Chatham Borough, New Jersey

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Chatham, New Jersey
—  Borough  —
Location of Chatham in Morris County and inset, location of Morris County, highlighted in the state of New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Chatham, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°44′26″N 74°23′04″W / 40.740686°N 74.38448°W / 40.740686; -74.38448Coordinates: 40°44′26″N 74°23′04″W / 40.740686°N 74.38448°W / 40.740686; -74.38448[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Morris
Settled 1710 (as a colonial village)
Incorporated August 19, 1892 (as N.J. village)
Reincorporated March 1, 1897 (as N.J. borough)
Government[3]
 • Type Borough type of government
 • Mayor Bruce A. Harris (term ends December 31, 2015)[4][5]
 • Administrator Robert Falzarano[6]
 • Clerk Susan Caljean[7]
Area[2]
 • Total 2.425 sq mi (6.281 km2)
 • Land 2.373 sq mi (6.147 km2)
 • Water 0.052 sq mi (0.134 km2)  2.13%
Area rank 378th of 566 in state
32nd of 39 in county[2]
Elevation[8] 233 ft (71 m)
Population (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
 • Total 8,962
 • Rank 256th of 566 in state
21st of 39 in county[12]
 • Density 3,776.1/sq mi (1,458.0/km2)
 • Density rank 166th of 566 in state
5th of 39 in county[12]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07928[13]
Area code(s) 973
FIPS code 3402712100[14][2][15]
GNIS feature ID 0885182[16][2]
Website http://www.chathamborough.org

Chatham is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, Chatham's population was 8,962,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 502 (+5.9%) from the 8,460 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 453 (+5.7%) from the 8,007 counted in the 1990 Census.[17]

The community that now is Chatham was first settled by Europeans in 1710 within a British colonial governmental division called Morris Township, within what was then the Province of New Jersey. The community was settled because the site already was the location of an important crossing of the Passaic River as well as being close to a gap in the Watchung Mountains and on the path of a well-worn Native American trail. Changing its name to Chatham by 1773, its residents were active participants in the American Revolutionary War.

During the evolution of governmental organization following the revolution that ended in 1783, Chatham Township was formed on February 12, 1806, taking its name from this pre-revolutionary village, founded in 1710, that had adopted the name of Chatham in 1773. The new township included the present-day borough, the village of Chatham founded under colonial government, within its boundary along with several other pre-revolutionary communities and large areas of unsettled lands connecting or adjacent to them. On August 19, 1892, based on a referendum held ten days earlier, Chatham adopted a new village form of government allowed within townships in the new state after the revolution. Chatham later reincorporated for governance as an independent borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1897, replacing its village form of government and becoming independent of the surrounding township.[18]

Because Chatham covers less than 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), including a central business district and railroad station within about a mile from its farthest boundary, it is a pedestrian-friendly community.

In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Chatham ninth on its annual list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States.[19] New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Chatham as its twenty-fifth best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[20]

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Geography [edit]

Chatham is located at 40°44′26″N 74°23′04″W / 40.740686°N 74.38448°W / 40.740686; -74.38448 (40.740686,-74.38448). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.425 square miles (6.281 km2), of which, 2.373 square miles (6.147 km2) of it is land and 0.052 square miles (0.134 km2) of it (2.13%) is water.[1][2]

Chatham is located 25 miles (40 km) west of New York City on the eastern edge of Morris County. Chatham's neighboring communities are Summit, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Long Hill Township, Chatham Township, Harding Township, Madison, Florham Park, Morristown, New Vernon, Short Hills, Millburn, and Livingston.

The Passaic River, which rises in Mendham and defines the Great Swamp, flows north along the eastern boundary of Chatham. A good crossing location, identified by Amerindians to early European settlers, figured significantly in the colonial history of the community. Fairmount Avenue ascends Long Hill perpendicularly from Main Street in the contemporary center of town to the highest elevation of the town among the Watchung Mountains. From there one may see the lights of New York beyond the crest of the ridge hills of Summit and Short Hills. Water from artesian wells is stored at its crest to provide the drinking water for the community.

