The Jacob Ford Jr. Mansion: The Storied History of a New Jersey Home

Jude M. Pfister

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781625843272
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

In 1772, the Ford family began building what would easily become the largest home in Morristown and years later
became the site of the first National Historic Park in the United States. Completed just before colonial unrest reached a boiling
point, the home quickly secured a reputation as a place of prominence for supporters of colonial interests. Today, the mansion is best known as George Washington's headquarters,
when it became a strategic site for Washington during a winter encampment and gained importance for its role in the American Revolution. Jude Pfister tells the story of this beloved home that has endured the tests of time and whose own history is inextricably woven into that of the country's.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Ford Family Builds a Home in Colonial New Jersey
• Chapter 3. The American Revolution and the Mansion as Headquarters
• Chapter 4. The Mansion and the Family in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey
• Chapter 5. The Washington Association of New Jersey
• Chapter 6. The National Park Service
• Afterword: History and Washington Reverence
• Appendix 1: Gabriel Ford Physical Landscape Changes, 1805–1849
• Appendix 2: Henry A. Ford’s Physical Landscape Changes, 1849–1873
• Appendix 3: Fire Insurance Application of Henry A. Ford
• Appendix 4: Washington’s Headquarters at Morristown, New Jersey
• A Note on Sources
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Author