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When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story: Amy Walker Cheston
When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story: PLG - Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, October 1801
Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, October 1801
This poll list is for an 1801 state election held at the Rocky Hill Inn in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. The election determined annual officeholders for the New Jersey State Assembly and Legislative Council, and for the Somerset County Sheriff and Coroner. The poll list includes the names of 343 total voters. At least 46 of the voters are women (about 14 percent of the voters on the list). It also includes the names of at least four free Black male voters. One voter is identified as Black on the poll list with the word “negro” next to his name.
There are a number of voters on this list who have yet to be identified. As the Museum of the American Revolution continues its research, please contact us if you know more about any of the voters. Share your research with us.
Washington's Field Headquarters: George Washington’s Sleeping Marquee
Click on the numbers here to learn more about the components of the tent and to see images of the original objects and paintings that helped us build this replica.
When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story: Catherine Helms
Picturing Washington's Army: Map of West Point | Hudson Highlands
This map from 1783 shows the American fortifications in place at West Point. The yellow point indicates the location where Pierre Charles L’Enfant stood to paint his panorama of West Point.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Picturing Washington's Army: Map of West Point | Headquarters
This map from 1783 shows the American fortifications in place at West Point. The yellow point indicates the location where Pierre Charles L’Enfant stood to paint his panorama of West Point.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Picturing Washington's Army: Map of West Point | Fort Clinton and Constitution Island
This map from 1783 shows the American fortifications in place at West Point. The yellow point indicates the location where Pierre Charles L’Enfant stood to paint his panorama of West Point.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Picturing Washington's Army: Map of West Point | Continental Army
This map from 1783 shows the American fortifications in place at West Point. The yellow point indicates the location where Pierre Charles L’Enfant stood to paint his panorama of West Point.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Picturing Washington's Army: Map of West Point
This map from 1783 shows the American fortifications in place at West Point. The yellow point indicates the location where Pierre Charles L’Enfant stood to paint his panorama of West Point.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Finding Freedom: London - Troop Return of the American Legion
London arrived in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1783 with fellow members of the American Legion, a Loyalist military unit. This list of troops in the American Legion from 1785 records that London, then called London York, died at some point between 1783 and 1785. Like many other formerly enslaved men and women who resettled in Canada, London may have died due to sickness caused by the harsh living conditions and cold weather. Unfortunately, London died prior to receiving a plot of land in New Brunswick on which he could live as a free man.
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108 Land Petitions: Original Series