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REV. BLOUNT'S BULLETINS

2nd Presbyterian Church (1930s and 1940s)

There are over 1000 church bulletins, with under 100 neither digitized nor in the possession of the County of Warren or in the County Library System. Initially, the bulletins focused on church business, but in time became important resources in the documentation of local history.

Overtime, the information related to the history of this area has been corrected when access to original documents were made available and accessible. If there are historical inaccuracies or errors on the bulletin, a note will be made in the summary with corrected information.

At the time that the bulletins were being produced, Rev. Dr. Andrew G. Yount (1867-1956) was the minister of the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Oxford. The church produced a weekly bulletin from 1926-1946. Rev. Yount is buried in the Hillside Cemetery on Jonestown Road in Oxford, NJ.

Thank you for your patience as we sort through and post the bulletins that tell stories from the past. The bulletins posted are those with local, state or national history stories. Please bear in mind that new research has updated some of this information. Corrections/updated/additional information is inserted in blue where needed.

NUMBER	DATE	DESCRIPTION/TOPIC
103	17 Jan 1932	George Haycock's recollection of Oxford in 1874
105	31 Jan 1932	Dedication of church edifice (66 years ago); Mrs. Pittenger's recollections & of Furnace
106	7 Feb 1932	Old Oxford ("Lukens'") Band; "new" Oxford Edmund Lukens, husband of Mary Elizabeth Scranton
107	14 Feb 1932	Oxford history; raising of church bell in 1865
108	21 Feb 1932	Oxford history (timeline)
110	6 Mar 1932	Old furnace (#1)
111	13 Mar 1932	Cannon ball discussion (Mr. G. Humphrey); rolling mill (discussion about final destination) The cannonballs are a source of discussion even still as we have no documented proof (records, requests, letters, etc.) that our furnace produced them.
114	3 April 1932	Memories of Oxford; mention of Col. John Schoonover; origin of town's name; burglars broke into Selden T. Scranton's house; rolling mill and the watchman Martin (and his dog Uno); nail manufacturing John Schoonover served as an officer in the 11th NJ Infantry during the Civil War. It was believed that he lived in Shippen Manor during its "boarding house" years. Lt. Col. Schoonover is buried in Stroudsburg Cemetery in Monroe Co., PA.
115	10 Apr 1932	Mrs. O.N. Perry's Recollections (old stone houses by railroad; Mr. [Gen.] Robert McAllister; Civil War-- McAllister & Weistling; remembering McAllister family); Memories of Oxford (smallpox in early 1880s; private school started by Lulu Scranton and her sister Ellen (Mrs. Belden)) Lucy "Lulu" Scranton (1855-1903) was one of the daughters of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry Scranton. She was baptized at the Oxford 1st Presbyterian Church (Hazen) on 28 March 1858. In the 1900 US Census, Lucy was living at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains (later Greystone). She died there in 1903. In his younger years, McAllister was a Pennsylvania farmer with a limited education. He and his brother founded the Juniata Troop (PA militia) prior to 1839. Later, he entered railroad construction and moved to NJ. McAllister was 47 years of age when the war broke out and recruited an infantry company. He became lieutenant colonel of the 1st NJ (Col. William Henry served in the same regiment) and remained with the regiment until Appomattox. Afterwards, he was promoted to colonel of the 11th NJ in 1862. His service was primarily in the 3rd Corps under Gen. Daniel Sickles. After it was consolidated after Gettysburg, he served in the 2nd Corps under Gen. Hancock.
116	17 Apr 1932	Lost records (of church) found; tribute to Mrs. Ellen A. Fowler [keeper of boarding house/Shippen Manor] Mrs. Fowler was the widowed cousin of the Scrantons and she and/or her family were originally from Connecticut. In the 1880 US Census, Mrs. Ellen A. Fowler (age 51) was listed as "born in Connecticut", but currently living in Oxford. She was widowed and "keeps boarding house" (Shippen Manor or "Fowler House"). [Ancestry] Ellen A. Scranton Fowler (1829-1917) is buried in the Union Cemetery in Hackettstown. She was the daughter of Henry Scranton (1794-1876) and Rachel Linsley Scranton (1798-1840). Her uncle was Theophilus Scranton, Jr. (the father of our Scrantons). Mrs. Fowler was married to Frederick Fowler (1817-1854, married 30 Aug 1849 in Madison, CT), according to the 1850 census. They had two children, Martha Jane (b. 1850) and Frederick James (b. 1854).
117	24 Apr 1932	Small pox
120	15 May 1932	Recollections of George Searling (Oxford)
123	5 June 1932	"Earnings without Pay Days" (George S. Humphrey)
126	26 June 1932	Mr. Henry, Col. George and Selden T. Scranton and anthracite coal (Scranton, PA); blast furnace; Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. (Lackawanna Steel Co.); Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (Col. George Scranton 1st president) William Henry III (1794-1878) established Boulton Gun Works in Nazareth, PA with his brother J. Joseph Henry. They produced PA long rifles. When he sold his share, William purchased the Furnace. George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) was the elder Scranton brother, son of Theophilus, Jr. and Elizabeth Warner Scranton of Connecticut. He married Jane Hiles on 22 Jan 1835 in Warren Co., NJ. He moved to PA and the town of Slocum's Hollow was named in his honor (Scranton, PA). He served as a congressman for Luzerne Co., PA until his death. Selden Theophilus Scranton (1814-1891) was the son of Theophilus and Elizabeth Scranton of Connecticut. He was in partnership with his brother(s) in Oxford manufacturing as well as with the railroad. He married William Henry's daughter, Ellen Clarissa Henry (1821-1897). They had no children, but their nieces and nephews lived with them from time to time. They built "Chestnut Grove" just north of Shippen Manon.
127	3 July 1932	Fourth of July (1885)
128	10 July 1932	Jonestown residents (1885)
129	17 July 1932	"Oxford Times" in 1887; fires at the Iron Co.
130	24 July 1932	"Oxford Times" in 1887 (Part 2)
132	11 Sept 1932	Oxford's historic mansion (Shippen Manor)-- Fowler House, Dr. William Shippen, Sr., Jonathan Robeson, c. 1875-- undergoing repairs (John Jourdan, Philadelphia) Jonathan Robeson (1695-1766) was married to Elizabeth Philipinne Morris and they had several children. Jonathan built the original furnace and was in partnership with the Shippens until about c. 1757.
134	25 Sept 1932	"Old Days in Oxford" (1700s-1800s); campaign song of 1888 (Benjamin Harrison to area to campaign?) Election of 1888
135	2 Oct 1932	Oxford in 1874
136	9 Oct 1932	"Old Days in Oxford" (late 1880s; nail manufacturing)
137	16 Oct 1932	Jonathan Robeson; Oxford Furnace; Changewater Forge; Shippen Manor; Dr. William Shippen, Sr.; cannonball story (briefly); Joseph W. Shippen; Dr. William Shippen, Sr. Dates listed are inaccurate and probably were estimates or based on old/outdated information. The Changewater Forge was established along the Musconetcong in the little village of Changewater in the mid-1700s. It no longer exists.
138	23 Oct 1932	Oxford nails (continued); Furnace No. 2
139	30 Oct 1932	"Old days in Oxford" (mentioned of enslaved peoples)
140	6 Nov 1932	Furnace tragedy & letter by Col. George W. Scranton (1857)
142	20 Nov 1932	Interest in preserving Furnace #1
144	4 Dec 1932	Furnace #1; Theodore Little's recollections (1857)
145	11 Dec 1932	"Oxford Memories" (George R. Searing)
146	18 Dec 1932	First store in Warren Co. (Nicholas Depui); Shippens & Revolutionary War (Dr. Shippen, Sr. shut down furnace during war; William Henry & hot blast). The site of the Depui (Depuy) store needs to be verified. The Depui/Depuys/Depuis were French Hugeunots (Protestants) who came to PA, NJ and NY from France. The first known settler to the area of Shawnee-on-the-Delaware (PA) in 1727. His home was "Fort Depuy" during the French & Indian War and was stockaded and garrisoned. In the Old Mine Road area of Walpack, NJ (DWGNRA),the DePuys counted the following families as their neighbors: Van Campens, Rosenkrans, Deckers, Van Akens, Schoonmakers, and more.
147	25 Dec 1932	"Humorous Oxford Days" in 1880s
149	8 Jan 1933	"Skating in Oxford Fifty Years Ago"
150	15 Jan 1933	"Old Oxford Legends" (cannon balls & the Revolution; found account at Manor; John Castner's story -- Part 1) John Castner's originally story has not been found and we are unsure who would have it as many years have passed since it was written and/or found. Also, please bear in mind that there are multiple Castner families in the county that are not related to one another.
151	22 Jan 1933	"Old Oxford Legends" (A Jerseyman's Adventure during the American Revolution", Part 2)
152	29 Jan 1933	"Old Oxford Legends" (A Jerseyman's Adventure during the American Revolution, Final Part);
153	5 Feb 1933	Old Oxford days (story about three men seeking work from the Lukens' at the Company office)
154	12 Feb 1933	"More Oxford Recollections" (G.R. Searing) about Mrs. Fowler (Boarding House/Shippen Manor) Ellen Augusta Scranton Fowler (1828-1917) was the daughter of Henry Scranton (1794-1876), brother of Theophilus Scranton, Jr. (1786-1859). Theophilus, Jr. was the father of George W., Selden T. and Charles Scranton. They were from Connecticut.
155	19 Feb 1933	Street lights in Old Oxford (George S. Humphrey); death of Mrs. Margaret Fowler (helped her mother manage "Fowler House", aka Shippen Manor); Oxford cannonball at Washington's Headquarters (Morristown) with card saying it was cast in Oxford. Mrs. Fowler's daughter was Martha J. Fowler (1850-1933). We are unsure at this time if Ms. Fowler was married or if it was a typo.