A portion of the Great Swamp extends to the southern boundary of Chatham and other marshes surround the community to the north and northwest. The marshes and brooks in the area contain water draining from the plateau of Morristown and many points to the north and west. All are remnants of a massive lake that covered the area following the retreat of the Wisconsin glacier of the last Ice age. Residents of Chatham were among those in the late 1950s who formed the Jersey Jetport Site Association and instigated the preservation of the Great Swamp when the New York Port Authority sought to turn it into a massive regional airport.[21] They later were joined by the North American Wildlife Foundation that completed the acquisition of enough of the Great Swamp to protect the massive natural resource as a federal park.

The Great Swamp is a major watershed and a significant resting point for migratory birds. The core of the swamp was purchased with the help of Geraldine R. Dodge and Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Sr.. Several other members of the organization, including two residents of Chatham, Kafi Benz and Esty Weiss, who were students at the nearby campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, began to infiltrate the administration of Austin Joseph Tobin, the executive director of the Port Authority. They attended meetings scheduled quietly to garner the support of union workers—once inside the meetings they provided pamphlets in opposition to the project—infuriating the port authority administration. Eventually other organizations formed to join the opposition to the plans for the airport and finally, a majority of the swamp was assembled to be donated to the federal government to become a National Wildlife Refuge. Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy, lent his support to the local efforts to save the swamp while he served as U.S. Representative from Arizona, making recommendations to the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration to lend their support also, and on November 3, 1960, the legislation creating the refuge was passed by an act of the United States Congress.[22][23]

Being only 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2) in area, Chatham was mostly built out well before World War II, retaining its charming homes that sometimes display the dates of their construction during the colonial and revolutionary times.

Weather [edit]

Chatham has a humid subtropical climate and is slightly more variant (lows are colder, highs are warmer) than its neighbor 20 miles (32 km) east: New York City.

Climate data for Chatham (07928, includes Chatham Township)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 73
(23)		 76
(24)		 89
(32)		 96
(36)		 97
(36)		 102
(39)		 103
(39)		 110
(43)		 99
(37)		 93
(34)		 84
(29)		 76
(24)		 110
(43)
Average high °F (°C) 39
(4)		 42
(6)		 51
(11)		 62
(17)		 72
(22)		 81
(27)		 86
(30)		 84
(29)		 77
(25)		 66
(19)		 55
(13)		 44
(7)		 63
(17)
Average low °F (°C) 18
(−8)		 20
(−7)		 29
(−2)		 38
(3)		 48
(9)		 57
(14)		 62
(17)		 61
(16)		 53
(12)		 40
(4)		 33
(1)		 24
(−4)		 40
(4)
Record low °F (°C) −25
(−32)		 −26
(−32)		 −6
(−21)		 12
(−11)		 25
(−4)		 31
(−1)		 41
(5)		 35
(2)		 26
(−3)		 13
(−11)		 −5
(−21)		 −16
(−27)		 −26
(−32)
Precipitation inches (mm) 4.13
(104.9)		 3.00
(76.2)		 4.17
(105.9)		 4.22
(107.2)		 4.74
(120.4)		 4.41
(112)		 4.73
(120.1)		 4.74
(120.4)		 5.03
(127.8)		 4.18
(106.2)		 4.41
(112)		 3.85
(97.8)		 51.61
(1,310.9)
Source: [24]

Demographics [edit]

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1890 780
—
1900 1,361 74.5%
1910 1,874 37.7%
1920 2,421 29.2%
1930 3,869 59.8%
1940 4,888 26.3%
1950 7,391 51.2%
1960 9,517 28.8%
1970 9,566 0.5%
1980 8,537 −10.8%
1990 8,007 −6.2%
2000 8,460 5.7%
2010 8,962 5.9%
Est. 2011 9,012 [25] 0.6%
Population sources:
1890-1910[26] 1910-1930[27]
1900-1990[28][29] 2000[30][31] 2010[9][10][11]

2010 Census [edit]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 8,962 people, 3,073 households, and 2,397 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,776.1 inhabitants per square mile (1,458.0 /km2). There were 3,210 housing units at an average density of 1,352.5 per square mile (522.2 /km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.13% (8,167) White, 0.99% (89) Black or African American, 0.20% (18) Native American, 4.85% (435) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.00% (90) from other races, and 1.82% (163) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.10% (457) of the population.[9]

