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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
MORVEN (private), Stockton St. and Library Pl., is the result of numerous additions to the home originally built in 1701 on land purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton, grandfather of the Signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house, set behind a broad lawn and old trees, is of yellow-painted brick, three stories high with two-story wings. The Greek Revival porch has blotted out most of the dignity and grace of the original Colonial portion. When Cornwallis, pursuing Washington in 1776, made his headquarters here, the British dug up the garden and found two of three chests known to have been buried by the Stocktons. Washington, Lafayette, Rochambeau and other prominent Colonial figures were entertained at Morven.
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