158	12 Mar 1933	"Oxford Memories" (George R. Searing, Sr.); mention of Fisher Hoff (former enslaved man who came to Oxford)
159	19 Mar 1933	Old Oxford Hero (William H. Searing, night watchman stopped theft at Company office)
160	26 Mar 1933	"Old Furnace Methods" (Patrick Kempsey) re: Harris/Washington Mine; roasting kilns; sulfur fumes; Mr. W.H. Searing; cut nails vs. wire nails The Washington Mine was located off Jonestown Road. The last company to own the mine was Alan Wood Steel Co.
161	2 Apr 1933	Furnace explosion (1857) -- see bulletin 140
162	9 Apr 1933	"Old Oxford Legends" (G.S. Humphrey)
163	16 Apr 1933	"Old Oxford Legends" (G.S. Humphrey)-- burial place of the Delaware Indians
164	23 Apr 1933	Furnace explosion (continued)
165	30 Apr 1933	"Old Oxford Legends, The Burial Place of the Delaware Indians" (G.S. Humphrey, continued)
166	7 May 1933	Reunion-- Jennie Scranton Roe, Schoonovers, Frederick Fowler, Oxford Temperance Alliance Jane "Jennie" Henry Scranton Roe (1857-1918), daughter of Col. Charles Scranton & Jane Henry Scranton, was the wife of Addison John Roe (1834-1909). They had at least two daughters: Adelaide Elizabeth Roe Polk (1889-1965) and Mary Scranton Roe Scruby (1891-1981). Mrs. Roe died and is buried in Fort Worth, TX.
167	14 May 1933	Oxford Iron Works (1876)
169	28 May 1933	Railroad Tunnel (Patrick Kempsey)
170	4 June 1933	"Old Oxford Days: The Company Store"; quick reference to letter about Oxford Tunnel; melodeon player (Clinton E. Weston)
171	11 June 1933	"Old Oxford Days" The Company Store" (Clinton E. Weston)
172	18 June 1933	Reference of Prof. Stoughton's Metallurgy of Iron & Steel; Kishpaugh mine
173	25 June 1933	Sunday School Picnic; "Old Oxford Days-- The Tunnel" (Clinton E. Weston); watchmen; telegraph tower; Oxford Iron & Nail Co. story (or Oxford Store Association).
174	2 July 1933	Jonathan Robeson (referenced Bulletin 137); Oxford Furnace; Forge at Changewater; log water pipes (in town) Jonathan Robeson (1695-1766) was the son of Andrew II and Maria Helm Robeson in 1695. He married Elizabeth Phillipine Morris in 1721 and they had 8 children. He died in 1766 in Upper Dublin Twp., PA. He came to Oxford from Quakertown, Hunterdon, Co., to build a furnace that produced iron (9 March 1743). He was in partnership with the Shippens until about 1757, before moving to Changewater and running the forge.
175	9 July 1933	Mrs. Ellen Scranton (Selden T. Scranton's wife; William Henry's daughter); "More About the Tunnel" (Patrick Kemsey)
176	16 July 1933	"Old Oxford Legends-- Adventures of Nicholas Van Zandt", Part 1 (George S. Humphrey)
177	23 July 1933	"Old Oxford Legends-- Adventures of Nicholas Van Zandt", Part 2 (G.S. Humphrey)
178	30 July 1933	"Old Oxford Legends-- Adventures of Nicholas Van Zandt", Part 3 (G.S. Humphrey); native tribes (Mohawks, Delaware/Lenape, etc.); French & Indian War (Fort Duquesne); the "Dutch"
179	3 Sept 1933	"John Linn: The New Jersey Samson"
180	10 Sept 1933	"Oxford's Present Condition"-- iron mine, silk dye mill, silk mill, enamel factory, quarry; Rev. Frederick Knighton, D.D.
181	17 Sept 1933	Oxford Iron Co. (1874); Temperance in Oxford (1888)
182	24 Sept 1933	"Old Oxford Days: S.T. Scranton Home" (C.S. Weston); burglary of Scranton house; Jennie Scranton Roe
183	1 Oct 1933	"The Three 'Wigwams' of Old Oxford" (G.S. Humphrey)
184	8 Oct 1933	"Jaspar Smith" (Samuel J. Cooper)
185	15 Oct 1933	"Old Oxford Days-- Hope" (C.E. Weston); old autograph album
186	22 Oct 1933	"Dr. James E. Loder-- A Tribute" (Company Store); death of Rev. Schoonover
187	29 Oct 1933	"Hallowe'en at the Old Furnace" (G.S. Humphrey) referencing 1758 with Joseph Shippen ("Old Man") having visitors to the house;
188	5 Nov 1933	"Indian Tribes of the Delaware Water-shed" (Claude Crarup) According to the NPS, the Lenape lived in the Upper Delaware River Valley for 10,000 years.
189	12 Nov 1933	"Indian Tribes of the Delaware Water-shed", part 2 (C. Crarup)
190	19 Nov 1933	"Early History of Oxford First Church" (Hazen); "Old Oxford Days-- Indians" (Clinton E. Weston)
191	25 Nov 1933	"The Legend of Mount No-More" (Samuel J. Cooper);
192	3 Dec 1933	"The Hermit of Deep Hollow (William Grantling)"
194	21 Jan 1934	"Our Big Munitions Plant in the Days of '76" (Oxford cannonballs & Oxford Furnace, Scrantons to Wyoming Valley in PA, Liggett's Gap Railroad)
195	28 Jan 1934	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); Fisher Hoff (escaped slave who came to Oxford from Virginia); "Feebletown" along the Morris Canal (this was referenced in Bulletin 158 by George R. Searing)
196	4 Feb 1934	"Original Cost of the Church"; "The Golden Wedding Anniversary of the marriage of Selden T. and Ellen Scranton, celebrated at Oxford, N.J. on September 3rd, 1889" Ellen's father was William Henry (1794-1878), iron master at the furnace who refitted the furnace to handle "hot blast"; sister was Jane Ann Henry Scranton (1823-1909), the wife of Charles and brothers were Captain Joseph J. Henry (1834-1862) and Lt. Col. William Henry, Jr. (1830-1889).
197	11 Feb 1934	"Little Stories of Old Oxford" (Samuel J. Cooper)-- old "Robeson" Mansion on the hill (Shippen Manor); grist mill (currently Oxford Colonial Methodist Church) The Manor may have been called this because at the time, Morris Robeson lived here with his wife, Tacy Paul, following the Shippen era.
199	25 Feb 1934	"The Origin of Oxford 1st Church", Part 2; "Christmas Eve in the Old Forest" (G.S. Humphrey); Mr. E.B. Foss & Rev War soldier's dagger
201	11 Mar 1934	"Stone Weapons & Implements of the Delaware Indians" (Claude Crarup)
202	18 Mar 1934	School census (1891); "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); "Old Lime Kiln"
203	25 Mar 1934	School Census (1891), Part 2
204	1 Apr 1934	"Old Oxford Days: Springtime Memories" (Clinton E. Weston)-- coal dust (pollution); "Elder H.A. Kingsbury"-- William Hornbaker, Selden T. Scranton, Furnace
205	8 Apr 1934	"The Welsh on Mine Hill" (Patrick Kempsey)--oldest in town; Welsh settlers; Mud Mine near Edison Quarry
206	15 Apr 1934	"Mrs. Lukens' Infant Class" (Mrs. G.E. Haufler)-- Mary E. Scranton Lukens
207	22 Apr 1934	"Oxford's First Military Company: A History" (Edwin C. Perkins)-- Capt. Clinton Weston; Major Harry Perkins; Lt. James Perry; Corp. Ed. Perkins; Color Bearer Sid. Edwards; Sgt. Jim Thomas; chicken coop (armory); Scrantons, Lukens, Ward, Humphrey, Loder, Hill, Brigham, William & Robert Gray & Fred Fowler observing; old stone Post Office (on Shippen property)
208	29 Apr 1934	"The Old Welsh Mine", Part 2 (Patrick Kempsey)-- see Bulletin 205; entrance of old tunnel closed because of cave-in; Staley Mine (remains of old lime kiln); Scrantons
209	6 May 1934	"Old Welsh Mine", Part 3 (Patrick Kempsey)-- see Bulletins 205 & 208; William Henry Scranton (surveyed); Delaney Slope
210	13 May 1934	"The Old Melodeon" (Edwin C. Perkins)-- remodel of 2nd Presbyterian Church (1880s)
214	10 June 1934	"The Old Furnace"; "History of the Old Mines" (Patrick Kempsey); School Census (1891), continued
215	17 June 1934	"Old Oxford Days-- The Battle of Bull Run" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Edmund Perkins; Ed Jencks (3rd Bull Run); "Nail Factory Relic"
216	24 June 1934	"More Reunion Echoes from notes by Miss Evelyn Miller"-- ball by the old mill; "Plan to preserve Oxford Furnace" (reference of article); School Census (1891), continued
217	1 July 1934	Theodore Little's recollections-- school (Oxford 1st Church/Hazen); building of big Raub's barn & undershot water wheel for Bridgeville grist mill (1857 & 1858); 1st engineer of new machine shop of Iron Co.; School Census (1891), completed Raub Farm
218	8 July 1934	"The Old Furnace"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
219	15 July 1934	"The Shippen Family"; "Old Mine Heads: The Quinn Slope" (Patrick Kempsey), continued
220	22 July 1934	"Old Furnace Chronology" (George S. Humphrey, reprinted from Bulletin No. 108 on 21 Feb 1932); "George W. Scranton" (from newspaper clipping preserved by Mrs. William Hornbaker)
221	29 July 1934	"The Shippen Genealogy"-- Drs. Shippen, Sr. & Jr.; Joseph W. Shippen (error-- did not live here for 50 years-- possibly got the Josephs confused); Martha Axford (possible error-- 7 instead of 9 children); Alice Shippen Warner (father of correspondent)
222	5 Aug 1934	"Scranton, 75 years ago" (George Weber); Car Wheel Foundry; "Old Mines" (Patrick Kempsey), continued
223	12 Aug 1934	Scranton brothers; Lukens Band; "Iron in All Ages" book; Jonathan Robeson & Furnace; cannonballs (Continental Army); Edmund T. Lukens (secretary & general manager of Oxford Iron & Nail Co.)-- original masonry of Furnace (1742) still standing; 8 views of stack (photographs) from Mr. Lukens to church
224	19 Aug 1934	"Notes on Pictures-- The old furnace in popular text-book"; Shippen Pictures; Members of the Empire Co. Band; Owners of Oxford Furnace; "Mining Experiences" (Patrick Kempsey)
225	26 Aug 1934	"The Lukens Band" (George Weber); "Joseph W. Shippen's Letter" Uncle Joseph (brother of Dr. William Shippen, Sr.) and nephew Joseph William were confused.
