (ISBN: 9780439634045)

Paperback reprint-2023 (ISBN: 9781899694105)

 

1776: a new look at revolutionary Williamsburg – K. M. Kostyal

First edition hardcover-2009 (ISBN: 9781426305177)

 

Media:

Just the Facts - Declaration of Independence

Cerebellum Corporation (DVD 013245) – 2004

Liberty's Kids: Complete Series (6 DVDs)

Shout! Factory (SF 10918 set) - 2002

Disc 1: The Boston Tea Party -- The Intolerable Acts -- United we stand -- Liberty or death -- Midnight ride -- The shot heard round the world -- Green Mountain Boys

Disc 2: The Second Continental Congress -- Bunker Hill -- Washington takes command -- Postmaster General Franklin -- Common sense -- The first Fourth of July -- New York, New York

Disc 3: The turtle -- One life to lose -- Captain Molly -- American crisis -- Across the Delaware -- An American in Paris

Disc 4: Sybil Ludington -- Lafayette arrives -- The Hessians are coming -- Valley Forge -- Allies at last -- Honor and compromise -- The new frontier

Disc 5: Not yet begun to fight -- The great Galvez -- In praise of Ben -- Bostonians -- Benedict Arnold -- Conflict in the South -- Deborah Samson: soldier of the Revolution

Disc 6: James Armistead -- Yorktown -- Born free and equal -- The man who wouldn't be king -- Going home -- We the people.