Editing Morristown, New Jersey (section)

=== 19th century ===
The idea for constructing the [[Morris Canal]] is credited to Morristown businessman George P. Macculloch, who in 1822 convened a group to discuss his concept for a canal. The group included [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Isaac Halstead Williamson]], which led to approval of the proposal by the [[New Jersey Legislature]] later that year. The canal was used for a century.<ref>[http://www.morriscanal.org/history.htm A Brief History], Morris Canal Greenway. Accessed August 20, 2011. "George P. Macculloch, a Morristown businessman, must be given the credit for conceiving the idea for the Morris Canal and ultimately carrying it through to completion. In 1822 he brought a group of interested citizens together at Morristown including Governor Isaac Williamson to discuss his idea with them. His proposal was received favorably."</ref>
In July 1825 during his [[Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States|15 month return tour of the United States]], the Marquis de Lafayette returned to Morristown, where a ball was held in his honor at the 1807 [[Sansay House]] on DeHart Street (the edifice still stands as of 2011).<ref>[http://cdm15387.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p13079coll1&CISOPTR=232&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 Sansay House], The North Jersey History and Genealogy Center. Accessed July 17, 2011.</ref>

In 1827, [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Morristown, New Jersey)|St. Peter's Episcopal Church]] was founded at the behest of Bishop [[George Washington Doane]] and many prominent Morristown Families, including George P. Macculloch, of the Morris Canal.<ref>[http://njchurchscape.com/Morristown-StPetersEpis.html Morristown - St Peter's], The New Jersey Churchscape. Accessed April 5, 2021</ref> When the Church was rebuilt by the then-internationally famous architectural firm, [[McKim, Mead & White|McKim, Mead and White]], beginning in 1889, the congregation erected one of the United States finest church buildings –a stone, English-gothic church complete with fined stained glass, and a long, decorated interior.

[[Antoine le Blanc]], a French immigrant laborer, murdered the Sayre family and their [[History of slavery in New Jersey|servant (or possibly slave)]], Phoebe. He was tried and convicted of murder of the Sayres (but not of Phoebe) on August 13, 1833. On September 6, 1833, Le Blanc became the last person hanged on the Morristown Green. Until late 2006, the house where the murders were committed was known as "Jimmy's Haunt," which is purported to be haunted by Phoebe's ghost because her murder never saw justice. Jimmy's Haunt was torn down to make way for a bank in 2007.

[[Samuel F. B. Morse]] and [[Alfred Vail]] built the first [[telegraph]] at the [[Speedwell Ironworks]] in Morristown on January 6, 1838. The first telegraph message was ''A patient waiter is no loser''. The first public demonstration of the invention occurred five days later as an early step toward the [[Information Age]].<ref>[http://www.morrisparks.net/speedwell/home.html Historic Speedwell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126063129/http://morrisparks.net/speedwell/home.html |date=November 26, 2010 }}, [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Parks Commission. Accessed August 20, 2011. "The most significant building at Historic Speedwell is the Factory, a National Historic Landmark where Stephen Vail's son, Alfred, worked with Samuel F. B. Morse to perfect the telegraph. It was here on January 11, 1838 where the electromagnetic telegraph was first publicly demonstrated - making Historic Speedwell the 'Birthplace of the Telegraph.'"</ref>

