Jonathan Pitney, M.D., Fifty Years of Progress on the Coast of New Jersey

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Excerpt from Jonathan Pitney, M.D., Fifty Years of Progress on the Coast of New Jersey: Prepared at the Request of the New Jersey Historical Society, and Read at Their Meeting in the City of Newark, May 20, 1886 It has been suggested to erect in Atlantic City a statue, or a monument to the memory of Jonathan Pitney. Atlantic City itself is his monument. In a brief biographical sketch in 1848 he wrote to his son thus: "About one hundred and fifty years ago, as near as I can ascertain, my great-grandfather and his brother came to this country from England, to enjoy civil and religious liberty, of which they were deprived at home. My grandfather was born in Morris county. At the commencement of the Revolutionary War he was an ardent Whig. He, and a preacher by the name of Kennedy, traversed the county to encourage the people to resistance and the young men to enlist in the cause of the country. By this means he became obnoxious to the Tories, who twice plundered his house of all they could carry off, and finally, in controversy with a Tory, he received a blow from which he died. My maternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War at Haddonfield and Red Bank, and served during the War. His brothers were all soldiers, one died early at Ticonderoga. My father was too young to be engaged in the service of the country in the Revolutionary War. I was born and educated in Morris County. In 1820 I removed to this county and have resided here since." Jonathan, the Son of Shubal and Jane Pitney, was born in Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, October 29, 1797. He received a part of his early education at Fairchild's Academy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.