Letters from Solitude

Description

The Red Mill Museum Village is pleased to announce that it will be offering its popular Revolutionary War lectures series through the winter and into the spring. Since 1999 the series has focused on military topics as they related to the Revolutionary War and its impact on the state of New Jersey and Hunterdon County. Speakers have included a variety of scholars, authors, re-enactors, teachers and historians.

The 2012 series is titled “A Community Divided-Patriot, Loyalist, Pacifist” and will focus on issues relating to the political choices Hunterdon County residents were forced to make and the consequences which followed these decisions. The lectures will take place at 8:00 p.m. and be held at the Clinton Community Center located on Halstead Street in Clinton, New Jersey. Due to the popularity of this lecture series, pre-registration is highly recommended. The registration fee for each lecture is $5/members and $6/nonmembers.

Requesting the Favor of your Friendly Assistance: Letters from Solitude
Presented By Donald Sherblom
March 6, 2012
8pm

Arrested in 1777 as Loyalists, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Chew and John Penn, the Governor of Pennsylvania wrote letters to describe their experiences at the Solitude House at the Union Iron Works. Though neither Chew nor Penn had been active Loyalists, they had both been arrested due to their political positions in prior governments. Donald Sherblom, a doctor of Political Science and President of the 1759 Vought House, will discuss the historical significance of these documents and how the letters aided in the release of these two men.