[[Arnold's Tavern|Jacob Arnold's Tavern]], the first headquarters for Washington in Morristown and site of [[Benedict Arnold]]'s 1780 trial, was purchased by Morristown historian [[Julia Keese Nelson Colles]] (1840-1913) to save it from demolition in 1886. It was moved by horse-power in the winter of 1887 from "the green" (after being stuck on Bank Street for about six weeks) to a site {{convert|0.5|mi}} south on Mount Kemble Avenue at what is now a parking lot for the Atlantic RIMM Rehabilitation Hospital. It became a boarding house for four years until it was converted by the [[Grey Nuns]] from [[Montreal]] into [[All Souls' Hospital]], the first general hospital in Morris County.<ref>[http://cdm15387.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p13079coll1&CISOPTR=191&CISOBOX=1&REC=5 All Soul's Hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804065606/http://cdm15387.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p13079coll1&CISOPTR=191&CISOBOX=1&REC=5 |date=August 4, 2020 }}, North Jersey History and Genealogy Center. Accessed July 17, 2011.</ref> George and Martha Washington's second floor ballroom became a chapel and the first floor tavern became a ward for patients. In 1910, the late [[Augustus Lefebvre Revere]] (brother of hospital founder [[Paul Revere (lawyer)|Paul Revere]]) willed the Hospital $10,000 to be used for the erection of a new building.<ref name=":422">Undated newspaper clipping, “Mr. Revere's Bequests.” Fosterfields cabinet, Subject Research Files: Paul & Augustus Revere.</ref> This fund was used 8 years later when the original Arnold's Tavern building was lost to a fire.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall |title=Social media post about All Souls' Hospital by Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall |url=https://www.facebook.com/MCHSAcornHall/photos/a.391186392108/10154718747997109/ |access-date=October 22, 2022 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://cdm15387.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p13079coll1&CISOPTR=183&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 All Soul's Hospital after 1918 fire], North Jersey History and Genealogy Center. Accessed July 17, 2011.</ref> The entire organization, nurses, doctors, and patients of All Souls' Hospital were then moved across Mount Kemble Avenue, [[U.S. Route 202]], to the newly built brick hospital building.<ref name=":422" /> All Souls' was set to close because of financial difficulties in the late 1960s. In 1973, it became Community Medical Center. In 1977, the center became bankrupt and was purchased by the then new and larger Morristown Memorial Hospital, which is now the [[Morristown Medical Center]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/01/nyregion/recycling-a-hospital-that-was-underused.html?&pagewanted=all "'Recycling' a Hospital that was Underused], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 1, 1985. Accessed September 18, 2009.</ref>

On December 18, 1843, the Bethel [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] was incorporated. This was the first congregation established by blacks in Morris County. It is still active. The first site of the Church was located at 13 Spring Street and served as the only schoolhouse for colored children until 1870. The Church relocated to its present site at 59 Spring Street in 1874.<ref>Friedman, Alan. [https://archive.today/20130131144339/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1754894701.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18,+2006&author=ALAN+FRIEDMAN&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Church+full+of+'ordinary+people'&pqatl=google "Church full of 'ordinary people'"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', October 18, 2006. Accessed December 17, 2012. "According to county records, in 1843 the Bethel Mite Society received a certificate of incorporation for the church, which was recorded under the name of 'The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Morristown."</ref><ref>Staff. [https://archive.today/20130131140936/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1804498181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17,+2004&author=&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Coming+back+home+again&pqatl=google "Coming back home again; Morristown High grad will lead choir in concert at Bethel A.M.E. Church"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', June 17, 2004. Accessed December 17, 2012. "Sandra Singleton Barnhardt, a 1969 graduate of Morristown High School, will come home to Bethel A.M.E. Church, the oldest black church in Morris County, to host a benefit Saturday beginning at 6 p.m."</ref>

The first Jews moved to Morristown in the 1850s, but much larger numbers of [[Ashkenazi Jews]] migrated to the region from Eastern Europe in the 1890s, which led to the incorporation of the [[Morristown Jewish Center]] in 1899.<ref>[https://www.mjcby.org/who-we-are/history/early-jewish-history-in-morristown/ "Early Jewish History in Morristown" ''MJCBY.org''] (Accessed December 17, 2021)</ref><ref>Garber, Phil [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/jewish-history-in-morris-and-sussex-is-traced/article_0f069667-0681-56f5-a51b-20c84fa4c059.ahtml "Jewish history in Morris and Sussex is traced" ''New Jersey Hills Media Group'' Feb. 12, 2004] Accessed December 3, 2021.</ref> Today there are several Jewish synagogues in Morristown reflecting the diversity of the community.{{Example needed|date=December 2022}}

In the 1880s, the town's residents were primarily farmers. The small amount of stores in the Morristown Green town center were only open during the evening to accommodate farmers who did not leave their work during the daytime. There were only a few stores in town, including [[Adams & Fairchild]] grocers and [[Philip H. Hoffman|P. H. Hoffman & Son]] clothiers, both located in the [[Arnold's Tavern]] on the Morristown Green.<ref name=":2">Foster, Caroline. "Oral History Caroline Morristown," November 9, 1967. Interview conducted by Clayton Smith. Available from the Morris County Park Commission archives at Historic Sites\FosterFields\Oral Histories.</ref>