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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 24, 18xx |
| From City | Harlem RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Tom's River |
| To State | NJ |
| Addressee | Committee for Building the Courthouse |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 56850 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
Lot 267 5c Red Brown (1). Cut in stamp, red "5" cancel, "Paid 5" partly under stamp, "Purdy's Station" (Westchester Co. N. Y.) and "Harlem, N. Y. R. R." cancels on cover to Toms River, N. J. clear and Scarce markings E . VII
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 30
Alexander listed as 5/24/xx
PF 56850 #1 genuine defective but did not originate on this cover
A Legislative Act signed on February 15, 1850, set off Ocean County from Monmouth County to address the needs of citizens south of the Manasquan River. Toms River was selected as the new county seat. The first organizational meeting of the Ocean County governing body was held on May 8, 1850 in a local tavern. Early in the formation of the county, the board of freeholders began searching for an appropriate location for its first governmental building.
Several lots in the Village of Toms River were offered by interested citizens for the county's first building, but the one chosen was "a lot on the center of my lands on the north side of the road from the meeting house to the Schenck's Mill Road ", a cornfield on what is now Washington Street. The lot was offered by Joseph Coward who was so pleased when his site was selected that he presented the Board with 6,000 bricks to start the construction. The building was finished in September 1851. With the new courthouse, all the official business of the County could be conducted in one building.
The courthouse is now on the National List of Historic Buildings.
The letter, therefore, was mailed in either 1850 or 1851.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 30
Alexander listed as 5/24/xx
PF 56850 #1 genuine defective but did not originate on this cover
A Legislative Act signed on February 15, 1850, set off Ocean County from Monmouth County to address the needs of citizens south of the Manasquan River. Toms River was selected as the new county seat. The first organizational meeting of the Ocean County governing body was held on May 8, 1850 in a local tavern. Early in the formation of the county, the board of freeholders began searching for an appropriate location for its first governmental building.
Several lots in the Village of Toms River were offered by interested citizens for the county's first building, but the one chosen was "a lot on the center of my lands on the north side of the road from the meeting house to the Schenck's Mill Road ", a cornfield on what is now Washington Street. The lot was offered by Joseph Coward who was so pleased when his site was selected that he presented the Board with 6,000 bricks to start the construction. The building was finished in September 1851. With the new courthouse, all the official business of the County could be conducted in one building.
The courthouse is now on the National List of Historic Buildings.
The letter, therefore, was mailed in either 1850 or 1851.