226	2 Sept 1934	"The Lukens' Band Again"; "The Clark Mine" (Patrick Kempsey); mention of Joseph Shippen marrying Martha Axford There is no marriage certificate recorded for Joseph W. and Martha Axford. As the Shippens have multiple Edwards, Josephs and Williams, there is confusion between uncle and nephew, both named Joseph.
227	9 Sept 1934	"He Vanquished the Ghost" (Samuel J. Cooper); movement to preserve the old furnace (#1); "Opening the Harris Mine" (Patrick Kempsey)-- last part
228	16 Sept 1934	"More about the Lukens' Band" (Miss Nellie Estler); "Teaching in Oxford 60 Years Ago" (Miss Fannie DeWitt Person, Belvidere, NJ)-- c. 1871; old stone building at foot of hill below Fowler House (old post office on main floor, school on 2nd floor); including Scranton, Kingsbury, Henry, Lukens, and Doughty children; Mrs. Venable (ran Fowler House); new furnace (#2) under construction; stone building destroyed by fire in 1882 (in cellar was kerosene for Company store); clerks from store boarded at Fowler House-- rushed out to put out the fire; smallpox outbreak (the sick were tended to by Mrs. Fowler in small stone building on property); mention of robbery of company store
229	23 Sept 1934	"An Old Oxfordite in Minnesota"-- J.C. Pierson (Watertown, MN) wrote a letter to niece (Mrs. Hilde Nelson Cortright) recalling his youth in Oxford; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Daniel F. Beatty Organ Company; musical instruments; first Oxford School House (stone building east of the R.R. station on low ground at the foot of the railroad fill, started by William Hornbaker, one of teachers was David B. Shannon (early 1860s); school later held in old stone Chapel (Presbyterian Church) in 1865
230	30 Sept 1934	"Oxford's Milk Supply in 1893"-- George R. Searing (1880s, 1890s) worked for Iron Company, excerpts from his journal; "The Boiler Explosion, 1884" (Patrick Kempsey)-- 50 years prior at Nail Mill, James H. Lukens (in charge of Oxford Iron & Nail Co.)
231	7 Oct 1934	Plans for preservation of old furnace; American Buildings Survey of furnace, Mansion house, etc.; visit to Trenton-- unable to find any products of old furnace; Ad for sale of Furnace properties (Belvidere Apollo, July & August 1830 by Mrs. Tacy Robeson), Lot 1 of 40 acres (site of old Furnace), stone mansion [Shippen Manor], large barn (stable 30 horses), carriage house, wagon house, corn cribs, granary, etc., mention of mills (grist, saw, plaster, stamping), sold to Charles S. and W.P. [William Penn] Robeson; omitted list of improvements Tacy Paul Robeson (1769-1849) was the wife of David Morris Robeson (1759-1823). She petitioned for Oxford to be considered as county seat in 1824.
232	14 Oct 1934	Dr. & Mrs. Louis B. Hoagland living in Wm. H. Scranton mansion [currently 20 Belvidere] above Fowler House; "Old Fire-back, 1764" (letter from Mr. George S. Humphrey)-- inquired with PA Historical Society regarding Oxford firebacks, one found in basement of building "Oxford-- 1764"; first piano (pianoforte) in Warren Co. played by Mrs. [Susan Blair] Roberdeau in Shippen Manor (1804)
233	21 Oct 1934	"Selden T. Scranton"-- died 23 Nov 1891 (Easton Express and Scranton Republican ran his obituary), funeral fifty years prior in Oxford; Col. George W. Scranton first of the brothers to become ill; William Shafer (grandfather of Mrs. Samuel Snyder) lived in part of the Fowler House when Selden Scranton & Ellen [wife] returned to Oxford from Scranton, PA (occupied rest of house)--(needs further clarification)
234	28 Oct 1934	"The Labor Problem Long Ago"-- work at furnace done largely by black slaves (needs verification), "The Oldest Oxford Letter Known"--Thomas Jarrat, 14 Oct 1756 to Mr. Shackelton; "Company Employees in 1893" (George R. Searing)-- Slope 3, Washington Mines, the Furnace
236	4 Nov 1934	"James H. Lukens: A Tribute" (Patrick Kempsey); "Dates: A Theory"-- Furnace, Shippen Manor & the Mill/Methodist Church; cost to build Manor There are errors with cannonball estimates-- most likely not the French & Indian War, possibly the Revolutionary War, uncertain about the Civil War. This all needs to be verified as we lack the documentation to prove there were cannonballs made.
237	11 Nov 1934	"More About the Shippen Descendants"-- Joseph W. Shippen, Martha Axford and children (and their spouses, etc.), Morris Crisman's (grandson of Joseph William Shippen, son of Isaac Crisman and Susan Shippen Crisman) connection to Crismans and Shippens; mention of Dr. William Shippen, Sr.'s will Susan Shippen Crisman and her family are buried in the Union Brick Cemetery in Blairstown. As of now, she is the only Shippen related to our building that is buried in the County. Morris Crisman (1815-1897) was the sixth child and fifth son of Isaac and Susan Shippen Crisman. He married Elizabeth Howell on 27 Apr 1843 in Warren Co., NJ. They had at least six children: Charles L. "C.L" Crisman (1806-1879), Oscar Crisman (1810-1881), Angeline Crisman Howell (1812-1886), Morris Crisman (1815-1897) and Edgar Crisman (1819-1909).
238	18 Nov 1934	"Centenary: First Presbyterian Church, Belvidere"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston) -- former teacher (Fannie D. Person), about the school, etc.
239	25 Nov 1934	"Cornerstone of the Old Stone Chapel: 1848"; "Mrs. Mary Robeson Smith (last of the lineal descendants of Jonathan Robeson); first national Thanksgiving Proclamation (George Washington, 1 Jan 1795)
240	2 Dec 1934	"When Wolves Roamed Warren County" (Samuel Cooper)
241	9 Dec 1934	"Some More about Mt. No-More" (referenced Bulletin 238 on 18 Nov 1934), Elisha B. Foss; "When Wolves Roamed Warren County" (S. Cooper), part 2-- Jenny Jump Mountain, etc.
242	16 Dec 1934	"An Old Picture of the Furnace"-- letter to George S. Humphrey regarding old picture, Miss Walters (friend of Mrs. Ellen Scranton Belden) did a painting of the furnace (in possession of Dr. Mary M. Belden, Elmira, NY), photographic copy made; "Mrs. Sarah A. Lukens"-- mother of Edmund T. Lukens passed away, discussed E. Lukens We believed that "Miss Walters" is possibly Mary Josephine Walters (1837-1883), known as "Josephine Walters" or "M.J. Walters" was a part of the "Hudson River School" of landscape painting. She studied under Asher Durand and specialized in oil and watercolors.
243	23 Dec 1934	"The Half Has Never Been Told" (letter from Edwin C. Perkins); "An Old Deed for the Furnace" -- Mrs. Harriet Robeson visiting Newton, NJ in 1910 referenced reading Robeson deeds
245	6 Jan 1935	"Write to the State Commission" (re: Old Furnace); "Steam Boilers in Oxford 50 Years Ago" (Patrick Kempsey)
246	13 Jan 1935	Washington Star & old furnace; special commission; "Swimming Holes of Oxford in 1880s" (Edwin C. Perkins)
247	20 Jan 1935	Washington Star & letters from State Commission on Historic Sites (old furnace); "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- snake oil salesmen
248	27 Jan 1935	"Mrs. Wm. Freeman-- A Letter from Samuel J. Cooper"; "A Strange Swimming Hole" (Patrick Kempsey); "Oxford Historic Notes"-- John Axford, George Green, Oxford Furnace, Axford house [Lower Denmark], Green's Pond [Mountain Lake]
250	10 Feb 1935	Death of Frederick K. Fowler (son of Mrs. Fowler); "Fred Fowler" (George S. Humphrey); "Tribute" (George S. Humphrey); "Old Oxford Days-- Frederick Fowler" (Clinton E. Weston) Frederick James Fowler (1854-1935) was the son of Frederick and Ellen A. Scranton Fowler (1829-1917). He had one sister, Martha J. Fowler (1850-1933).
