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 residents, as well as for the numerous new-comers who have settled in our midst during the past fifteen years.

I have spared neither time nor effort in making the story interesting and truthful, and as to dates and facts, I can assure my readers of their absolute correctness.

I believe I can truthfully say that no book of this particular kind has ever been published which contains so many illustrations as this one does; and I feel it my duty to bestow much praise on the person who attended to this matter—Mr. Charles F. Lehne.

In the first chapter you will perceive I deal mostly with facts concerning the county; this I had to do to establish the chain of events from the very beginning of the discovery of the county of which our town was then a part.

As regards the history of our churches, I may say that some will appear much longer than others; this can be explained by stating that some church organizations are more than half a century old, and consequently their history must be longer than others which are but a few years old; and this same rule will apply to our Fire Companies.

I do not wish to be accused of plagiarism consequently I will say that my authorities, for a large part of the first chapter of this history, was Charles Winfield's "History of Hudson County," and also his "Land Titles of Hudson County," and in regards the churches, I had frequent reference to Taylor's "History of the Clasis of Bergen." The ministers and priests of our churches very kindly furnished me with all the information that I requested of them, and I take this method of offering them my sincere thanks, and of also offering my thanks to the numerous kind citizens of our town who generously gave me any information which I requested of them.

Trusting that the reader may find the following pages interesting, and that they may bring back fond remembrances to such old-time citizens who may happen to read them, I am Yours truly, January 1st, 1903.