There were 3,073 households out of which 48.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.37.[9]

In the borough the population was spread out with 33.5% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.0 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.[9]

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $143,281 (with a margin of error of +/- $14,294) and the median family income was $164,805 (+/- $12,245). Males had a median income of $127,906 (+/- $13,208) versus $59,271 (+/- $14,990) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $64,950 (+/- $5,936). About 0.4% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.3% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.[32]

2000 Census [edit]

As of the 2000 United States Census[14] there were 8,460 people, 3,159 households, and 2,385 families. The population density was 3,505.9 people per square mile (1,355.4/km2). There were 3,232 housing units at an average density of 1,339.4 per square mile (517.8/km2). The racial makeup of was 95.79% White, 0.14% African American, 0.06% Native American, 2.81% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.50% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.[30][31]

There were 3,159 households out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.14.[30][31]

The population was spread out with 28.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.[30][31]

The median income for a household was $101,991, and the median income for a family was $119,635. Males had a median income of $81,543 versus $59,063 for females. The per capita income was $53,027. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.[30][31]

Government [edit]

Chatham municipal government building
Chatham Firehouse Plaza

Post-revolution local government [edit]

Chatham is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a mayor and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[3][33]

As of 2012, the Mayor of Chatham is Bruce A. Harris (whose term of office ends December 31, 2015). Members of the borough council are James J. Collander (R, 2013), Victoria Fife (R, 2013), Gerald Helfrich (R, 2014), John Holman (R, 2012), James K. Lonergan (R, 2014) and Len Resto (R, 2012).[34][35]

Federal, state, and county representation [edit]

Chatham is located in the 11th Congressional District[36] and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district.[10][37][38] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Chatham had been in the 26th state legislative district.[39]

New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District is represented by Rodney Frelinghuysen (R, Harding Township).[40] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

The 21st Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Thomas Kean, Jr. (R, Westfield) and in the General Assembly by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit).[41] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township).[42] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[43]

Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders, who are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.[44] As of 2011, Morris County's Freeholders are Freeholder Director William J. Chegwidden (Wharton),[45] Deputy Freeholder Director Douglas R. Cabana (Boonton Township),[46] Gene F. Feyl (Denville),[47] Ann F. Grassi (Parsippany-Troy Hills),[48] Thomas J. Mastrangelo (Montville),[49] John J. Murphy (Morris Township)[50] and Hank Lyon (Montville Township),[51][52]

Politics [edit]

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 5,750 registered voters in Chatham, of which 1,368 (23.8%) were registered as Democrats, 1,928 (33.5%) were registered as Republicans and 2,452 (42.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered to other parties.[53]

In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 50.2% of the vote here (2,413 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 48.4% (2,325 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (44 votes), among the 4,807 ballots cast by the borough's 5,975 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.5%.[54] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 56.7% of the vote here (2,678 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John Kerry with 42.3% (1,995 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (28 votes), among the 4,721 ballots cast by the borough's 6,084 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 77.6.[55]

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 56.6% of the vote here (1,892 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 32.7% (1,092 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 9.7% (325 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (14 votes), among the 3,344 ballots cast by the borough's 5,831 registered voters, yielding a 57.3% turnout.[56]

Education [edit]

Public schools [edit]

Main article: School District of the Chathams

Chatham and Chatham Township held elections in November 1986 to consider joining their separate school systems into a joint district. This proposal was supported by the voters and since then, the two municipalities have shared a regionalized school district, the School District of the Chathams.[57]

Private schools [edit]

Saint Patrick School, founded in 1872, serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, operating under the direction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.[58]

History [edit]

Occupied for thousands of years by Native Americans, this land was overseen by clans of the Lenni-Lenape, who farmed, fished, and hunted upon it. They were organized into a matrilineal agricultural and mobile hunting society sustained with fixed, but not permanent, settlements in their clan territories. Villages were established and relocated as the clans farmed new sections of the land when soil fertility lessened and moved among their fishing and hunting grounds.

