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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
CHATHAM, 10.6 miles. (230 alt., 3,869 pop.), is a comfortable old town made new by the lawn-spaced homes of suburban commuters. Its principal industry is horticulture ; the chimneys of two large greenhouses poke their heads over the hill west of the Passaic River. Chatham was at one time known as Bonnel Town. Its antiquarians are fond of boasting that no British troops ever entered the town. DAY'S TAVERN (R), a two-and-a-half-story frame building with wide front porch, just E. of the business center, was frequented a good deal by Washington and his officers. It is still doing business. Another old tavern (R) near the western edge of town, ELM TREE INN, was built in 1811.
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