Hackensack, NJ Community Message Boards

http://xrl.us/MainStHackStables


Seller's description:

"H. D. PARKER, DR." LIVERY, SALE AND BOARDING STABLES, 142 MAIN STREET, HACKENSACK, N.J. TERMS CASH OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. LIVERIED CHOACHMEN WHEN REQUIRED. INVOICE TO MR. GLASER, DATED MAY 15, 1902.



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(Both auctions are from the same seller)


1906 "Dear Mr Lobster" PC

http://xrl.us/DearMrLobster


Seller's description:

Subject:  "Comic" Dear Mr.Lobster formal dressed and standing on street looking for girls.

Artist:  Anonymous

Publisher:  A 514 All Rights Reserved

Divided Back:  No

Postmarked:  Hackensack, NJ, 1906 - The stamp is missing.



1907 Laughing Man Pc

http://xrl.us/LaughingManPC


Seller's Description:


Subject:  "Comic" Man with big mouth doubled over with laughter

Artist:  Anonymous

Publisher:  PBF Serie 6544

Divided Back:  Yes

Postmarked:  Hackensack, NJ, 1907



Both of these gems were mailed in Hackensack to the same woman on Anderson St in Hackensack.

Lucky her.



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http://xrl.us/HackCemeteryPlotz


Seller's description:

Located in North New Jersey, Bergen county.  Just five miles from Gorge Washington bridge and conveniently near New york City.  At the beautiful and quite historic Hackensack Cemetery.  Choose location in area of NJ where there are few plots left.  What is the remainder of family plots.  9 in Total = 6 spaces in front and 3 remaining in the back.  The original deed was purchased in 1881 and the last of distant ancestors where buried there in 1920's.  With the center head stone is well out of the way of the front six plots as you can see from the pictures. the address for Hackensack Cemetery is 323 Hackensack Ave   Hackensack, NJ 07601-6113    You can also Google map it and it will show satellite image of Cemetery. its really Neat!!! If you are interested in seeing the location. Contact New Jersey family member John at (973) 677 0073


Are there 8 other people who want to go in on this with me? He DID say "it's really neat!".............and it IS close to shopping!

(just kidding)


He's posted 11 pictures with the auction. I've posted 4 of them below and didn't blow them up or fix them.



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http://xrl.us/MistakeByTheLake


.......Minnesota (which, BTW, was founded by 2 guys from the REAL Hackensack).

This card has a 1959 PM and tons of 50s (and earlier) hipsterisms written in the message area.

Lucette is 17' tall and pretty homely, but don't say anything - she's got a much bigger boyfriend: the legendary Paul Bunyan!

She was erected in 1952 and appears to have elephantiasis of the right knee and no discernible hands. Mother Nature gave her a much-needed (and quite literal) facelift in 1991 when a stiff winter wind off Birch Lake blew her head off.

Fortunately, a new and better head was mounted just in time for Hackensack's annual Summer Sweetheart Days (third picture). They also gave her hands, but she still needs the knee reduction surgery.


Fortunately for me, nothing beats the original and that's why I'm glad to be in the REAL Hackensack.



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http://xrl.us/Hopper1770Will


Seller's description:

Last will and Testament of Garret Hoppe(r), 1770 " of " . . . New Barbadoes Neck in the County of Bergen, Eastern Division of New Jersey". Two and one-half manuscript pages.

A scarce survival of a detailed last will and testament from the Hackensack, New Jersey area. The heirs named in the will are Garret Hoppe's(r) wife Cathrina, son Jacob and daughter Marytje. The family name is spelled Hoppe throughout the will, yet it comes from the same group of documents I currently have on Ebay from the Hopper family. At some point it was likely changed and it was also not uncommon for there to be spelling variants of family names at that time.

The first section of the will is of a spiritual nature and attests to Garret's faith in Jesus Christ and his hope for Redemption. It then covers his future funeral arrangements. Following this, Hoppe leaves his real and personal estate to his "beloved wife  . . during the time she remains a widow". He then leaves to his son, Jacob " . . .for his Primogeniture or Birth Right after the decease or remarriage of my said wife abovesaid my House Clock my Dutch Bible all my horses . . . " etc. Hoppe also leaves his farming implements, wagons, etc. and . . . "As also my Negro Man Cato". He refers to him as his man, not as a slave, though he was in all likelihood. Hoppe does not seem to have been as rich or had as many slaves as his descendant, John J. Hopper in his will of 1833.

Garret Hoppe then leaves sums of money for his daughter, Marytje . . ." two hundred and fifty pounds current lawful money of the Colony of New York to be paid by my son Jacob . . .". How it is to be paid in installments is then explained. Further division of the estate is detailed and Marytje's husband, Isaac Van Geison (sp?) is mentioned as sharing in his wife's inheritance. Garret's grandson, Hendrick VanGeison is also mentioned at this point and  . . " my truly and well  beloved friend the Revd. David Marinus to be executors of this my last will and testament . . ".

