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fences and yards" would disturb the sanctity of the Quaker Church lot...even climbing onto the roof of the building, in and out of the barns, over the sheds, into cellars, anywhere, everywhere, and, oh, the dare of the leaders." Another commentator from 1917 grumbled, "I wouldn’t give a two-year-old bull for the best boy ever raised on Mill Hill," a view disputed by Mr. Quigley who became one of the proprietors of the printing firm of MacCrellish & Quigley and maintained his home on Jackson Street in the
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in the United States divided into two major branches, one known as Orthodox or conservative, the other known as Liberal or Hicksite, after Elias Hicks. The meeting house at Hanover and Montgomery Streets in Trenton, finished in 1739, was retained by the Hicksites. The Orthodox Friends, who had been
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The graveyard was always an attraction for energetic young people, and in 1917, The Sunday Times Advertiser printed the reminiscences of Howell Quigley, who remembered being one of a gang of Third Ward boys, the "turn-cap-follow-me clique," who, "on their run through the neighborhood, across the
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and Trenton. In 1686, Quakers in what became Trenton organized the first local charity, which assisted friends who had met with misfortune. Stacy contributed corn from his mill, which gave the Mill Hill area its name. After William Trent purchased land from the Stacy family in 1714, the town was
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In 1955, the Philadelphia Orthodox and Hicksite Friends reunited and in 1957, the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting authorized the renovation and use of the meeting house on Mercer Street for activities that would express "Friends social concerns.
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in 1977. It now houses the main offices of Mercer Street Friends, a Trenton-based Quaker-affiliated social service agency founded in 1958.
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meeting in homes, started building the brick meeting house at 151 Mercer Street in 1857 and completed it in 1858.
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on August 12, 1971, for its significance in architecture, religion, and social history. It was added as a
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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
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Greiff, Constance M.; Kostrub, Nanci; Ashton, Charles H. (April 1977).
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was known as "The Falls." Stacy was instrumental in establishing the
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Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District
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called Trent's-town, sometimes Trent-town, and finally Trenton.
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National Register of Historic Places in Trenton, New Jersey
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Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196)
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John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1858
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Mercer Street Friends Center is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer Street Friends Center is located in New Jersey
Mercer Street Friends Center is located in the United States
Trenton, New Jersey
40°13′2″N 74°45′40″W / 40.21722°N 74.76111°W / 40.21722; -74.76111
Mill Hill Historic District
ID77000880
71000505
Mill Hill
Trenton
Mercer County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places
contributing property
Mill Hill Historic District
Quakers
Trenton
Chesterfield Monthly Meeting
Crosswicks
Society of Friends
Mill Hill
National Register of Historic Places portal
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
"National Register Information System – (#71000505)"
National Register of Historic Places

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