Gamaliel Bartlett (November 27, 1796 – November 10, 1859) was the first postmaster of Stanhope,
New Jersey
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. He was appointed to the position in 1823 by President
James Monroe
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. In 1829 Bartlett petitioned the Sussex County Court for a license to ''"...keep an Inn or Tavern in the house in which he now lives, in the Township of Byram..."'' It was signed by the 16
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members (referred to as Freeholders). Probably the location of the proposed licensed premises was what is locally referred to as ''The Stanhope House''.
Morris Canal
Bartlett was involving with bringing about the
Morris Canal
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section and
Morris Canal and Banking Company
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. The ''Palladium of Liberty'', a
Morristown, New Jersey
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, newspaper of the day, reported on August 29, 1822: ''"...Membership of a committee which studied the practicality of a canal from Pennsylvania to
New Jersey Historical Society
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,
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. The case took four days to try before Justice Ford. On May 30, 1833, Gamaliel Bartlett prevailed and was awarded $1,500.00 plus all costs for "...damages for forge, grist mill, and saw mill, through lying still or lack of water during the making of (the) canal." In the parlance of 2009, the award would be approximately $50,000.00.
Family
His parentage unproven, Gamaliel Bartlett is believed to have been born in
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) at the age of 21 to Mary A. Parmelee who was born about 1790 in
Massachusetts
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. Three of their five children died young, viz., Samuel (April 24, 1824 - May 6, 1825), Emma (April 7, 1826 – May 9, 1826), and Laura Mariah (August 16, 1834 – December 23, 1834). These three children were born and died at Sussex County in Stanhope.
The first of their two children who lived to maturity was Jane Mariah who was born at Monroe,
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(formerly known as Monroe Works) in the county of
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, on December 4, 1819.
The second surviving child was Henry Clay who was born at Stanhope, Sussex, New Jersey, on April 13, 1830.
Death
Gamaliel Bartlett died November 10, 1859, at the home of Mrs. David Johnson (his wife's first cousin) at Brooklyn, New York City. The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
:''This article covers both the historical newspaper (1841–1955, 1960–1963), as well as an unrelated new Brooklyn Daily Eagle starting 1996 published currently''
The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''King ...
, on that same day, carried an obituary on page 3. He was buried at
Green-Wood Cemetery
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in Brooklyn, New York City, in Section #108 and Lot # 723.