Authors and Writers
ASSOCIATED WITH
MORRISTOWN
WITH A CHAPTER ON
HISTORIC MORRISTOWN

BY

JULIA KEESE COLLES

1893
VOGT BROS.
Morristown, N. J.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, by
JULIA KEESE COLLES
of Morristown, New Jersey, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington.

Painted by CHARLES WETMORE. 1815.
Owned by HON. AUG. W. CUTLER.
OLD MORRISTOWN. Pen and ink sketch by Miss S. Howell, from original painting.

DEDICATION.

TO THE MEN AND WOMEN, OF EARLY AND OF LATER
YEARS, WHO HAVE SCATTERED THEIR PEARLS OF
BEAUTY AND OF WISDOM ALONG THE DUSTY
PATHS OF OUR HISTORIC CITY, THESE
PAGES ARE INSCRIBED WITH AFFECTIONATE
ADMIRATION BY

The Author.

PREFACE.

This long-promised volume, the first of its kind, so far as known, ever given to the world, is now offered to the public. It is the result of a lecture given about three and a half years ago, which was repeated by request, and finally promised for publication, with the endorsement of one hundred and fifty subscribers.

No effort has been spared to have every statement in the book accurate; nor has any name been omitted which has presented a title to notice, in spite of the fact that the number of "Authors and Writers," has nearly doubled since the work of publication was undertaken. Any suggestion or criticism, however, will be gladly received by the author, as having a bearing on possible future work in this direction.

Morristown, New Jersey, February, 1893.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

POEM—MORRISTOWN.

HISTORIC MORRISTOWN.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

POETS— PAGE.

Wm. and Stephen V. R. Paterson 33

Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine Kinney 40

Alexander Nelson Easton 42

Francis Bret Harte 45

Mrs. M. Virginia Donaghe McClurg 48

Charlton T. Lewis, LL. D. 54

Miss Emma F. R. Campbell 58

Mrs. Adelaide S. Buckley 63

Rev. Oliver Crane, D. D., LL. D. 63

Rev. J. Leonard Corning, D. D. 68

Mrs. Mary Lee Demarest 69

Hon. Anthony Q. Keasbey 72

Major Lindley Hoffman Miller 76

Miss Henrietta Howard Holdich 79

William Tuckey Meredith 81

Miss Hannah More Johnson 84

Miss Margaret H. Garrard 87

Miss Julia E. Dodge 89

Charles D. Platt 90

Mrs. Julia R. Cutler 96

Miss Frances Bell Coursen 99

Miss Isabel Stone 100

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