251	17 Feb 1935	"Oaquaxon" (Indian name for Mt. No-More)-- Foul Rift ferry (Furnace), Jonathan Robeson; "Memories of Old Oxford" (George Weber)-- pump house dam, working in rolling mill, Mill pump ("donkey pump"), James H. Lukens (Chief Engineer), Puddle Mill
252	24 Feb 1935	"Tacy Paul Robeson"-- wife of Morris Robeson (grandson of Jonathan), leased Furnace to Henry & Jordon Co. in 1833, Quaker, wanting Oxford to be the County Seat
254	10 Mar 1935	"Swimming Perils" (Patrick Kempsey)
255	17 Mar 1935	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- furnace pond, creek below railroad tracks, Mountain Lake (Green's Pond) (pages originally scanned out of order)
257	31 Mar 1935	"Does Oxford Want Sunday Saloons?"; "In the death of William B. Cobb"-- last Civil War veteran (Oxford), worked Scranton, PA as machinist, enlisted in PA Militia (1862) and fought at Gettysburg, US Signal Corps, family of Quakers; "Old Oxford Days: Popular Games" (Clinton E. Weston)
258	7 Apr 1935	"Old Oxford Notes-- 1886" (Oxford Correspondent of Washington (NJ) Star fifty years prior to bulletin)-- Belvidere Iron Co. and mines, Mud Mine, Cooper-Hewitt Co., Little, Riddle and Quinn mines
259	14 Apr 1935	"The Origin of the Pittenger Family in America"
260	21 Apr 1935	"Sykes Gap" (James E. Loder, c. 1878)
261	28 Apr 1935	"Sykes Gap" (J.E. Loder), part 2
262	5 May 1935	"A Great Walker" (Patrick Kempsey)-- Belker Lind, Fisher Huff (description of a local man who was black-- remarkable, impressive, well-respected)
263	12 May 1935	"Oxford's Greatest Hero"-- reprinted from bulletin No. 159 about William H. Searing thwarting a break-in at the Company Store;
264	19 May 1935	"Minutes of the meeting of the Committee appointed by the Presbytery to organize the Second Presbyterian Church of Oxford Furnace, N.J." (1863), first pastors; Church Edifices; Missionaries
265	26 May 1935	Mrs. William H. Scranton (tribute)
267	9 June 1935	"The Cloud of the Witness" (Rev. Yount)-- John Axford, Jonathan Robeson, Quakers, iron mines, Dr. William Shippen, Sr., Morris Robeson, Oxford Furnace, William Henry, Jordan & Co. (1831), Scranton brothers, Scranton (PA), Oxford Sunday School (1843), Civil War, different religions in Oxford, old stone chapel, Mrs. Ellen Scranton Belden & Mrs. Carrie Scranton Humphrey; MORE old cannonballs-- Cleveland Miller (found some in field off old King's Highway), Alder Luhr (lived near Cornish Blacksmith shop)-- 3 of medium size, Rev War It is likely that our Furnace made cannonballs, but do not believe they were made for the French & Indian War (1854-1763). We need a bill of sale, a note in the Congress' notes, or access to the Furnace records for the time of the Revolution (and/or other wars) to see if they mention the production of the shot.
269	23 June 1935	"The Old Furnace"--NJ Historic Commission; "Ex-President Calvin Coolidge"; "Copy of letter from George W. Scranton to his sister Caroline A. Scranton, at Madison, Conn. (Afterwards, Mrs. Samuel Hill)" (1843); comments by George S. Humphrey (on letter)
270	30 June 1935	"A New England Family in Oxford" (Mrs. A.M. Weston)
271	7 July 1935	"Old Furnace Notes"; "Copy of a Minute of the Sale of the Oxford Iron Company" (1896); "Old Picture of George W. Scranton"
272	14 July 1935	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
273	21 July 1935	"Aaron Dupui's Store-- A correction" (referencing Bulletin 146) Aaron Dupui
274	28 July 1935	"Oxford Furnace"-- update regarding State Commission on Historic Sites for old Oxford blast furnace
275	11 Aug 1935	Correspondences with Rev. Yount from various entities regarding the Oxford Furnace
276	1 Sept 1935	"The Old Furnace"; "Old Fire-Backs"; "Old Oxford Days, Rev. E. Clark Cline" (Clinton E. Weston) Oxford Firebacks
277	8 Sept 1935	"Frome's Livery Stable"; "Dr. William Shippen's Will" (pertaining to the Oxford lands); "Workmen at the Old Furnace"
278	15 Sept 1935	"Old Oxford Days-- Old Furnace" (Clinton E. Weston)
279	22 Sept 1935	"Highway Marker for Furnace"
280	29 Sept 1935	"Pittenger Genealogy" (Benjamin R. Pittenger)
281	6 Oct 1935	"Furnace notes"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston), nail business
282	13 Oct 1935	"Vote on Sunday Liquor Selling"; "U.S. Steel Examines Jersey Iron Mines"; Oxford Furnace, marker for furnace; "Oxford 50 years ago"
283	20 Oct 1935	"Who owned the Furnace in 1755?"
284	27 Oct 1935	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); reference to organ in Danish (Lutheran) Church in Oxford
285	3 Nov 1935	"The Fate of the Rolling Mill"; "Old Oxford Memories" -- large wheelwright shop, blacksmith shop, Methodist Church in old grist mill
286	10 Nov 1935	"Old Furnace Deeded to State"
287	17 Nov 1935	"Furnace Notes"
288	24 Nov 1935	"Nail Making at Oxford Additional Data" (Edwin C. Perkins); "Mr. Frank Bergenbeck"
289	1 Dec 1935	"Old Business Letters"-- affairs of the old furnace from 1839 and several years after; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); "A Story of the Revolution"-- Abraham Pittenger
290	8 Dec 1935	Reference to "Dutch Hill"; improvement to the Public Schoolhouse; "The Barlow Balls" (George S. Humphrey)
291	15 Dec 1935	"Letter of Dr. William Shippen, Sr., July 27th, 1776"
292	22 Dec 1935	"The Furnace Appropriation"; "Letter of Thomas Thomas-- 1843" addressed to the Owners of the Oxford Furnace
293	29 Dec 1935	"Lafayette College in 1841"-- letter by P.W. Lerch to Selden T. Scranton
294	5 Jan 1936	"Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, PA"-- Old Oxford Furnace, Col. George W. Scranton, William Henry; reference to book, "Nancy Shippen, her Journal Book"; letter by George to Selden Scranton on 22 Nov 1841; letter by William Stewart to Selden Scranton on 9 Feb 1842. Nancy Shippen Livingston was Dr. William Shippen, Sr.'s granddaughter (through Dr. William Shippen, Jr. and Alice Lee)
295	12 Jan 1936	Reference to local strike involving 150 workmen; "The Date of the Old Stone Mansion House" (see below); "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Presidential campaign Republican meeting 1884 at old grist mill, General Judson Kilpatrick (speaker), Col. Schoonmaker (speaker); communication with Scranton Historical Society regarding letters in Bulletin 294 General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) was a Union cavalry commander who was born in Wantage, NJ (near Deckertown) and is buried at the West Point Cemetery (USMA) in NY. If this is the same Kilpatrick, the dates to not match. The estimated date that has been reference in other documents is 1754, but we are unsure if that is when they started to build the original part of the building or if that is when they finished Lt. Col. John Schoonover (1839-1930) rose from 1st Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the 11th NJ Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. During the Battle of Gettysburg (day 2) on 2 July 1863, the 11th NJ was nearly destroyed when the Confederates assaulted the Peach Orchard. All of the unit's officers were killed or wounded, including Schoonover, who was shot three times. Despite his injuries, Schoonover survived the war.
296	19 Jan 1936	"Dr. Lewis Barnes Hoagland" and genealogical note about the Hoagland families in the region (Amos Hoagland, b. 1748); reference of Mr. Benjamin Pittenger of Washington, D.C. (family in Oxford area)--clipping from Washington Star (D.C.) reviewing book of Nancy Shippen
297	26 Jan 1936	Mention of great snowstorm of 1888; "Old Letter of G.W. Scranton-- 1843, Lackawanna Iron Works, 9 October 1843"-- flooding concerns, repairs to prevent flooding; "Sergeant Charles A. Genther, A Veteran of Five Wars"-- served 1899 to 1929; "Citizens of Oxford and Vicinity in 1845"-- referenced names of persons trading at old Company Store
298	2 Feb 1936	"The Furnace Highway Marker"-- Route 30 (now 31); "Citizens of Oxford and vicinity in 1845, from the Company's books" (continued from Bulletin 297)
299	9 Feb 1936	"Citizens of Oxford and Vicinity 1845 (continued from Bulletin 298); "A Letter by Selden T. Scranton" to brother, George on 7 April 1845; reference to highway marker on west side of road in front of the post office; "Old Oxford Furnace"-- quick reference. As referenced previously, we do not believe that cannonballs were made at the furnace during the French & Indian War, and we are unsure without documentation pertaining to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
300	16 Feb 1936	"A Relic Worth Preserving"; "A Bob-Sled Party of Yore 'By one of the Bunch'"
301	23 Feb 1936	"Letter from Mr. Peckitt"-- President of the Warren Foundry & Pipe Corp.; "Indenture of Property for Sale, 1765"-- Dr. William Shippen, Sr.'s papers-- between John Hughes and wife Sarah, Jacob Starn (iron master), Jonathan Robeson (purchased land from Samuel Johnston); Bass Book (Folio 284); 100 tons of pig iron from Oxford for J. Robeson as payment in 1757
302	1 March 1936	History of Scranton (Mr. S. Fletcher Weyburn, Secretary-Librarian of the Lackawanna Historical Society of Scranton, PA); "Philip Martin" (Samuel J. Cooper)
303	08 March 1936	Pig iron, Nancy Shippen's diary
304	15 March 1936	Captain John Axford (American Revolution) Captain John Axford (1760-1843) was the nephew of Martha Axford and grandson of John Axford. He married Eleanor Polhemus (1767-1848) and they had at least 5 children.