The final half page declares this to be Garret Hoppe's last and final will : "Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared to be my last will & testament in the presence of Peter Zabriskie, Johannes Bant, Naujie Kip his mark ( hand drawn cross in between to signify his signature). To the right of this is Garret Hoppe's name as well as "his mark" GH and an L.S. in a stylised oval. Apparently Garret did not write, unable to sign his name, indicating this will is the work of a scribe. At the very bottom is the three line certification of a clerk " . . . from the Perogative Office of the State of New Jersey at the City of Burlington". His signature follows, Herbert (?) hard to make out his last name as it is written in a very tight script - see pictures.

Measurements & condition : Fully opened the will measures approximately 13-1/4" by 16-1/2" ; folded in the normal manner it is approximately 8-1/4" by 13-1/4". The paper is watermarked with a large orb and crown mark and a smaller mark with script letters in a circle. There are four horizontal folds and one vertical. The paper is still supple with only slight age-toning. The edges are irregular with virtually no loss of corners, etc. The ink is strong and very readable with the front page writing done at an angle slightly up to the right. The following pages the writing straightens out. My pictures should show clearly the minor holes at fold intersections, etc. When I got this the will was seperated along the horizontal fold lines. It has been gingerly re-attached with minute amounts of glue along the horizontal folds by a professional. All sections are perfectly lined up in their original positions. Some areas of minor seperation have been left as is - care was taken not to over-restore the document. This is a four page document with the second half of page 3 and all of page 4 blank except for below notation.

Back of final blank page has handwritten note : "Copy of Garret Hoppe's Will". This was done by the scribe to attest to its being true to Hoppe's intentions. Scribes usually made more than one copy ; one to be filed in the courts and maybe copies for immediate family members. The word copy then did not mean the way we use copy today. A rare and complete manuscript from pre-Revolutionary New Jersey. New Barbadoes was a section of Bergen County that saw early settlement.


12 pictures were provided in the auction - I've posted 10 here, unaltered.



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A giant spaceship hovering overhead?

In the first picture, you can see the Hackensack River to the left of center and midtown Manhattan on the far right horizon.

The next two pictures are even weirder: right in the middle of all this darkness, the sun popped out for a minute or so.



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I'm not sure exactly what happened there yesterday between Union and Main Streets, but there was some sort of road cave-in. I could see the bright lights and hear an occasional rumble as repair work went on through the night.

As you can see in the third picture below, it's a pretty large opening that appears to be shored up now so the problem can be fixed.

The road's still closed and work continues. If anyone knows exactly what happened, please post.

Below:

1. View to the west

2. View to the east

3. City officials at the scene



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http://xrl.us/HopperDraftWill


Seller's description:

Early 19th century incomplete draft of John J. Hopper last will & testament, "  . . of the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey . . . "

Manuscript in brownish ink on single page totaling one and one-half pages of writing. After introductory comments on the soundness of his mind and memory John Hopper writes " . . . First I devise and bequeath to my two sons Albert and Jacob and to their heirs and assigns forever  . . . all my land . . . and to my son John and to my six daughters Cornelia, Alice, Catherine, Elizabeth, Maria and Jane to each the sum of one thousand dollars New York Currency to be paid by my two sons Albert and Jacob . . . . " . The thousand dollars each is stipulated to be paid in installments over a number of years. John Hopper then instructs his two sons to " . . . support and pay the expenses of my son John (perhaps from a seperate marriage) at college and in his professional studies until he arrives at the age of twenty one . . . ".

The will then requires that Albert and Jacob will  " . . . bring up and support my three youngest daughters Elizabeth, Maria and Jane until they become of age . . . ".  Mr Hopper then bequeaths to his wife seven hundred dollars and that she be able to live in their dwelling house and  "possess two rooms . . . and that my movable estate be equally divided by my nine Children, Cornelia, Alice, Catherine, Albert, Jacob, John, Elizabeth, Maria and Jane. The draft of the will ends at this point.

Condition and measurements : Approximately 7-7/8" by 12-3/8". Age-toning, staining here and there, some partial seperations to fold areas, a few inconsequential  missing areas ; top left corner, small section of edge, minor hole in fold area. My pictures accurately reflect the overall condition. Written in later pencil on blank section of back " Draft of will of John J. Hopper"

My pictures include copies of early newspaper articles about the Hopper house in Hackensack. Copies of these will be provoded to the buyers of any of the documents I have listed if desired. This document and others listed were found under attic floorboards in the Hopper house in the mid-20th century.

Special note : With time permitting  I will be listing this week the complete 4 page will of Garrett Hoppe(r). I will also be listing more receipts related to Jacob Hopper as one of the overseers of the Poor in New Barbadoes ( Hackensack). These receipts are from the early 1770's and regard Jacob Hopper's payments to women who took in poor orpahn children.


Like the Last Will auction, seller offers 12 images. Since I can only post 10, I will omit the duplicate newspaper article images that I included in the Last Will post. I have not altered any images.



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