In 1498, John Cabot explored this portion of the New World. The area was claimed as a part of the Dutch New Netherland province, where active trading in furs took advantage of the natural pass west, but, the Lenape prevented permanent settlement beyond what is now Jersey City. Although rapid exhaustion of the local beaver population soon turned the Dutch interests much farther north, contention existed between the Dutch and the British over the rights to this land and battles ensued. Passing to the rule of the British in 1664 as the Province of New Jersey, and becoming one of its original thirteen colonies, marks the beginning of permanent European settlements on this land.

Having been part of the New Netherland territory, dating from 1614, New Jersey became a British colony at the fall of New Amsterdam in 1664. The land that would become Chatham was part of the Province of East Jersey; the Indian rights to Chatham were purchased in 1680 from members of the Minsi and Lenni Lenape tribes. They spoke an Algonquian language. They hunted and fished in the area and farmed on the lands of their settlements. The area was well connected with established paths among their settlements, to and from bountiful resources, and to neighboring settlements. Safe passageways through the valleys, marshes, swamps, and mountains of this portion of the Watchung Mountains connected the area which would become Chatham with other settlements in the area. Except for highways built since the 1970s and a shunpike built to avoid tolls on the roads connecting the colonial settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill, the roads of the area follow those time proven, long trodden trails made by the Indians. Main Street rises from a shallow crossing of the Passaic River and, after traveling through what became the settlements of Chatham and Bottle Hill (which became Madison), the road follows a westward path that leads to the top of the plateau on which Morristown was founded.

In 1680, the British first purchased this Lenape land upon which John Day made the first European settlement in 1710. He chose to settle upon the western bank of the Fishawack Crossing (of the Passaic River) on the traditional Lenape Minisink Trail. Chatham was in the area delineated as Morris Township by the English. The landing at that location was the best place to ford the river and always had been used by the Lenape on their route to the Hudson River and south from their hunting grounds in what is now Sussex County. That traditional part of the Great Trail would become Route 24, leading to Madison, Morristown, Mendham, and Chester, it became known as Main Street in Chatham.

Old Mill at Chatham, from a 1911 postcard

Before long, the village became known as John Day's Bridge because of a bridge he built across the river at the shallow landing. By 1750, the village had a blacksmith shop as well as a flour mill, a grist mill, and a lumber mill.

In 1773, the village was renamed to "Chatham" to honor a member of the British Parliament, William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, who was an outspoken advocate of the rights of the colonists in America.[59]

The citizens of Chatham were active participants in the American Revolutionary War and nearby Morristown became the military center of the revolution. Washington twice established his winter headquarters in Morristown and revolutionary troops were active regularly in the entire area. The Lenape assisted the colonists, supplying the revolutionary army with warriors and scouts in exchange for food supplies and the promise of a role at the head of a future native American state. The Treaty of Easton signed by the Lenape and the British in 1766 had required that the Lenape move to Pennsylvania. Wanting to recoup rights lost thereby to the British, the Lenape were the first tribe to enter into a treaty with the emerging government of the United States.[60]

The Watchung mountain range was a strategic asset in the war, acting as a natural barrier to the British troops and providing a vantage point for Washington to monitor their troop movements. The Minisink Trail and the village bridge provided a route for essential supplies across the river and through the mountain range.

A graphic presentation of the importance of this pass from a site about Morristown, where arrows are pointing from Morristown and New York City to demonstrate how vital the Hobart Gap was as the only pass through the Watchung Mountains, is displayed to the right.[61]

Seventeen letters were written by Washington while he stayed at a homestead in Chatham and the village was the site of several skirmishes, as residents and the rebel army held off British advances, preventing them from attacking Washington's supplies at Morristown.