305	22 March 1936	"Captain Joseph James Henry Oxford Civil War Hero" Captain Joseph J. Henry was killed in action during the Battle of Roanoke in February 1862. This was the first battle he was engaged in. His portrait is in the Manor's Victorian Parlor.
306	29 March 1936	Owners of old colonial furnace
307	5 April 1936	"Indian Stories", Captain John Pittenger (Revolution)
309	19 April 1936	Scranton donation of land for 2nd Presbyterian Church
312	10 May 1936	The 1870s
313	17 May 1936	The old machine shop
314	24 May 1936	What Oxford produced
316	7 June 1936	The old foundry (furnace)
317	14 June 1936	Mrs. Mary Robeson Smith (direct descendant of Jonathan Robeson)
318	21 June 1936	Jonathan Robeson, "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
320	5 July 1936	Shippen descendants in Caldwell, NJ
321	12 July 1936	"Old School Houses and Teachers of Oxford"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
322	26 July 1936	"Maurice Robeson" (son of Jonathan); "The Religious Character of Mr. Selden Scranton" (George S. Humphrey) Maurice Robeson (1724-1761) was the son of Jonathan Robeson (1695-1766) and Elizabeth Phillipine Morris Robeson (1695-1760). Maurice and his wife, Anne Rockhill, had six children. He did not own the furnace, but his son, David Morris Robeson did.
324	23 Aug 1936	Reference to map (1853) that shows one church (old stone Chapel, built in 1848); "Mrs. Amelia M. Weston"-- old stone chapel, Charles Scranton, new type of nail produced (1885); "Morris Robeson"-- son of Jonathan who built original furnace, Green's Pond (Mountain Lake), purchased Oxford Furnace & lands, operated multiple mills, a farmer, Sussex Co. Judge, widow Tacy Paul, son William Penn Robeson (Judge of Warren Co.) and brother-in-law Jno P.B. Maxwell purchased Furnace. Tacy Paul Robeson was the driving force behind Oxford becoming the County seat, however, when the vote was cast, Belvidere won.
325	6 Sept 1936	"New Light on Furnace History"--ownership of multiple acres (purchased by J. Robeson for or from Joseph Shippen, but all conveyed to Dr. William Shippen, Sr. through purchase and/or agreement); copies of "indentures" (agreements) for the land from J. Robeson to Dr. Shippen, Sr.
326	13 Sept 1936	"New Light on Furnace History" (part 2)-- reproduced "indentures" (1765-66); "Old Oxford Days' (Clinton E. Weston)-- Billy Searing (Post Master), agreement for pig iron tonnage between Dr. W. Shippen, Sr. and J. Robeson
327	20 Sept 1936	"Mr. Clinton's letter"-- old deeds to Oxford Furnace; "Oxford and Scranton, Pa."-- founding of Scranton, PA, William Henry & Slocum's Hollow, George & Selden Scranton, Scrantons & Grant, struggles in PA, death of Col. George W. Scranton (1861) Before it was named Scranton, this Pennsylvania town was called "Slocum's Hollow".
328	27 Sept 1936	"Old Letter of Selden T. Scranton" to nephew, James Selden Scranton (1856) James Selden Scranton (1841-1905) was the son of George Whitfield Scranton (1811-1861) and Jane Hiles (1811-1878). He was married to Kate Lawrence Rayner (1844-1914) and they had at least 4 children.
329	4 Oct 1936	"Architects at the Furnace"
330	11 Oct 1936	"The Shippen Family"
331	18 Oct 1936	"The Shippen Family" (Part 2)-- the three Josephs; "Old Oxford Days-- Eugene Thomas Henry" (Clinton E. Weston)-- son of William Henry (iron master), failure of Oxford Co. (1878), died (1883) Eugene Thomas Henry (1826-1883) was one of the children of William Henry and Mary Barbara Albright.
332	25 Oct 1936	"The Shippen Family-- 'Gentleman Joe'" (Joseph Shippen, Jr.), land ownership, J. Robeson (Whitemarsh, PA)
333	1 Nov 1936	"Dr. William Shippen, the Elder, Life and Character"
334	8 Nov 1936	Scrantons & T-shaped railroad rails; "Dr. Wm Shippen[, Sr.], His Patriotism"
335	15 Nov 1936	"Old Photographs"--referenced Company store, manor house; Jacob Starn(iron master during Shippen era)
337	29 Nov 1936	"Joseph W. Shippen"-- life, Martha Axford, children
338	6 Dec 1936	"The Children of Joseph W. Shippen"
339	13 Dec 1936	"Another Court(ship) Scene" (Edwin C. Perkins)
341	27 Dec 1936	"Oxford Colonial Structures"-- old Furnace, Mansion House, Grist Mill (now Colonial Methodist Church of Oxford), and stone house built by John Axford; notable families
343	10 Jan 1937	"Mr. Charles Axford Shaffer"; "Boys will be Boys" (Cortland F. Cook); reference to Shippen ownership of Furnace
345	24 Jan 1937	"Products of the Old Furnace"-- pig iron, "chimney backs" (firebacks), cast stoves, cannonballs WCCHA has not yet substantiated cannonball production during the Revolutionary War as yet. We do not believe they produced cannonballs during the French & Indian (Seven Years') War [segment of a letter in another source from J. Robeson, who was a Quaker, stated he changed the formula of the iron to prevent them from making cannonballs].
346	31 Jan 1937	"Dr. William Shippen, Jr."-- and sister Mrs. Susan Shippen Blair inherited furnace and lands, role as Director General of Washington's Hospitals during Revolutionary War, education, Chief Physician (flying camp, 1776) Dr. Shippen, Jr. (and for a while, Joseph W. Shippen) was stationed at the Bretheren House, which served as a hospital, located in Bethlehem, PA. See link.
347	7 Feb 1937	"Col. William Henry"-- Henry gun manufacturing family, PA to NJ, Fort Duquesne (French & Indian War), rescued by Killbuck (Lenape chief)
349	21 Feb 1937	"New Data on Furnace History"
350	28 Feb 1937	"Mrs. Mary Lanning Hoagland" (page 4)
351	7 Mar 1937	"Old Ferry at Foul Rift"-- Furnace dock, J. Robeson, Dr. W. Shippen, Sr.
352	14 Mar 1937	"Col. William Henry" (Part 2, Feb 7)
355	4 Apr 1937	"Personal Reminiscences" (Mrs. Elise Zapp)-- Oxford nail factory, Furnace, castings, Laboratory, Company Store
356	11 Apr 1937	Mr. Thomas Marple, NJ State Commission on Historic Sites regarding the Furnace; "William Henry, 3rd" (iron master at Oxford)- hot blast, manor house, Stroudsburg, PA, Joseph Albright, Selden T. Scranton married Ellen C. Henry, Slocum Hollow, Louisa Forge
357	18 Apr 1937	Copy of letter from Director of State Commission on Historic Sites (from Mr. Wm. H.J. Ely, State Administrator of W.P.A. about Furnace; "William Henry" (final part)
359	2 May 1937	"Old Oxford Furnace and Store Accounts (1750s)"; "More Old Furnace Data"
360	9 May 1937	"Old Oxford Furnace and Store Accounts (1750s), continued"; "William Henry and Family" (George S. Humphrey)
365	13 June 1937	"Hillside Cemetery" (James Thomas); "Oxford Iron-Ore" (Colonial times)
366	20 June 1937	"The Church Organ"; "Old Oxford Days, Col. Charles Scranton" (C. E. Weston)-origins, business dealings in Oxford, Civil War, Jane Ann Henry (wife), stone chapel (b. 1848)
367	27 June 1937	"Hillside Cemetery" (Clinton E. Weston)
368	4 July 1937	"John Axford's Will" (1772, will proved); "Store Burglary, Again"-- Mr. Searing (1875)
369	11 July 1937	"Hillside Cemetery History"; "The Will of Jacob Starn" (leased old furnace from Dr. William Shippen, Sr. from 1762 until his death in 1773), Changewater properties
371	25 July 1937	"George Ayres"
372	1 Aug 1937	"New York Sun" (24 July) article about Oxford Furnace-- restoration, valuable historic site, J. Robeson, chimney backs (firebacks), Revolution (cannonballs), Warren Foundry & Pipe Co. (since 1898)
374	29 Aug 1937	"The Company Store" (Mrs. Elise Zapp)
376	12 Sept 1937	"Mrs. Wm. H. Scranton" (referenced Belvidere Apollo, 1919), Rosalie Paul Scranton; "Optimist" (Samuel J. Cooper)-- Charles Scranton responded to call for help from Mine Hill
378	26 Sept 1937	"Shippen Manor, Part I" (Gertrude Everett Force) We have no way of verifying at this time that there was a "slave house" on the site because we lack any relative documentation for it at this time. It is very likely that the Shippens had a few servants (indentures, enslaved peoples, etc.). Our lower level kitchen has a beehive oven (just like the "Family Kitchen" on the main floor). The fireplace on the main floor was sealed after 1800 and used as a bedroom. It was bricked over and forgotten about until the 1980s-1990s when our former Commission members broke open the walls to find the fireplaces (and in turn, found firebacks in at least one fireplace.
