Image: PETER KEMBLE HOUSE, MORRIS COUNTY
Description: KEMBLE WAS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST MEN IN MORRIS COUNTY IN THE 1750’S AND WELL-ESTABLISHED IN THE POLITICAL ARENA AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. ALTHOUGH A TORY (AND THE FATHER-IN-LAW TO GENERAL GAGE – COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AMERICA) HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON ALLOWED HIM TO RETAIN HIS PROPERTY. DURING THE WAR BOTH GENERAL SMALLWOOD AND GENERAL MAD ANTHONY WAYNE STAYED IN THIS HOUSE IT WAS SOLD IN 1840 AND MOVED SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS UP MT. KEMBLE AVENUE.
Title: PETER KEMBLE HOUSE, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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