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Thursday, November 20, 2008

1913: I Agree With C.C. Abbott

There was a "battle of historians" back in the early part of the 20th century; a battle over for who founded the city of Trenton. On the one hand, due to his early settlement, Mahlon Stacy was declared by many to be the founder. On the other hand, and much more logically, William Trent established a little village changing the area from "Littleworth" to "Trent's Town."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe this gentleman's full name was Dr. Charles Conrad Abbott and not Conrad C. Abbott as noted in your archive.
Anonymous

Tom Glover said...

HELLO, ANONYMOUS. (THE COMMENT BELOW)
YOU ARE RIGHT. I AM FULLY AWARE THAT HIS FIRST NAME IS CHARLES. AN OBVIOUS GOOF ON MY INDEXING WHEREIN I SHOUD HAVE INDEXED IT AS "ABBOTT - CHARLES C."
THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THE ERROR.