379	3 Oct 1937	"Shippen Manor, Part II" (Gertrude Everette Force) The genealogy is a bit confusing as the Shippen males were usually Edwards, Williams and Josephs. Dr. William Shippen, Sr. and his brother, Joseph, Sr. owned the Furnace Tract until Dr. Shippen, Sr. bought out his brother's interests. William had three sons, Dr. William Shippen, Jr. (became part owner after his father died), Joseph William (he lived here and supervised the property for his father, died in 1795), and Dr. John Harrison Shippen (died in 1770) and one daughter, Susan Shippen Blair (became part owner after her father died). As far as we can tell, with exception to Joseph W., the Shippens were "absentee owners". Dr. Shippen, Jr. was married to Alice Lee Shippen, sister of Philip Ludwell Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee and Arthur Lee (and is related to Gen. Robert E. Lee). He lived in the Shippen House in Philadelphia and as far as we can tell, never stayed or lived here. (His daughter, Nancy, wrote a journal but never mentioned Oxford, the Manor or the old Furnace.) Joseph W. was more likely the property supervisor than an iron master (he lacked that skill). He was also never "legally" married, as far as we can tell, to Martha Axford. They did, however, have seven children. Learn more about the history of the Manor and Furnace: History of Shippen Manor History of Oxford Furnace
380	10 Oct 1937	"Charles Scranton's Business Papers"; "Great is Iron"
381	17 Oct 1937	"Mr. Charles Lapelt" The old stone Post Office was near the southeast corner of the Manor present property and when dismantled, the stones were used to build (or add to) the old stone wall. "Misses Lukens" is Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scranton Lukens, the daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and wife of Edmund Lukens.
382	24 Oct 1937	"Last Week..." (referring to Joseph W. Shippen) The Josephs were confused again. The excerpt is probably referring to Joseph, Jr. (uncle of JWS and brother to Dr. Shippen, Sr. JWS was never iron master, but most likely supervised the property and report back to his father)
383	31 Oct 1937	"The Original Owners of Oxford Lands"- Coxes, Robeson, Shippen, West Jersey Proprietors, British Crown
384	7 Nov 1937	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Tunnel Hill, old stone post office, cobbler shop, Lukens Band; "Our Country in 1864"
385	14 Nov 1937	"A Little Spice Bag" (Miss Fannie D. Person)-- Fowler House; "Old Warren County Maps"-- referenced 1853 and 1861 that shows acreage owned by the Company (4000 a.), from Green Pond to Brass Castle, "Dutch" Reformed Church (1859), Warren & DLW Railroad, Oxford Tunnel
386	21 Nov 1937	"Old Oxford Legends, the Burial Place of the Delaware Indians, Part I" (George S. Humphrey)-- mostly about iron industry in Oxford, Sykes Gap, Lindstrom ("Red Swede", "charcoal burner", 1760), cinder run (discarded slag)
387	28 Nov 1937	"Old Oxford Legends, Part 2" (George S. Humphrey)-- "Red Swede" at Sykes Gap with local native villagers
388	5 Dec 1937	"The Underground Railroad in Oxford"-- referred to possible UGRR stations (fugitive enslaved peoples), tunnel from mansion to railroad station (author believes it was not feasible, mostly because no tunnel was ever found in the basement of Shippen Manor) We tend to agree with the author as there are no tunnel caps or entrances in the basements of the Manor. We also do not have any substantiating proof that it was an UGRR site (or station) and due to the nature of the site, it is likely that it was not an UGRR site.
389	12 Dec 1937	"The Old Furnace"; "Old Oxford Days, William H. Scranton" (Clinton E. Weston)-- eldest son of George W. Scranton, founder of Scranton, PA;
390	19 Dec 1937	Page 4: more publicity for the Furnace by Federal Writers' Project (WPA)
391	26 Dec 1937	"The Old Stone Post Office" (Miss Amelia Zapp)-- Shippen Manor property, burned (1881), entrance off porch, storage for Company Store; Dr. Yount (?) addressed Miss Zapp-- believed Manor was for Jonathan Robeson, not built before 1754, Robeson never lived in Oxford, manager was Mr. Richard Shackleton We agree with Dr. Yount in that Robeson never lived here and that the original block house was built after 1754, but do not have an exact date. We also wished the old stone building survived.
394	16 Jan 1938	"William H. Scranton" (George S. Humphrey)
395	23 Jan 1938	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Max Weber (night-watchman), lived across from nail factory, factory fire; "The Old Post Office" (George Weber)-- in response to Miss Amelia Zapp's recollections,
398	13 Feb 1938	"A True Telephone Story" (Edwin C. Perkins)-- telephone installed between Company Office and Pequest Furnace, William Scranton (in charge of Pequest), mentioned WS was breveted in the Civil War; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Miss Fannie De Witt Person (former schoolteacher in old stone building/post office
399	20 Feb 1938	"Letter from Evelina Belden Paulson" (Mrs. Henry T. Paulson); "Mrs. E. T. Lukens" (Mrs. Mary Weber Lemmon)-- earliest Sunday School teacher (Mrs. Lukens), recollections. Mrs. Lukens was the daughter of Col. Charles Scranton. Her portrait is in our Victorian Parlor.
400	27 Feb 1938	"Old Oxford Furnace"-- Federal Writer's Project (WPA), Washington Star (NJ), a few minor mistakes; Mr. Humphrey send Dr. Yount a clipping from the Philadelphia Inquirer (13 Feb 1938)-- "Old Iron Furnace Historic Shrine", referenced Swanks' History (1884)
401	6 Mar 1938	"Hot-Blast in Oxford Furnace"--quote from Swanks' History (1884); William Henry and hot blast technology, letter from Prof. Bradley Stoughton (Metallurgical Engineering Department of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA); "Mrs. Frederick Fowler adds her tribute to Mrs. Lukens..."
402	13 Mar 1938	"The Great Storm of '88" (Charles S. Aitkin)
403	20 Mar 1938	"The Golden Days of Oxford" (Annie Badrow Gehman)-- Empire Steel & Iron Co. (1902-1907, while a secretary), rolling mill & foundry (owned by Jansen Brothers), iron industry (Empire Steel & Iron Co.), two blowing engines, Company houses
404	27 Mar 1938	"Funeral of William H. Scranton" (Mrs. A.M. Weston, 1889)-- note by Clinton E. Weston's mother, biography & family, Oxford Iron Works, funeral services
405	3 Apr 1938	"The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford (Hazen)" (Benjamin R. Pittenger)-- early congregation, Abner Parks & heart in the meeting house, stone wall around graveyard, Captain John Axford, original log church, early trustees (1806), three Axfords named as Trustees (sons or grandson of original settler, John Axford)
406	10 Apr 1938	"Appropriation for Furnace"-- Joint Committee of the Senate & House; "The Old Wigwam Forty Years Ago" (Claude Crarup)-- located on hill behind old Furnace (stock-house for railroad); Rev. L. E. Wright tracing route of first railway through Oxford; Robert Bush worked in dye works
407	17 Apr 1938	"More Publicity for the Furnace"; "Gold in California, 1848, Contemporary Account"-- Mrs. William Dawes (Oxford) documents passed down from Jacob Hann (Andersontown); letters ("The Gold Region in California")
408	24 Apr 1939	"More Furnace Data"-- Dr. William Shippen, the Elder, Mrs. Susan Roberdeau (wife of Col. Isaac Roberdeau) deeded to Morris Robeson,
410	8 May 1938	Mention of S.T. Scranton House ("Chestnut Grove"); restoration of old Furnace (updates)
413	29 May 1938	"Rare Pictures of the old Furnace"-- Miss Grace Scranton, pictures not older than 1888; burning of DL&W Station (mid-1880s)
415	12 June 1938	"Pittenger Genealogy" (Benjamin R. Pittenger)-- Capt. John Pittenger (AM REV), married Hannah Wyckoff, lived Mansfield Woodhouse (Washington); old furnace, pig iron, Judge Roseberry, Foul Rift, Mr. Paul Race (found half pig iron)
416	19 June 1938	"Lightning Strikes the Church" (evening of 12 June 1938);
417	26 June 1938	"Hillside Cemetery"; "History of Oxford 2nd Presbyterian Church", Part 1-- Lenni Lenape, John Axford, "Oxford", Oxford First Church, David Brainerd
418	3 July 1938	"The Stone Grist Mill"-- written by Col. Charles Scranton (1876), information from Judge Wm. P. Robeson (son of Morris, grandson of Jonathan), site of former grist (smaller) and saw mill, early history of Oxford; "Early History of Oxford" (Col. Charles Scranton)-- Axford & Green, descendants of George Green, David Brainerd
419	10 July 1938	"William H. Scranton" (uncompleted letter to Mr. Humphrey); "Oxford History", continued from Bulletin No. 418 (Col. Charles Scranton)
420	17 July 1938	"A Picture Book of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, 1899"-- received from Mr. Roberts (Warren Foundry & Pipe Co., Phillipsburg), old and new furnaces, grist mill, mansion house (Shippen), rolling mill & company store
421	24 July 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian Church", continued from Bulletin No. 417, Oxford Furnace, Oxford First Church, Jonathan Robeson, Morris Robeson, Dr. William Shippen, Sr. & family, Scranton Brothers
422	31 July 1938	"Mr. Weston writes--", Mrs. Amelia S. Decker & "The Old Mine Road" book, Gen. Sullivan's soldiers in Oxford (1779); "Lighting the Blast Furnace" (Anna Badrow Gehman)-- pig iron production, salamander, "blown in", Cast House, Company Store, railroad
423	14 Aug 1938	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- George W. & Selden T. Scranton, Slocum's Hollow (later Scranton, PA), William Henry (iron master), Sanford Grant (partner)
424	21 Aug 1938	"School Fifty Years Ago" (Charles S. Aitkin, Trenton, NJ), Nail Company, Fowler House (Mrs. Ellen Scranton Fowler and daughter), Academy school (Academy St.), Dutch Hill School, teachers; "Strange Death of Brothers"-- Two sons of Eugene Henry (manager of Oxford Iron Co.). William & George, died while working in No Man's Land (South America), third son, Joseph, killed in July 1938 in a railroad accident (Hudson Co., NY), survived by brother, mother and sister
425	28 Aug 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian Church", continued from Bulletin No. 421-- small ledger in Company's office (S.T. Scranton), old stone chapel (first church), Judge Wm. P. Robeson & wife (donated land for chapel and Manse), brick church (church and school until brick schoolhouse built), 1840-1863 in care of First Church (Hazen)
426	4 Sept 1938	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Selden T. Scranton, Nail Factory (Superintendent Charles B. Weston), Cooper Shop (Theodore P. Burd), Rolling Mill (Superintendent Mark J. Axford), James H. Lukens (Chief Engineer), John Schoonover (at Furnace-- Civil War vet), other workers; "James Selden Scranton" -- Sales Dept. Office, youngest son of Col. George W. Scranton, born in Belvidere (1842), supervised Oxford Colliery (Scranton, PA), Lackawanna RR, Oxford Iron Co., Oxford Nail Co., death (1905)
427	11 Sept 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian Church", continued from Bulletin No. 425-- Car Wheel Foundry (1850), railroad, settlement in "Dutch Hill" or Pittengerville, Scranton (PA), Henrys, Kingsburys, Lukens, Repps, etc.; memorial signed by Selden T. Scranton, et. al.
