Moody's Raids

Moody's Raids is a New Jersey historical marker in entering Newton., Sussex County, dedicated 1932.

Rt. 31, opposite St. Joseph Cemetery, entering Newton.

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Newton was the scene of riads made by the Tory, Jas. Moody. Washington's Asst. Wuartermaster, Thos. Anderson, stored supplies here. Oct., 1779, his troops marched here, and during the Indian campaign Gates stationed a detachment here.

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1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1778 · La Pensilvania, la Nuova York, il Jersey Settentriole. Fogl. V (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering the location of Moody's Raids, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey, 1782, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Moody's Raids

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