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Commencement Exercises Class of June 1932 - Weehawken High School
Program from the Commencement Exercises held on June 28, 1932 for the Weehawken High School Class of 1932.
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David Hosack MD and Rutgers
This is an article about Dr. David Hosack, the doctor who tended to the wounds of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr here in Weehawken on July 11, 1804. It was published in New Jersey Medicine, the journal of the New Jersey Medical…
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Denning Duer, Jr.
Engraving and biography of Denning Duer, a distinguished US diplomat who was born September 15, 1850 in Weehawken. Both Duer Place and Denning Streets were named for Denning Duer, Sr. These pages are from Representative Citizens of Connecticut…
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Dr. David Hosack
Dr. David Hosack attended to Alexander Hamilton's wound after his duel with Aaron Burr. The following information, from The Princeton Companion was found by Weehawken Historical Commission member Lauren Sherman: Hosack, David Hosack, David…
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Duer Family Crest
Family crest of the Duers. Both Duer Place and Denning Streets were named for William Denning Duer, banker and son-in-law of James Gore King, owner of Hauxhurst and respected Weehawken resident. His son, Denning Duer, Jr., born in Weehawken, was in…
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E.A. Bodenmann - Business Directory of North Hudson - 1905
This photograph appeared in the Business Directory of North Hudson published in 1905 by the North Hudson Hospital Association which was raising money for the construction of a hospital for the North Hudson community.
Ernest A. Bodenmann, Inc., an…
Engraving - Dr. David Hosak
Engraving of David Hosack, MD, F.R.S., the physician who attended to Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804 in Weehawken, NJ. Eng. by A.B. Durand. From the collection of Lauren Sherman.
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Famous Weehawkenites: John Diebold
According to an obituary published in the New York Times on 12/27/2005... John Diebold was a visionary thinker whose early and persistent promotion of computers and other far-reaching innovations helped shape industrial development in America and…
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Steps to Weehawken up Palisades , Weehawken, N.J.
Hand colored photo postcard of old wooden steps up the Palisades. Horse drawn wagon at the bottom and a number of people on the steps. Postmarked…