THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER. 



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followed to the grave by one of the largest and most respectable funeral 

 processions ever seen in this city ; including, in distinct bodies, the jus- 

 tices of the peace for the city and county of St. John, the Common 

 Council of the city, headed by his worship the Mayor, and his honor the 

 Recorder, the members of the legal profession, (the barristers being in 

 their gowns), at the head of whom was his honor Mr. Justice Carter, 

 supported by the Honorable the Attorney General and Solicitor Gene- 

 ral, the Grand Jury for the city and county, then attending the Circuit 

 Court, and the officers and men of the New Brunswick regiment of 

 artillery of St. John, as well as a vast concourse of other citizens, all 

 anxious to pay the last sad tribute of respect to one who was so inti- 

 mately associated with the early history of the country, &c." a 



In the northern part of this town are situated the residences of the 

 late James Morgan 6 and William Silliman, Esq. Immediately north of 

 the latter stood the old Tredwell mansion, the headquarters of Lord 

 Howe, when the British army lay encamped in the vicinity. c 



The farm of Mr. John Bates completes the northern boundary of this 

 town. 



Upon Hutchinson's River are situated the saw and grist mills of John 

 Tompkins and Stephen Anderson. The latter gentleman, besides his 

 mill, carries on a large rope and cord factory. 



The general surface of Eastchester is hilly and somewhat stony, the 

 soil chiefly consisting of a fertile loam ; there is, however, a good pro- 

 portion of interval and meadow land upon the rivers. The town is well 

 watered throughout, both by springs and streams. The growth of wood 

 and timber resembles that of other towns in general ; oak of various 

 kinds, hickory, chestnut, white wood, ash, walnut and pine, &c. 



"Among the most important minerals" of Eastchester ("in an eco- 

 nomical point of view), may be ranked the dolomitic marble, d which oc- 

 curs abundantly in various places, and is extensively employed as a 

 building material. Pyroxene occurs every where in the dolomite." e 



a Sabine's Hist, of Amer. Loyalists, 673. 

 b See genealogy. 



c From Joan Tredwell this property passed to the late Capt. Joseph Skinner, who died 

 October 20, 1836, aged 70 years. 

 d Dolomite, magnesian carbonate of lime, 

 e Geological survey of the State, 1840. 