428	18 Sept 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian", continued from Bulletin No. 427-- 85 x 150 lot given by Scranton family for new church (names on deed), 1870s-- furnace #2
429	25 Sept 1938	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston), "Furnace Explosion" (25 Sept 1857)-- Mr. Humphrey found a letter from Col. George W. Scranton around 1932 (written to son about accident), two fatalities,
430	2 Oct 1938	"Oaquoaxon-- Mt. No More"
431	9 Oct 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian Church", continued from Bulletin No. 427-- post-Civil War, Iron Works (Scranton, PA)
432	16 Oct 1938	"Revolutionary Army Camped in Oxford Township, 1779"-- referencing Bulletin No. 422 (Mrs. Decker), Dr. G.W. Cummins, Gen. Maxwell's NJ Brigade marched up old Greenwich Road (Phillipsburg to Oxford), camped along Pophandaisy Creek (West Quarry Road?), route between lands of Foss and Race, Foul Rift
433	23 Oct 1938	"Old Letter Head of the Oxford Iron & Nail Company"-- Mr. Frank Vosseller (original copy of letter)
434	30 Oct 1938	"Letter from Dr. George Deb. Keim Chairman of the State Committee on Historic Sites (19 Oct 1938)-- letter regarding Furnace
435	6 Nov 1938	"History of Oxford Second Presbyterian Church", continued from Bulletin No. 431
436	13 Nov 1938	"Oxford Library" (Mrs. Herbert B. Cox); "A Business Man's Complaint" (copy of letter from 9 September 1938)
437	20 Nov 1938	"Old Furnace Documents Found"-- Sussex Co. Courthouse, official survey of the Furnace lands (1812), old survey of M.E. Church, Morris Robeson purchased 1/2 interest in furnace lands from Susan Shippen Blair (1809); heirs of Dr. Shippen in 1809 were minors, so Morris Robeson did not have controlling interest
438	27 Nov 1938	"Dedication Program of the Oxford M.E. Church, January 13, 1913"-- copies (Mr. Charles Aitkin, Trenton, NJ), grist mill
439	4 Dec 1938	"More About Hot-Blast"-- William Henry (1834), article (Belvidere Apollo, 22 June 1830)
440	11 Dec 1938	"Mr. George S. Humphrey writes"-- iron fly-wheel, blowing engine (old furnace), Mr. Leonard Peckitt (Warren Foundry Co.)
441	18 Dec 1938	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- old photograph (pre-1870), factory, James Wright (from VA); Capt. "Tip" Weston & Civil War
442	25 Dec 1938	"A Modern St. Nicholas as Oxford"; "Christmas in the Old Forest, A Picture in Outline" (George S. Humphrey)
443	1 Jan 1939	"Mrs. George Weber, A Tribute" (Edwin G. Perkins); Mrs. Ralph Decker-- General Sullivan's Army in Oxford (1779), the old Oxford Church (1st Presbyterian Church, Hazen)
444	8 Jan 1939	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
445	15 Jan 1939	"The Oxford Public Library"; "Mr. Weber and Mr. Hornbaker at Centennial Fair, 1876"-- Philadelphia, PA
446	22 Jan 1939	"Horses in Old Oxford" (Edwin G. Perkins)-- "Dandy" (Mr. & Mrs. William Scranton), "General" or "Major" (John Weber, Jonestown), "Jennie" (Charles B. Weston), "Maud"; "Bob" (Charles Scranton), "Nell" (Selden T. Scranton), "Nell" (Rev. Maxwell), "Frank and Kate" (George Docker), three saddle horses ridden by Edmund T. Lukens; team of "good traveling bays" (Mrs. Edmund T. Lukens who is Mary Elizabeth Scranton Lukens), two dapple grey horses ("Daddy" Faulkner), sorrel (Father O'Ferrell of St. Rose RCC), team driven by Levi Tice (owned by the Company), small bay horse (O.N. Perry), sorrel (Mr. Lanternman), black carriage horse (John Bennett), wild Western Mustangs (brought to Buttzville for sale, one purchased by John Sohner), black Iowan horses (Joe Scranton or Joseph Henry Scranton), Store wagon horses (driven by James O'Brien), 7 and 5 mule/horse teams; "Oxford Industries"-- iron mines, silk mill
447	29 Jan 1939	"Old Oxford Days--Do You Remember When?" (Clinton E. Weston); "The 'Centennial' in 1878" (George S. Humphreys)
448	5 Feb 1939	"Genealogy of the Abram Pittenger Family, by his son" (Benjamin R. Pittenger); "Jumbo" (Edwin G. Perkins)
449	12 Feb 1939	Letter from Dr. George Keim, Chairman of the State Commission on Historic Sites to editor; "More about horses and Drivers" (Patrick Kempsey)-- response to Edwin Perkins' article (Bulletin #446), David Smith, Mr. Morgan
450	19 Feb 1939	"Mrs. Caroline Stout Zulauf"; "Old Oxford Days, Miss Edna M. Weston" (Clinton E. Weston)
451	26 Feb 1939	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); "Sykes Gap" (George S. Humphrey)
452	5 Mar 1939	"In re Furnace Appropriation"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
453	12 Mar 1939	"Horses Galore" (Samuel J. Cooper)-- referencing Edwin Perkins' article (Bulletin 446)
454	19 Mar 1939	"Horses Galore" (continued from Bulletin 453)
455	26 Mar 1939	"Miss Frances DeWitt Person"; "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); local library
456	2 Apr 1939	"Sykes Gap" (James E. Loder, written c. 1878); "Notes by Abram Pittenger"
457	9 Apr 1939	"Sykes Gap" (James E. Loder, continued from Bulletin 456)
458	16 Apr 1939	"Spending the Day" (Edwin C. Perkins)
459	23 Apr 1939	"Pittenger Family Genealogy" (Benjamin R. Pittenger); "Old Oxford Days" (Edward F. Stout)
460	30 Apr 1939	"More About Horses" (George S. Humphrey)-- in response to Edwin Perkins & Samuel Cooper's articles (Bulletins 446, 449, 454)
461	7 May 1939	This bulletin was assembled out of order. "Old Oxford Sketches" (Edwin E. Perkins)-- "Old Stone Chapel", "Oxford's First Singing School"
463	14 May 1939	"Historical Notes"-- Mrs. E.G. Smith, mining, relations to Samuel Green, and Smith & Landis families; Reference to Thomas Jefferson's letter while he was an Ambassador to France
467	11 June 1939	"Philip W. Henry Honored"
468	18 June 1939	"Warren County's Celebration of the National Centennial, on Tues., July 4th, 1876"
469	25 June 1939	"Mansion Houses of Selden T. Scranton"--referencing clipping from Washington Star newspaper dating 13 Dec 1909, architecture of "Chestnut Grove", then owned by Joseph Henry Scranton; "Prof. Kruppleberg, Music Master" (Edwin E. Perkins)--music teacher from Hackettstown, Perkins family (Nailer's Row near Nail Factory)
470	2 July 1939	"Old Stone Houses"; "Extracts from Centennial Address of Col. Charles Scranton, 1876" (brief note mentioned in Bulletin 468).
471	9 July 1939	"Some Old Deeds"---Morris Robeson (1816), Furnace Tract for sale (1829), Tacy Robeson to son William Penn Robeson and son-in-law John P.B. Maxwell (1834), William P. Robeson and wife to George W. and Selden T. Scranton (1846), and so on; "Old Oxford Days-- 'Burglary at Oxford'" (Clinton E. Weston); mention of Grace Scranton (granddaughter of George W. Scranton)
472	16 July 1939	"Documents for a History of Old Oxford Furnace"
473	23 July 1939	"Documents for a History of the Old Oxford Furnace" (A.G. Yount, continued from Bulletin 472)
474	6 Aug 1939	"Reunion Address" (Miss Matilda Dreisbach)-- mention of Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Lukens, Mrs. Fowler (boarding house matron), Mrs. Searing (daughter of Col. Charles Scranton), and others.
475	13 Aug 1939	"Documents for a History of the old Oxford Furnace" (A.G. Yount)-- concluded from Bulletin No. 473--Shippens to Scrantons
476	27 Aug 1939	"Hillside Cemetery" (Clinton E. Weston, President)
477	3 Sept 1939	"Catalan Forge"-- in reference to Bulletin No. 107 (2/14/1932)
478	10 Sept 1939	"Daisy and Fly" (Cortland F. Cook)
479	17 Sept 1939	"Margaret (Peggy) Shippen"-- 2nd wife of Benedict Arnold A marriage certificate for Joseph W. Shippen and Martha Axford has not been located. In some contemporary references, they are mentioned as "married", but it could have been within the Quaker faith or as common law.
