Morristown National Historical Park

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"The monster hunger still attended us. Here was the army starved and naked and there their country sitting still and expecting the army to do notable things." Such was the winter encampment at Morristown, New Jersey as seen by Private Joseph Plumb Martin. The village served as quarters for the Continental Army on two occasions; the winter of 1777 and again during the Hard Winter of 1779-1780.

Jared Sparks Papers

Jared Sparks tirelessly traveled to obtain and study the papers of our founding generation, and to compile the Collected Correspondence of the founders which preserved original documents for our benefit today.

		Lloyd W. Smith Collection Lloyd W. Smith was an avid collector of antiquarian books and manuscripts. He amassed a substantial collection of such materials, which he willed to Morristown National Historical Park. Upon Smith’s death in 1955, the Park library received Smith’s entire collection of some 12,000 printed works and more than 30,000 manuscripts.

Morristown National Historical Park's online exhibit

Morristown National Historical Park's online exhibit is part of the National Park Service Museum Collections and those sites that are associated with American Revolutionary War.

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Morristown National Historical Park
30 Washington Place
Morristown, New Jersey 07960-4299

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Headquarters Visitor Services
(973) 539-2016

Jockey Hollow Visitor Center
(973) 543-4030

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(973) 285-5021

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