Ely Farm

Ely Farm is a New Jersey historical marker in Mercer County, dedicated 1966.

In front of the Matheson House, actually a part of Belair Farm outside of Hightstown on the Imlaystown Road · location approximate

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Here, 1851, Clara Barton, later founder of the Red Cross, stayed while she taught at Cedar Swamp, her first teaching in New Jersey.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1853 · Map of New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Monmouth Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Atlas of New Jersey, Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Princeton, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Map of New Jersey, 1853, covering the location of Ely Farm, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map of New Jersey, 1853, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Ely Farm

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