480	24 Sept 1939	"Old Oxford Days-- Company Farms" (Clinton E. Weston)
481	1 Oct 1939	"Letter from Dr. Geo. DeB. Keim Chairman of the State Committee on Historic Sites"-- reference to letter on 13 Sept 1939, hoping to get work done on the old furnace; "Letter from Mr. G.S. Humphrey, written at Cortland, N.Y., Sept. 17"--Sullivan Expedition (reference to prior article in an unidentified bulletin and an 1879 book at the State Library), possible use of artillery ("connon balls and shells") from Oxford
482	8 Oct 1939	"Merits of the Old Oxford Furnace as an historic Relic"-- State Commission on Historic Sites (1935)-- preservation of Furnace; merits of Furnace listed (1-8) Regarding #3, there has been a reference in a book that stated that Robeson changed the formula of the iron so it couldn't be made into cannonballs during the French & Indian War. We also do not have documentation regarding the Revolution or Civil War. Until written documentation is discovered showing orders for cannonballs, shot, or shells, we cannot verify nor confirm. We have checked with the curator of the Durham furnace, and they cannot say with certainty that cannonballs were shipped from Oxford to Philadelphia or England as stated in #4.
483	15 Oct 1939	"Old Oxford Days, Livery Stables and A Cow Barn" (Clinton E. Weston)
485	29 Oct 1939	"Letter from Dr. Geo. DeB. Keim, Chairman of the State Commission on Historic Sites, to the Editor"-- regarding appropriation of $2000 for the Furnace; visit of Mr. F.H. Kingsbury to Oxford; "Old Oxford Days-- School Days" (Clinton E. Weston)-- referencing the old Academy (Academy St.) burning down 15 years prior, mention of teachers
486	5 Nov 1939	"Musical Talent in Oxford Sixty years ago" (George R. Searling, Jr.)
487	12 Nov 1939	"Ten Years of the Bulletin"
488	19 Nov 1939	"Older Oxford Days Apologies to Mr. Weston" (George S. Humphrey)-- old academy, Jennie Scranton Jane "Jennie" Henry Scranton Roe (1847-1918), daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry Scranton
489	26 Nov 1939	"Old Oxford Days-- Railroads" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Scranton & Platt, Slocum Hollow (later Scranton, PA), Lackawanna Valley (PA), "T" rail, Leggitts [Leggett's] Gap Railway (between NY and PA), Warren Railroad, DL&W Railroad, Oxford train station, original road bed through Oxford, Oxford Tunnel, Samuel Sloan (railroad president)
490	3 Dec 1939	"Fatal Explosion, Old Furnace, 1857, a Letter from George W. Scranton"-- explosion at the old furnace on 25 Sept 1857, original letter was in possession of George S. Humphrey, Col. Scranton's house in Scranton, DL&W Railroad
491	10 Dec 1939	"Irvin B. Petty", "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
492	17 Dec 1939	"That Escapade in the Old School House" (George S. Humphrey), "Reply" (Edwin C. Perkins)
493	24 Dec 1939	"Christmas in the 80's and 90's" (Edwin C. Perkins)
494	31 Dec 1939	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
495	7 Jan 1940	"More Historical Data" (Benjamin R. Pittenger)-- Forge on Paulin's Kill (1790), old Stout Graveyard (East Amwell, Hunterdon Co.), Nancy Shippen's journal, old notes of Oxford Furnace, Richard Shackleton (manager of furnace for Shippens)
496	14 Jan 1940	"The Company Store at Christmas Time" (Edwin C. Perkins)-- description of interior of store, items sold, office of store manager
497	21 Jan 1940	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
498	28 Jan 1940	Letter from Dr. Keim (regarding the furnace); "More About the DL&W" (George Scranton Humphrey)
499	4 Feb 1940	"Home Remedies-- Reminiscences" (Edwin E. Perkins)
500	11 Feb 1940	"More Clerks in the Old Days" (George S. Humphrey)
501	18 Feb 1940	"Memories of the old Brick School House" (Anna Badrow Gehman); "Sam Sloan" (George S. Humphrey) Old brick schoolhouse is most likely the old Academy
502	25 Feb 1950	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)--referenced Bulletin No. 499
503	3 Mar 1940	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); "The Lukens Band" (Edwin C. Perkins) Edmund Lukens was married to Mary Elizabeth Scranton, daughter of Col. Charles Scranton and Jane Henry Scranton.
504	10 Mar 1940	"A Summer Vacation" (Cortland F. Cook)
505	17 Mar 1940	Lukens Band (referenced); "A Book - Slate Reports"
506	24 Mar 1940	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
507	31 Mar 1940	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston); "More Home Remedies" (Samuel J. Cooper)
508	7 Apr 1940	"The Missing Knife" (Edwin C. Perkins)
509	14 Apr 1940	"The Republican Phalanx" (1883)
510	21 Apr 1940	"The Shippen Manor in N.Y. Sun"; "Oxford School Teachers, 1903-5"
512	5 May 1940	"More about the Phalanx" (Charles S. Aitkin)
513	12 May 1940	"Oxford Pictures"
518	16 June 1940	"A Letter from Mr. Chris Arroe"-- recollections from his youth, Oxford Iron & Nail Factory, the mules
519	23 June 1940	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
520	30 June 1940	"Address - July 4 - 1827 - Oxford"; "Oxford Railroad Notes"
521	7 July 1940	"An Oxford Centenary"-- 1840-1940, Scrantons & old furnace, building 2nd Presbyterian Church in Oxford (1848), German Reform, St. Rose and Danish Lutheran churches,
522	14 July 1940	"Who Built the Old Mansion House?"-- PA Historical Society (Philadelphia) & fireback (1754), furnace, Jonathan Robeson's deed (1749) conveying interest to Dr. Shippen, Sr. interest in furnace tract and furnace, Shippen brothers, Jonathan Robeson transference to son in will (1766), old stone Post Office was original small manor house (burned in 1881), "Gentleman Joe" Shippen Old stone post office was located at the southeast corner of the Shippen property, near the intersection of Wall, Washington & Belvidere.
523	21 July 1940	"Reunion Address" (Harvey H. Stout)-- old stone Post Office, "Fowler's Hill" (most likely the property of Shippen Manor), old Company Store (and burglary)
524	28 July 1940	"An Oxford Entertainment, 1878" (Mrs. Henry Zulauf)-- Presbyterians helped build new Methodist church (formerly on Church Street)
525	11 Aug 1940	"The Diary of Mrs. August Badrow" (Miss Evelyn L. Gehman); "Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
526	25 Aug 1940	"'National Camp' visits Oxford"; "The Cornwall Furnace" (PA) This also mentions that although the Cornwall Furnace can claim to have made cannon and balls during the Revolution, the Oxford Furnace cannot prove it did for certain
527	8 Sept 1940	"Pranks" (George S. Humphrey)
528	15 Sept 1940	"Mr. Harvey Stout, a Letter" (Bulletin No. 525), "Old Furnace relics"-- head of nail key, rail spike, hot-blast pipe, pig irons and cannon balls, firebacks (dating back to 1754) We know that firebacks were made as far back as the 1740s.
529	22 Sept 1940	"Edmund T. Lukens"-- obituary
530	29 Sept 1940	"Mr. Philip Walter Henry Writes" (son of E.T. Henry)-- Oxford Iron Co., William Henry Scranton, P.W. Henry; "Edmund Taylor Lukens-- Obituary" (George S. Humphrey)-- father-in-law of Humphrey, DL&W, 2nd Presbyterian Church elder & organist, musician, family
531	6 Oct 1940	"The Oxford Public Library"; "Mr. Humphrey Writes..."
532	13 Oct 1940	"William H. Scranton-- a Tribute"; "Letter from Selden H. Kingsbury"
533	20 Oct 1940	"The Founding of Scranton, PA"
534	27 Oct 1940	"Old Oxford Days-- Nails" (Clinton E. Weston)
535	3 Nov 1940	"Colored Residents of Oxford" (George S. Humphrey);-- "Pheezer" Huff, Anson White [Civil War Veteran], Georgia "Georgie" Anson, John Depp...
536	10 Nov 1940	"Miss Gertrude Lukens, Obit." [She was the daughter of Edmund and Mary Elizabeth Scranton Lukens]
539	1 Dec 1940	"Old Oxford Days-- The Anson White Family" (Clinton E. Weston)-- Anson White, Sr., William White, Edward White
540	8 Dec 1940	"George Scranton Humphey"; Letter to Dr. Yount from Mrs. Hadley from her father's bedside
541	15 Dec 1940	"Tribute to Mr. [George Scranton] Humphrey" (Clinton E. Weston)
543	29 Dec 1940	"The Unfolding Years" (Edwin C. Perkins)
544	5 Jan 1941	"Old Oxford Days" (Clinton E. Weston)
545	12 Jan 1941	"November" (Edwin C. Perkins)-- Tunnel Hill Way, Jackson's Valley, Lanterman, Jim Allen's Drug Store, Stave Shed (near Nail Factory), Plate & Puddle Mills, Old Furnace and other recollections from the 1880s and 1890s
546	19 Jan 1941	"A Treasured Memory of Mr. Selden T. and Mrs. Ellen Scranton" (Mrs. Minnie Badrow Hahn); "Warren County Rod & Gun Club, #5" (Claude G. Crarup, President)
547	26 Jan 1941	"The Oxford Phalanx Society" (Edwin C. Perkins); "A Relic of the Nail Works"
548	2 Feb 1941	"Old Oxford Days-- A Winter Idyl" (Clinton E. Weston)
549	9 Feb 1941	"The Games We Played" (Edwin C. Perkins); "Jacob W. Dernberger"
550	13 Feb 1941	"The Moral Law" (Editor)

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