In 1779, a printing press was established in the village of Chatham by Shepard Kollock. From his workshop, he published books,[62] pamphlets, and the New Jersey Journal (the third newspaper published in New Jersey)[63] conducting lively debates about the efforts for independence and boosting the morale of the troops and their families with information derived directly from Washington's headquarters in nearby Morristown. Kollock's paper was published until 1992 as the Elizabeth Daily Journal (having moved to there) and was the fourth oldest newspaper published continuously in the United States.[64]

After the Revolutionary War was over in 1783, governmental reforms were instituted throughout the new nation and the state of New Jersey. Establishment of new forms of government began slowly and cautiously. There was a certain amount of trial and error. In 1806, the village of Chatham became part of a township form of government that took the village's name as part of its name, but included several other area communities and a large amount of unsettled land. However, "[i]n 1892 Chatham Village found itself at odds with the rest of the township. Although village residents paid 40 percent of the township taxes, they got only 7 percent of the receipts in services. The village had to raise its own money to install kerosene street lamps and its roads were in poor repair. As a result, the village voted on August 9, 1892, to secede from governance by the township."[59]

Ten days later, on August 19, 1892, the citizens of Chatham reincorporated with another type of village government then offered as an alternative by the new state. With the introduction of yet another new form of local government in New Jersey, five years later, the village reincorporated their local government as a borough on March 1, 1897.[18]

In 1910, Chatham also acquired a slice of Florham Park to enlarge farther.[18] The local form of government and the boundaries of Chatham have remained the same since that acquisition, making it about 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2).

Transportation [edit]

Chatham railroad station

New Jersey Transit stops at the Chatham station to provide commuter service on the Morristown Line, with trains heading to the Hoboken Terminal and to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

NJ Transit local bus service is provided on the MCM3 and MCM8 routes.[65]

Bus lines also connect Chatham with the other towns along Route 24 from Newark to Morristown, mostly running parallel to the train lines. Nowadays, buses transport people along the line, but stagecoaches and trolleys were mass transit methods once used along the route that followed Main Street. That section of the old route now is labeled Route 124 because of the opening of a new Route 24, a modern highway. The destruction of the historic downtown by a proposed widening of the historic route was opposed and after much debate, an alternate route was chosen to preserve the historic downtowns of Chatham and Madison. The last rails for the trolley system were removed from the area roads in the 1950s.[citation needed]

Library [edit]

Library of the Chathams

Chatham Library was founded in 1908 in downtown Chatham after decades of discussion and planning. Growth of the collection brought about expansion and movement to progressively larger facilities until the current building was built on Main Street. The new site was chosen after the Fairview Hotel, which had been on the site, burned down. The hotel land was bought in the early 1920s by Charles L. Lum, after whose family Lum Avenue is named, and a brick building was constructed to house the library. The new Chatham Library was dedicated and opened to the public in 1924.

A referendum was placed on the November 1974 ballot regarding jointure, providing that the Chatham Library would serve Chatham Township residents also, and the measure passed. The library was renamed as the Library of The Chathams, which now is administered by six trustees, who are appointed jointly through the two governments via the mayors of Chatham and Chatham Township or their representatives, as well as a representative from the newly created joint School District of the Chathams.[66]

The Library of The Chathams joined the Morris Automated Information Network (MAIN), an electronic database linking together all the public libraries in Morris County, in 1985. Recently, an expansion costing nearly $4,000,000 was completed (with the governments of Chatham and Chatham Township contributing a combined $2,000,000). The project was completed and the new addition dedicated on January 11, 2004.[66]

Sister city [edit]

Chatham has one sister city:

Notable people [edit]

Notable current and former residents of Chatham include:

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Historical research resources [edit]

  • Anderson, John R. Shepard Kollock: Editor for Freedom. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham Historical Society, 1975.
  • Cunningham, John T. Chatham: At the Crossing of the Fishawack. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham Historical Society, 1967.
  • Philhower, Charles A., Brief History of Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914.
  • Thayer, Theodore. Colonial and Revolutionary Morris County. The Morris County Heritage Commission. (government publication)
  • Vanderpoel, Ambrose Ely. History of Chatham, New Jersey. New York: Charles Francis Press, 1921. Reprint. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham Historical Society, 1959.
  • White, Donald Wallace. A Village at War: Chatham and the American Revolution. Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1979.
  • ______________. Chatham. Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing, 1997.
  • ______________. "Historic Minisink Trail". Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. 8, (January–October, 1923): 199-205.
  • ______________. "Indians of the Morris County Area". Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. 54 (October 1936): 248-267.
  • Design Guidelines Manual For Rehabilitation and Construction in the Main Street Historic District. Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham Borough Historic Preservation Commission, 1994. (government publication)

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