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Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Newark, N. J., May 16, 1895
SemiCentennial Celebration of the Founding of the New Jersey Historical Society at Newark N J May 16 1895 Author:New Jersey Historical Society General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: The Society Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can sel... more »ect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 1841-1859, and was distinguished for ability and generosity. In January, 1851, Daniel Haines was elected a member of the Committee, serving until January, 1855. He was born in New York city, January 6, 1801, son of Elias Haines, a native of Elizabeth, and descendant of the early settlers of that ancient town. His mother was Mary, daughter of Robert Ogden, of Sussex, and niece of Col. Aaron Ogden, of Elizabeth. Daniel Haines graduated from Princeton College in 1820, and having been admitted to the bar in 1823, began practice at Hamburg, Sussex county, which was thereafter his place of residence. He was elected Governor of New Jersey, in 1843, for one year, and again in 1847, for three years. In 1852 he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court, which office he held for fourteen years. While he was Governor he repeatedly urged upon the Legislature the importance of securing from England copies of the archives relating to New Jersey, and all his life evinced an intelligent interest in the objects of this Society. It was my good fortune to become very well acquainted with Governor Haines in 1875, and I learned to esteem him as an upright official, a conscientious citizen, a true friend and a Christian gentleman. He died at Hamburg, January 26, 1877. Of later members of the Committee I need only to remind you of the Rev. Andrew Bell Paterson, D. D., 1855- 1857, of Princeton, afterwards of Salem, and then of St. Paul, Minn.; Dudley S. Gregory, of Jersey City, for so many years identified with the railroad and ferry interests of that city, and who served on this Committee,...« less