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http://xrl.us/BarbadoesDocs


Seller's description:

Two Pre-Revolutionary receipt documents from the Hopper family of New Barbadoes (Hackensack) to Elizabeth Dempsey for taking in an orphan child.

Manuscript documents on 18th century rag paper, both in brownish ink.

1) Reads :  "New Barbadoes, Aug. 20th 1772, Received of Mr. Jacob Hopper one of the Overseers of the Poor for the Precinct of New Barbadoes the sum of forty three shillings and nine Pence in full for the maintenance of an Orphan Child from May the 20th last to Augt. 20th inst.                by Elizabeth Dempsey  her mark"  (with cross in between to signify her signature).

Some staining on the left side of receipt, no tears or missing areas. Paper is still supple. Ink is strong and very readable. Measures approximately 4" by 7-3/4".

2) Reads :  "Hackensack June 1st 1771 Received of Mr. Jacob Hopper one of the poor master of the precinct of New Barbadoes the sum of ten shillings being in part of the yearly Sallary (sic) for maintaining a poor Orphan Child by me.     Entd. Elisbet Dempsey  her mark  (with cross in between signifying her signature).

Age toning and staining in areas, no tears or missing areas. Ink is readable, yet has faded. Measures approximately 2-5/8" by 8-1/8". Paper is still supple.

The Hopper family were early settlers in New Barbadoes (Hackensack), New Jersey. See my picture in this listing regarding some of their history. Some documents, including these two, were discovered in the mid-20th century under floorboards in the attic of the old Hopper house which by then had become a restaurant. Elizabeth Dempsey was likely a widow or unmarried woman who took in orphan children as an income producing measure. The receipts are in one hand with Elizabeth's signature a simple cross, indicating she did not write. These are scarce 18th century receipts from a part of New Jersey that saw early settlement.


There are 8 images posted with this auction - I've provided 5 here, so go to the auction to see all 8.



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Hello, Warren, and welcome to the site.

You're both right. Mom DID write that in her book, but I was in the new school for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades and graduated in 1961, so I would have had to have started 5th grade in 1957.

Mom was obviously referring to the school year and not the initial opening of the school in her 1958 entry.

Good catch.



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http://xrl.us/AndersonStStation


Seller's description:

This is a photograph printed using an original negative of the Erie Railroad’s (former New Jersey & New York RR) Anderson Street Station in Hackensack, New Jersey.  This building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey on June 22, 1984.  Unfortunately, this building was destroyed by fire on January 10, 2009.  This photograph was taken circa 1960.

This is a glossy Black & White enlargement using an original negative, produced on either medium weight 8x10 RC photographic paper or 8x10 single weight fiber base gloss paper, professionally printed photo-chemically (not digitally scanned).



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http://xrl.us/HoobensLimos

As I came home from the supermarket around 3pm today, I noticed lots of cars - even a bus - on Ward St. State St was closed between Ward and Passaic and there were a bunch of emergency vehicles in the vicinity of the "E" municipal parking lot exit on State.

One onlooker told me that a woman in a red Kia smacked into a telephone pole close to Passaic St and somehow wound up in an apartment parking lot about 50' BEHIND her pole position. That lot abuts the "E" lot, where she hit a nice-looking white Volvo. She also knocked down a couple of signs.

Her vehicle wound up in BOTH parking lots and the Volvo was in the "E" lot. I think she was injured. In any event, she wasn't there when I arrived, so I guess an ambulance had already come for her and left.

This is all hearsay - maybe the paper will say something different tomorrow. Nobody on the scene could figure out how this happened.

Picture 1 - the Kia

Picture 2 - the Kia in 2 different parking lots and the Volvo in the "E" lot

Picture 3 - looks like the meter got hit too

Picture 4 - "E" lot signs under the Kia and over the apartment parking lot

Picture 5 - however this happened, "One Way" did not apply

Picture 6 - the tow truck arrives

Picture 7 - I'm not sure which pole was hit - it was either the one that appears to be coming out of the Kia's roof or another one closer to Passaic St (and not visible here)

Picture 8 - the Volvo was parked in the "E" lot and has some Kia lipstick on it



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http://xrl.us/TooSweet


Seller's description:

Condition: VG++

Tough 1979 title by this Hackensack, New Jersey outfit, much harder than the band's other two releases on the label.
Two imaginative sides of boogie / modern soul.


Any y'all know Hackensack's Too Sweet (motivational guy and all around talent Dock Russell)? This guy's been around forever. I met him in the mid-60s through a mutual friend and didn't see him again until the early-90s, when I saw him in the lobby of my building. Now here's one of his singles popping up on eBay.

The seller has provided mp3 links so you can get a taste:

http://www.ohiosoulrecordings.com/ebayAudio/toosweet.mp3

http://www.ohiosoulrecordings.com/ebayAudio/toosweet2.mp3


I found a website for him - http://www.docsolox.net/ - and a picture (below).



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http://xrl.us/AndersonStBrView


Seller's description:

This is a fine, old postcard of some vintage folks in canoe on the water "Hackensack River, looking South from Anderson Street Bridge, Hackensack, N.J." It is postmarked and in good condition.



If it's postmarked, why did the seller write "C. 1910"?

You can see some structures where Foschini Park is today.



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I first heard the jackhammers on Union St last week when this gas pipeline project was south of Passaic St. Today, it was in front of my building at Union and Ward.

It will make a left onto Anderson St and then a right onto Pangborn Pl and will probably end up somewhere near Ogden, Utah, when it's done.  

Here are some cell pictures I took this afternoon: